Two years ago, with the Samsung Note tapped into a completely new market successfully. At the time a screen size of 5.3 inches as monstrous appearance, but it may not be big enough nowadays. The Note series is therefore grown annually. The Note 3 knocks off at 5.7 inches, 0.2 inches already larger than its predecessor. Bigger is better?
Safety
Samsung has already played the three discs safely. At first glance it looks like an inflated version of the Galaxy S4. Only the back is on, because it seems to be. Leather Samsung would therefore like you to see the Note as a leather notebook, though it is of course just plastic. Still, it looks nice and is scratch resistant. Does it disturb us in any way.
flagship Samsung is the full HD Super AMOLED screen. AMOLED provides a less beautiful white, but black is will be pitch black. Whether you prefer LCD or AMOLED is mainly a personal choice. The Note II, like the first note, had a 720p screen.
jump to 1080p is limited visible. I should note that even the white looks less blue on the Note II. Put your two side by side, you will see a difference in sharpness, but I doubt you can label.
that as decisive
Muscles
Samsung has thrown everything in the fight to make the very best. device of this final year of the Note 3 Inside is a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor operating at 2.3 GHz. Together with the Nvidia Tegra 4 this is the most powerful of the SoC moment, with the result that I can catch. This smartphone in any hitch The Note 3 even has 3 GB of RAM on board, although I dare the additional benefit compared with 2 GB RAM doubtful. Nice to roll to the competition.
with the muscles
plane of the camera Samsung plays it safe. In Note 3 is a 13 megapixel camera, but one without optical image stabilization. That means less sharp pictures with small movements – not least for a light smartphone. Nokia and HTC are already doing, and that LG gets ready stabilization even in a 13 megapixel camera.
I see no reason why this Samsung has not processed. in Note 3 When I look at the price tag, I expect namely the best. Moreover, the camera does not lie completely flat, with a well-known ‘bulge’ at the back as a result.
Attracts he or good photos? The Note 3 is fast and moves in with good lighting conditions fine photos. In dark environments, however, he has a lot harder. During filming, the lack of optical stabilization is even more, although the picture quality is very good.
Samsung has an extra dessert for the Note 3: 4K recordings. Admittedly, few have a TV in the house with that format can, but it remains a true engineering achievement for such a small enclosure.
Pennetje
Compared to other smartphones, the Note 3 an additional advantage: the pin. The Note II was a great upgrade penmogelijkheden terms, but the Note 3 throws a lot of improvements and extras on top. It is a sophisticated update: you feel that the Samsung Note-concept in the fingers has
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With Wacom screen technology responds to the slightest movement of the screen with the pen. You do not even have the screen not quite touching to make. The tip visible Here lies the greatest novelty of the Note 3: Air Command. Click on the button on the pen when above the screen hangs for a new shortcut menu. Here are five features included: Action memo, Scrapbook, Writing on screen, S Finder and Penvenster
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Slim context menu
Action memo is the smartest of all five in terms of writing recognition. Write a phone number, email address and query in the window, and click the corresponding action. The recognition is not always flawless, unless you write with capital letters.
Scrapbook is the best of all: draw a circle around the content you want to keep, and sort it in a scrapbook. YouTube videos, online articles, photos, everything. View it as a Pocket alternative, with more features. Write on the screen speaks for itself: save a screenshot with text written on it
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S Finder has to do with the pen, but less is a convenient search engine for everything on your device. Through a word, an action or a picture you can look it up on your device you need. Penvenster finally, the least interesting: draw a square on the screen and launch an app in there. Because only the Samsung Apps support, it is rather limited. Even Chrome can not select it.
However
The question is whether you are going to use a lot of that. pin I know several discs users who have chosen the Note for its screen size, but almost never use the pen. I have two weeks forced me to use it regularly, but I can only see limited personal capital gain (except that you no greasy fingers on the screen move). Only the Scrapbook feature encouraged me to use the pen. The technology works perfectly up to you to judge whether it adds value.
Knox
Samsung has taken the lead of all Android smartphone manufacturers to offer a business. secure solution The result is Knox: a hardware environment split between work and home. In fact identical to the BlackBerry solution, but as yet less integrated. Knox waiting in your status bar to start if your own password.
What follows is a completely separate environment where every Android app is assisted by a gold clasp. Everything in the Knox-environment remains there and even hardware separately with the ‘normal’ environment for better security. Photos you take, apps you install, events, everything remains under lock and key. The only disadvantage is that you can not see Knox in your regular schedule, even censored, as is the case with Blackberry.
example you agenda
Samsung already has a separate Knox appwinkel finished apps for instance Citrix, CRM or ISO certifications. To lock.
Click the lock icon in the taskbar to Knox again
It is the most secure solution so far for Android users, but outside the Note 3 there to attend any other devices that support Knox. The Galaxy S4 gets the only existing model soon be an update for Knox.
Own magazine
also the Note 3 contains a multitude of functions that are too numerous to mention all individually. The majority come way over the Galaxy S4, such as S or S Health Translator. A newcomer where I often, unexpectedly, on bots is My Magazine. That appears automatically when you put on your home screen the home button. Best annoying when you do not want to use. In the options menu you can disable it, but it’s very well hidden.
I am personally be a fan of My Magazine, a combination of a new feed (Flipboard), photos and a social feed. Being so subtly hidden under the button, does not shout for attention, for example your home screen or widget. Nice detail: My Magazine in the top right you will find shortcuts to get to your apps, camera, web browser or contact list. So you are not required to return to the home screen.
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Autonomy
The autonomy of the Galaxy Note II was one of the best on the market, and Note 3 equals that performance. The slight increase of 3,100 to 3,200 mAh is barely noticeable, which means you can easily retrieves a day for very intensive use (3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled). You do not constantly switching the screen gives you either narrowly, the border of two days.
Turn your 3G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, then he sings it to three or four days. Excellent results for a smartphone with a big screen.
Nice touches: the Note 3 is the first device that is USB 3.0 compatible. That explains the large bottom connector. Again nice to put on the specification list, but I do not see the value of it in. Despite the great connection you can just connect an existing microUSB cable.
Conclusion
Galaxy Note 3 has almost everything you would expect from a smartphone combined with the very best hardware at this time. Of course, that only applies if you can tolerate in your pocket. A 5.7 inch smartphone Does not bother me for two years other colleagues find him (too) large. A personal choice.
Although the Note 3 the best smartphone of the moment, he is not the best phone of the year. That honor goes to the LG G2, which you can read on ZDnet. A review next week The reason? The LG G2 costs 150 euros less (both 32 GB storage) and have almost the same specifications. Even the screen size (5.2 inches vs. 5.7 inches) varies little.
Therefore
: 749 euros is simply too much for a smartphone, regardless of the extra features. The limit is increased each year, but LG has his feet swept. Samsung can better listen to his South Korean neighbor and make quick work of yet exuberant price. The Galaxy Note 3:.’s Best, but also (almost) the most expensive
Specifications:
- 5.68 inch HD Super Amoled
- Android 4.3
- 3GB RAM
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
- 3G/LTE (Cat. 4)
- 13 MP rear / 2 MP front
- IR LED
- UHQA 24 bit/192kHz
- 32/64 GB
- MicroSD (up to 64GB)
- 3200 mAh
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