The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo (also known as the

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produced by

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. The Galaxy Note 3 Neo was unveiled by Samsung Poland on February 1, 2014, with its worldwide release later in that month. Serving as a lower priced version of the

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, the Note 3 Neo was designed to have the same lighter, more upscale design than previous iterations of the Galaxy series (with a

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backing and faux metallic bezel) first supported by its bigger sibling, and to expand upon the

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and multi-tasking oriented functionality in its software, which includes the new navigation wheel for pen-enabled apps, along with pop-up apps and expanded multi-window functionality, while lacking more sophisticated functionality such as

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video recording and

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port.

Specifications

Hardware

The Galaxy Note 3 Neo's design was intended to carry the same upscale, "premium" look with the new generation of Samsung devices. Although it carries a similarly

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-oriented design to other recent Samsung devices, the Galaxy Note 3 Neo has a faux metallic bezel and a rear cover made of

with faux stitching. With a thickness of , it is slightly thinner than the Galaxy Note II, and is also slightly lighter. Two

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versions of the Galaxy Note 3 Neo (including one Duos 3G model) uses a 1.6 GHz quad-core

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chip, i.e., the SM-N7509V, SM-N7506V and SM-N7502 (Duos 3G). Several Korean versions use 2.26 GHz quad-core

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chip called SM-N750K, SM-N750L and SM-N750S. The other versions, including the international 3G models and some 4G

models, use a hexa-core Exynos 5260, consisting of two 1.7 GHz

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cores and four 1.3 GHz

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cores, i.e., SM-N7507, SM-N7500Q, SM-N7505L, SM-N7505, SM-N750. The device also includes 2 GB of RAM, a 5.5-inch

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display, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera capable of filming videos in 720p at 60

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, 1080p at 30 fps and

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at 30 fps (for only 5 mins, Snapdragon 800 model only), 16 or 32 GB of internal storage, and a 3100 mAh battery. As with other Galaxy Note series devices, the Galaxy Note 3 Neo ships with an S Pen

, which has been updated to use a more symmetrical shape. The Galaxy Note 3 Neo reverted to the conventional connection of

, in order to save costs. The Galaxy Note 3 Neo was first made available in black, white, and green colors. Samsung is poised to introduce more color schemes for selected markets.

Software

The Galaxy Note 3 Neo comes with

4.4.2 "KitKat" and Samsung's proprietary

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user interface and software. Additional pen-oriented features have been added to the Note 3 Neo's software; removing the stylus from its compartment (or pressing its button whilst hovering over the display) activates an "Air Command"

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which provides shortcuts to pen-oriented features such as Action Memos (on-screen

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s that use

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to detect their contents and provide relevant actions, such as looking up addresses on

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and dialing phone numbers), Screen Write (an annotation tool), Pen Window (which allows users to draw pop-up windows to run certain apps inside), the search tool S Finder, and Scrapbook. The multi-window functionality has also been carried over with expanded app support, the ability to run multiple instances of a single app, and the ability to

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content between apps. The device also ships with a

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app known as My Magazine, accessible by swiping up from the bottom of the screen, and an updated version of S Note.

Software Upgrades

All models of Galaxy Note 3 Neo received the

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update except Belgian ones in December, 2014. The Galaxy Note 3 Neo Duos (SM-N7502) never received any OS updates since 2015, till today it is still running the

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Release

It was officially announced on February 1, 2014, with a release date starting from March 2014.

References

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