You are probably familiar with Black Friday, the Friday following Thanksgiving, which is known for huge land-based retail sales. But years ago, Internet retailers trying to carve out their own special holiday sales day created what is known as Cyber Monday. This is the Monday following Thanksgiving, and online sellers of just about anything join in the holiday spirit by offering sale prices on their products. This past Cyber Monday, December 2, Amazon was offering the Galaxy Note 3 smartphone for a sale price of $169 on contract.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is available for a reduced sale price now starting at $199.99 – $799.99.
The company has decided to extend Cyber Monday pricing throughout the five day period that began on Monday, December 2, and that is great news for smartphone shoppers. The Internet rang up a staggering $2.29 billion in retail sales on Cyber Monday, making that day the biggest sales day in the history of the Internet. The Galaxy Note 3 was one of many smartphones which sold well for Amazon on Cyber Monday, and now you can purchase the handset at that same sale price through the Amazon Wireless store.
Each year the past three holiday seasons Cyber Monday online purchasing has grown, as shoppers continue to prefer purchasing with a couple of clicks of their mouse or a couple of taps on their their cell phone as opposed to waiting in long lines and cold winter weather for physical retail sales. Smartphones and tablets have been popular purchases this holiday season according to many industry analysts, and the Galaxy Note 3 has been a bestseller for Samsung due to several technological advancements the handset delivers.
First off, the smart stylus S Pen is supported by more applications than ever before, and the Galaxy Note 3 debuted in October as the first mobile device ever to deliver 3.0 GB of RAM system memory. Also, previous Galaxy Note models delivered a True HD 720P display, while the Galaxy Note 3 steps resolution up a full 50%, delivering the first Full HD 1080P capacitive display ever found on a Galaxy Note. The rear camera has been improved from 8 megapixels to 13 megapixels, and is capable of 4K video capture.
Also, the display has grown from 5.55 inches on the Galaxy Note II smartphone to 5.70 inches on the Galaxy Note 3. However, Samsung engineers have actually made the overall dimensions of the handset smaller than the Galaxy Note II, while delivering that larger display. Even though the handset is powered by an oversized, extended life 3,200 mA cell, and the hardware package is more than impressive, the Galaxy Note 3 is still slim, measuring just 0.33 inches (8.3 mm) in thickness. A speedy Snapdragon 800 quad core central processor anchors the hardware package, clocked at 2.3 GHz. 32 GB of built-in data storage is present, and a microSD slot is also on board.
