[Emilio Le Roux]

I'm so happy I found this thread.
I had a Galaxy Note 3 Neo DUOS (N7502) and I loved it, I love devices with pens since the Palm III and the ipaq.
But the Note 3 neo it was a disaster. Stuck at android 4.3, with no custom roms, and many apps weren's compatible anymore.
Most notably ONENOTE, the app I use the most.
I gave up trying to update it and ended up selling it cheap last year. Got a Moto G.
Now I was just selling a very old laptop (2012 I think) for a few bucks and someone offered me a Note 3 N9005 in trade.
It was one of best deals I ever made. I love the Note 3, even now in 2019. I'm using it with Lollipop, 5.0, but I'm thinking about choosing a nice custom ROM.

I'm selling my moto G.

[Emilio Le Roux]

@Shell913:

There are several custom ROMS that you can "flash" into the Galaxy Note 3. Not a simple process for some users (non-geeks) but you can read something about those. I always look into the XDA developers forums.
I just got a Note 3 as a trade, and I'm planning to install some version of Android 7, 8 or 9. I'm researching what would be the best one right now.

[jeeves744]

Still rocking my Note 3, but think I am finally going to upgrade to an S10+. My Note 3 still works fine other then the fact I just recently noticed my screen is de-gluing (if thats a word) from the phone.

[mediasvi]

Well it is Sept 2019 and my Note 3 is still going strong. My phone is now 6 years old and on its 4th battery, 2nd S-Pen and 6th Otterbox Defender case. Otterbox does not make the case anymore so I have been getting a great clone off of Amazon and actually think they are better as the rubber is more durable and has a tighter fit, they run about $6.00

So far I have had about 3 apps stop working but it's no problem I just goto the website for them.

The phone works as good as it did the 1st day I got it, it been in a case all the time and is in perfect condition but for some of the chrome coming of the bezel.

I do not like the how tall and slender the cellphones are getting so I will keep using my Note 3 and it's good to know the Android OS 5.1 still has over 11% OS share.

I will not jail break the phone and install ROM's because they do not run everything on the phone and they can have viruses.

I think this phone will stay with me another couple years, I run my whole business off it.

Galaxy Note 3 still going strong in 2019 going into 2020

[mustang7757]

Well it is Sept 2019 and my Note 3 is still going strong. My phone is now 6 years old and on its 4th battery, 2nd S-Pen and 6th Otterbox Defender case. Otterbox does not make the case anymore so I have been getting a great clone off of Amazon and actually think they are better as the rubber is more durable and has a tighter fit, they run about $6.00

So far I have had about 3 apps stop working but it's no problem I just goto the website for them.

The phone works as good as it did the 1st day I got it, it been in a case all the time and is in perfect condition but for some of the chrome coming of the bezel.

I do not like the how tall and slender the cellphones are getting so I will keep using my Note 3 and it's good to know the Android OS 5.1 still has over 11% OS share.

I will not jail break the phone and install ROM's because they do not run everything on the phone and they can have viruses.

I think this phone will stay with me another couple years, I run my whole business off it.

Galaxy Note 3 still going strong in 2019 going into 2020

Well , congrats on that