With the Galaxy Note 3 Samsung brings the third generation of his giant smartphones on the market and demand for around 630 euros. What you get for this price and it is perhaps more useful to pick up the predecessor and to save 250 euros? inside-handy.de shows where the strengths lie Grade 3, why even after several weeks of use will find new features and where Samsung tries to lead the user hoodwinked.
processing and design
In processing, there is little reason to complain. Samsung now knows how to process a smartphone, so it adapts to haptically and visually this price range. As usual, the Koreans put on a plastic housing material. However, this is not a criticism. However, what is questionable: Why trying to mimic with synthetic materials such as metal and leather? Not because of the choice of the material, but because of the deception trial – both the silver frame and the removable back, which has a leather texture seams and patch it to reap criticism are. A battery cover which feels like plastic because it is plastic, but to look like leather? Questionable design policy at Samsung. If you imagine, however, the Grade 3 had a back in white (Art) leather, you can imagine how this would have looked like after a few weeks of use.
that is kept in wooden optics cardboard packaging in which the Galaxy Note 3 with accessories supplied, is indeed a minor matter, but it fits the feel of the already mentioned imitations.
Galaxy Note 3 is the first smartphone that has a USB 3.0 port. What does this mean for the user? One has at his or notebook PC also has a USB 3.0 port, you can transfer files faster. In addition, the device is charged via USB faster than usual – but still not as fast as on the charger and the wall socket. Other advantages do not exist. A disadvantage of the new charging plug is that is on the bottom of the note 3, an even bigger and uglier hole than with a micro-USB port. If you think you can now charge only the supplied charger and much broader, is wrong the touch 3rd Even a normal micro USB cable fits into the unsightly entrance.
Otherwiseadjusts the weight of 168 grams to the dimensions of the apparatus (151 x 79 x 8 mm). For comparison, the few grams heavier Galaxy Note 2 has a 0.2 inch screen kiddies, but the housing is 151 x 81 x 9.4 millimeters something greater
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The package still referred to as the S-Pen stylus a few tips for the Samsung. Depending on taste, you can write a tip with rubberized finish or choose from a hard plastic. The lower one represents the cutting resistance during the writing tight.
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Rating: 4.5 / 5
display
that Samsung can build displays that amaze and over again, is probably well known. Also, the screen of the Galaxy Note 3 is one of the best that can currently be built into a smartphone. The Koreans put this on a 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display, full HD (1,080 x 1,920 pixels) dissolves and is protected by Gorilla Glass 3rd Fonts and images are represented absolutely sharp.
The automatic brightness control works quickly and accurately. It has not at any time feel the brightness of the screen should be slightly lighter or darker. Even in direct sunlight the display of the score 3 hits pretty good. The viewing angle stability is very high, so that one recognizes the screen good even when device is tilted by 90 degrees.
Grade 3 is in terms of display par with the G2. The current flagship of LG could also excel in the test and delivered outstanding results.
Compared to its predecessor, the display of the Grade 3 has grown by 0.2 inches and thus a tad larger. In addition, the Grade 2 solves “only” in HD on.
The display of the Galaxy Note in 3 different viewing angles
Rating 5/5
features and performance
by Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 performs the work in Note 3 Means four cores and a clock frequency of 2.3 GHz. There is also a 3 GB of memory. The performance can be seen. It moves smoothly through the menus and wipes without any lag from homescreen to homescreen. Games like Real Racing 3 or FIFA 14 run without problems and prepare either CPU or GPU or RAM headaches. The heat on the back is very limited.
The internal memory is measured to 32 GB and can be expanded using micro SD card to 64GB more.
In AnTuTu benchmark test, the score reached 3 36,000 points. Thus, the giant smartphone is on par with the LG G2, which only scored 30 more points in the test. For comparison, the Galaxy S4 brings it to almost 25,000 points, the predecessor, the Grade 2, reached just half of the top value. One should make the purchase but do not depend on such indicators. It was recently announced and, meanwhile, confirmed by Samsung that the Koreans – distort the benchmark results and the Galaxy Note 3 – as the Galaxy S4. Apparently the smartphone recognizes that it is tested and briefly supplies more power than the user is available. But Samsung is certainly not the only manufacturer who is trying to gain an advantage.
The Galaxy Note 3 in the AnTuTu benchmark test
The voice quality is mediocre. The caller will be properly understood, a difference to a 14-year-old Siemens C25 but you can not tell. At least grade 3 filters the background noise out like church bells. The interlocutor understands itself a pretty good, but you can hear a little dull at. About the speaker changes the sound very little. The volume can be regulated up so far that you can certainly use in the car, the Grade 3 as handsfree or GPS.
Atconnectivity offers the Galaxy Note 3:
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| Feature | Yes | No | function | HSPA | X | extension of the UMTS mobile standard, down max. 21 Mbit / s | HSPA + | X | extension of the UMTS mobile standard, down max. 42 Mbit / s | LTE | X | mobile radio standard, down max 100 Mbit / s | USB OTG | X | allows connecting external devices such as USB sticks, hard drives or keyboards | DLNA | X | standard for wireless transfer of media content, such as on a TV | NFC | X | Allows a Bluetooth connection to another device by briefly touching | Miracast | X | Allows the wireless parts of the display with another device | MHL | X | Allows wired connection via the micro USB port to a HDMI port | Infrared Remote Control | X | Enables use as a universal remote | Bluetooth version | X | 4.0 | WLAN standards | X | 802.11 a / b / g / n |
Rating 4.5 / 5
camera
A 13-megapixel camera with LED flash on the back of the user to guide you through the everyday and let him take snapshots. However, to succeed with the camera more than just snapshots. Both close-ups and shots in good and less good light can be seen. When it gets dark, and the color noise increases significantly and details are blurred partly to a homogeneous mass. With the cameras of the Lumia 1020 or the Xperia Z1 the Grade 3 but can not keep up.
videos can be captured in 4K quality. However, the files are accordingly large: One minute 4K video is 350 MB. Compared: One minute video in full HD resolution brings it to 125 MB. The question remains why Samsung gives the user this option 4K at hand. Possible answer: Because they can. A benefit does not open up until now, the devices are able to play such a high resolution still scarce and expensive. The Full HD display of the Grade 3 can not tell the difference between the two resolutions. On the computer various video playback programs have problems with the file. If the movie is playing, it is often very choppy.
In addition, slow motion shots are possible. In video mode, then up to 120 frames per second are recorded and saved as an MP4 file. A second in reality is then converted about ten seconds. The shots are quite nice to look at, but are not high definition.
criticism reaping the shrill and penetrating tone that sounds very loud, once you set the focus. Unfortunately, for this turn neither in the camera settings even in the sound settings. The only way to make photos without the annoying beeping is to regulate the ringtone to zero.
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Indoors
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Church
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With the Galaxy Note 3 test shots are made here in full resolution
Rating 4/5
software and multimedia
almost every smartphone from Samsung runs the Grade 3 with Google’s Android mobile operating system – currently in version 4.3. The Koreans put on the system but with the company’s own TouchWiz user interface and plug the device with software fully. These include applications such as “story album”, “S Health”, “S AGENT” or “Knox”, a software with which you can encrypt their data on the smartphone. Then there are the many apps that are designed for the stylus, which takes place in the rating 3. Among these are, for example, “S Note”, “scrapbook” or “Aktionsmemo.”
Pulling the stylus out of its slot to open an app called “Air Command”, which displays the main options that can be done with the stylus. The circular mini-application can also be opened manually when you can float at a distance of half a centimeter above the display and the stylus presses the single button on the stylus.
A sensible and also useful on such a large display application is “multi-window”. So that users get the ability to run two programs simultaneously on the screen. Over a longer holding the “back button” appears or disappears at the left edge of the display, a bar, can be called in applications such as YouTube, Gmail or WhatsApp. Thus, the user can chat with someone in a hangout at once and let go a Youtube video.
The function is not entirely new and already known from Galaxy Note second What is new is “My Magazine” – an extension of the app “Flipboard”, which can be opened to the center of the screen with a mop from the lower edge of the display. This can be news topics, view messages from social networks and e-mails, and appointments together. Visually reminds the personal magazine on HTC Flashing feed.
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complexity Samsung can come up in the settings. Apparently this is even aware of the Koreans, which is why they have installed a custom search bar for that sector. If you want to find the optimal settings for yourself, you should allow more than 10 minutes for it. In addition, it should happen that you meet, even after several weeks of use on settings or software features that you have not noticed until now.
Withinstalled the app “Music” Samsung consider an application which, although does not look fancy, but offers a few settings. Thus, tone and playback speed as well as an equalizer in the form of predefined styles such as rock, tube amp or effect can be controlled bass boost. Lyrics can also view and control the player by voice.
If you do notplaces great emphasis on rich bass, provides the speaker, the Samsung installed on the bottom edge, an acceptable sound. If you play around a little on the equalizer, you can get out a bit more. HTC shows at the One and One mini that it can be done much better. In addition, the mediocre speaker does not fit the other components of the quality rating 3 But you connect the phone to a higher quality headphones or a stereo system on, return to the bass. About the supplied in-ear headset while you can listen to music, a treat it is not just due to lack of momentum.
Rating 4.5 / 5battery
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 sets in a strong replaceable 3,200 mAh battery, which should hold up to 16.5 hours of talk time and up to 40 days in standby, according to the Koreans.
The battery must be tested at permanently activated Bluetooth, WLAN and GPS as well as e-mail push a 30-minute interview, 30 minutes of music listening via web stream, 30 minutes and play a 30-minute HD video playback on YouTube provide. On top of taking several photos and videos and browsing through various websites.
At the end of this over 8.5 hour work day, the battery was still filled to 41 percent. After 10 hours in standby lost the Galaxy Note 3 only a 5 percent charge. These values ??are ideal for very powerful hardware, including full HD screen and a computationally intensive quad-core processor.
battery life of the Galaxy Note 3
you activate the power saving mode, the battery lasts with moderate use also sometimes loosely through two and a half days. In the test, nearly 20 percent were still read after 48 hours on the battery scale.
Rating 5/5Conclusion
At first touch, it is found that the grade 3 is quite large. But you get used to the size very quickly and every little smartphone comes a still very small. If you have found out the advantages of the pen, it’s fun to use it.
addition to the LG G2 also has the Galaxy Note 3 to be the right stuff, the Android smartphone of the year. But it has a disadvantage compared to the flagship of LG: The music costs a whopping € 630 200 € more
Outstanding are the Full HD display and powerful battery.. Also, the camera delivers good pictures, even if they can not keep up with the Xperia Z1 or a Lumia 1020. Disappointing, however, is the speaker who does not fit the built-in high-end components. In addition, one or the other is angry about the flood of settings. Here we ever lose track.
Samsung tried numerous software to score, but this was not thought at some points over and over whose presence one can argue. These include features such as “Eye-scrolling” or the way Herwischen images using gestures.
confusing us both pity is that Samsung advertises with housing materials that turn out to be fake. The silver aluminum frame and the leather back are plastic, but the processing and does not detract from the pleasant feel.
With the Galaxy Note 3 you get a top class smartphone, which offers first-class facilities. But this has its price: around 630 euros must shell out the prospect to the score 3 to be able to call his own
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alternatives
Anyone looking for similar great alternatives that will mate with the Huawei Ascend a significantly cheaper option of a giant smartphone. The 300-euro unit is equipped with a large 6.1-inch HD display and has a larger battery. But you have to give up a stylus.
Alsowithout pin is the Sony Xperia Z Ultra delivered. The device costs about 600 euros and comes with similar hardware features such as the touch 3rd Say: Full HD display, Snapdragon processor 800 and 3,000 mAh battery. But you have to forego Memory: The Ultra Z has “only” 2 GB
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Who wants a stylus not do without, at the same time but can not scroll 630 euros on the counter for which comes with the Note 2 in any of the previous question. Currently the unit for less than 400 euros to have.
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