For readers who are considering buying the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo or the iPhone 5, here is a specs and price comparison between the two devices in Australia. The comparison could help readers make an informed decision.

Display and Design

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo comes with a 5.5 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen, rendering 720 x 1280 pixels resolution. The iPhone 5 comes with a 4 inch LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touch screen, rendering 640 x 1136 pixels resolution.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo comes with 148.4 x 77.4 x 8.6 mm dimensions and weighs 162.5 grams. The iPhone 5 comes with 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm dimensions and weighs 112 grams.

Hardware and Operating System

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo is equipped with a quad core 1.3 GHz cortex A7 and dual core 1.7 GHz cortex A15 processor and Exynos 5260 chipset. It comes with 16 GB of internal memory, which can be expanded by up to 64 GB using a Micro SD card.

The iPhone 5 is equipped with a 1.3 GHz dual core swift processor and Apple A6 chipset. It comes in 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB internal memory variants and no Micro SD slot for additional memory.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo runs on the Android Jelly Bean operating system and has 2 GB of RAM. The iPhone 5 runs on the iOS 6 operating system, which can be upgraded to the iOS 7 operating system and has 1 GB of RAM.

Camera

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo sports an 8 MP primary camera with autofocus and LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 2 MP. The iPhone 5 sports an 8 MP primary camera with autofocus and LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 1.2 MP.

Battery

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo comes with a Li-Ion 3100 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 18 hours on 3G or music play of about 64 hours. The iPhone 5 comes with a non-removable Li-Po 1440 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 8 hours on 3G or music play of about 40 hours.

Price in Australia

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo 16 GB 4G LTE variant is priced at around AU $539.95. The iPhone 5 16 GB variant is priced at around AU $799.95 and the 32 GB variant is priced at around AU $839.95 in Australia.

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