New colour options for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 have been on the cards for some time. We’ve previously heard of rose gold and red versions on the way for some regions, and the good news today is that the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Rose Gold and Red colours have hit the UK.

The Rose Gold variety was reported to be for China first and we recently heard that it was heading to US carrier Verizon. This was revealed in two options, Rose Gold White or Rose Gold Black bringing gold colour accents to the white or black handset. Only the Rose Gold White seems to be available for the UK so far which adds golden tints just to the sides of the white model

As for the red Galaxy Note 3 we know this already arrived for customers in South Korea and heard that availability would spread to some other regions worldwide. Now Carphone Warehouse is has made the Rose Gold and Red versions of the Galaxy Note 3 available.

They can be purchased from the above retailer on a variety of plans with different carriers including, EE, O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone. These new colour options of the Galaxy Note 3 have exactly the same specs as existing coloured models.

These include a 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor, 5.7-inch Super AMOLED Full HD display, 3GB of RAM, 13-megapixel camera and 3200 mAh battery. The Note 3 runs the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean operating system, upgradable to Android 4.4 KitKat and also comes with use of the S Pen stylus.

You can see both the red and rose gold Galaxy Note 3 along with the usual black and white versions at this Carphone Warehouse page. Are you pleased to see availability of these new Galaxy Note 3 colours in the UK?