Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Samsung's made an annual tradition of introducing a new Galaxy Note at Berlin's IFA trade show and this year's no different. The Galaxy Note 3 sticks close to the winning formula: it enlarges the Super AMOLED display of the Note II to 5.7 inches, adds a bombastic 3GB of RAM and a 2.3GHz quad-core processor, raises the camera resolution to 13 megapixels, and simultaneously trims the fat so it can be a millimeter thinner at 8.3mm and a shade lighter at 168g. Those incremental upgrades all point to a better device, but only marginally so — Samsung's hopes for attracting new buyers to its Note platform rest on a suite of new stylus-friendly software features and a physical redesign aimed at making the Note 3 look that extra bit more glamorous.

2.5G (GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE): 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz3G (HSPA＋42Mbps): 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz

4G (LTE Cat 4 150/50Mbps) : up to 6 different band sets (Dependent on market)

LTE 2.3 GHz Quad-Core Processor

3G 1.9 GHz Octa Core Processor ( A15 1.9 GHz + A7 1.3 GHz)

The selection of AP will be differed by markets.

5.7inch (144.3mm) Full HD Super AMOLED (1920 x 1080)

Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean)

Main(Rear): 13 Mega-pixel BSI Sensor, Auto Focus camera with Smart Stabilization,

LED Flash(High CRI), and Zero Shutter Lag

Sub (Front): 2 Mega-pixel BSI sensor with Smart Stabilization,

Full HD recording @30fps

Dual Camera: Dual Shot / Dual Recording/ Dual Video Call

Recording: UHD 30fps, Smooth motion (FHD 60fps), Slow motion (HD 120fps)

Camera Mode: Drama Shot, Sound & Shot, Animated Photo, Eraser, Best Photo, Best Face, Beauty Face, HDR (High Dynamic Range), Panorama, Sports, Golf, Surround shot, Live effect

Codec: H.264, MPEG-4, H.263, VC-1, WMV7, WMV8, Sorenson Spark, MP43, VP8, HEVC

Recording & Playback: Full HD (1080p), UHD (*may differ by market)

Codec: MP3, AAC/AAC+/eAAC+, WMA, AMR-NB/WB, Vorbis, FLAC(*), WAV(*)

(*) Ultra High Quality Audio (~192KHz, 24 bit) support

Air Command: Action Memo, Scrapbook, Screen Write, S Finder, Pen Window

S Note, Multi Window, new Easy Clip, Direct Pen Input

Additional Features

Group Play: Share Music, Share Picture, Share Video, Share Document, Play Games

Story Album, S Translator

Samsung Smart Scroll, Samsung Smart Pause, Air Gesture, Air View

Samsung Apps, Samsung Hub, ChatON (Voice/Video Call, Share screen, 3-way calling), Samsung WatchON

S Voice™ Hands Free, S Health

Samsung Adapt Display, Samsung Adapt Sound

Auto adjust touch sensitivity (Glove friendly)

Samsung Link, Screen Mirroring

Safety Assistance, Samsung

Chrome, Search, Gmail, Google+, Maps, Play Books

Play Movies, Play Music, Play Store, Hangouts

Voice Search, YouTube, Google Settings, Play Games, Messenger

WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (HT80)

GPS / GLONASS

NFC, Bluetooth® v 4.0 (LE)

IR LED (Remote Control), MHL 2.0

Sensor

Gesture, Accelerometer, Geo-magnetic, Gyroscope, RGB

Proximity, Barometer, Temperature & Humidity, Hall Sensor

32/ 64 GB User memory ＋ microSD slot (up to 64GB)

3GB RAM

151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3mm, 168g

Standard battery, Li-ion 3,200 mAh

Samsung has again included the Note’s venerable S-Pen stylus as well, promising that “significant improvements” have been made this time around. An “Action Memo” feature lets you handwrite a person’s phone number and title on a virtual post-it note-style pad, which is then saved to your contacts, for instance. There’s also a digital scrapbooking feature that lets you circle parts of webpages for later viewing, complete with links back to the original sites.

Running two applications side-by-side was introduced with the Galaxy Note II; that feature is back, but now you can run the same app in two windows. The Samsung rep demonstrating the feature pulled up two instances of Samsung’s chat software to drag and drop chat entries between chats with two different people. There’s also a “box” feature wherein you can use the S-Pen to draw your own custom-sized window within which to run a second app.