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Samsung offering $50 for new Note 3 owners

technologyEdward Kiledjian
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Samsung has announced a US only promotion, that runs until January 6, which will give you a $50 Google Play store credit. All you have to do it go to the promo page (link), enter your information (IMEI, name, address, email, etc).

The offer is open to US Samsung Galaxy Note 3 only and is open to anyone who has already bought a device (until Jan 6).

Note: They do check the IMEI allocation and will block all non-US IMEI numbers from the promo( even if you fake the address).

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 first to support LTE Advanced

technologyEdward Kiledjian
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With all the glitzy showmanship at the Samsung event at IFA (In Berlin), you would be forgiven for missing one of the coolest new smartphone features launching on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. It is support for the new and upcoming LTE-Advanced standard.

Even though no carriers currently offer LTE advanced support, this means your phone investment dollars will go much further. The LTE Advanced support comes from the Qualcomm 

MDM9x25 baseband which also supports 6 LTE bands. This means your phone will support more carriers.

 

Samsung Galaxy now comes in 5.8 & 6.3 inch Mega size

technologyEdward Kiledjian
Samsung recently released the much anticipated Samsung Galaxy SIV (S4) and the market was clamoring to see what Samsung would do with the Samsung Note 3. Imagine our surprise when Sammy announced a brand new line of Galaxy phones called Mega.
The Samsung Galaxy Mega will come in 5.8" and 6.3" models but isn't targetting the high end crowd. Based on the released specs, these will be mid level phones (performance wise). As an example, the 5.8" will come with a 189.9ppi qHD screeen, 1.4GHz dual-core processor and an 8MP camera. 
The larger 6.3" device will have a slightly better screen, processor and battery but the key differentiator is that this model will come equipped with LTE.
It is obvious this will not canibalize the Note market but this means Samsung now has devices from smartphones all the way to tablets and everywhere in between.
Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8
Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3
You can read Sumsung's press release here.