Note 2 isn't that much better than the S3. I'm speaking of personal experience, I've used a Note 2 and have kept 2 S3's.
There wasn't much difference.
The only thing you get with the Note 2 is the S-Pen and the annoyingly large screen.
S3 comes with a 2GB RAM variant as well (GT-I9305), so you could opt for that. It'll be around 25-26k.
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