Samsung Wireless Charging Kit
Comes with charging pad, charging back cover, USB 2.0 cable, but no power adapter (cheap bast4rds). I bought another Samsung Note 3 power adapter to use with this as the instructions said to use a 2.0A adapter, so do factor that into the total cost of your purchase unless you plan to use your Note's bundled AC adapter.
The back cover is thicker and heavier than the regular cover (to house the induction coil) but the added girth actually felt more ergonomic. A pleasant surprise is that the lens is now slightly recessed, which means it's less likely to get scratched, unlike before (see picture below).
Wireless charging is expectedly slower than a wired connection but still very acceptable. The inner side of the back cover is marked as 650mA, so that should give you an idea of the charging efficiency. A 'Wireless charging' message will appear and the LED on the charging pad will light up once wireless charging begins. Orientation of the phone on the pad doesn't appear to matter (even at 90 degrees angle), it just needs to resting on it.
I have previously damaged a smartphone's microSD port and also microUSB cables from repeated charging, so wireless charging was something I've been keen to explore. As a side note, since Samsung uses the Qi Wireless Charging standard, I was able to charge the phone on a Nokia charging pad as well.
BTW, for those sticking to regular USB charging, you don't get a faster charge if you use a micro USB 3.0 cable since the
power pinout is still on the USB 2.0 portion of plug (you do benefit from a more physically secure connector though).
Samsung microSDXC UHS-I Card Pro - 64GB Class 10
Nothing much to share except the 64GB microSDXC card works out of the box and as advertised in the Note 3. Like the cheaper (but slower) Sandisk Class 10 card, it comes pre-formatted in exFAT format. No problems reading from or writing to the card on a Windows 7 or later PC (
Windows XP requires a patch).