Galaxy Mega 6.3 review: Gigantic 6.3" phablet from the pre-large-phone era.
Before phones got big.
Galaxy Mega 6.3 was almost comically large in 2013, when most phones were under 5". Its low-res screen and weak chip drew mockery, but it foreshadowed the big-screen era that the entire industry would soon embrace.
01Display
60/10060/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2013.
02Camera
56/10056/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2013.
03Performance
48/10048/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2013.
04Battery
70/10070/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2013.
05Build
54/10054/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2013.
- Huge 6.3" screen before big phones were normal
- Big 3200 mAh removable battery
- microSD expansion
- Low pixel density at 720p across 6.3"
- Weak dual-core chip
- Unwieldy for most hands
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 1-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .