The iPhone 6 Plus is the all new phablet that was announced alongside the new iPhone 6. This is the first time ever that Apple is offering an iPhone which comes with a 5.5-inch display screen. It is the largest ever iPhone ever introduced by the Cupertino. Last year’s iPhone 5S and the iPhone 5C came with a 4-inch screen.
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The new iPhone 6 comes with a 4.7inch screen and the larger iPhone 6 Plus allows the Apple brand to penetrate into phablet category. The Galaxy Note 3 is the third iteration in the Note category from the South Korean tech giant. The Galaxy Note 4 is the successor model for last year’s Galaxy Note 3. It is yet to arrive in the market for purchase and the Galaxy Note 4 price has not been revealed by Samsung.

The specs of the Galaxy Note 3 are so good that it can even compete with the smartphones that came out this year. Most of the popular handsets of this year such as the HTC One M8, LG G3 and the Sony Xperia Z3 were created to compete with the Galaxy Note 3. Still, the Note 3 managed to survive the competition.

The iPhone 6 Plus phablet has to face competition from not just newest Galaxy Note 4 phablet but even from the Galaxy Note 3. Let us compare the iPhone 6 Plus along with the Galaxy Note 3 to see whether the Note 3 is of any competition to the largest iPhone ever built.

Design

The iPhone 6 Plus funts an anodized metal body along with toughened glass. It has a very premium appearance. It is quite slim as it thinness is only 7.9mm and since it sports a metallic body. It weighs 172g. It is available in premium color options like gray, silver and gold.

The Galaxy Note 3 has a sort of boring appeal. It has faux leather at the rear and on the sides there is fake metal band. It used to appear premium but the newer smartphones like the HTC One M8 and Sony Xperia Z2 have come out with sleeker and sophisticated appeal. Its thickness is 8.3mm.

Even though there is no metal on the body, it weighs slightly less than the iPhone 6 Plus. The Galaxy Note 3 weighs 168g. The Note 3 phablet is available in colors like white, black, and pink.

Display

The iPhone 6 Plus comes with a 5.5-inch LED-backlit IPS LCD screen. It supports a display resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels along with a pixel density of 401ppi.

The Galaxy Note 3 has a larger Super AMOLED display screen of 5.7inch. It also supports full HD display resolution like iPhone 6 Plus and offers a pixel density of 386ppi.

Processor, RAM and Internal Storage

Apple is offering a newer 64-bit A8 processor that delivers a clocking speed of 1.4GHz. The dual-core processor is well supported by PowerVR GX6650 which sports high-end gaming. The phablet comes with a 2GB RAM.
When it comes to internal storage, the iPhone 6 Plus is available in three options like 16GB, 64GB and 128GB. There is no external storage support on the iPhone 6 Plus.

The Galaxy Note 3 is powered up with a quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor which is becoming obsolete now but is strong enough to give competition to the iPhone 6 Plus with a processing speed of 2.3GHz. It is coupled with Adreno 330 graphics and has 3GB RAM onboard.

The Note 3 is available with beefier CPU version. It features an Exynos 5 octa 5420 processor in which four Cortex A7 cores run at 1.3GHz whereas the four Cortex A15 cores run at 1.9GHz.

The Galaxy Note 3 is available in storage variants like 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. The Note 3 allows its users to expand the memory of the device by adding up to 64GB of microSD on its external storage slot.

Camera and Software

The Apple iPhone 6 Plus sports an 8MP camera which comes with features like OIS, dual-LED flash, autofocus and full HD video recording at 60fps. There is a 1.2MP front-facing camera which can shoot HD videos and has been primarily built to shoot selfie photos.

The Galaxy Note 3 features a whooping 13MP camera sensor o on the rear. It lacks OIS but comes with autofocus, LED flash, simultaneous video and photo shooting feature and it can shoot up to 2160p videos at 30fps. The frontal 2MP camera is also capable of shooting full HD videos at 30fps.

Apple is using the iPhone 6 Plus to launch the new iOS 8. It is packed with plenty of new features. The Galaxy Note 3 came out with Android v4.3 Jelly Bean. The most recent OS update available for the Note 3 is the Android v4.4.2 KitKat. The OS is overlaid with TouchWIZ UI.

Unique Features

The iPhone 6 Plus along with the iPhone 6 are the very first iPhone model to feature NFC. It also comes with a fingerprint scanner which lies under the Home button. It is the first time that Apple is offering Wi-Fi 802.11ac connectivity with the iPhone 6 Plus.

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The most unique and powerful selling feature of the Galaxy Note 3 is the S-Pen stylus. It comes with dedicated apps for making notes. Through Samsung Knox, the Galaxy Note 3 can be used to access apps securely. Lastly, the Multi window feature allows you to toggle between apps and you do not have to close any windows for it.

Features like NFC and Wi-Fi 802.11ac are also present on the Note 3. However, there is no fingerprint recognition feature on the Note 3.

Battery

The Apple iPhone 6 Plus is packed with an 1810mAh battery. The non-removable battery is capable of churning a standby time of 250hrs on 3G and it can offer a talk time of 14 hours on 3G.

The Galaxy Note 3 features a larger battery of 3200mAh battery. It is removal battery which can deliver a 3G standby time of around 21 hours and a 3G talk time of around 420 hours.

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Karen Jackson has always been passionate about technology. All the way through high-school she immersed herself in computers and web-design. Her ambitious nature helped her become a pro in Adobe Photoshop only by watching online videos and working with the program herself. This is also the program that she mostly uses in the creation of websites at her work-place. Technological innovation and gadgets that push the boundaries of what we are comfortable with have always fascinated her, so expect to see some weird gadget reviews coming from her.