Samsung Note S7 Officially Announced

The wait is over!

Galaxy Note 7 is here and yes, they skipped a number to streamline the naming and branding of their flagship models.

The phone's 5.7-inch QHD Super AMOLED display has gotten a dual-edged display similar to Samsung’s Galaxy S7 Edge. The phone has also the same size as the Samsung S7 Edge except this phone is the first phone to have Corning’s Gorilla Glass 5 protection. Same as other Samsung Flagship this phone has IP68 certification making it water resistant (to a point) for around 30 minutes in about a meter of water.

The S-Pen is also treated with a reduced latency to just 50ms, down from 70ms from last year, and increased the pressure range that the pen can detect. The overall diameter of the pen’s tip has gone down to 0.7 as well, which is close to the actual pen tip size of a real pen. The best part? The pen also works even if the screen is wet.

A new feature for the Note series is the Iris scanner. Samsung added a feature for more security as the alternative to the fingerprint scanner.

Samsung Galaxy Note7 Specs:
   • 2.3GHz Exynos 8890 octa-core processor
   • 4GB of RAM
   • 5.7-inch QHD Super AMOLED display, 2560 x 1440 resolution
   • 64GB of storage (UFS 2.0), expandable via 256
   • 12-megapixel rear camera, OIS, f/1.7 aperture, 4K video capture
   • 5-megapixel rear camera, f/1.7 aperture
   • Dual SIM
   • 3G, LTE
   • WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS
   • Fingerprint scanner, Iris scanner, USB Type C, IP68 Water resistance, S-Pen
   • 3,500mAh battery, fast charging via USB Type-C
   • Php 39,990

There’s nothing too different from the Galaxy S7 when It comes to hardware. It runs the same Exynos 8890 octa-core processor as the one on the S7, along with the same 4GB of RAM. Only one variant of the Galaxy Note7 will be sold in the Philippines – the 64GB variant – with a price of Php 39,990. The phone will be available to buy starting on August 20.