What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Galaxy Note 3?

Question

Samsung

Disclaimer: I'm asking here, because I think the audience here is the most competent (mostly just "adult"). Please do not send links to w3bsit3-dns.com, etc.
It's time to change your phone.
The choice between flagships: iPhone 5s, Nexus 5, LG G2, HTC One and Galaxy Note 3.
I lean towards the latter in my choice.
Naturally, I spent enough time reading reviews and the like. And I was faced with the fact that I could not find decent material (review, user experience) about the Galaxy Note 3 on Habré.
If you are a GN3 owner, please answer a few questions:
1. How was the process of getting used to the larger screen? (It is the description of the feeling that is of interest, or, for example, you had to buy new pants, because it did not fit into the old ones.)
2. What branded pieces (software) do you use constantly and why? (commercials are good, but how is it in real life)
3. What critical disadvantages have you identified for yourself?
4. If you could turn back time, would you buy the GN3 again?
5. How does the phone react to drops, do you use covers / bumpers (branded or not)?
6. Real battery life?
7. In what way is it most convenient to use the phone (surfing / notes or other)?
8. In what way is it convenient to use the phone?
9. Additional points that you would like to focus on.
Interested in the REAL experience of REGULAR users, not people who constantly test phones.
The most interesting are the thoughts that come to mind when using the phone (For example: "Oh, this task is just right for my GN3", or: "Damn, I have a GN3, I'm gone ((") The
answer would be ideally formatted in article on Habré (I think many people would be interested.)
Thanks to everyone who will answer.

Answer 1

1. You get used to it very quickly, everything else then seems small.
2. I use the stylus infrequently, mainly for short notes, such as write down a number.
3. None yet.
4. Yes (see point 3)
5. I use a polyurethane bumper case (my wife has a Galaxy Grand DUOS with a branded notepad case - this solution seems inconvenient to me, so I decided to take a bumper).
6. With intensive use a little more than a day, with normal use - two days.
7. Surfing, gaming, reading, video
8. Like a phone (bulky for one hand) and a watch.
9. Overall impression after a month of use: positive.

Answer 2

I have a Galaxy Note 2 for about half a year, but I think the answers will still be as relevant as possible the rest of the "regular" phones seem too small. Although I once thought "oh my God, why do we need such shovels." By the way, in all the usual pockets in men's pants, the phone fits normally and does not interfere at all. Is that sometimes to sit down, you need to move the phone a little to one side in your pocket.
2. I turned off all branded S Motion, to be honest - it’s not really necessary and the work of some is dubious. For example, some of the "motions" recognized the phone lying in the pocket as being held in the hand, and therefore turned off both sound and vibration during an incoming call, i.e. The phone in my pocket is ringing, but I don't know about it. But I use the stylus from time to time - it can be convenient to draw something when you explain something to someone. Or, sometimes, you need to ask a person to write down some name, email or something else, and he says to you: “oh, no, I can’t be on the screen, give me a piece of paper and a pen.”
3. Yes, no, to be honest. Everything suits me.
4. Definitely.
5. I use a silicone bumper, the phone fell once on a corner, without consequences.
6. Before upgrading from android 4.1 to 4.3 - one and a half days with average use. After updating to android 4.3 - from three to five days. It's like it almost stopped draining while idle - pure magic.
7. Exactly like a smartphone - for "content consumption", so to speak. Surfing, video, games, notes. I don’t like to read from the screen in principle, so I won’t say.
8. When one hand is fundamentally busy, it is not very convenient to reach the very edge of the opposite corner.
9. After HTC Mozart and iPhone I am very satisfied.

Answer 3

1. After a week, everything that seems less uncomfortable, but it's all about the length of the fingers, some GN3 is really uncomfortable, they call it a shovel.
2. Stylus, measuring steps
3. Problems with video formats, not everything plays, although most likely it can be solved, until I tried to solve this problem.
4. Yes.
5. I bought a branded cover-book, which is placed instead of the back panel, until I dropped it a lot.
6. Two days with active use without heavy games.
7. Yes, in all, almost a mini tablet.
8. Calling without a headset and with a book case is a bit uncomfortable.
9. My first Android phone, which does not blunt at all if you do not put any brake slag.