what Innovation is left in phones I mean what could possibly make you run out and
spend nearly ,000 on a cell phone when companies like
OnePlus and ZTE are convincing consumers
that they should be able to have devices with six gigs of RAM in their pockets
for less than half the cost is the
answer curved glass and more ways to
scan your body parts will Samsung sure
hope so and let's take take a closer look at the Note 7 my new daily driver
and the first note class device to earn
that
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the S Series has traditionally launched first as the mainstream performance
member of the generational family with the note following months later aimed
squarely at enthusiasts heavy content consumers and productivity freaks with a
stylus larger screen refined software
and beefier hardware specs being its usual calling cards and the Note 7
continues this tradition in some ways but like the Note 5 before it has broken
with the community's expectations in others while the Note 7 does have a
larger screen stylus and is the first to launch with Samsung's reimagined
TouchWiz Grace ux spec-wise it's pretty
much identical to the S7 S7 active and
to an even greater degree the S7 Edge it
rocks an exos 8890 octacore processor 4
gigs of ddr4 RAM 64 gigs of onboard
storage with micro SD expansion for those wondering by the way if the dual
SIM plus micro SD mod from the S7 and S7
Edge still works it does but the tray is
more fragile now so be careful and then around the back is the same dual flash
equipped 12 megapixel f1.7 4K video
primary camera that's been with us since the S7 not that I'm complaining the bump
is actually more pronounced than usual
but it launches Lightning Fast has great low light performance has this cool Auto
slowdown for playback of your slow motion Clips where it detects the fast
moving part of the video and then you just fine-tune it which is kind of cool
and generally continues to be my favorite smartphone camera for capturing
all the moments that I do on the sides
you'll find the lock button and volume buttons their tactile feedback feels
quality but I wish they weren't directly opposing each other even though I'm
starting to wonder if there's any point in me even continuing to say that
anymore down at the bottom we find the 3 and 1/2 in headphone jack something we
might not be able to take for granted for much longer a fast charging
compatible type-c connector to go along with the new gear VR a microphone port a
speaker Port that is loud enough but shares its nonoptimal Palm firing
attribute with the other 5.7 in device I keep in my pocket and finally the holder
for the improved S Pen that now boasts 360 samples per second updates and
4,096 pressure levels along with here here's a new one ip68 water resistance
with or without the pen in its holder
damn up front is another first a 5.7 in
curved Corning Gorilla Glass 5 2560 by
1440 AMOLED HDR display with almost no
HDR content available I can't really comment too much on that but it looks
great with everything else as usual and as for the glass well the main advantage
of corning's fifth generation glass is supposed to be improved drop resistance
from selfie levels but whether that
actually works outside of a controlled lab environment and perhaps more
importantly whether that comes at the cost of less scratch resistance is still
a developing story that I will be keeping an eye on as someone who doesn't
usually destroy phones for the sake of making a video all I can really
contribute to that is that in my two weeks with the device it doesn't have a
single Mark whereas some of the worst that I've seen managed to get scuffed up
in a pocket with my plastic headphones very considerably in that time so let's
talk about what other features make the Note 7 an upgrade over the S7 Edge if
you had your hopes up for a return to removability for the 35 mAh battery
sorry they're much more subtle than that the 3D glass on the back is now curved
to the same degree as the front one which sounds like a very small tweak but
when combined with the basically bezeless looking front curved glass and
the strong accidental touch rejection along the sides makes this aside from
being in my opinion the sexiest phone to date by far the most holdable note
device yet for small-handed folks like me in spite of them having to make room
for the S Pen inside so then on that subject well the stylus is a lot of fun
to Doodle with and great for screenshotting and marking up things
like web pages to send to others but
with that said as a non-artist I don't think I'm getting the most out of it and
I don't see myself paying a big premium for the privilege of using it I mean
there's a lot of functionality but I've never felt the need to create a gif out
of something that I'm watching on my phone though aside from the way you need
to fight with the UI of whatever you're capturing I will say it's pretty
intuitive to use on top of that as a millennial I actually type or dictate
much faster than I write with a pen and again maybe age is a factor here but I'd
probably tell my grandparents to get something else I'm having fond memories
of my briefing on the Galaxy Mega right now if they really need a magnification
wand in order to use their phone and glance a feature I was actually kind of
excited about that lets you hover over a minimized app to refer back to it
quickly would sell me on it if it was any faster than just using task switcher
I tried using it for compiling a prop list and doing internet research but
even in that case the multitask view would work better that is if sheets was
supported anyway with that said the translate
feature looks awesome if you ever translate anything which I generally
don't and when it comes to the feel of using the stylus if I was the kind of
person who used it a lot I would be amped about the improvements that have
been made to the leg and the overall natural feeling of it so I have to give
kudos there moving on it's got fast wireless charging though to be clear I
still don't recommend using it when it takes literally 4 seconds to plug your
phone into a low current 1amp charger before you go to sleep which coupled
with the excellent battery management of modern devices like the Note 7 will get
most people through all but the most demanding days but it's still a cool
feature and Samsung's wireless charging battery case is a pretty neat magnetic
phone Snap-on case as an option for
emergencies as for the headline feature the iris scanner having spent more time
with it I'm really impressed by how quickly and usually how well it works
but it just didn't add anything to the experience for me whether I'm looking at
my phone on my desk taking it out of my pocket grabbing it from a car dock or
tell wherever people keep their phones in every situation it was as fast or
faster for me to get a finger on the home button instead of pointing the
display at myself and adding the extra step of swiping the screen which doesn't
mean it's not cool as all hell and a huge step forward for biometric
authentication I just want to see a software update where I can use it as an
additional authentication factor for stuff like the cool new secure folder
feature I mean I'd rest easier knowing that you need my password and one of
either my fingerprint or an iris scan or maybe some combination of all three in
order to get into my private contacts pictures and documents on the subject of
software then let's talk about Grace ux XDA Developers has an article declaring
it to be a trash sandwich so there's that but as a heavy phone user but one
who doesn't really try to do much out of the ordinary with my device the main
difference I noticed was the appearance sorry Samsung software Engineers who
probably worked really hard on this the clipboard feature is still awesome
Flipboard is still there to suck up 15 minutes of my life when I accidentally
swipe to the left autoc caller ID is still really cool I guess I guess
there's a cool battery optimization button and you can customize your power
profiles now which gives you better more granular control over the power Savings
of your device um the always on display can hold a shopping list or a picture
and has icons for your notifications on it now though you still can't preview
them like you can on Motorola devices and I guess the Edge panels are neat
with location contextual junk that you might want to do being the Highlight for
me over the default speed dial shortcuts that are already in there T9 dialing is
the king of absolutely everything and has made the contact list and speed dial
on my phones the least accessed thing for years now which leaves I guess then
only the conclusion interestingly one of the
least watched parts of my videos so I'll try to keep it short the Note 7 is
really great I wouldn't pay $1,000 unlocked for it personally but if I
didn't have to pay for phones which I don't then it's the one that I would
choose to use the charging port digs into my finger a little bit and the
touchscreen stylus accuracy Falls away a little bit near the edges if you're
trying to position a cursor but these are the biggest complaints I could come
up with it's functional and beautiful
with the slight adjustment to the curve making a much bigger difference to its
usability than I could have possibly
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