A few months from now, Samsung will unleash its final big push for the year, embodied on its second 2013 flagship - the third-generation 5.7-inch Galaxy Note 3, powered by the latest Android build and a quad-core CPU.

Nothing is final at this time but pundits are in near-agreement that release date for the phablet king is September. No doubt the Note 3 commands anticipation and there is no reasons to believe its sales figures will quickly shoot up after its launch time, likely surpassing the combined achievements of the first two Galaxy Notes.

But while the compelling reasons abound for Android fans to get a hold of the premium device as it comes out, there are at least four arguments for buyers to opt out and look somewhere else for the freshest smartphone fix. They are listed below:

The Note 3 is upscale but wrapped in a 'cheap' housing

Like in 2013, the Note 3 will be the big brother for the Galaxy S4, both in build and functions. That would mean buyer will get the Galaxy dosage that Samsung has delivered earlier this year via the GS4. The powerful components are protected from the outside by a mix of case materials dominated by polycarbonate - in short, plastic.

Of course, polycarbonate is far from being cheap but when pitted with the likes of HTC One, Xperia Z and even the iPhone 5, the GS4 body-work, according to experts, seems easy to discard. And if the Note 3 will only carry over the same design principle, it surely will not make a dent against it rivals existing and upcoming.

GS4 reviewers routinely mentioned the impressive HTC One designs, as if constantly rubbing to Samsung its monumental shortfall in insisting that for its high-end smartphones, plastic is better than metal.

The Note 3 screen-size is too overwhelming

When is big too big? Apparently, Samsung is not too worried that it is pushing the envelope to the limits, buoyed by its previous that consumers will pick up an oversize phone and fashionably put it over their face. The company's confidence is anchored on the fact that tens of millions of Galaxy Notes - from the original to the latest edition - landed on many hands around the world.

In the previous months, Samsung executives declared that the phablet fever will continue and true to its word, the company recently unwrapped two versions of the Galaxy Mega, with the largest kind having a 6.4-inch face.

It has become a rage and millions are picking up the new norm but for many, probably millions of them too, wielding a sizeable gizmo seems too remote from being comfortable. And they will not be compelled to dance with the phablet tune when in-between alternatives are readily available.

The Note 3 is indeed a powerful Android but it is not vanilla

Serious Android users would naturally grab the behemoth that is the Note 3, which is a cocktail of Snapdragon 800 or Exynos Octa 5 CPU, at least 2GB of RAM and a bright screen display that will be made possible by any of these two screen technologies: Samsung's Super AMOLED or Sharp's IGZO LCD.

But with TouchWiz always hounding the raw power of Jelly Bean or Key Lime Pie, the technology trade offs will not be eliminated, hardcore Android fans would say. With bloatwares that only eat up precious phone space and deliver feature that will be buried by normal smartphone use, advance Android users - and they are growing by the day - are presented with fact that better options are out there, and many of them will not even break the bank. This brings us to the last part of the list.

The high-end Android handset menu is constantly exploding

Months after the Galaxy Note 2 was issued last year, LG released the Optimus G, which experts said is more powerful and more affordable. Then earlier this HTC One hit the market and the device quickly sparked beautiful love affairs not only with hardened tech citizens but also with average consumers.

Why even the GS4 is an eye-catcher over the Note 2 and will probably be a spoiler of the Note 3 takeoff. The point is, it is a tough competition that the Note 3 will land into and consumers will have their plates too full to even some serious thoughts about Samsung's Episode 2 Unpacked this year.

And to think that there is a big possibility that Apple will join the fray early next year via the supposed 5.7-inch iPhone, giving gadget buyers another reason to skip on a Galaxy Note 3 purchase shortly after its release date.