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Somewhat controversially, the year old Note II manages to (arguably) outgun the Note 3 in several areas. The ‘3’s 1080p display is decent to casual inspection (it’s certainly bright enough), but look closer and it’s the somewhat horrible ‘diamond pentile’ layout – this is crisp enough at the same 1080p at 5” on the Galaxy S4, but the fuzziness caused by there only being half as many red and blue pixels is starting to be noticeable even to my ancient eyes on this 5.7” display. But if we’re honest, most users can surely live without it in their phones? Wot? Note II better than Note 3?

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I don’t want to seem too negative about the S Pen and all Samsung’s extra software goodies – I’m sure artists and advertising execs and… kids will have fun with it all. Pen Window in action, next to the existing Multi-window system

Action Memo, which converts your scribblings to useable text for other apps to use.

or try to remove (you need a strong fingernail) the pen. In addition to dedicated applications of its own, as you’ll see, the S Pen even has its own mini-UI, which pops up (see the opening photo) when you remove…. Now, this is Gorilla Glass and not fragile plastic (as in the days of resistive screens), so scratching is less likely, but it’s still a worry, especially when you see just how hard you need to press sometimes with the S Pen. The old argument against stylii on PDAs and the early smartphones was that it only takes one particle of hard dust to get between the stylus tip and screen and bingo, you’ve got a scratch. Some pressure is needed to effect any action and considerable pressure is needed for some operations, not least managing to draw a visible brush stroke when getting arty. This pressure sensitivity does take some getting used to – trail the tip across the screen lightly and you’d expect a ‘dumb’ capacitive stylus to act just a fingertip would, but the S Pen does nothing.

You’ll need a strong fingernail, it’s a tight fit! Try to use it one handed and you’ll be juggling the plastic slab up and down and across your grip, a recipe for disaster. It feels terrific in the hand, albeit just that bit too large to be used one-handed. Housed in a more rectangular shape (reminiscent of the Galaxy S II several years ago) than its more curved predecessor, the Galaxy Note 3 is solid and well built, all plastic (as usual) but heavily disguised, as stitched leather on the back and as ribbed metal around the perimeter. In order to buy it, you really, truly have to want the stylus and its functions, and for more than just fiddling around and showing off to your friends.

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And, thanks to Samsung’s desire to experiment with specs and form factors, you can now get an even bigger screen in an Android phone for half the price of the Note 3… ever heard of the budget Mega 6.3?

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Surely a large part of the reason why people have been drawn to the Note series in the first place is the larger display, great for watching YouTube or Netflix or browsing web sites, great for playing games. After all, you can get plenty of alternative tech for the purchase price of a Galaxy Note 3. All in something that’s the tech fan’s wildest dream, spec-wise. But however clever all this is, it’s tough to get much real work done that wouldn’t be done better by having an ultrabook or even an iPad Air or similar, alongside a phone in a more traditional device form factor. Yes, the stylus is a cool piece of tech. I get it, you can scribble notes and produce sketches and crop text and annotate screenshots and drag windows around and have a lot of fun. There’s also something of a question hanging over why people have been buying the Note, the Note II and now the Note 3 in droves.

The S Pen is THE reason to want – or not want – a Note 3…

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