Samsung Galaxy Note3

Full Specifications

This device is also known as Samsung N900A, Samsung N900V, Samsung N9000, Samsung N9002, Samsung N9005, Samsung N900P, Samsung N900T, Samsung Galaxy Note3 Olympic Games Edition

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I have it 297 users
I had it 259 users

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Design

Dimensions 5.95x3.12x0.33 inches
151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm
Weight 5.93 oz (168.0 g)
Features Stylus, Interchangeable covers
Keys Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors Black, Pink, White

Display

Size 5.7-inch
Resolution 1920x1080px, 386 PPI
Technology Super AMOLED
Screen-to-body 74.78 %
Features Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20 APL) Untested
Bright Min 4.6 (Poor)

Hardware

System chip Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974
Processor Quad-core
2300 MHz
Krait 400
GPU Adreno 330
RAM 3GB (LPDDR3)
Internal storage 64GB
Storage expansion microSDHC up to 64 GB
OS Android (5.0 Lollipop, 4.4.4, 4.4, 4.3)
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Battery

Capacity 3200 mAh
Type Li - Ion, User replaceable

Camera

Rear Single camera
Main camera 13 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal length: 31 mm
Sensor size: 1/3.06"
Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash LED
Video recording 3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps), 1920x1080 (Full HD) (60 fps), 1280x720 (HD) (120 fps)
Continuous autofocus, Video light, EIS, Video calling
Front 2 MP, Video capture: 1920x1080 (Full HD)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth 4.0
Wi-Fi 802.11 a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
USB microUSB, USB 3.0, Features: Charging, OTG, Video out, Mass storage device
Hearing aid compatible T3
HDMI Yes
Location GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Sensors Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Thermometer, Gesture, Humidity, Barometer
Other NFC, ANT+, Infrared, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync
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Multimedia

Headphones 3.5mm jack
Speakers Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features Album art cover, Background playback, Preset equalizer
Screen mirroring DLNA,MHL

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 8(900), 17(700 b), 18(800 Lower)
3G Bands 5(850), 8(900), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Data Speed LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
SIM type Micro SIM
VoLTE Yes
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Regulatory Approval

FCC approval Date approved: Nov 07, 2013
FCC ID value: A3LSMN9005
Measured SAR Head: 0.24 W/kg
Body: 0.72 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.07 W/kg
Wireless Router: 1.04 W/kg
EU SAR Head: 0.29 W/kg
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Availability

Officially announced Sep 04, 2013
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Alternative variants

with 32GB storage
Differences from the main variant:
Internal storage 32GB
HSPA+ only
Differences from the main variant:
System chip Samsung Exynos 5 Octa (1.9 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 + 1.3 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7)
Processor Octa-core
1900 MHz
GPU Mali-T628 MP6
Data Speed HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
VoLTE No
For Verizon
Differences from the main variant:
4G (FDD) Bands 13(700 c)
Hearing aid compatible M4/T3
Measured SAR Head: 0.35 W/kg
Body: 0.75 W/kg
For AT&T
Differences from the main variant:
FCC approval Date approved: Feb 10, 2014
FCC ID value: A3LSMN900A
Measured SAR Head: 0.36 W/kg
Body: 1.04 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.25 W/kg
Wireless Router: 1.04 W/kg
For Sprint
Differences from the main variant:
Other features TTY/TDD
FCC approval Date approved: Sep 11, 2013
FCC ID value: A3LSMN900P
Measured SAR Head: 0.50 W/kg
Body: 1.09 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.50 W/kg
Wireless Router: 1.09 W/kg
Dual SIM
Differences from the main variant:
Dual SIM Yes
FCC approval Date approved: Feb 10, 2014
FCC ID value: A3LSMN9002
Measured SAR Head: 0.45 W/kg
Body: 0.30 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 0.47 W/kg
Wireless Router: 0.30 W/kg
For T-Mobile
Differences from the main variant:
OS Android (4.4.2)
Hearing aid compatible M3/T3
Measured SAR Head: 0.81 W/kg
Body: 1.23 W/kg
Differences from the main variant:
4G (TDD) Bands 38(2600), 39(1900+), 40(2300)
Location BeiDou
FCC approval Date approved: Nov 26, 2013
FCC ID value: A3LSMN9008V
Measured SAR Head: 1.08 W/kg
Body: 0.65 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.10 W/kg
Wireless Router: 0.98 W/kg
For US Cellular
Differences from the main variant:
FCC approval Date approved: Feb 10, 2014
FCC ID value: A3LSMN900R4
Measured SAR Head: 0.34 W/kg
Body: 0.61 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.44 W/kg
Wireless Router: 0.82 W/kg
Differences from the main variant:
Location BeiDou

Carrier Availability

News

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User Reviews

Overall User Rating
Build quality
9
Camera quality
9.1
Performance
9.2
Display
9.5
Battery life and charging
9.3
Rating breakdown (out of 10)
8
Best phone I have used so far
Phone owned for more than a year

I came to this phone after selling Moto X 2013. At first it was slightly hard for me to come back to TouchWiz after using Vanilla android, but got settled down in short time.

The thing which absolutely made me loved this phone is its display, it is just fantastic. I have never seen a display this nice, and I use the Movie/Cinema mode, and for me the colour calibration was more than okay. The display just shines, its awesome. Next thing obviously is the S Pen and the overall integration of it to the apps like S Note etc. God knows how many times I took down a phone no. or an address when I couldn't find my pen, that was a life saver. Then the call quality and reception, both were very good. And for a phone of 5.7 inches I would say it was compact enough. The audio output was good too. And then there was the IR blaster. And then there was the battery life, which was really good, especially on Lollipop. 4-5 hours or SOT was very much achievable, and this was after I used the phone for almost a year, and it was charged twice a day almost every now and then. Day to day tasks were more than fine, there was slight hiccups here and there, blame TouchWiz for that. But I really liked the 5.0 release of Samsung. The ONLY thing which was a little less-right was the software experience, vanilla android is still better, but TW has changed dramatically, and its improving even now. And the camera lacked OIS, and I didn't like that, but for day time shots it was good.

This was probably my 33rd or 34th phone, and I can firmly say this is the best phone I have ever used. I enjoyed this phone for a good 14 month period, and I wished to use it even more, but I somehow messed it up, and the phone doesn't boot any more. So keenly looking to get the Note 4 now.

Thank you Samsung for making a good product, and having SD card and removable battery, and IR blaster, wake up and bring back those features back for latest flagships or be Titanic.

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4
horrible phone
Phone owned for more than a year

The most important thing a phone has to do is communicate. This phone fails horribly. If I can't see a tower the there is no reception.
All the processor and other things this phone has are useless without the ability to receive and send voice or data.

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9
This device is the best for me
Phone owned for less than a year

First i had a galaxy s3,then i upraded to Note 3 i used 5 months,they i decided to upgrade to galaxy s6 witch i used 3 days because the battery life is bery poor,10 hours of normal usage without power saving mode and luminosity to auto,they i trade it for galaxy note 4,but...the battery life was better then s6 but weaker then Note 3,and note 4 had overheating issues because of the big proccesor,then i went back to note 3,and i will never change it again :)

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