The South Korean corporation has released the ever-so-awesome Samsung Galaxy Note 4 just last month and it has premium features to boast. Today's face-off will determine the lengths Samsung has ventured into in creating Galaxy Note 3's immediate successor.
A sleek build is not much of a Samsung feat but Note 4's faux leather metal edge exterior is already a big upgrade from Note 3's faux leather plastic shell. Thinness was barely touched as the Note 4, instead of getting thinner, was actually made .02-inch thicker.
Samsung may have decided to stay with 5.7-inch for Galaxy Note 4's Quad HD Super AMOLED display, but it was very generous in upgrading the resolution of the newer Note. Note 3 and its 1920 x 1080 display and its 388 ppi pixel density became total history upon the arrival of Note 4's 2560 x 1440 screen resolution and a whopping 515 pixel density.
The insides are a major improvement, too. The quad-core 2.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor loaded in the Note 4 is surely way better than the 2.3 GHz quad-core 2.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor in Note 3. However, internal storage is equal with the two packing 3 GB of RAM.
Imaging capabilities were not spared of a little tweaking, too. The Galaxy Note 3 has a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 2-megapixel front shooter. The Galaxy Note 4 sports a 16-megapixel primary snapper paired with a 3.7-inch front camera. The Note 4 shooters have higher resolution as well as a mode tailored to capture big group selfies. The rear camera received the perk of Optical Image Stabilization.
Battery life is very comparable but not in favor of the Note 4. GSM Arena states that the Note 3 allows 21 hours of talk time, an hour longer than Note 4's 20-hour usage time. The great thing about the new Note though is that it has inbuilt fast charging technology, generating half of the battery life in just 30 minutes.
Other new features in Note 4 include a swipe-based fingerprint sensor for security, a heart-rate monitor at the rear and Ultra Power Saving Mode.
Note 3 comes in 16, 32 and 64 GB models. However, Samsung settled for a 32 GB for Note 4. Color variants remain at black, white and pink but Samsung added a gold-colored Note 4, which is always a good thing.
It's now down to the price tag. The Note 3 costs almost half of Note 4's price. The former is at $495 while the latter is at $950.
