Samsung Galaxy Note 3

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kingrob said:
Agreed!

The more reviews I'm reading about the Note 3, the more convinced I am that this will be crowned best phone of 2013.

Three UK will start offering the Note 3 on 16 September, so I reckon our service providers will not be too far behind.

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...ny-xperia-zi-uk-release-dates-leaked--1177096

Canada is getting it on the 4th of October.*

http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/08/galaxy-note-3-and-galaxy-gear-on-telus/

Let's say October to be safe. ;)

*The Gear watch is launching simultaneously with the Note 3.
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Eish...one more month...waited for S4...then S4 mini...did not have courage to upgrade; waited for rumor-mill on Note 3, and I must say, I am glad I did not get S4.

Will wait...
 
kingrob said:
Another interesting thing to note (excuse the pun!), is that the Note 3 uses a USB 3.0 Micro B connection (SuperSpeed USB) for charging/data transfers.
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This is what draws me the most to the Note. I am perfectly happy with my S4 but USB 3 is a game changer.
 
TJ99 said:
Nope, just that there are also articles claiming it will be Pentile. Still not sure which ones to believe.
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With 386 ppi, you won't be able to see it.

Have you got a link to the site/s claiming it's pentile?
 
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Looks like a great phone. They actually introduced some useful new multitasking features as well.
 
kingrob said:
Another interesting thing to note (excuse the pun!), is that the Note 3 uses a USB 3.0 Micro B connection (SuperSpeed USB) for charging/data transfers.
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xera said:
What... No ways!!!

Buy buy!
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This is also something that caught my eye. I hope it improves the charging speeds. It take me for fcking ever to charge my SII!
 
saguran said:
This is also something that caught my eye. I hope it improves the charging speeds. It take me for fcking ever to charge my SII!
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USB technology has nothing to do with charging speeds.

What you need is a more powerful charger - a 1.5A or 2A charger.
 
genetic said:
USB technology has nothing to do with charging speeds.

What you need is a more powerful charger - a 1.5A or 2A charger.
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It does, you've just said it yourself! When plugged into a pc, USB 3 will affect charging speeds, as it provides more power than USB 2.
 
xera said:
It does, you've just said it yourself! When plugged into a pc, USB 3 will affect charging speeds, as it provides more power than USB 2.
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I'm not sure if it will give power, that's why I said I hoped it would! I have USB 3 HDD's, the transfer rate is of course much higher, would make sense then that it would be able to handle a little more current.
 
xera said:
It does, you've just said it yourself! When plugged into a pc, USB 3 will affect charging speeds, as it provides more power than USB 2.
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I'm talking about a dedicated charger. PC USB ports only provide a couple of mA. 500mA to 1A max.
 
genetic said:
I'm talking about a dedicated charger. PC USB ports only provide a couple of mA. 500mA to 1A max.
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Yeah I know, but most phones charge through the micro USB port (with the dedicated charger). So, will the improved USB port be able to provide more amps?
 
saguran said:
Yeah I know, but most phones charge through the micro USB port (with the dedicated charger). So, will the improved USB port be able to provide more amps?
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Only if you are connecting it to a USB 3.0 port, and even then, it will be a minimal increase, if any...

I am curious to see if the USB 3.0 data rate capabilities will be taken advantage of on this device.
 
Maverick Jester said:
Only if you are connecting it to a USB 3.0 port, and even then, it will be a minimal increase, if any...

I am curious to see if the USB 3.0 data rate capabilities will be taken advantage of on this device.
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I'm sure it will. Otherwise what is the point of adding it?
 
saguran said:
I'm not sure if it will give power, that's why I said I hoped it would! I have USB 3 HDD's, the transfer rate is of course much higher, would make sense then that it would be able to handle a little more current.
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USB2 spec doesn't provide sufficient power, but USB3 does, so it should charge at the full speed Samsung designed it to be charged at.
 
Dom1n8tr1x said:
If the electricity flows faster wouldn't it charge faster... :D

Ok serious now, I think many people get confused regarding this.
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Haha, no. It's just better data encoding. Electricity or electromagnetic 'speed' is fairly constant.
 
xera said:
USB2 spec doesn't provide sufficient power, but USB3 does, so it should charge at the full speed Samsung designed it to be charged at.
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No it won't. The Samsung wall charger provided in the box is 2.0A. USB2.0 can provide a max of 0.5A, while USB3.0 can provide a max of 0.9A.
 
saguran said:
I'm sure it will. Otherwise what is the point of adding it?
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It's Samsung- could be a marketing ploy.

The transfer speed is one thing, but the actual read/write speeds from the onboard NAND storage is what I am curious to see.

If the device can write at that speed, I will be super impressed.
 
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