Samsung Galaxy Note 3, White 32GB (Verizon Wireless)

Over the years I've always had great phone's, however; I must say this is the BEST phone I have ever owned. I had taken four months to research all of the phones out there and am pleased that I settled on the 'Samsung Galaxy Note 3". Many of my friends and family tried to talk me out of it, stating it was just to big, and it certainly does look big on display, but once you get it in your hand, it fits perfectly! Now that I own it, all of my friends and family want one! The look and feel of the phone is amazing! The size of the screen is awesome! I also love how you can 'hand write your text messages with your stylus pen, or you can hand write and have it automatically convert to a block style message or you can still use the keyboard if you like! I always hand write my text messages as I've never liked using a keyboard. I also love that I can jot down notes with my stylus pen, I use this feature a LOT for my work. The speakers sound GREAT - when listening to music, the mix of tones is crisp and clean while blending beautifully! I use my phone ALL of the time, and the battery life is AMAZING and especially compared to all of my previous phones! I can't say enough GOOD about this phone. I've owned it for a month now and still haven't even touched on all of the great features this phone has! I hope they come out with a Galaxy Note (4) in a few years because there is no doubt that will be my next phone! Thanks AMAZON! Your impeccable service is appreciated!!!!!

Finally after years of waiting, a phone with practically everything that I want and need seems to be here. I've had this phone for over 2 months and it has a Large and high quality display yet easy to hold in one hand, powerful (future proof), long battery life, good sound quality and clarity on both speakers, Infrared TV remote, good camera, USB 3.0 speeds, support for latest wireless standards and optional SD card. I hope bug/performance fixes get released in a timely manner unlike with my Verizon GNexus.Might need to be patient and give the phone a few days—I got a replacement and for the 1st 3 or 4 charges the battery would drain easily to 50% after 9 hours of usage and I was not even using the same amount of features as with the 1st phone nor even using it as much, but it improved over time. The 1st phone did not have this issue and right out of the box would have only dropped to 80% after the same usage and only dropped 2% or 3% overnight instead of 4% to 6% like with the current one.Positives:Battery LifeCharge TimesScreen SizeSound Quality of both speakers -- so nice not to hear chipmunks anymoreSignal Quality (wifi and LTE)Camera Quality in decent lightingPhone stays cool during heavy usage (gaming, phone calls, etc)Overall Keyboard LayoutNegatives:Intermittent unexplained battery drainage—Maybe NSA is spying on me? :)Auto-corrections on native keyboardThe way that the Phone and Contacts features work—should be simpler to use with a screen this size but requires 2 hands or might be more suited to left-handed people with large handsIntermittent TouchWiz feature malfunctions (s voice, gestures, 1 handed mode, etc)Inability to remember audio settings for head set and constant prompts about volume safety--I only use audio jack while in the car connected to a cassette adapter (not earphones) since I don't have Bluetooth or any native support for smart phones in my car.Some Notes:TouchWiz adds much needed functionality to native android that is nice, but I’ve turned off a lot of the features because some were overkill for my needs and too unreliable for every-day use. I only have prior experience with Native android and Cyanogenmod and although I prefer TouchWiz over Native android, it still needs some serious work. For instance, I find that the swipe to the left or right to message or call a contact works intermittently along with some of the other advertised features such as Smart Stay, S Voice, Hand Gestures, etc, so I’ve turned most of them off and only enable some while using hands free mode while driving or at home. It is also more difficult to do some of the most basic of tasks using TouchWizBattery Life and charge times with stock charger is very nice although at times since I got my replacement Note 3 it seems like something drains the battery much faster than with the 1st one—going to eventually reset phone to see if it is some kind of OS malfunction. With normal drainage I can usually go for 2 or 3 days on a single charge with what I consider moderate usage (Hangouts chatting, phone calls, iHeartRadio, gaming, and watching videos). Considering that I have a larger screen than I had before, use more of the phone’s features and for longer periods of time while running TouchWiz; I’m impressed. The battery is not even 2x the capacity of my GNexus which would have required 2 charges daily with the same kind of usage on Native android or Cyanogenmod.The screen is fantastic and I’ve enjoyed watching both 1080p and 720p videos without problems—native player can handle most video formats, but does NOT have the same support for audio encoding.Phone feels light weight and although it is aesthetically pleasing to look at, the materials feel kind of cheap so I’ve invested in a cheap case to prolong the aesthetics.Things that I don’t like:I currently know 2 other people who’ve bought this phone and 1 of them along with myself had to get replacements. My 1st one had issues with USB3.0 connectivity, a faulty charging cable, strange tapping sound during phone calls, and a few other bugs. The other party had issues with the charging port—not sure if the 3rd person had issues. My friend that always buys Samsung phones says that the issues with charging ports are common, but this is only my 2nd Samsung phone so I cannot say for sure if this is the case.Auto-correct and word suggestions on native keyboard are a pain to use and so unnatural. I’m used to pressing the back key to have my words reset to what I initially typed in the event that auto-correct is not needed, but with this keyboard you are sometimes presented with a undo button and sometimes you just have to get creative and use the Sym button or write with the stylus pen to bypass the auto-corrections—this is a major flaw in my opinion and should have been fixed by now considering that several updates have been released for the apps and the phone itself. Should not take so much effort to type on a touch screen phone. Hopefully Apple hasn't patented this feature.As with my Galaxy Nexus, the auto screen brightness is too dim for standard use. Not sure how well it would prolong battery life for those who walk around a-lot while using their phones.Stylus is hard to remove—good that it won’t fall out on accident though. Surprisingly, it has not damaged any of my nails. Interestingly, my protection case makes removing the stylus very easy--You go Cimo S-Line CaseIn order to use USB 3.0, it has to switch to airplane mode--transfers don’t last very long at these speeds anyway and it has a built in feature to turn back on USB 2.0 mode if 5 minutes go by and USB 3.0 is not being used. This feature can also be problematic if you try to let Windows Convert a video file to be transferred to the phone which would take more than 5 minutes.Wall charger has USB port on the side of the wall unit which too me is an invite for bent prongs considering that it is recommended that you remove it to save power and it wastes a port on a lot of Surge suppressors.

I love this phone's features but I've had to replace it twice in 6 months, first it wouldn't charge, now it's booting down and restarting itself and Verizon only wants to replace with a "like new" or refurbished phone.

Great phone, although I miss the integrated features that the iPhone provides. Excellent battery. I haven't found aftermarket apps, but in my transition i've noticed:What I do love:Great screen size to read everything comfortably, watch video clips, and appreciate pictures.Great battery life. I had to charge the iPhone I had twice a day. This I abuse and it still gets me through the day. It also has a removable battery for instant juice. Family I have in the Philippines have had to charge theirs 3-4 times a day due to the network infrastructure.ResponsiveIn my transition, things I have noticed:-Native list syncing is not present. I decided to go with Wunderlist. I would have used Google Task, but it's not developed yet.-No button that pulls up voice command like Siri does in the lock screen. The voice command is not universal and not as easily accessible like Siri was. You can have it activate in the lock screen with a double tap of the home button, but it doesn't work if the phone is unlocked. If it is unlocked, you have to find the app. There is a buttonless voice activation ("Hi Galaxy"), but it stops working sometimes.-Google maps will persist in lock mode, but only if you don't hit the home button to summon the unlock screen. When you do that, the map disappears and you must unlock the phone to see it again (the iPhone will always show the map when navigating while locked, which was really nice).-Some apps tend to freeze. I simply hold down the home button and swipe to close a running program and then reopen it.-The text size kept changing on me every time I tried to text. I found you change the default text size with the volume buttons.-I had to be creative to migrate my contacts. I moved everything to Google from my iPhone, then synced with my phone. One thing that is great is that I can manage my contacts now through Google Contacts through my Gmail (they have a tool to remove duplicate contacts!-Text to speech engine is awesome, better than Siri in accuracy and speed, I think.-Camera and playlist controls aren't available in the lock screen as they were with the iPhone, UNLESS you disable security.I've used the pen when in phone calls to jot down and auto-call the numbers I write afterwards, which is really nice. After the novelty of the pen, I reverted to using the on-screen keyboard. I still use it on occasion. I like the availability, especially when sending information to people or writing on maps. I have used the S-Note notebooks to draw guitar chords and strumming patterns, so that's really nice. I just wish there was more integration, so I can see my notebooks on my computer.For a case, I used the Otterbox Commuter, which works well. It has no belt clip, but I would imagine I'd get tired of putting on the clip after a while anyway. This just slides into my pocket.Did I enjoy my iPhone? yes. simple, works, well integrated, robust, although sometimes non-responsive and poor battery life.Do I enjoy the Galaxy Note? yes. Totally different experience with the larger screen, great battery life, more enjoyment of pictures, video. It's not as well integrated, but it works and does what I want. In a mobile computing device/phone that I have on me all the time the screen, snappiness, battery life, and pen bring really make it and are much more important in the experience.Will I stay? I think so. I will learn the phone soon enough. The experience is just different.If you have any comments, please do! I'm still learning the phone. It is a great piece of art and master craftsmanship from Samsung. It comes from South Korea, a powerhouse of cutting edge technology and force in the global economy (I was there for a year and can appreciate the history). Not to be confused with China or Japan