Samsung, as we all know by now, is a Korean multinational conglomerate that has been hitting all the sweet spots and is building up a massive following owing to its well-crafted and high-end devices. Year after year, Samsung devices have set goals for other contenders. Every year Samsung not only competes with others but has to fight off its own self and bring up worthy devices into people’s hand. It’s 2016 and like every passing year, Samsung did outshine itself by bringing forth the Samsung Galaxy Note7. To provide an overview, The Note device are the large phablet devices by Samsung which come with a stylus. This year’s addition to the Galaxy follows the very trend bringing all things advanced under the hood. Let’s dig deep and open the Note7 to find out what’s inside.
Pros:
- Great Metal Body
- Outstanding Processor
- Iris Scanner
- Dual-SIM
- Splendid Camera
Cons:
- Camera Bump
- Costly
- A Single Speaker
- Android Marshmallow (v6.0.1) out-of-the box.
Design and Display:
In terms of Design, the Note7 is pretty much a similar take on the S7 Edge design with a slight adjustments. The Note offer a more sharp edges around the device which encompasses a beautiful screen. Inheriting from the Edge of the S7 Edge, The device offers curved sides of the screen which creates the illusion of a bezel-free device. This is undoubtedly the most well designed device by Samsung till date. The metal back and the unibody emit class which speaks volumes about its beautiful design. The metal back is protected by Gorilla Glass 5 which will surely beat its predecessor in handling some beating. On the machined metal frame will you find things like a USB Type C connector, a headphone jack and power and volume buttons. There is also a fingerprint scanner embedded in the physical home button on this device. You’ll find the Samsung branding on the back of the device. Although we believe that there could be better placement for the Samsung logo, we wouldn’t really complain for this one either.
Looking at the strengths of this device, you’ll never lose grip of this device which makes it really easy to handle. The button placement for the device is just perfect. The power button resides exactly under your right thumb which makes this relatively large device quite easy to hold.
The device has a remarkable Super AMOLED display panel that throws 16 million colors right at your face. You get a Full-HD 5.7” screen which calculates to the device displaying pixel density of 515ppi. The viewing angles achieved by owning a Samsung S7 are the best you get in the market. A full-HD screen fully equates to a satisfying experience. The colors on the screen are tremendously accurate and vibrant making this one of the best panels you could encounter on any device right now in the market.
Software and Specifications:
Samsung has opted for Exynos 8890 to be the international model’s processor while the USA model has a Snapdragon 820 processor. The international model has an Octacore processor where one is clocked to be a quad core at 2.3 GHz while the other stands to be 1.6GHz. The USA model stands a little below it with a quad core processor with the famous Kryo processors running underneath. The device portrays great multicore as well as single core results which guarantees an awesome performance handling.
The phone can be used as a dual-SIM device or it can provide you an extra storage which you can crank up as high as 256GBs.The internal storage is fixed to be 64GBs and it comes with 4GBs of RAM. This is nice as this means to provide you with more room for multi-tasking. We find this amount of Ram to be sufficient and RAM greater than 4GB might be a waste of resources.
The GPU is a handsome Mali T880 MP12 in the international version and an Adreno 530 in USA which evidently tops the GPU chart right now. We find this outstanding GPU chip coupled with a great CPU to tackle absolutely everything you test it with without stuttering.This phone has all in itself needed for an extreme user.
Corning Gorilla Glass 5 provides excellent protection from drops and is employed both on the front and the back. It’s raining outside or there’s a sandstorm? Fret not, The Note7 is IP-68 certified making it both water and dust proof. The phone comes out with Android Marshmallow (v6.0.1) but is destined for an upgrade to the latest Android Nougat (v7.0). The phone has a layer of TouchWiz UI on the software underneath which provides greater accessibility and a slight amount of bloatware that we wish wasn’t there. The Always-On display makes the Samsung Galaxy Note7 always ready to be turned on and can let you see important information without having to push the device on.
Camera:
The primary camera sensor opted for this device is a 12MP sensor with an aperture of f/1.7 and a dual-tone LED flash. The pixel size for the camera is known to be 1.4um. The camera lets in a lot more light than usual making the images vibrant and extraordinary. The selfie snapper for all the enthusiasts is opted to be 5MP. Although both camera’s stands low in numbers to other competitors, we can assure you that the camera is not always about who offers a higher MP camera. Samsung Galaxy Note7 shatters all records for the best camera and sits on top.
These cameras come equipped with all the necessary perks like geo-tagging, face detection and touch focus, panorama and HDR etc. So get ready to shoot a Full-HD video out of the device and show it to the rest of the world.
Battery:
The Samsung Galaxy note7 comes with a 3500mAH Li-Po battery. While the display definitely burns a lot of juice, the over-the-top app management and the battery management techniques employed will get you through the day easily. The stylus that comes in this device might be reason we did not get a 4000mAh battery but the performance of the battery we get keeps us happy. With fast-charging enabled, an hour of charge could get you back to a complete hundred.
Price:
The price in USA for the Samsung Galaxy Note7 is expected to be $900 which makes the price in Europe to be around 820 Euros. Price in Pakistan would be around 90,000 to 100,000PKR while the price in India might be close to 70,000 INR.
Final Verdict:
We would have loved it even more if the price had been around $700. The price tag on this device is a bit higher which makes a lot of people think twice before owning the device. The phone offers everything that is the best in the market and this comes at a price. The Samsung Galaxy Note7 is definitely the best Note device to have come out of Samsung. Expect to be blown away by the sheer power that resides within this device. We would go one step further and label it the ’Best Samsung Device’ till date. Kudos Samsung!