***The Official Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 Thread***

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As this gigantic phone has been out for a little while now I thought a thread was in order to collate all our thoughts and info on it.

The Nexus 7 was annoying me no end with its slow downs and unresponsiveness and I thought that the Samsung Galaxy Mega would be the ideal replacement for it.

The phone arrived this morning from Amazon, here are some pictures:

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Mega by name and mega by nature, as you can see by pictures the Samsung Galaxy S4 is quite literally dwarfed by the Mega. Using it as a phone will probably look weird when you place this giant slab next to your ear! :eek:

I'm going to be using it as a tablet so I'll be sparing myself the embarrassment if I were to make calls with it.

I haven't had much time to run the phone through its paces, physically it's virtually identical to the Galaxy S4 design wise (you can basically call it a giant sized S4) however internally specs are decidedly mid range.

Although the mid range specs do not hinder the performance (as far as I can tell in the short time I've had a play with the phone)

The LCD screen (720x1280 HD - 233PPI) is very pleasant to the eyes and surprisingly good Samsung have done a great job with it, although the colours aren't as saturated and do not pop like they do on its little brother the Samsung Galaxy S4, viewing angles are good as well.

This version comes with 8GB on board storage of which only 4.58GB is available to the user, which is extremely poor it's best to pick up a micro sd card if you have lots of multimedia to transfer to the device - 4GB micro sd card is bundled with the device I guess it's a token gesture by Samsung which is of little use.

Reviews of Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3

http://www.sammobile.com/2013/06/18/review-samsung-galaxy-mega-6-3-gt-i9205/

http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Samsung-Galaxy-Mega-6.3-Review_id3324

Video unboxing and review



Gaming Performance videos


It's early days but so far, so good and I'm quite pleased with the Samsung Galaxy Mega. I certainly didn't want or need a high powered phablet and this device suits my needs so far. I just want a device where I can browse the internet, play some games and watch films without the slowdowns and stutter that I endured on the Nexus 7.
 
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Looks and sounds good stoosh :) As you more or less said, I also would most certainly not like to be seen holding that to my ear! :p



The biggest downside is the price, utter rip of considering you could get a far better spec tablet (the mega 6.3" is essentially a mini tablet) for more or less the same price i.e. xperia z, even an ipad mini is cheaper and the ipad 4 is roughly the same price :eek:

For the price you got it though stoosh, it is a bargain!
 
xibinim said:
What's the SIM free price?
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Exactly what grudas was quoting. Quite expensive! :eek:

Nexus18 said:
Looks and sounds good stoosh :) As you more or less said, I also would most certainly not like to be seen holding that to my ear! :p



The biggest downside is the price, utter rip of considering you could get a far better spec tablet (the mega 6.3" is essentially a mini tablet) for more or less the same price i.e. xperia z, even an ipad mini is cheaper and the ipad 4 is roughly the same price :eek:

For the price you got it though stoosh, it is a bargain!
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Thanks Nexus, exactly! Try putting the Mega in your jeans pocket, it looks even more ridiculous lol :o

You're right it's a rip off price wise I certainly would not have considered it if I didn't do what I did, hell I would've even considered the ipad mini and that's saying a lot! ;)

In the end it's worked out well, I now have a mini tablet which runs well, now I just have to root it so I can get around the paltry memory problem. ;)
 
its big thats all i can say.. my find 5 looked like a toy in front of it when i had a play with one at CPW
 
Nexus18 said:
God, I couldn't even begin to imagine what it would look like :eek: Not to mention how it would feel!
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It feels totally humongous, Samsung's marketing department certainly hit the nail on the head and got the name right with this device! lol


kona786 said:
Nice one stoosh, looks mega :D
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Haha, thanks Mate, indeed it's very mega! :o

So here's a quick synopsis of using the Mega purely as a tablet. Samsung have done well here optimising touch wiz and I haven't experienced any lag swiping through the home screen, running multiple apps.

It runs almost as fast the my S4, although there's noticeable lag when starting up the camera and browsing through the gallery, however the lag isn't bad it's under 1 second but as I said it's noticeable coming from the S4.

To use it as a phone would be quite laughable, it's extremely large and two handed operation is a must unless you're a giant of a man and have abnormally massive hands, put this phone next to your face to make a call and it engulfs your face and i'm pretty much sure that you would be the butt of many jokes if you used the phone in public.

It runs games fairly well, Real Racing 3 lags ever so slightly here and there as does GTA Vice City but they're both extremely playable.

Used a tablet the mega is a good device to own, however Samsung need to lower the price quite considerably if it wants to get a foothold in the market and make a sizable dent.

Nevertheless I am pleased with the device and it has taken up the role quite admirably and filled the gap of the now departed Nexus 7.
 
lol :D When they release a 7" phone, perhaps the name will be super mega? :p



Device sounds good for a multimedia device. I wonder if that lag is down to poor optimisation with the krait/adreno 305 chipset or just touchwiz? Can't remember but is the adreno 305 better than the adreno 225? Some 3xx adreno GPU is actually worse than the adreno 225 iirc.
 
Nexus18 said:
lol :D When they release a 7" phone, perhaps the name will be super mega? :p



Device sounds good for a multimedia device. I wonder if that lag is down to poor optimisation with the krait/adreno 305 chipset or just touchwiz? Can't remember but is the adreno 305 better than the adreno 225? Some 3xx adreno GPU is actually worse than the adreno 225 iirc.
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Haha..maybe :o

Yes it's great for multimedia, I'm not too sure what the lag is down to, it could be anything really, however it doesn't really detract from user experience.

I'm certainly not going to use the camera on the Mega, imagine just digging out the device from your man bag because you'll need some kind of man bag to carry it and taking a picture. It like people who take pictures with their ipads...I never understand that! :o

I think you're right the 225 performs better than the 305 in some cases and is actually worse than the 225. The Nokia Lumia 620 over the Nokia Lumia 920 is case in point.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Vide...han-Nokia-Lumia-920-in-some-functions_id40127
 
Oh god, don't get me started on people using their ipads etc. to take videos/photos.......... :o


Hmm, that shows the adreno 305 as being faster! :p Although doesn't the 620 have a lower res. screen?


I definitely remember reading something about some adreno 3xx being slower than the 225 or maybe it was the processors...... :p
 
kona786 said:
Hey stoosh, the 6.3 is £363 on Amazon now - your still in the window for a partial refund.
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You legend kona, thanks for the heads up. Think I'll be sending that email off right now. BTW I joined Amazon Prime as per your advice :D

How's the fasting going? It's really tough in this hot weather isn't it? :eek:
 
Cool nice one. I love next day delivery!

Fasting is definitely tough bud, the way it has coincided with this heatwave is just typical lol.
 
kona786 said:
Cool nice one. I love next day delivery!

Fasting is definitely tough bud, the way it has coincided with this heatwave is just typical lol.
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Prime is where it's at Dude, can't knock next day delivery :cool:

I agree with you, this hot weather hasn't helped. Think our will power is being tested to the extreme eek:
 
Just an update, I've had my fill with the Samsung Galaxy Mega. The one thing that really annoyed me is that it's low on internal storage around 4.5GB. I rooted it and installed folder mount but the memory always seemed to be dangerously close to filling up.

So....I've contacted Amazon and asked for a refund (got to love their returns policy), and I'm sending it back.

Shame really as the device really is good and if you have the cash and looking for an alternative to the other phablets out there it's definitely worth a look.

I'm now going to wait for the Sony Xperia Ultra or even the new Nexus 7, will most likely get the latter though despite my horrible experience with the original Nexus 7.
 
Does the mega 6.3 i9205 4g work with ee's 4g network?

Im looking at swapping my iphone 5 out for a mega. I used to have a note 2 so i'm fairly used to the screen size.

I only really use my phone to youtube, browsing the web a few pictures. Only ring the wife for about 30mins a day.

My idea is to sell my iphone 5 and ipad mini and replacing them with the galaxy mega 6.3.
 
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