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Will this get KitKat anytime soon?

I'm on day 35 with my pre-ordered non-rooted, Galaxy Note 3. I spent the first week with it box stock to be sure everything was trouble free (it was). But now after spending the time optimizing it just the way I like, I've lost all desire to upgrade the fastest most enjoyable phone I've owned, to the latest OS. I have zero reasons to change a phone that works in such a spectacular fashion.

It's speed, vast capabilities, exceptional smoothness and long battery life are but a few aspects of this Android phone that are so impressive.

Recently I've been using its "Multi-Window" mode that features the ability to run two different apps in two windows at one once. Samsung's TouchWiz is what makes this possible and it's really impressive. Even better is the ability to adjust the windows to the sizes you want. I run Chrome on the top two thirds of the screen and S Note in the bottom third. A researchers dream, I can take notes with the S-Pen, while surfing my sites in Chrome.

Suddenly the "Features" many of the reviewers blew off as "gimmicks" turn out to be carefully designed, easy to use, essential time saving & workflow enhancing tools. I encourage you to explore the help files & .pdf user guide.

I've bought loads of different top of the line smartphones, all in an effort to find the right one for me. I'm very happy to report this _Galaxy Note 3_ is the one.

This is _The Single Most Exciting and Efficient Smartphone_ I've experienced in several years. The more you use it and improve your skillset, the faster you'll realize why I rave about the Note 3 :D
 
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Recently I've been using its "Multi-Window" mode that features the ability to run two different apps in two windows at one once. Samsung's TouchWiz is what makes this possible and it's really impressive. Even better is the ability to adjust the windows to the sizes you want. I run Chrome on the top two thirds of the screen and S Note in the bottom third. A researchers dream, I can take notes with the S-Pen, while surfing my sites in Chrome.
You really don't need TouchWiz to work split-window view. Also, if it's similar to the Note 2, you can probably use pop-up browser, email and S Notes. Thus having 3 windows open simultaneously. Want to really cram your screen? Open pop-up video to get screen number 4... ;)

That is unless Samsung did something that prevents that now... I tend to overdo it now and again. Video lectures, with email, Lecture Notes for some note taking and pop up browser to look up info. Pretty messy on a small screen and probably waste more time navigating between windows than saving. LOL.
 
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The new ART Runtime might be the feature of KitKat that will make the biggest difference to Note 3 owners:
"The early version of ART in Android 4.4 already speeds up apps by around 100%, and the final version should be even better."
If you think your phone is fast and smooth now, it'll scream afterward! :rock:

When its ready for primetime yes.


Not quite yet
 
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I just installed it on my Nexus 7. Very little speed improvement, and no noticeable differences on the surface.
The major speed improvement comes with the new ART runtime, but it's still in the early stages and must be manually enabled in Developer Options if you want to play with it:

android-4.4-dalvik-art-settings.jpg
 
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IME phones are better in the operating system they come with... I fully expect kit kat to screw up the n3.
In general I think the only case where a newer operating system is likely to ruin a phone is when the phone was already RAM starved and the newer Android makes even more memory demands. With KitKat it's going to be the opposite -- you'll have more usable RAM with the newer operating system.

Windows 7 was a similar rare example -- installing it on a Vista PC would usually make the machine run faster and smoother.
 
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