Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is now official and headed to around
140 countries later this month, as announced by the company. We have first bit
of indication of pricing, with the telecom carries in the US starting he
pre-order process.
AT&T has started taking pre-orders for the Galaxy Note 3
for $299.99 with a new two- year contract. The telecom operator says that the
device will ship around October 1 and also that the Galaxy Gear, Samsung’s smart
watch, will be available in the “coming weeks”. AT&T contract pricing of
the Galaxy Note 3 translates into an off-contract pricing approximately $700
(Rs. 46,000 approximately), Engadget notes.
Samsung officially launched the Galaxy Note 3 phablet at the
sidelines of IFA in Berlin on Wednesday. It comes with 5.7-inch full-HD Super
AMOLED display, but weighing at 168g and 8.33m wide, is both lighter ad slimmer
than the Samsung Galaxy Note II. Just like Samsung Galaxy S4, the Galaxy Note 3
will come in two variants. The LTE variant will be powered by 2.3GHz quad-core
processor and the 3G version will be powered by a 1.9GHz octa-core processor.
It includes 3GB RAM and sports a 13-megapixel rear camera
2-megapixel front camera. It is powered by 3,200mAh battery and runs Android
4.3 Jelly Bean. The Galaxy Note 3 will be available in 32GB and 64GB variants.
Both variants come with support for up to 64GB of additional external storage.
Connectivity options on the Note include WI-FI 802.11
a/b/g/n/ac, GPS/GLONASS, NFC, Bluetooth v4.0 (LE), IR, and MHL 2.0. It comes
with various sensors like Gesture, Accelerometer, Geo-magnetic, Gyroscope, Proximity,
Barometer, Temperature & Humidity and Hall Sensor.
The company also announced a number of added features like the
My Magazine, Scrapbook, and Wake-up command, S Finder, Advanced Multi Window,
Samsung Smart and Action Memo.
