Customer reviews from Samsung US
Samsung - Galaxy Note 3 4G Cell Phone - Rose Gold (Verizon Wireless)
Average customer rating
4.7
(1,114 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 1,114 reviews
5 Stars
873
4 Stars
184
3 Stars
34
2 Stars
13
1 Star
10
96%of customers recommend this product.
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1,051 out of
1,094)
Customer Reviews for Samsung - Galaxy Note 3 4G Cell Phone - Rose Gold (Verizon Wireless)
Customer Rating
3
Great, Fantastic, Outstanding but for ONE BIG THING!
on May 6, 2014
Posted by: DisappointedDaniel
from Michigan, USA
Expertise:Intermediate
If you want a large screen phablet that is fast, great looking, will run circles around the competition, facilitates making your daily routines easier and more efficient with access to email, calendars, text messaging, a stylus that makes tapping those small keys much easier, then the Note 3 is for you!
If you want a device that has a dedicated function to "keep you in the loop" with the latest news, what your facebook friends are up to, what your twitter followers are talking about, or what pictures your instagram contacts have uploaded in the past couple of minutes with a simple push of a button or "swipe up" on the screen, then the Note 3 is for you!
However, if all you want or need is a device that does all of the first part, but can do without a centralized app that takes your facebook, twitter, instagram, latest news, and any other "social media" or newsfeeds you configure constantly "in your face" at inopportune times, then look elsewhere. After only 5 days of use, I had my fill of "My Magazine" and Samsung's notion of the Next Big Thing!. For me, that one miscue by Samsung has soured me completely on their product line.
The Note 3 (and from what I understand the S5) are configured by Samsung so that if your phone is on the home screen and you either push the home button or simply swipe up on the display, there is My Magazine! It seemed like I was constantly opening this app by mistake and had to constantly close it out before I could use MY phone for anything. You can disable the Home Button function within the My Magazine app, but only after accepting the terms and conditions of the app which gives it permission to "do it's thing". Currently, there is no way to disable the "swipe up" on the Home screen that opens the app up at the most inopportune times.
If that isn't bad enough, Samsung for some reason that escapes me, has decided that as the OWNER of the phone, I cannot disable, turn off, or uninstall either My Magazine or Flipboard! It is embedded in the software so that you cannot turn it off. If these were "critical" apps, I could understand that limitiation but since when is "social media" critical? Sorry Samsung, but there are some of us that could really care less about such things and want a phablet that meets our "business needs" above all else. I have now reverted back to my Note 2, which is also a great device and was the main reason I even considered the Note 3.
So unless Samsung can find a way to go back to their roots, and enable a Note 3 owner a way to disable, uninstall, or "turn off" those "non critical" apps like I can in the Note 2 that not only extends my battery life, but preserves my limited data for other important things like email, then I for one will sadly have to look elsewhere for my "Next Big Thing" because the Note 3 is not it for me.
Pros: Bright display, Lightweight
Cons: my magazine, flipboard
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
1
Performance
5
Design
1
Value
1
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Awesome!
on May 19, 2014
Posted by: CheriH
from Atlanta, GA, USA
Expertise:Intermediate
I love this phone. The screen size is terrific - things that were small are now readable! The calendar was the selling feature, no longer a dot on the day there is an activity, but actual words. There is TRULY a task list. I love it.
Pros: Bright display, Realistic color, calendar
Cons: expensive
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
4
Great phone
on May 19, 2014
Posted by: peteflb
from Stillwater, MN
Expertise:Intermediate
I would buy this again. It is a little pricey but a great phone otherwise
Pros: Bright display, Durable, Lightweight
Cons: kinda expensive
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Worth every penny
on May 19, 2014
Posted by: agent5811
from TX
Expertise:Intermediate
I love my note 3. Super fast and very reliable. I love that once you turn it on, it's ready for use almost immediately.
Pros: Bright display, Inexpensive, Realistic color, Lightweight
Cons: built in speaker should be louder
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
5
Design
4
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
4
product is great
on May 19, 2014
Posted by: Groucho1227
from Kentucky
Expertise:Intermediate
I would recommend this to anyone who needs a small tablet and phone.
Pros: Durable, Realistic color, Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
4
Design
5
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
better than iPhone
on May 19, 2014
Posted by: ebell20
Expertise:Expert
I have a hard time trying to choose the phone.but I chose this one because it had way better futures delete. Than the iPhone and windows phone which I have owned both I love the sticky note I use it for reminders. It's very user friendly.
Pros: Bright display, Durable, Realistic color, Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Note 3
on May 19, 2014
Posted by: KPFL
from FL
Expertise:Intermediate
This phone is great. Everything I need is always at my fingertips.
Pros: Durable, Realistic color, Lightweight
Cons: Too big, price
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
4
Design
4
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Great Phone
on May 19, 2014
Posted by: caty
Easy and fun to use and handle. This phone is an instant topic of conversation.
Pros: Built-in speakers, Bright display, Realistic color
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US