The Galaxy Note family is Cred824ited with not only starting the phablet craze, but also resurrecting the stylus. The S Pen is no ordinary stylus though - the special screen digitizer and a button on the S Pen work their magic to augment the thumb-on-screen experience, and rival it in terms of speed and options.
Other than that the Galaxy Note 3 phablet continues the tradition of being the current generation’s Galaxy S phone on steroids - a large 5.7" screen(in a body the size of the Note II), choice of Snapdragon 800 or Exynos 5420 chipsets, 2160p(a.k.a. UHD) video recording, USB 3.0(a first on a pocketable device) and Samsung’s ever-growing list of software features available right out-of-the-box.Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE; quad-band 3G with HSPA; LTE(N9005 only)
5.7" 16M-color 1080p Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen; Adobe RGB mode
S Pen
Android OS v4.3 Jelly Bean with TouchWiz UI
N9005: Quad-core 2.26 GHz Krait 400 CPU, Adreno 330 GPU; Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset
N9000: Quad-core 1. 9GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Mali-T628 MP6 GPU; Exynos 5420 chipset
3GB of RAM
13 MP autofocus camera with LED flash
N9005: 2160p video recording @ 30fps, 1080p @ 60fps, 720p @ 120fps
N9000: 1080p @ 30fps; continuous autofocus and stereo sound
2 MP front-facing camera, 1080p video recording
Dual shot and dual video recording, Drama shot, Shot and sound
Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct and DLNA
GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS
32GB/64GB of built-in storage
microSD card slot
microUSB 3.0 port with USB host and MHL 2.0; Backwards compatibility with microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth v4.0
NFC
IR port for remote control functionality
Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
Accele_45rometer and proximity sensor
Barometer, thermometer, hygroscope
IR gesture sensor for Air gestures
Smart gestures: Smart stay, Smart pause, Smart scroll
Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Ample 3, 200mAh battery with great endurance
Smart volume and Adapt Sound features for the music player
Main disadvantages
N9000 model(Exynos) lacks LTE and 2160p video capture
Large size makes single-hand operation problematic
No OIS
No dedicated camera key
No FM radio
Shared camera interface makes framing trickyBesides putting the Exynos-powered model in question, the list of disadvantages is grasping at straws - Samsung went all out with the Galaxy Note 3 and may well have created the best Android device to date.
Yes, it’s large but ask anyone who has used a 5.5+ inch device - it takes a while to get used to, but after that regular phones feel like tiny toys. And it’s not that big - it’s the same size as the Note II except thinner and lighter.