Galaxy Mega 6.3 review: A 2013 super-sized phone that blurred the line between phablet and tablet.
When phones got truly enormous.
The Galaxy Mega 6.3 pushed size to the extreme in 2013 — a 6.3-inch phone that was nearly a small tablet. The HD-on-huge-panel and modest internals were the costs, but it foreshadowed the big-screen future that became normal a few years later.
01Display
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker display results among mid-range phones of 2013 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
52/10052/100 trails the 56-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2013.
03Performance
46/10046/100 is one of the weaker performance results among mid-range phones of 2013 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
64/10064/100 puts it above the 62-point average for mid-range phones of 2013.
05Build
54/10054/100 is one of the weaker build results among mid-range phones of 2013 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
06Value
52/10052/100 trails the 57-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2013.
- Enormous 6.3" screen for media.
- Big 3,200 mAh removable battery.
- microSD + jack.
- Affordable big-screen option.
- Only HD resolution on a huge panel.
- Just 1.5 GB RAM.
- Unwieldy 88 mm wide.
- Mid-tier dual-core chip.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 28-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .