I have the Note 3 and love it, previously had the HTC one, which I didnt like as much, before that I had the Samsung Galaxy Nexus....which I loved.....Can you see a pattern emerging?
Basically if you want something thats really good looking it will always have drawbacks, but Samsung design their phones for daily use, I always use the back cover as a great example, Samsung have a plastic one and people say it looks tacky....however with the iPhone its glass which is easily broken, and with the HTC one its metal, which overheats the phone when on the dashboard.....so from my point of view, plastic is the best option for me, I dont care how it looks, its the performance that matters to me