Dubai: Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3 will be available in the UAE between September 25 and the first week of October, Niranjan Gidwani, Deputy CEO of Eros Group, told Gulf News from IFA Berlin, the week-long consumer electronics and home appliances show which kicked off on Wednesday.

Eros is the sole distributor of Samsung phones in the UAE.

“The global launch of Note 3 is on September 25. By the time we get the product for roll out it will take one more week. But definitely by first week of October the product will be in the UAE. The price is not fixed yet but it will between Dh2,799 and Dh2,999,” Gidwani said.

He said the Note 3 is much better than Note 2. The 5.7-inch device is lighter, thinner and better battery life than Note 2 which has 5.5-inch screen size.

Hayssam Yassine, head of telecommunications at Samsung Gulf, said the UAE launch will be immediately after the global launch and the phone and the Galaxy Gear smart watch are likely to be available within one week of the global launch.

The Note 3 will have two versions. The LTE version will be powered by 2.3GHz quad-core processor while the 3G version will have 1.9GHz octa-core processor along with 3GB RAM and 32/64GB storage capacity.

The battery life has improved to 3200mAh battery compared to 3100mAh of Note 2.

“It will be first phone to run the latest version of Android Jelly Bean straight out of the box and the 1,920x1,080-pixel Full HD Super Amoled screen is really bright and colours are really bright and crisp,” Gidwani said.