Samsung unveiled a trio of new Galaxy Note 3 variants this morning, all of which are painted in fancy new colors. There’s a brand new “merlot red” option, plus additional black and white options with rose gold accents rather than silver ones.
Dutch consumers may be feeling a little left out of the Black Friday festivities, but to get them in the holiday spirit, Samsung will be offering a €125 mail-in rebate on its flagship phablet, the Galaxy Note 3, this Saturday, November 30, 2013. In addition, customers will also receive a free Samsung-branded 64GB microSD card worth €99.99, which can be used to expand the devices internal storage space.
In an effort to keep up with Google Hangouts on Android, Samsung has baked SMS and MMS integration into the latest version of its ChatON messaging app. The service will now roll your instant messages and traditional text messages into one conversation, so you only need to keep up with one thread.
Samsung Galaxy S4 users may still be enjoying the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update they recently received, but it won’t be too long before they’re enjoying its successor, Android 4.4 KitKat.
The update is expected to arrive on the Galaxy S4, and the Galaxy Note 3, sometime in January — while Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II users can expect to see it by the end of April.
Samsung’s largest Android-powered smartphone, the mammoth 6.3-inch Galaxy Mega, has been available in both Europe and Asia for the past couple of months now, and recently launched in the U.S. on AT&T. And just yesterday, MetroPCS officially announced that it will also start selling the Mega 6.3, starting next Monday, November 25.
