EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 7
Update: (29 July 2016): The latest leak suggests that the Galaxy Note 7 will be released on August 16, in Amsterdam anyway. That's exactly two weeks after the official unveiling, currently scheduled for August 2.
Phablet fans rejoice, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is coming. And it’s coming soon. Samsung has confirmed the Galaxy Note 7 release date for August 2, with a launch taking place in New York City along with an extra event in London, England. This will kick off at 16:00 (BST) and we’ll be there live.
If you’re eager to find out everything about Sammy’s latest phablet then you’ve come to the right place. Here’s all the features, specs and pricing information you need to know.
The Note line is often seen as the top phone in Samsung’s line-up. It’s not as mass-market friendly as the Galaxy S series, but it often pushes things further with better specs. Likely features this year include a 5.7-inch Quad-HD Super AMOLED display, 12-megapixel Dualpixel camera and a water-resistant body, but you should also be expecting a price of around £725.
You might now be wondering what happened to the Galaxy Note 6. Did you accidentally oversleep and skip a whole generation of Samsung phablets? Fear not: it looks like Samsung has decided to ignore the Note 6 name completely. Apparently (and this is definitely an 'apparently', not confirmed), Samsung is keen to bring the Note branding in line with Galaxy S-series. And the iPhone. Both of which are on '7' in 2016. It makes sense...sort of.
We've also seen the first official TV ad for the Note 7 from Samsung Mobile Korea, which hints at a bunch of things, including a fingerprint scanner, an iris scanner, waterproofing, a stylus, and the 'Note 7' name. Check it out:
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LATEST GALAXY NOTE 7 NEWS:
When does the Galaxy Note 7 come out? August 2, 2016
What’s new about the Galaxy Note 7? QHD screen, 256GB storage, Android N, Always-on screen
How much will the Galaxy Note 7 cost? £600-725
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SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 7 RELEASE DATE UK & US – WHEN WILL THE NEW GALAXY NOTE 7 COME OUT?
The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 release date is August 2, 2016. That’s not strictly confirmed, but it’s as good as.
Samsung is hosting a dedicated Samsung Unpacked event here in London, with proceedings kicking off at 16:00 (BST). On the invitation, Samsung included a stylus graphic captioned with the text ‘7 UNPACKED 2016’. If that isn’t confirmation, we don’t know what is.
Perhaps the more pertinent question is when the phone will actually be released. Samsung’s previous Note release dates have been mixed:
- Galaxy Note 5 – August
- Galaxy Note 4 – October
- Galaxy Note 3 – September
As such, it’s hard to pin down an exact release date. However, rumour has it that the Galaxy Note 7 will go on sale the same day as the announcement. That doesn’t fit with Samsung’s traditional launch style, but anything is possible. We’ll find out for sure on August 2.
SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 7 DESIGN – WHAT WILL IT LOOK LIKE?
Rumour has it that Samsung is expected to use a metal-and-glass design for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. That’s not a big surprise; the company has long since ditched its plasticky aesthetic.
We’re still not clear on exact dimensions. Depending on who you listen to, it’s either going to be 153 x 74.5 x 7.8mm or 1535 x 73.9 x 7.9mm. Neither are hugely different, and they’re both fairly svelte.
Perhaps the biggest design change is the screen. Samsung is reportedly planning to offer the Galaxy Note 7 with a curved dual-edge display, just like the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. Importantly, it’s expected that there won’t be a traditional flat display variant at all. This isn’t confirmed of course, but worth noting.
And finally, we’re expecting Samsung Galaxy Note 7 colours to include black, silver, and blue.
SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 7 SCREEN
Many suspected that Samsung would finally make the leap to a 4K/Ultra HD display with the Galaxy Note 7. Unfortunately, it seems like Samsung will instead stick with a QHD panel.
The best evidence we have so far is a tweet posted by prolific tipster and journalist Evan Blass, who has a reliable track record for leaks. According to Blass, the handset will feature a 5.7-inch QHD (2,560 x 1,440 pixels) Super AMOLED display.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 shipped with a 5.7-inch display with a QHD resolution, which worked out at a 518-ppi pixel density. The screen went down well with consumers, so we see no immediate reason why Samsung should switch up its strategy.
Perhaps the only real incentive for Samsung to finally adopt a 4K panel would be for virtual reality. Samsung has already shown its interest in the sector with Gear VR, and it’s widely accepted that higher-density displays are far better for virtual reality, mainly due to the proximity of your eyes to the display when a phone is docked in a headset.
It’s also worth noting that the Snapdragon 820, the processor the powers a healthy chunk of Samsung Galaxy S7 devices, already supports native 4K displays running at 60fps. The Galaxy Note 7 will be using an equivalent – or maybe even newer – processor, so there’s no risk of the chip not supporting a 4K screen.
We're also expecting to see the Always-on display plucked from the Galaxy S7, so you'll be able to spot your notifications directly from the lock-screen with touching any buttons.
SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 7 SPECS
Full spec list: An article published by 9to5google revealed the entire Note 7 spec list, and says the details have been "independently confirmed". Here's the spec sheet, as told by the Google fan blog:
- 5.7-inch QHD AMOLED
- Gorilla Glass 5
- 12MP rear camera
- 5MP front-facing camera
- IP68 water and dust resistance
- 3,500 mAh battery
- Iris scanner, fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity
- USB Type-C
- Android 6.0.1
- Bluetooth/WiFi B/G/N/AC
- NFC
- Onyx, silver titanium, blue coral
Processor: Samsung has recently adopted the strategy of using different chips in different markets. It’s rumoured that the Galaxy Note 7 will continue that trend.
Nothing is confirmed, but we’re expecting that Galaxy Note 7 handsets sold in East Asia will feature the Exynos 8890, a custom-built chip manufactured by Samsung. In western markets, meanwhile, the Galaxy Note 7 is instead tipped to feature Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820. Both chips are about as good as each other, so put the pitchforks down folks.
Interestingly, Qualcomm recently unveiled the Snapdragon 821, which is marginally faster (by about 10%) than the Snapdragon 820. We don’t have a definitive launch date for the chip (Qualcomm says the second half of 2016), but it’s already been confirmed for use in the Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe.
Could it feature in the Galaxy Note 7? Absolutely. Although the chip has only just been announced, it’s likely that manufacturers have been, at the very least, savvy to its existence. We certainly wouldn’t be surprised to see it featured in the Galaxy Note 7.
RAM: After the OnePlus 3 launched with an impressive 6GB of RAM on board, speculation that the Galaxy Note 7 would match the offer soon followed.
Earlier this year, Samsung unveiled a 10nm 6GB RAM chip, which many assumed would make its way to the Galaxy Note 7. That said, the case for having a 6GB RAM module in a smartphone isn’t great. It’s arguably more of a future-proofing feature than a necessity, at least by 2016’s standards.
We’d expect to see 4GB or 6GB. Unfortunately, we can’t pin down which one just yet.
Storage: The main storage rumour is that Samsung will load an incredible 256GB of memory into the Galaxy Note 7, with a base option 64GB for more frugal users.
But wait, it gets better. It’s also been widely reported that the phone will feature UFS 2.0 (Universal Flash Storage), which is an ultra-fast embedded memory standard. It’s reportedly 2.7x faster at reading files than eMMC 5.0 you find in most smartphones, and consumes about 50% less energy
We already know that Samsung is capable of manufacturing this sort of module. In fact, the company recently released a 256GB UFS 2.0 card that looks set to trample all over MicroSD as the mobile memory standard. The good thing is that old MicroSD cards should still work.
In other storage news, a report from Sammobile published in July claims that Samsung is doubling the amount of built-in storage from 32GB to 64GB. The site obtained an image showing model listings from mobile network giant South Korean Telecom, seemingly revealing a newly lofty base storage. However, it's not yet clear if this would be true across all launch regions.
USB-C: Pretty much every phone launched in the last year has been rumoured to carry the new USB Type-C standard. And yet most flagships still aren’t using it. Samsung failed to adopt the technology with the Galaxy S7, so the Note 7 is the next likely candidate.
But what is USB-C? It’s just a new physical connection, intended as a replacement for older systems like Micro USB. It’s reversible like Apple’s Lightning cable, and has the potential to offer faster charging, faster file transfers, and generally greater utility than alternatives.
SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 7 CAMERA
One of the best Samsung Galaxy S7 features was its 12-megapixel DualPixel camera. This exceptional snapper has consistently been ranked as the best smartphone camera that money can buy right now. We’d be very, very, very surprised if Samsung didn’t use the same camera in the Galaxy Note 7.
It’s also been rumoured that the Galaxy Note 7 will offer a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.
Earlier this year, reports out of Taiwan suggested that the Galaxy Note 7 would feature a dual-lens camera, as cited by China’s ZOL industry news site.
Samsung has already designed its own dual-lens camera under Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., a part of Samsung Group. When the news broke back in March, the company reportedly had plans to begin mass-manufacturing of the dual-lens module as soon as July this year.
This move wouldn’t be a surprise. After all, Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus – also rumoured for launch this year – has been tipped to feature a dual-lens camera. Both LG and Huawei recently debuted the technology on the LG G5 and Huawei P9 smartphones.
Dual-lens cameras offer a number of benefits compared to conventional single-lens arrangements. These potential improvements include wider-angle image capture, better zoom, adjustable post-capture focusing, and improved lightin
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