Note 3 Pros & Cons Ive Discovered so far..

insane209

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I just got my Note 3 a few days ago (upgraded from the Note 2) and I am gonna list of what i think are my pros and cons about the Note 3. Feel free to post your opinions as well...

Pros:

*Speed & performance is smoother than the Note 2, the extra 1gb of ram and 2.3 snap dragon is nice.:good:
*Boot up is way quicker than the Note 2.
*I like the new back cover better than the Note 2 and design of the phone.
*The features on the camera are nice as well as the phone features.

Cons:

*Knox! Was using SetCPU on my rooted Note 3 & Knox kept force closing it with its security notification (unless your using a rom)
*The loud speaker is poorly placed on the bottom as well and i tend to cover it sometimes while playing games landscape mode
*The stylus pen is harder to prey out of the phone itself
*The mic is badly placed on the lower left side and if your like me i hold it with my pinky and sometimes cover it up.
*The camera sucks at focusing up close shots, for example if im taking a up close shot of a paper with small writing.
*Phone runs hot sometimes on the upper back side of the phone around the camera area.
*Every time i disable the "transition animation scale" in the developer options....some how when i use the camera it re-enables it all the time.

This was all happening while being on stock non-rooted, hopefully in the future they fix these problems...but for now im actually thinking of going back to my Note 2


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mvansomeren

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I just got my Note 3 a few days ago (upgraded from the Note 2) and I am gonna list of what i think are my pros and cons about the Note 3. Feel free to post your opinions as well...

Pros:

*Speed & performance is smoother than the Note 2, the extra 1gb of ram and 2.3 snap dragon is nice.:good:
*Boot up is way quicker than the Note 2.
*I like the new back cover better than the Note 2 and design of the phone.
*The features on the camera are nice as well as the phone features.

Cons:

*Knox! Was using SetCPU on my rooted Note 3 & Knox kept force closing it with its security notification (unless your using a rom)
*The battery life sucks compared to the Note 2
*The stylus pen is harder to prey out of the phone itself
*The mic is badly placed on the lower left side and if your like me i hold it with my pinky and sometimes cover it up.
*The camera sucks at focusing up close shots, for example if im taking a up close shot of a paper with small writing.
*Phone runs hot sometimes on the upper back side of the phone around the camera area.
*Every time i disable the "transition animation scale" in the developer options....some how when i use the camera it re-enables it all the time.

This was all happening while being on stock non-rooted, hopefully in the future they fix these problems...but for now im actually thinking of going back to my Note 2


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Thanks for your observations. I will disagree with you on a few points based upon my experience...


  • The battery life on my Note 3 is much better than on my Note 2
  • I'm glad that the S-Pen is harder to pull out. We have over 600 Note 2s at work and people have lost their S-Pens because they have fallen out somewhere.
  • I have not experienced the phone running hot at all.
 

insane209

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Thanks for your observations. I will disagree with you on a few points based upon my experience...


  • The battery life on my Note 3 is much better than on my Note 2
  • I'm glad that the S-Pen is harder to pull out. We have over 600 Note 2s at work and people have lost their S-Pens because they have fallen out somewhere.
  • I have not experienced the phone running hot at all.
Well mine has gotten hot a few times...heard its something to do with the SD card...thus killing my battery faster

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insane209

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Me too exact card...i searched forums around here and ppl are saying it can be various files in the card....hope they fix this soon

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Pro's & Con's

I have the Sprint white 32gig model.
The Pros:
Bright screen
Battery lasts better than my Note 2
Charges faster with the new USB 3.0 plug
Screen size is nice
Faster/better 3G data connect than Note 2

Cons: (taking a deep breath)
The voice quality on a connected call is horrible, with snaps, crackles, and pops.
The Wi-Fi antenna is horrible. Laptop connects at "Excellent signal strength" while the Note 3 displays "signal not stable/weak signal" and doesn't connect. Sometimes it also sits there stating, "verifying IP address" and never connects, while the laptop is connected fine.
There seems to be a slight delay between screen tap and execution of an app.
The SNote program is buggy, with templates you don't actually type into (i.e., lined paper template) as on the Note 2. The templates are more like wallpapers, and misaligned to the text (further giving you that feel that there's a disconnection between screen and input).
The KIES program is not backwards compatible. The 3.0 version does not support the Note 2's 2.6 version, making backup/restore from Note 2 onto Note 3 impossible. There's no way to get Native "phone" calendar entries on the Note 2 over to the Note 3. The Smartswitch app also doesn't transfer Note 2 native calendar entries over to the Note 3.
The web interface is buggy when trying to enter text in web forms. Text changes size as you're typjng, obscuring your view of what you're typing. Entering text within a web text field is difficult in landscape mode as there's one to two lines to work with because the screen keyboard/word detection and notification bar cover everything else. You can disable some of these in settings, but a like to see the time when I'm typing.
There is an obvious delay between tapping on a text entry field and and the Swype keyboard displaying.

Just my observations
John
 
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insane209

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And sometimes when i press the unlock button to turn the screen on it turns on super bright for a quick sec then dims back down to where i had it...not sure if its because i have it unclocked to run slower and screen off or not though....

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M1nze

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I just got my Note 3 a few days ago (upgraded from the Note 2) and I am gonna list of what i think are my pros and cons about the Note 3. Feel free to post your opinions as well...

Pros:

*Speed & performance is smoother than the Note 2, the extra 1gb of ram and 2.3 snap dragon is nice.:good:
*Boot up is way quicker than the Note 2.
*I like the new back cover better than the Note 2 and design of the phone.
*The features on the camera are nice as well as the phone features.

Cons:

*Knox! Was using SetCPU on my rooted Note 3 & Knox kept force closing it with its security notification (unless your using a rom)
*The battery life sucks compared to the Note 2
*The stylus pen is harder to prey out of the phone itself
*The mic is badly placed on the lower left side and if your like me i hold it with my pinky and sometimes cover it up.
*The camera sucks at focusing up close shots, for example if im taking a up close shot of a paper with small writing.
*Phone runs hot sometimes on the upper back side of the phone around the camera area.
*Every time i disable the "transition animation scale" in the developer options....some how when i use the camera it re-enables it all the time.

This was all happening while being on stock non-rooted, hopefully in the future they fix these problems...but for now im actually thinking of going back to my Note 2


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you say you are rooted then you say this all happened while running stock, non-root. make up your mind.

only thing ive noticed that irritates me is when i want to turn the screen off it takes an extra second or 2... :good:
 
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insane209

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you say you are rooted then you say this all happened while running stock, non-root. make up your mind.

only thing ive noticed that irritates me is when i want to turn the screen off it takes an extra second or 2... :good:
Majority of it happen on stock, except the setcpu

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mvansomeren

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And sometimes when i press the unlock button to turn the screen on it turns on super bright for a quick sec then dims back down to where i had it...not sure if its because i have it unclocked to run slower and screen off or not though....

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Try turning off Auto Screen Brightness and see if it still happens.