On August 2, 2016, Samsung officially announced the long awaited Galaxy Note 7 at an event in New York City. The new phone has many improvements over the previous model, with an new S PEN and better display just to name a few.

S PEN

One of the main revamps for the Galaxy Note 7 is the new stylus, the S PEN. Some of the new features are being able to take screen shots of scrolling documents, create GIFs of videos, and translate text. In addition, you can now take notes on the lock screen when the phone is asleep for things that need to be quickly noted down.  

Security

The Note 7 introduces a new feature that is very uncommon on smartphones, and iris scanner. This allows your phone and other important documents be unlocked just by scanning your eye.

Display

The Note 7 features a 5.7 inch Super AMOLED display with a dual-edge. The dual-edge is meant to make the rather larger than normal smartphone comparable to hold and use.

Features

The device has a IP68 water resistance rating, which translates to being up to 5 feet underwater for up to 30 minutes. This means that any spills should have no effect on the phone as long as its wiped dry. Samsung also markets this as being able to take notes even in the rain with the water resistant S PEN.

The phone also supports the NFC based Samsung Pay, now marketed as the most widely accept form of mobile pay.

In addition, Samsung is using the fairly new USB-C cable for charging and faster data transfer. USB-C is a reversible connecter so there is no wrong way to connect it.

Camera

The rear-facing camera is a 12mp dual-pixel camera that has been heavily developed for better low light performance. The camera actually lets in 95% more light than the previous model, the Note 5. The front facing camera meanwhile is 5mp with a CMOS sensor. The rear camera can record UHD 4K video (3840 x 2160) at 30fps.

Specs

The Galaxy Note 7 is 169 grams with the dimensions 2.9″ x 6.04″ x .03″. The device features a 2.15GHz, 1.6GHz, Quad-Core processor and 4GB of RAM.

Internal Storage is set a 64 GB and can be expanded to up to 256GB with an SD card. This a very impressive compared to other flagship phones still starting at 32GB or even 16GB.

The battery is 3500 mAh with the battery life times in the image below:

Availability + Price

The device will be available in 4 colors: Black Onyx, Gold Platinum, Silver Titanium and Blue Coral. The cost will be somewhere in the range of $850 and $880 depending on the carrier. Pre-orders begin on August 3rd with the official release on August 19th. An unlocked version of the phone will be launched in the US at a later date.