Of course, like previous Galaxy Note smartphones, the new Galaxy Note 7 rocks Samsung’s S Pen active stylus.
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As for their differences, the Note 7 has a larger 5.7-inch quadHD display, while the S7 Edge sports a 5.5-inch quadHD display.
During its Unpacked Conference 2016, Samsung unveiled its brand new Galaxy Note 7. If you purchase a Galaxy Note 7 or Galaxy S7 edge, you can also receive a free GearFit2 or Samsung 256GB memory card. For those of you who skipped the Galaxy Note 5 upgrade for various reasons, you now have another chance to ditch your ageing Samsung Galaxy Note 4 in favor of the new Note 7. There’s the same 12-megapixel dual-pixel rear-facing camera with image stabilisation and support for 4K video, and the same five megapixel camera on the front.
Although in theory, the scanner is a novel way to keep phones locked, you’ll still need to use your fingers to get to the iris scanner from the lock screen – at which point, you could easily type in a passcode or use the fingerprint reader instead.
The smartphone will go on pre-order today and sales in the United States officially start from the 19 August. Well, Samsung has tipped that it might bring the device to India on August 11, at an event in New Delhi. Today we take a look at four of the new features of the phablet that many users probably didn’t know about.
The S-Pen, which has been a part of Note line-up, has been slimmed down further to 0.7mm from 1.6mm. Paying full price, a user is US can buy the Galaxy Note 7 for $840 (approx RS 56,000) on Sprint’s website, $864 on Verizon and $880 (approx Rs 59,000) on AT&T. The phone comes with a 5.7 inch Super AMOLED display, which works in conjunction with the Note 7 Pen, as Samsung is calling its stylus. The Galaxy S7 Edge now only comes with 32 GB of expandable storage.
The Mi Note 2 may actually come in two different variants, a standard flat-screened model and a higher-end curved version.
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The pre-order starts on August 3 at both the service providers and the phone to hit the stores on August 19. And this Note unlike many in the past, comes with one too many “firsts” to battle whatever Apple will have to unveil in September with the iPhone 7 Pro (or Plus).
