what wrong with your dog ?
got blue eye ??

lol, it is really small problem what.
And I remember someone said you can buy new original back cover from samsung store

if you sell and buy a new one becoz of that small problem, how much would it cost you?
maybe buying another backcover is cheaper
you also have backup cover in case of scratches

i also get 30k +, more to 36k

maybe you enabled power saving

Quadrant or Antutu?

Anyway, based on info from Andrewtst , I have come to this conclusion:-

Some CPU in Note 3 is better than other CPU in Note 3.

Samsung force all 4 cores to run at 2.3GHZ during benchmark.

So better CPU will not heat up easily and Note 3 will get 30k+ benchmark.

But the CPU in your Note 3 is not that good. It got heated up and throttled.

So to future buyers:-

a) ask the seller whether can test Antutu or not before buy
b) if consistent run Antutu can get 36k, then only buy. If not, don't buy.
Based on my comment above, your CPU might:-
a) lower quality rev/batch
b) installation of CPU inside your note 3 might affect the heat dissipation
c) or probably you just need to kill all the apps. LOL

I also all time getting around 34 to 35k. I find as long got around 30k is safe and fine. Those score 20k most the time, if can exchange, then better exchange it.

Benchmark is just a guideline only.

area 1 : bengkok
area 2 : noticeable gap between bezel n screen

might be a silly question

but how am i goin to remove the sim card from note 3?

guys, learn from past history...Note 2 started as rrp RM2299 and end up only 15xx after less than a year. So for this note 3, price will drop like hell as well. Unlike fruit phone, still RM2xxx after close to a year.

So note 3 is a no no to me at present moment. blood sucking losses purchase....sigh