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[Galaxy Note 3 General] cpufrost:
I like the speaker better on the Note 3. Why? It's a PHONE speaker and what I hated about the previous Sammy models was the speaker was nearly muted when the phone was placed on a table. That problem does not exist with this design. If you cup your hand it's quite loud and OK.

If you want to go louder try a bluetooth speaker. I have a UE Boom and it goes LOUD and sounds better than any phone speaker period.

My biggest gripe is taking video, the pops and noises in the audio. They are also present in the voice recorder app. This problem is also present in the S4. Not sure if it's fixable via firmware either as it would probably have been fixed by now.

I know I'm the minority but I liked the shiny plastic cover better than the fake leather. True it won't scratch or show fingerprints as easy but it goes in a case anyway and it seems like most TPU cases pull the back off the phone when removed which is mildly annoying!

The AMOLED is very bright and sunlight visible I just wish it could go dimmer in fully dark rooms. I know there's apps that can make it dimmer but it's masking and not truly reducing the luminosity of the panel.

Oh and to nitpick a bit more...

The white dialer that started with the S4 is horrible! I miss the original dark SEC dialer themes, I wish they had a toggle.

The stock mobile signal icon is also not optimal. I wish the bars would only glow when signal is present. The triangle shaped placeholder is way to visible so even when there is no signal at a glance it's hard to tell if there's full signal or nothing. With 320DPI it's even harder to read when busy like riding, etc.

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It's use of heavy noise reduction and post processing to mask high amounts of sensor noise.

Too bad phones don't have a RAW mode, those of us familiar with image editing could do our own post processing with perhaps better results, etc.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lordanas59:
Moved from xperia s to note 3 before 1 week ago..it was my first experience with Samsung devices, and it'll be the last one.

Screen issue (in lowest brightness I notice some weird color presentation in the original blue background), home button crooked, camera completely don't focus and blurring whatever you do with the setting.

I sent it back for replacement, when i receive it i will sell it for whatever price I get.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] MILJANN:
LOL....u want that? its not for phone...that is job for DSLR.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] JCM800:
Nah disagree. Had better results and more pleasing in that scenario even with my iPhone 4s and note 2 tbh.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
That's very kind of you. To replace before selling.

Sent from my SM-N900T
[Galaxy Note 3 General] theorioles33:
Digital zoom sucks on any device. Period! I would stay away from flash and digital zoom if you can help it.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lordanas59:
What's the problem?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Limeybastard:
I don't have a problem do you ? Was merely stating that it was kind of you for caring about selling it on after you get a fix. Most folks wouldnt bother.

Sent from my SM-N900T
[Galaxy Note 3 General] MILJANN:
I agree with you.

I think kids today think that they can do professional nighttime shooting with mobile phone.. Lol.. :D

And that is not enough. yey! they want to zoom picture in darkrooms.. Wow... :D

Seriously folks, you need big objective and great picture sensors off Nikon or Canon to do that in picture quality that you are dreaming of.. I have Nikon D 3100 , dslr, and I'm usually satisfied with shooting in night time, but when i zoom, I need stronger flash to take a good picture. So even DS LR have problems at night... And you want to zoom in dark area and have a good picture on mobile phone ? don't fool yourself, please...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] joecool73:
I have the Verizon Note 3 version number: SM - N900V . I have 11 days left until I’m stuck with it. I came from the Verizon Note 2 and will probably go back to it. My Note 2 is rooted with root_66 with greenify, etc, so I’m comparing my Note 3 stock to when my Note 2 was stock. Had the Verizon Note 2 and loved it. Got stolen at work on Friday. Ordered a new note 3 as an upgrade, still have the unlimited data plan. Spec wise no comparison.

However, battery life seems a lot worse.

Notification led is smaller.

No auto format for stock web browsers.

I hate the look of jellybean 4.3.

Phone gets hot when running video for a while, real hot

I don't like the white dialer pad miss my 4.1.2 jellybean.

Note 2 has a way better battery management than the Note 3. Granted the bigger screen, faster quad core and higher full HD resolution on the note 3 is probably the reason.

No windy weather live wall paper.

The speaker sucks compared to the Note 2. The Note 3 speakers are not nearly as loud.

Swype lost the ability to voice text cuss in this version. And yes I have the block offensive words box unchecked.

The reception 4G LTE i.e. radios, signal strength is muck weaker and more inconstant

And last but not least is Price. I can pick up a new Note 2 for 90.00 compared to the 225.00 it cost me for this Note 3 for my upgrade. For me personally I cant justify the huge cost increase over my Note 2. The Note 3 doesn’t run any noticeably faster than my Note 2.

Granted, there are roots and mods that will alleviate some of these problems, no doubt about it, but I think Ill wait for the Note 4. I am a huge fan of Samsung, had the Fascinate rooted , Droid Charge rooted , S4 rooted, Note 2 rooted and now the Note 3 stock. I have 10 days left if I want to return it and get another phone. For me this is a first where I might actually want to go backwards in technology.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] MILJANN:
My battery is better... It's enough juice even for two days, if am economical in that way.. But I never managed to drain the battery in one day .. I am very satisfied... And S-Pen options are great.. That's why I bought this phone. So I like, TW, and i don't want to root, and flash, anything. I would like that Galaxy note 3 have better build quality... Everything else is in order...
[Galaxy Note 3 General] qunungnauraq:
polycarbonate vs aluminum

I like the polycarbonate build better than an aluminum build. Half of the aluminum unibody Macbook pro laptops brought into my shop by customers have dents and scratches. The same goes for many aluminum phones I see. Polycarbonate is used to make things like ballistic panels. Have you ever seen the youtube video where an iphone and samsung galaxy are put into commercial blenders and shredded? The galaxy took several times longer to shred than the iphone. As the iphone was already getting shredded, the Samsung Galaxy was mostly bouncing off the blades. Anyway, there are cases with build quality and aesthetics that surpass any naked phone. I think of the polycarbonate housings of my Note 2 and Note 3 as a durable shock absorbing inner subframe.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BarryH_GEG:
I hope you're not planning to go back to Sony. Their new phones have had tons of display issues; check their forums. The LG G2 seems to be the recent phone with the fewest display complaints. Most of the complaints about the N3's display are more AMOLED related than anything specific to the N3.

The white dialer (including contacts) and e-mail client combined with the significantly brighter display increase outdoor readability at least two fold.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Canadoc:
Recent update turned my keyboard and dialer back to the black and dark blue of the old note 2.

Ram management seems better also by close to 500 mb more free ram since the update.

Also Voice calls are louder than note 2. Yes speaker doesnt sound quite as good but it also doesnt get blocked when settled down.

Battery life for me is on par once I turned off a few battery hogging settings that i never use and wrre off on my note 2 as well.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Bruce lee roy:
Interesting. I agree the hw improvements are there but the minor improvements don't justify the cost. And when you factor in its shortcomings, I expect the n3 to be overlooked by most savy consumers.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] wilflare:
getting tempted to switch to the LG G2 lol
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BarryH_GEG:
So the vast majority of owners here and reviewers that are pleased with the N3 are this?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dr.m0x:
First of all, most consumers aren't savvy. Second of all this phone is overall a great package and performs well in all areas even if it isn't the best at everything. It also has features which aren't available elsewhere i.e. the pen and the removable battery.

I would have liked to have it cheaper but overall I can't really complain. At first I thought about keeping my note 2 but this thing has really grown in me.

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lordanas59:
Sorry, Misunderstand your previous comment.

Of course I won't lol, I have really bad experience with my xperia s!

I'm planning to move from android OS to another OS.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Bruce lee roy:
I agree with almost everything you said. I was just poking a friendly jab at Berry ;)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Hammer_drum:
The Note 3 is by far the most powerful device I've ever owned.

The amount of RAM on it is simply staggering and the screen has made folks in my office say "wow".

My remorse? LTE isn't really working where I live so perhaps I got it too early, the S View case is very expensive, the device itself is almost faultless.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] wally3614:
It is funny reading all these slams. I think they did a great job putting it together. I mean the tech that is simply in this device is awesome. I for one f++kn love this phone. And like a woman, I love a lot of things and are annoyed with some things but trading her in is exchanging one problem for a different one. Two thumbs up for N3. And btw I have tons of killer night time pics with it. The night mode works great
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BarryH_GEG:
The night mode (Smart Stabilization) really does make a difference.

The first pic is with it and second pic is without. The stage lights are green vs. blue in the pics so focus on the detail captured.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] qunungnauraq:
Tricorder

The Note 3 is far more than just a phone. It's actually the closest thing to a tricorder ever built.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] joecool73:
In an earlier post, I had quite a few negative comments about my Verizon Note 3. Verizon just pushed a OTA update, build number VRUBMJ7. I believe this update was for the sound and connectivity issues with this device. After updating it, I do notice less battery drain. However the Sound and connectivity seem the same to me.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] theorioles33:
The only remorse I have is buying the phone twice. Let me explain.

I originally pre-ordered the Note 3 and got it on release day. My first impression was "wow, what a gorgeous screen". Mind you, at the time, I still had my Note 2 which I absolutely loved. I played with the Note 3 for a couple days. I heard there may not be a ROOT because of the locked bootloader and all that. That instantly turned me off so I returned it and paid the $35 restocking fee (remorse part). I went back to my beloved Note 2. A week or so later XDA reports the Note 3 had been rooted. Also in that week I watched a ton of YouTube videos showing just how awesome the Note 3 was. With that being said, I went back and re-purchased the Note 3 for the 2nd time. At FULL price! Yes, I have issues. Now, after rooting and installing Xposed Framework and Wanam, I could not be happier. This phone is incredible. Why wouldn't I want a souped-up version of my Note 2? 32GB and a 64GB SD card, 3GB of ram and a kick ass processor with over 20 hours of battery life without even trying. Ready for business (and play).

I forgot to mention that I recently bought the Nexus 5 to see how the pure Android experience was. Didn't like it! I think pure Android is more boring than iOS if that's even possible. Sold it on eBay the next day.

NOTE 3 FTW! :highfive:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] joecool73:
Also anyone reading this that has a note 2, can you tell me what version of swype you are using as well as the stock browser version number? Looking for those apk files.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] dr.m0x:
It's better than a tricorder. You can't watch pron on a tricorder.

Sent from my SM-N9005
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BarryH_GEG:
Or hide it with KNOX. ;)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] avenging:
The original sview covers are really hard to find but I sorta kinda like my cheapo note 3 case lol
[Galaxy Note 3 General] sohebq:
+1 dude. Impressive postm I also owned note 2 for 1 year and called it the best thing ever, beforw that I used all galaxy s series but couldnt be more happier than anything else woth note 2. When I got note 3, I loved the new screen new camera and new spen, enough reasons to stick to it for another year.

Forgot to add the usefulnes of 32gig builtin. Now I am snatching all my fav stuff from web without even looking how much space left.

Sent from Note 3 (The beauty & beast)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] fade2black101:
I'll probably get this phone soon, but atm I'm happy with my Note II and the way it is rooted and set up. There are some questions I'll want to find out before I go for it (I.e. whether adding any app to multiwindow is possible, whether vipermod works as flawlessly as it does on my n7105 4.1.2 Note II given that it doesnt work well on my 4.3 Nexus 4.)

My sister recently got the Note III on my recommendation though, and I do like the feel and performance of it. I just worry about those two things mentioned above as they're massively important to me and work perfectly on my current phone. I don't want to get a massive headache trying to set up the Note III the same way.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] theorioles33:
The Viper audio mod does work and you can add apps to multi window using Wanam. I have both installed on my Note 3.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] toker_X1:
Viper Audio mod is abit hit and miss at the mo. Some apps works and some apps doesnt (its trial and error for now), also the driver causes occassional cracks and pops for me.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] nakedtime:
Things I dislike about this phone:

not having someone with an iPhone around to call a sissy for their tiny slow pretentious gimmicky etc. excuse for a phone at all times.

**edit

Aside from people who have girlish hands, I really see no reason why anyone would buy any other device knowing that this exists.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] qunungnauraq:
Winamp

Winamp has a gain control and a better equalizer than the default Note 3 music player. It makes it substantially louder with a wider db range on the equalizer. Bass response can be noticeably increased.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bubblesmoney:
i like the device but the sh1t wifi speeds and network connectivity issues on the N3 are making me wonder whether to get a refund under the sale of goods act in the UK. My S4 and Nexus 5 work great on same network, soetimes when nexus 5 got 40mbps download speeds on the same wifi network, at same time the note 3 would struggle to get 0.5 to 2mbps speeds! generally the upload speeds are ok on the N3 but download speeds are awful on the N3, even my 4y old HTC desire never had such awful download speeds. Bluetooth also takes a long time to connect in my car. Same car my S4 connects instantly. The N3 seems like a prototype which they released early before sorting out the bugs.

see what i mean by awful wifi issues in comparison to nexus 5 (s4 performs much much better than N3 on same wifi) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-XvFPwTAGA
[Galaxy Note 3 General] fade2black101:
This is worrying

Of course though, Barry will claim it's your own fault :D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] Amdathlonuk:
Not really.

Considering how many Note 3's have sold.

I haven't heard of this issue from anyone else.

My Note 3 downloads fine, even on 4g it's really fast.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BarryH_GEG:
Not really. Some devices have problems with different routers. Samsung devices have historically had issues with D-Link routers (which is why I own a Netgear). Also older routers and newer radios can have issues. My "X device didn't have a problem" doesn't really mean anything. If someone's N3 is having Wi-Fi issues they should either get a new router or return it and go back to "X device." There's been a few posts about the N3 having crappy cell signal reception and Wi-Fi challenges like posted above. While every N3 owner may use their device differently you can pretty much count on the Wi-Fi and cell radios being used (and scrutinized) universally. So it's certainly "worrying" to those having issues but if it was a large scale problem we'd have known by now. Don't you think? ;)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] fade2black101:
:D :D
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jonsmith709:
I agree with this, I also get a poor connection with my note 3 with BTHUB 2 and 3, so does my daughter and have done so with my old S4, but the strange thing is that I get no problems with my works BT Business hub or my Netgear, May be its just BTHUB 2 and 3, there are also loads of forums stating connection problems with them.

http://community.bt.com/t5/Other-BB-Queries/Home-Hub-3-and-Internet-connection-problems/td-p/541167
[Galaxy Note 3 General] stoney73:
To be fair, the BT home hub (2 or 3) are pretty poor routers, worse actually they are just s**t. I know because I've had them both.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] fade2black101:
A s*** router that works fine with his other phones.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BarryH_GEG:
Wow, your post certainly makes the issue look dramatic. But the thread that you excerpted from is only 9 pages long. In the overall thread quite a few people mentioned their N3 works fine with some routers and not so fine with others. That's kind of the point I was making. You can pretty much go to any device on XDA and find Wi-Fi issues on its forum. Same thing with Bluetooth connecting to specific devices. It would be nice if every electronic device would play equally well with every other electronic device. Life's not that perfect. My N3's been to five countries and connected to untold number of Wi-Fi routers in offices, airports, hotels, and coffee shops and I've had some typical connectivity issues but nothing out of the ordinary and nothing I could blame the N3 for. I have about a dozen friends and associates with N3's and none have mentioned any specific Wi-Fi performance issues which I'd assume they would if they were having them.

Instead of people ranting I'd suggest someone take charge of that thread and start collecting the following:

- N3 model (EG: Octa, S-800)

- ROM being used (including CSC)

- Router the issue shows itself with

- How the issue presents itself (constant, after "X" amount of time, intermittent)

That's how the D-Link issue was identified in the i9100 forum. Good luck. ;)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bubblesmoney:
My N3 is snapdragon europe version on vodafone network but unlock from vodafone and using three network sim, stock vodafone rom.

The isssue is constant and always there.

Its there with ever F***£$% router i have tried it with at home or at work, my work place is large with 7000 employees with many routers and this damn thing is the only device i have ever had that has issues with connections at my work place. It has issues at free wifi provided by O2 at macdonalds too.

Do you honestly expect me to ask every hotel and macdonalds to reset their routers every time i walk in? Do you expect every customer to buy a new router when they buy this phone that costs £600 or there abouts. Do i ask every house i go to to reset their routers for this device!

Its not just ther xda thread 6 pages long, did you see the android central posts or the gazillion other posts on this link

i repeat its every damn router that i have come across!

I have tried the test menu using dialer and switched off wifi power save mode and it made no difference

i also switched off auto switching between wifi and data again no difference

i also tried switching off data altogether wndering if the phone was intermittently trying to check 3g

i also tried switching to wcdma only wondering if the phone was searching for 4g connection when not available. again no difference.

i noted on an old note 2 thread that they damaged their phone and with official replacement parts their phone had wifi issues and when they changed back to their old wifi antenna then it worked fine again. i am wondering if a batch of note 3 has the same faulty wifi antenna problem that seem to have happened with note 2 as well.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] BarryH_GEG:
But obviously not for everyone. The "crooked home button" thread is 14 pages. You'd think that if there was a uniform Wi-Fi problem across all devices sold it would be a huge discussion.

Here's something to think about. Samsung's regional ROMs can contain different versions of the same apps even though the build numbers and change lists might be the same. I found this out on the OG Note 10.1 forum. A handful of people couldn't import PDFs in to S Note; it would force close. The majority had no problems. To make sure it wasn't the specific PDF those with working versions of S Note imported the same PDF successfully that others were having problems with. Through an exercise like what I recommended we found that there were a dozen different versions of S Note and that two had the PDF problem. And the Note 10.1 had only been out for about three months. So there could be a s/w issue affecting some N3's regionally or on a specific carrier version of the s/w.

So maybe something like that is affecting you and some others. That or perhaps your specific device has a bad radio. Sadly, you don't have a lot of options. If you're rooted you can play with some other ROMs and see if they work any better. If you're not rooted, and your hardware's fine, you'll have to wait for Samsung or your carrier to issue s/w updates to see if that helps. If you don't like those options and don't want to wait you may need to abandon ship.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] lauchon:
switched off auto switching between wifi and data

I usted to have the same problem in any network, it keeps switching between wifi and data, so I turned off "auto switching between wifi and data" and I've never have any problems again, it only keeps telling me that it have low speed but it keeps working just fine.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] bubblesmoney:
my problem is only with download speeds which frequently hang and are slow, upload speeds are fine at 15 - 17 mbps.

inssider app says i have a 55 to 63dbm connection which si strong connection and am sat within 10 feet of the router with only one thing wall between me and router

since the upload speeds are fine, i assume the hardware is fine and its a software problem.

i like the device otherwise and am hoping against hope i dont have to return this. i found the nexus 5 too small for me and like the n3 scrap book features which i find useful for scrapping stuff to use in my powerpoint presentations for teaching. find it efficient to use the pen to scrap stuff from documents and web to my teaching powerpoint files when on the loo!!! :o

but this wifi issue is driving me nuts and 3g speeds arent great like the s4 too. didnt like the s4 size so gave it to the wife. like teh n3 size and features just hope can find a solution to this issue and samsung cant be arsed answering tweets about this problem. sent them the link to my video on twitter but no response from any samsung channel.

the phone says my network speeds are 72mbps but keeps disconnecting. inssider app says my speeds are similar too. dont know if it is the n router issue, will try to change it to bg only if i can find my manual for the router and the cd that came with it.
[Galaxy Note 3 General] jonsmith709:
Can't believe I missed this. ... Cheers:good:
[Galaxy Note 3 General] toker_X1:
My N3 has got worst over time, I have BT home hub 3 on DL 80Mb/s UL 20Mb/s fiber

N3 was DL 29Mb/s and UL 17Mb/s - OOKLA Speedtest -

Nexus 4 was DL 61Mb/s and UL 18Mb/s - OOKLA Speedtest

Huawei Y300 was DL 51Mb/s and UL 14Mb/s - OOKLA Speedtest

OT

MacBook Pro was DL 73Mb/s and UL 16Mb/s - OOKLA Speedtest

Its not good when a £69.99 phone beats £600 phone on basic communication such as WiFi