Over the next week, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will be released on all major US . On its own, this would be a fairly momentous occasion, the Galaxy Note and Note 2 are two of the best-selling mobile devices ever, but to push us over the edge, Samsung is also releasing the Galaxy Gear smartwatch at the same time. Read on for the Galaxy Note 3 hardware specs, release date, and a hands-on video of the Note 3 and Galaxy Gear smartwatch working in perfect harmony.
The Galaxy Note 3 is mostly an iterative update, with a slightly larger screen (5.7 inches vs. 5.55), a much higher-res display (1920×1080 vs. 1280×720), a lot of software tweaks, and a nice new faux leather back that’s infinitely nicer than the slick plastic on the Note 2. Despite the larger screen, the Note 3 is actually thinner, narrower, and lighter (168 grams vs. 180) than its predecessor , but it’s still much too big to be comfortably held in one hand (unless you have gargantuan hands like me). The Note 3 even has a slightly larger battery (3,200 mAh) than the Note 2 (3,100 mAh). All in all, the Note 3 is a seriously impressive piece of hardware.
The Galaxy Note 3 has the dubious luck of being one of the two devices that will bond with the Galaxy Gear Smartwatch( you can say), the other being the Galaxy S4. The hardware specs of the Gear are fairly inconsequential: There’s a poor-quality 1.9-megapixel camera, 4GB of on-board storage, an admittedly sexy 320x240 display, and Bluetooth and NFC connectivity.
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If you bring the Galaxy Gear within an inch or two of the Note 3, an NFC connection is made, and a setup wizard pops up on the Note. The Note downloads some software, pairs with the smartwatch via Bluetooth… and that’s it: You now have a smartwatch. As you can see in the video above, using the Galaxy Gear to make calls is easy enough. I don’t demo it in the video, but you can also use S Voice to make calls and send messages ,but it’s not a completely hands-off experience, requiring you to hit a small button on the Gear, making it somewhat hard to use while walking along.
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