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Excited for Galaxy Note 3 announcement tomorrow...

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so wait... I don't get it... So Note 3 comes out, but what is actually NEW? As in useful new?

Ok so it has a bigger screen, some new pen functions and different back cover... but what can it actually DO, which would be absolutely essential, and impossible to live without? I expected nothing less fro ma product so long awaited and so highly hyped...

The camera doesn't seem to be improved at all... The phone doesn't really have any functions which the S4 doesn't have short of the pen functions... So what's so special?


The Note 2 was a better device in every was compared to the S3. It was more powerful, more battery life, more features, etc, etc. But now it looks like this thing is just an over-sized S4 with a pen...


Zaap said:
Watched that from the start. Holy crap, the new S-Pen functions are amazing.

Everything else is a dumb-phone compared to this.
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What are you talking about? Multitasking? Running calculator while looking at profit charts? Chances are you'll be doing that on a PC anyway. How many of us really multitask that much on our phones? And you can multitask on the S4 too, so it's not like its unique to the Note 3. Dragging pictures to ChatOn? Puh-leease... Who the heck uses ChatOn?

You know what's good about the Note 3? It's that I'll surely score an S4 for like $430 now when people will be jumping on the Note 3 bandwagon... ; )
 
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"Siri, why does my phone that hasn't changed in years suck so bad I have to try and bag on the Note 3?"
 
ibex333 said:
so wait... I don't get it... So Note 3 comes out, but what is actually NEW? As in useful new?

Ok so it has a bigger screen, some new pen functions and different back cover... but what can it actually DO, which would be absolutely essential, and impossible to live without? I expected nothing less fro ma product so long awaited and so highly hyped...

The camera doesn't seem to be improved at all... The phone doesn't really have any functions which the S4 doesn't have short of the pen functions... So what's so special?

The Note 2 was a better device in every was compared to the S3. It was more powerful, more battery life, more features, etc, etc. But now it looks like this thing is just an over-sized S4 with a pen...

What are you talking about? Multitasking? Running calculator while looking at profit charts? Chances are you'll be doing that on a PC anyway. How many of us really multitask that much on our phones? And you can multitask on the S4 too, so it's not like its unique to the Note 3. Dragging pictures to ChatOn? Puh-leease... Who the heck uses ChatOn?

You know what's good about the Note 3? It's that I'll surely score an S4 for like $430 now when people will be jumping on the Note 3 bandwagon... ; )
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Sounds like insane expectations - what anything in the last couple years meets the threshold of "absolutely essential, and impossible to live without".

It is to the S4 what the Note 2 was to the S3 - more powerful, should get substantially better battery life (between all the improvements in the SOC, larger battery), a substantially larger screen, and S-Pen. The one difference I will give is that the N2 camera was better than the S3.

The best thing about the N3 is all the great aftermarket features that will come - like the N2, there will be mods to be able to launch any app in multi-window. The new S-Pen features are probably some of the few genuinely useful software improvements that aren't standard on every phone/brand out there. Of course they aren't "can't live without", but again, what feature outside the core apps ever meet that standard.

I personally use the pen with regularity at work to take notes and jot down quick thoughts. The improvements here seem functionally useful (unlike say a visual refresh 😛).

The battery life is the other big plus - if it has G2 or better battery life, then that will be a substantial improvement over the S4.
 
I also have to say Android phones are getting pretty darned good. Between the S4 and HTC One being the new 'normal', the G2 looking pretty amazing, Sony coming out with beautiful phones, and now the Note 3 - you can't really go wrong anymore. Quite a big difference from even a year ago when there were good and not so good choices.

I really am impressed with the reviews of the G2 and want to try it out myself next week in-store. Between the best anywhere screen, performance, and battery life - it's something else. LG's dev community and update history is the one concern. Frankly if I wasn't a phablet guy, I'd totally get this phone.

I'm hopeful the Note 3 sees similar (or even better) battery life.
 
dawheat said:
I also have to say Android phones are getting pretty darned good. Between the S4 and HTC One being the new 'normal', the G2 looking pretty amazing, Sony coming out with beautiful phones, and now the Note 3 - you can't really go wrong anymore. Quite a big difference from even a year ago when there were good and not so good choices.

I really am impressed with the reviews of the G2 and want to try it out myself next week in-store. Between the best anywhere screen, performance, and battery life - it's something else. LG's dev community and update history is the one concern. Frankly if I wasn't a phablet guy, I'd totally get this phone.

I'm hopeful the Note 3 sees similar (or even better) battery life.
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Yep. This is what Microsoft should have done with WP instead of going the Apple route. It's in their DNA afterall.
 
Joe1987 said:
I'm going to hold out for another generation, but the Note 3 looks very good, really like the way you can interact with the watch from the phone.

I want the watch, but the current gen is just too big.

Holy crap,, look at the connector for the Note 3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbgiwqo7xRI#t=31
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Yeah good spot. It uses the micro USB 3 connector which has the extra bit on the side, like on portable 2.5" hard drives and stuff. That should mean faster file transfers to and from computers, at least if the NAND in the phone can keep up with the speed.

It's standard USB 3.0, meaning that a regular USB 2.0 micro usb charger should work fine (USB is backwards compatible after all).
 
ibex333 said:
What are you talking about? Multitasking? Running calculator while looking at profit charts? Chances are you'll be doing that on a PC anyway. How many of us really multitask that much on our phones? And you can multitask on the S4 too, so it's not like its unique to the Note 3. Dragging pictures to ChatOn? Puh-leease... Who the heck uses ChatOn?
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So first you ask "what can it do?" as if it's supposed to have some life-changing functions, then you deride the functions it does add as "Oh you can just do that on a PC."

There's been many times I've wanted a feature like pen-window rather than switching between apps. You're just being silly bagging on the example, when that's all it is, an example.

I jot down numbers and addresses and such all the time on my N2 and I've always thought it would be cool to have those things be directly linked to the address book, maps, direct dialing, etc. Now that's possible. That alone is a killer feature.



It's that I'll surely score an S4 for like $430 now when people will be jumping on the Note 3 bandwagon... ; )
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Wait, so let's see if I got this- now you're excited to 'score' a phone you've already pretended to have just so you could deride it as 'slow'? I guess you've come full circle.
 
Anyone know when ATT will have these in store?? Pre-orders are expected to ship on Oct 1. I called several of the stores around me yesterday and none of them knew when they would actually get them in...

Would rather just get one instore on release day instead of waiting for the free 2 day Fedex shipping 🙂...

I don't think I will have a problem finding one instore on release day (or so I hope)...
 
spacejamz said:
Anyone know when ATT will have these in store?? Pre-orders are expected to ship on Oct 1. I called several of the stores around me yesterday and none of them knew when they would actually get them in...

Would rather just get one instore on release day instead of waiting for the free 2 day Fedex shipping 🙂...

I don't think I will have a problem finding one instore on release day (or so I hope)...
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Yeah I doubt you'll have a problem. I saw people walking in and getting S4s on launch day at my local store in NYC.

I did order mine from negrielectronics since I need to buy it full price and they had the unlocked AT&T Note 3 for cheaper overall than the AT&T store due to tax.
 
Zaap said:
"Siri, why does my phone that hasn't changed in years suck so bad I have to try and bag on the Note 3?"
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Same thing could be said about the Note 1/2/3 & Galaxy 1/2/3/4. Except with Samsung they don't even wait a full year between releasing an update phone. Pretty pathetic from both companies if you ask me.
 
If I'm buying unsubsidized, which model should I buy? I'm on AT&T and I plan to move to T-Mobile soon. I know that there is a "T" version for T-Mobile but is it different in any way other than the software? I want LTE but I don't want any carrier customizations that restrict me from things like tethering, so I don't want the AT&T version either. Is there a generic LTE model that works just as well with AT&T and T-Mobile as their respective models or would I have to get the 3G-only "International" model?

Edit: It looks like the T-Mobile variant has the widest 3G/4G band support and includes all of AT&T's 3G/4G bands and will probably have an unlocked bootloader, so it's what I'm going for regardless of the carrier customizations (unlocked bootloader should take care of that 😉).
 
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QueBert said:
Same thing could be said about the Note 1/2/3 & Galaxy 1/2/3/4. Except with Samsung they don't even wait a full year between releasing an update phone. Pretty pathetic from both companies if you ask me.
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No one is forcing you to buy the latest iPhone or the latest Samsung device. Last I checked my Note 2 will work fine for the foreseeable future.
 
QueBert said:
Same thing could be said about the Note 1/2/3 & Galaxy 1/2/3/4. Except with Samsung they don't even wait a full year between releasing an update phone. Pretty pathetic from both companies if you ask me.
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S4 and Note 3 are one year from their predecessors.
 
ibex333 said:
so wait... I don't get it... So Note 3 comes out, but what is actually NEW? As in useful new?

Ok so it has a bigger screen, some new pen functions and different back cover... but what can it actually DO, which would be absolutely essential, and impossible to live without? I expected nothing less fro ma product so long awaited and so highly hyped...

The camera doesn't seem to be improved at all... The phone doesn't really have any functions which the S4 doesn't have short of the pen functions... So what's so special?


The Note 2 was a better device in every was compared to the S3. It was more powerful, more battery life, more features, etc, etc. But now it looks like this thing is just an over-sized S4 with a pen...





What are you talking about? Multitasking? Running calculator while looking at profit charts? Chances are you'll be doing that on a PC anyway. How many of us really multitask that much on our phones? And you can multitask on the S4 too, so it's not like its unique to the Note 3. Dragging pictures to ChatOn? Puh-leease... Who the heck uses ChatOn?

You know what's good about the Note 3? It's that I'll surely score an S4 for like $430 now when people will be jumping on the Note 3 bandwagon... ; )
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Aside from all the new s pen features and a bigger and better screen you get.

24 bit audio DACs
13mp camera
4k video recording along with 60fps 1080p
New lte cross talk or what ever they call it for 30% more efficient LTE
3gb ram
Bigger battery
8 cores on the exynos version with all 8 being able to be used at once

The PPI increase going from the note 2 alone is worth the upgrade.
 
I think the Note3 sales in the US are going to be disappointing compared to the Note2. There are *a lot* of Note2's out there under contract that aren't getting upgraded until the 4 comes around next year. You might have some people that are coming off an S3 contract that are interested, but the Note2 while a uh..big niche...is still a niche device. And with that come niche sales.

The Note 2 is still an incredibly useful and high end device. There's not overwhelming incentive to sell and buy off contract or before your subsidy upgrade kicks in.
 
vi edit said:
I think the Note3 sales in the US are going to be disappointing compared to the Note2. There are *a lot* of Note2's out there under contract that aren't getting upgraded until the 4 comes around next year. You might have some people that are coming off an S3 contract that are interested, but the Note2 while a uh..big niche...is still a niche device. And with that come niche sales.

The Note 2 is still an incredibly useful and high end device. There's not overwhelming incentive to sell and buy off contract or before your subsidy upgrade kicks in.
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Saw an article today that said Samsung has sold, not shipped but sold, 40 million Note devices. 10 million Note 1's and 30 million Note 2's. You've got all those Note 1 users coming into their upgrades, not to mention the additional people that will want the Note 3.
 
I think a lot of the Note1 users went to a 2. I have seen literally *one* original Note in the wild. In the US it was only offered on AT&T. The Note2 was on every major carrier at release. Hell I have 5 of them within 10 feet of me at work. I think a lot of those 2's are staying put for another year.

Just my opinion.

🙂
 
vi edit said:
I think the Note3 sales in the US are going to be disappointing compared to the Note2. There are *a lot* of Note2's out there under contract that aren't getting upgraded until the 4 comes around next year. You might have some people that are coming off an S3 contract that are interested, but the Note2 while a uh..big niche...is still a niche device. And with that come niche sales.

The Note 2 is still an incredibly useful and high end device. There's not overwhelming incentive to sell and buy off contract or before your subsidy upgrade kicks in.
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My brother is going from an iPhone 5 to a note 3 so don't forget about people that are leaving iOS camp.

With transferable upgrades and family plans we have all upgraded our phone at least once a year.

We have 5 lines and the main line gets an upgrade every year and between all of us we have no problems getting all the new phones at subsidized pricing.

I went from the gs3 to a gs4 and my bro went from an iPhone 4 to 5 and we are using an upgrade now to get the note 3 and my old gs3 went to my younger brother and the iPhone 5 will go to my mother when we pick up the note 3
 
Besides the iPhone, the Galaxy Note is the most common phone I see other people using. I see it more than the Galaxy S. Most of the time it's women who have the Note.
 
Ravynmagi said:
Besides the iPhone, the Galaxy Note is the most common phone I see other people using. I see it more than the Galaxy S. Most of the time it's women who have the Note.
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Im fairly surprised at how many Notes I see in the wild. I guess the really big screen is popular.
 
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