I have my note 3 for 2 years now and have upgraded to note 5. My note 3 is my go to WiFi tablet saving battery time on the note 5 for when I out. Love my note phones
Having the Note 4, I think the Note 3 is my favorite model of model of the Note phones for the features. Driving, I used the Air Gestures to keep more of my concentration on the road. Hand Free mode was awesome for that as well. I take care of my parents among other things so I need to keep in contact in the case of emergencies. Answering calls on the move was so much better. On the older phones with push-buttons I could feel for the button to answer the phone and to enable speaker without looking. New touch phones do away with hardware buttons which is okay by me, but I need all I can get in features. I love the fact that there is an IR Blaster. When I lose the remote on occasion, I can still control things remotely around the house. The pen is a great for having to sign documents on the move and has been amazingly more useful than I would have thought. I use VNC to access my computers remotely and it helps to have a larger screen. Overall this phone as been a huge benefit to me.
I have used many mobile phones over the years and truly Samsung has not let me down yet. No matter what situation I have encountered, I have returned to a Samsung device. From the Samsung i760, Galaxy Nexus, Note 3 and now the Note 4. Look forward to see what Samsung has for us next year.
This was my first large screen phone, and while the pen is useful in some situations, it's not as useful as I anticipated. I also got thus phone in order to use the NFC credit card feature and that has since been disabled. So much for Samsung Pay.