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Before I start my review I just want to say that I own the Galaxy S4, Note 2 and now the Galaxy Mega 6.3 and each one of them is unique in different ways. It's been a week since I got my Galaxy Mega 6.3 and this thing is super awesome. It has the same look as the Galaxy S4 but it's just larger. The Galaxy Mega 6.3 makes the Note 2 look tiny in comparison. The Galaxy Mega 6.3 feels like an experimental device from Samsung to see how big of a device people are willing to buy. Since we continue to buy their large phones, Samsung wants to know if we will continue to buy their phones regardless of the size. My main phone is the Galaxy S4 which I think is perfect and I won't get the Galaxy S5 if Samsung decides to make it larger than 5 inches. I think Samsung is getting a little carried away with their phones and trying to make their phones as big as possible. They just need to stop at 5 inches in my opinion. So far the Galaxy Mega 6.3 has been great and the battery life is outstanding, much better than my Note 2/S3/S4. Since the screen is 720p on this phone, it consumes less power than the S4 and it lasts much longer. The Galaxy Mega 6.3 comes with Snapdragon 400 which is a dual core CPU that has no problem handling everything you throw at it. The phone comes with a ton of bloatware as always and I always try to remove most of it because it can really slow down the phone and kill your battery. These are some of the things that I like about the Galaxy Mega 6.3: Pros: +Screen: I personally love big screens and the Galaxy Mega 6.3 has a nice 6.3 inches screen that makes everything stand out when viewing HD videos or playing games. The resolution on this phone is 720 x 1280 (233ppi pixel density) which is the same as the Note 2 but the Note 2 has 34 more pixel density than the Mega 6.3. It would have been great if Samsung put a 1080p screen on it like they did with the S4. 720p is still more than enough and you will hardly notice a big difference between 720p and 1080p on a phone. +Android OS: This phone ships with the most up to date version of Android, Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) which is the fastest Android version yet. Samsung has added many new features to TouchWiz which is great but I'm not really a fan of TouchWiz. I usually just disable all the things that I don't use to improve the performance of the phone and the battery life. I just wish all android phones would come with stock android instead of coming with pre-installed bloatware and whatnot that slows the phone down. +Design: The design is the same as the S4 which I have no problems with because I love my S4 to death. If you have a Galaxy S4 and love the design of it, then you will love the Mega 6.3's design as well. Since the phone is huge compared to the S4, it feels a lot heavier than my S4 because it's roughly 200g while the S4 is 130g. I don't have a problem with the weight of the phone but I'm so used to my S4 being light and thin. +Camera: The rear camera on this phone is 8MP (3264 x 2448 pixels) and the front camera is 1.9MP. They both take great pictures and you don't have to zoom in to look at the picture because of the screen being so big. My Galaxy S4 which has a 13MP camera takes better pictures but I rarely ever use the camera on any of my phones so this is not really a deal breaker for me. +Battery: The battery on the Galaxy Mega 6.3 is 3200mAh which is more than any phone I know. It makes sense to put a large battery in a large phone because it has a huge screen that needs a lot of battery to stay on. So far it seems that the phone can easily last a full day with a single charge. I can get through the day with a single charge and still have 20% left at the end of the day. The battery life is one of the most important aspects when deciding which phone to buy for me because I travel a lot and I need a phone that can last a full day. My Note 2 needs at least two charges to last through the day. The Snapdragon 400 is much more efficient than the Exynos 4412 that's on the Note 2. The Snapdragon 400 is also a dual core while the Exynos 4412 is a quad core which consumes more power. +Processor: The Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 (Dual-core 1.7 GHz) does an amazing job at keeping the phone running blazing fast but it would have been better if Samsung put the Snapdragon 600 that's on the S4 on this phone. I have never experienced a slow down with this phone but since the screen is bigger on the Mega 6.3, it makes more sense to have a powerful CPU to handle everything that you want to do. I'm not saying the Snapdragon 400 is slow or anything but it seems like Samsung wanted to experiment with the Mega 6.3. The Snapdragon 400 has no problems playing games such GTA Vice City on the highest settings. Cons: -Not 1080p screen -Less pixel density than Note 2 -Last year's specs Overall, the Galaxy Mega 6.3 is perfect smartphone for people who have large hands or large fingers but for regular users like me, it's not. My main phone will continue to be the S4 because it's perfect for me and has amazing specs. The Galaxy Mega 6.3 is a great phone and it doesn't disappoint if you are one of those people that don't care about how big your smartphone is. The battery life in this phone is almost always guaranteed to last you a full day with a single charge. I was disappointed that this phone came with a 720p screen and a dual core version but that's still more than enough for anyone. The specs of the Mega 6.3 feel like last year's specs and shows that Samsung is just experimenting with the Mega 6.3 to see how many people are willing to buy it.