Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear pre-orders start today

On sale from October 3

While global sales will start from next week, Samsung has announced that its new Galaxy Note 3 will be available in Australia from October 3 for $999, but pre-sales will start from 2pm today.

Along with a whole heap of S Pen, Multi Task and other software feature updates, the handset comes packing the latest version of Jelly Bean, Android 4.3 and a 5.7-inch Full HD Super AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1920 x 1080.

Coming in either pink, black or white with a leather-like back, it also sports a 3200mAh battery, 3GB of RAM, 13MP camera with UHD recording capabilities and a front-facing 2MP camera that can record Full HD at 30fps

It also looks like Aussies will be missing out on the octa-core variant, with Samsung confirming just the 2.3GHz quad-core 4G model with Category 4 LTE capabilities for Australia.ss

We also won't be getting the 16GB model, with only the 32GB internal storage variant (which is expandable up to 64GB through an microSD card) making its way Down Under.

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