The Note 7 was unveiled at a dedicated launch event today.
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In the U.S., the Galaxy Note 7 will be available in Blue Coral, Silver Titanium, and Black Onyx colors, through AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, and Verizon Wireless beginning August 19th. However, Samsung is launching its latest and greatest Galaxy Note 7 smartphone with Android 6.0, adding that it will be providing an update to Android 7.0 in the future, but hasn’t provided an ETA on that.
Also new on Note 7 is a discreet Secure Folder on the phone where you can stash all your most private and sensitive information.
If the new Galaxy Note 7 is so similar to the Galaxy S7 edge, why would you buy it? This 5.7-inch, stylus-toting smartphone boasts a bevy of new features including advanced security through iris scanning, a whole lot of storage and an edge-to-edge display that Samsung promises will blow users away. In addition to its Knox security system and the fingerprint scanner that was on prior models, Samsung will now let authenticate your identify by recognizing your iris.
Samsung has been packing an impressive display units from quite some time, be it the S-series or the Note.
Camera-wise, you’ll get a twelve-megapixel rear lens with Optical Image Stabilization, and five megapixels in front.
So as you can see, there are improvements and some new features on the Galaxy Note 7, but overall, it is probably too early to tell just how better the handset is at more general day-to-day tasks like multitasking, call quality, handling messages, etc.
It is now clear that this year’s embodiment of the Note lineup of handsets has borrowed the majority of its internal specifications from the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge. “Life moves faster than ever now so we created the Galaxy Note7 to help users get things done more easily wherever, whenever”. That’s key if you want to be sucked into VR, and Samsung is doing their best to ensure that by expanding the field of view. With a 5.7-inch display, the Note 7 is also larger than Apple’s 5.5-inch iPhone 6s Plus. With the smartphone’s new iris scanner technology, users have a new way to keep photos, contacts, banking and documents protected, to ensure enhanced mobile security.
Samsung introduced the redesigned S Pen stylus as more than just a writing tool but “the gateway to getting more done efficiently and accurately”. You can upgrade 30 days after activating a new phone when more than 50% of the device price has been paid.
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Both the Samsung Galaxy S7 and the Note7 will be offered with a 4GB RAM while the memory options range from 32GB to 128GB for the Galaxy S7 (supports microSD card up to 256GB). Compared to its predecessor it has a higher-capacity battery, faster performance, a lighter-weight design and a USB type C connector at the base instead of the older, more common Micro USB port. The pressure sensitivity of the new pen has been improved to be exactly like a ballpoint, the company said.
