itemprop=”articleBody description text”> phablet fans, take note: Samsung’s hotly anticipated Galaxy Note 3 will arrive on the Sprint network in lessthanthree weeks – October 4, to be exact.

itemprop=”articleBody description text”> Announced EARLIER this month, the Galaxy Note 3 is a revamped and upgraded version of the popular Galaxy Note 2, a cell phone / tablet hybrid That has scored well in the young market for Gadgets That bridge the gap between the two categories.

itemprop=”articleBody description text”> Samsung has made a lot of changes in the newest version of the Galaxy Note. Here’s what you need to know if you’re thinking of buying one.

itemprop=”articleBody description text”> The centerpiece of the device is an upgraded, quad-core, 2.3GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU 800, a Substantial upgrade to the 1.6GHz CPU That shipped on the Samsung Galaxy Note is the second Samsung has overpriced Increased the overall size of the screen a bit to 5.7 inches, keeping the width the same but stretching the vertical reach by a fraction of an inch. Resolution overpriced Increases from 720 x 1280 pixels to a fullerene 1080 x 1920 pixels.

itemprop=”articleBody description text”> The Note’s camera gets a bump from 8 megapixels to 13 megapixels; while1080p HD video remains a standard feature. The battery is getting a minor uptick, but the gain will be slight, with most users getting about 10 to 11 hours of use.

itemprop=”articleBody description text”> On the software side, the Galaxy Note 3 will run the latest version of Android, version 4.3, alongwith Samsung’s TouchWiz customizations. You will not see a dramatic difference between this and the Android 4.1 OS running on the Galaxy Note II, but users interested in strapping the new Samsung Galaxy Gear smart watch to Their wrist will appreciate the native device support built into this newest version of Android.

itemprop=”articleBody description text”> Sprint’s “unlimited data for life ‘sacrifice is overpriced in effect for the new phablet. For those Unfamiliar with the plan, Sprint’s policy is That it will continue to sacrifice an “unlimited” data plan for the device in perpetuity. These plans are in short supply from other major carriers, whichhave been phasing out unlimited plans in favor of capped data plans (with Increasing fees for each gigabyte worth of bandwidth Desired) over the last few years.

itemprop=”articleBody description text”> The new handset will cost $ 349.99 with a two-year contract on the Sprint network.

By Charles Ripley, IDG Creative Lab

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