Note 3 or S5? · DIGIT-ARC

Okay guys after lurking on XDA for pretty long, way too long I think, I am going back to Samsung again.

Now the thing is I was going for G900F for sure. But I was checking the specs and kinda shocked to find out that Note 3 has extra 1 gig of RAM than S5? WTF? :lol:

So what do you guys think, should I go for Note 3 or S5? From my personal experience I know that Note lineups' TouchWiz is better optimized than any S series'. But my personal experience is from Note 2 and S4, as I personally had them and used them extensively, but does that retain for S5 and Note 3 too?

The only thing I like on S5 over Note 3 is the IP67 certification, is it enough? Also portability / one-hand-usage might become a factor too, unsure.

Please suggest. (I am talking about Snapdragon variants only, however I see that for Note 3 slight Exynos support is there actually, still)

PS : Flipkart reviewers and Shamesung haters, stay away kindly, a humble request.

S4 has 1.6GHz Clockspeed while note3 has 1.9GHz.
S4 has 2gb and note 3 has 3gb ram
s4 5inch and note 5.7inch
But s4 has richer display with 441ppi compared to 386 ppi

will recommend Note 3....
BTW Both has Exynos 5 Octa <<< Downpoint!!!
You can get Snapdragon 801 in that price range!!!

I was talking about S5, not S4!

Get a S5 with snapdragon not the exynos model. With Snapdragon you can get more than 2 major android release by custom support

Exynos devices see support too but you will come across more bugs due to incompatible driver for custom rom support in future android releases

Excpet the design [some like some dont] S5 is a top notch device IMO as a flagship device [comparing with devices which was released in the same period]

BTW whats your budget

@ithehappy.... oh, my bad

s5 has plus point with Snapdragon 801

Go with S5 unless you want big screen

I personally like Samsung for their:
Hardware
SD card support
Home button
Unlocked bootloader OOB
Easy to flash custom ROM [Saw rooting guide for my friend's Sony Xperia phew]
Removable battery
and Display

[MENTION=127004]amjath[/MENTION]: No real budget restriction fundamentally, but won't pay more than 35-36k for sure, just because I promised I won't pay that much for a mobile phone.

I'm not even considering the Exynos versions, ONLY Snapdragon.
To be quite honest I don't like the design of S5, nor I like TouchWiz, nor I'm a huge fan of those two meaningless stuffs Samsung put in the name of Heart Rate sensor and ultra crappy Fingerprint scanner, but S5 is the only phone where users have not reported any hardware complaints, all of them have it, be it G3 or Z2. I still like Z2 to be quite honest, at least it runs less bloated Android skin but that self crackling issue and Sony's immense arrogance about camera post processing is not really acceptable :-(

I just can't get over the screen to body ratio of Note 3, it is bigger than S5 but it has 0.6" additional display size. It has better speaker output. It has better voice call quality. It has better software (optimization like I said in OP, however unconfirmed) and additional 1 gig of memory and last but not the least the S-Pen.

Keep inputting. If anyone has personal experience with both that'd be great.

K

You can go for oneplus. Oneplus is going to announce something for india next week. Maybe they are launching here and invite fir Indians are not that hard now. I asked in group india (at Oneplus forums) and they have hundreds of invite that no one is claiming. I tried to give them mine and they refused to take it as well as they already had more invites and less members.

J

kapiljhajhria said:
You can go for oneplus. Oneplus is going to announce something for india next week. Maybe they are launching here and invite fir Indians are not that hard now. I asked in group india (at Oneplus forums) and they have hundreds of invite that no one is claiming. I tried to give them mine and they refused to take it as well as they already had more invites and less members.

I am surpriced! *www.digit.in/forum/buying-advice/1...pare-parts-even-xiaomi-exclusive-centres.html

Do you even think OnePlus WILL have any service centres at all? LOL

P

I am a samsung hater except note series.. honestly I just fiddled with s3 for an hour and then started hating sammy but also touched tablet version of note and note 3 of my friends and they blew my mind! only S-pen feature can beat S series hands down!
So +1 for NOTE 3 qualcomm version(maybe note 4) ..btw also tell me if you find qualcomm snapdragon version!
#LASTBUTNOTLEAST-FORGET XPERIAS :punch:

jimmythegeek said:
I am surpriced! *www.digit.in/forum/buying-advice/1...pare-parts-even-xiaomi-exclusive-centres.html

Do you even think OnePlus WILL have any service centres at all? LOL

If OPO address this during launch or questioned about this then it will a plus for oneplus

Why aren't you considering G2/G pro 2 :chinscratch:

K

amjath said:
If OPO address this during launch or questioned about this then it will a plus for oneplus

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K

jimmythegeek said:
I am surpriced! *www.digit.in/forum/buying-advice/1...pare-parts-even-xiaomi-exclusive-centres.html

Do you even think OnePlus WILL have any service centres at all? LOL

OPO won't have any service centre. Thats better then xiaomi. Because xiaomi has service centres which are useless. OPO will be follow WD method. WD doesn't have any service centres you make a call their guy comes and pick up your damaged harddisk and you get repaired or replaced harddisk in 1/2 week. I like this method. That's why i only buy WD hard disks. And my choices or preference doesn't matter . we are here to provide opinion or more choices to other user's who are asking for help. Rest is upto them.

ithehappy said:
Okay guys after lurking on XDA for pretty long, way too long I think, I am going back to Samsung again.

Now the thing is I was going for G900F for sure. But I was checking the specs and kinda shocked to find out that Note 3 has extra 1 gig of RAM than S5? WTF?

So what do you guys think, should I go for Note 3 or S5? From my personal experience I know that Note lineups' TouchWiz is better optimized than any S series'. But my personal experience is from Note 2 and S4, as I personally had them and used them extensively, but does that retain for S5 and Note 3 too?

The only thing I like on S5 over Note 3 is the IP67 certification, is it enough? Also portability / one-hand-usage might become a factor too, unsure.Please suggest. (I am talking about Snapdragon variants only, however I see that for Note 3 slight Exynos support is there actually, still)

PS : Flipkart reviewers and Shamesung haters, stay away kindly, a humble request.

I think this is a big factor that people do not take into consideration. I had a Lava 501 earlier and the 5 inch size seemed too big for comfortable one handed use. I ditched it to take up a 4 inch phone and i am now satisfied with a 4.5 incher now (Android now). I have used both note3 and S5 in hand and can vouch for the superiority of the ease of use in S5. Its worth giving up on the extra 0.5 inches for IMO

S5 any day

K

$hadow said:
S5 any day

S5 Snapdragon only!

kunalgujarathi said:
S5 Snapdragon only!

yup to be precise

$hadow said:
S5 any day

Why are you saying this? Because of size only?

At this moment I am leaning towards Note 3. I just can't justify the screen to body ratio of S5!

K

dont compare one plus one and xiaomi with premium devices
@op get nexus 6 , Moto X,LG G3,LG G2 instead of samsung etc trust me

Nah mate thanks. Moto is done for me. X is not a bad phone, but my eyes can't set with an average display. Also needless to say the camera is awful.
LG? LOL, never. No support in XDA. Crazy topics that how phone lags, and by uninstalling a keyboard it becomes smoother. Also there are several body crackling reports. I never did like LG phones.

Nexus 6? I want to use the phone with my hands

Note series was always in its own class. I sold the Note 2 because it had that awful glossy plastic back and back at that time I just could not used it comfortably with one hand. But my usage pattern has changed now. Still I know that Note 3 will be HUGE phone, but that still makes more sense than buying an S5 as the screen to body ratio on Note 3 is far better than S5's.

K

the cons you mentioned are exactly why you shouldnt get a samsung , while the other companies have one or two cons,samsung has a collection of the same cons
i have a note 3 as well in my household, touchwiz is really bad especially with a exynos device because roms are tougher
i suggest you wait for better phones from other companies or give some other OS a shot-Ubuntu Touch(when it releases),windows phone,ios etc
if you feel you will miss android specific features,i recommend getting an android tablet like fonepad 7 or nexus 7 to accompany whichever non-android you buy
the G3 has lesser bloat and is faster than S5 and Note 3's touchwiz
Nexus 6 will easily fit in your hands if you are considering a Note 3 or S5
which is your current phone btw? thatll help us help you out on choices etc

ithehappy said:
Why are you saying this? Because of size only?

At this moment I am leaning towards Note 3. I just can't justify the screen to body ratio of S5!

Coz of the SD variant unlimited dev support.

$hadow said:
Coz of the SD variant unlimited dev support.

Note 3 has better support than S5 if I have seen right!

ithehappy said:
Note 3 has better support than S5 if I have seen right!

If you are getting exynos variant God bless the buyer since dev support is a real pain where as SD is just like a device which has everything available.

Dude read the first post. I don't care about Exynos models! Whatever I buy it'll be Snapdragon, that's it.
[MENTION=20614]Faun[/MENTION]: Requesting to close this topic kindly.

ithehappy said:
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