You go enjoy XZU, we go enjoy our Note II and decide whether to keep it or sell it since Note II is still a capable phone. 

The temptation is killing me

Let's just say both are very capable devices. If the stylus support on xzu was proper, I would have gotten the xzu. I use the stylus a fair bit, so I was the first guy to raise the stylus n palm rejection issue from day1 on the xzu. Once it failed that test the xzu dropped out of the running. However if it is to be used for media consumption I bet it will be somewhat nicer due to the larger screen.

Don't forget also that xzu's size is also its liability as nobody seems to be able tosit down comfortably with it except maybe uncle benny and his humongous pockets

I'm willing to bet you 1 Coffee Bean latte that it won't ever solve the stylus problem.

We can wait for 2 more sony fw updates. If it fails you owe me one drink otherwise I'll buy you the drink.

Samsung's Exynos 5 Octa CPUs will be able to use all eight cores at once in Q4  Mobile
http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/09/samsung...nos-5-octa-hmp/

Yes, its confirmed Note 3 will be the best. Exynos version will really be 8 core. All usable at once.
Not fake octa core. But real one.

So anyone interested on Exynos version now?

Z1, Ultra Z, LG G2, all this flagship but its not the latest with 3GB RAM. Why? Samsung monopolize all 3GB in the market? 

Maybe its just boiled down to Android OS. It just refuse to execute TW UI when doing other things. Thus, more cores are need and Kitkat need to take advantage is 8 MP.

Fact is. Android OS itself is very optimise for smoothness. Anyone using aosp rom before will know. Its TW itself that's not smooth cos it have alot more functions than plain android. Frankly i dun think its even related to RAM. It's the TW framework itself. My note 2 is only using 0.8/2 GB ram and it's not even smooth as aosp using the same amount of ram.

And there is no reason to debate on why samsung is giving 3gb. They are and there is nothing we can do about it so just take it. They have their reason either its a neccesity or just to help sales its up to them.

And i dun see the more RAM helping in any game. I would say atm, cpu speed is more of the limiting factor rather than ram when running very high intense game.

I really don't understand, Note 3 is not even released nor available, yet there are so many bashing, if not because of the faux leather then about the UI.

Some people will buy a device for the hardware sake of future proof, some will buy it for the features and performance, and some will strike a balance in between. If there is a particular device that doesn't suits you then just stay away from it. I don't like i-devices therefore I have never bother to keep track on the news or lurk around the threads for the i-devices, because I don't even care about it.

If someone come and bash this and that I can only come out with 2 reasons, is either they are jealous that their favorite brand doesn't offer what another brand offered. Or the second reason could just be they wanted this device so badly.

Personally I used before HTC, Samsung and even LG and although I prefer HTC Sense UI over the other 2, but the overall performance, usability and features of Samsung beat the rest of it, especially with the Note series. So my advice to those who keep bashing on which device is better than which, is either you stay away from the device that you dislike, or you go and do your research and find a way to resolve the minor issue you have with the device (for god sake, there are plenty of solutions available which is free)