Samsung Galaxy Note 7 With Curved Display And Iris Scanner Launched

Aug 03, 2016 by Sumant Singh in Gadgets

Samsung has announced its most awaited Samsung Galaxy Note 7 at its Galaxy Note Unpacked 2016 event. The event took place simultaneously in New York, London, and Rio de Janeiro.

The device Galaxy Note 7 will be available to the buyers from August 19, and will be offered in three color variants Blue Coral, Gold Platinum, Silver Titanium and Black Onyx. The company hasn’t yet made any word on its pricing or the target markets.

What makes this smartphone special is its iris scanner feature. This is the first phone from Samsung galaxy family with this feature. Like its predecessor Note devices, the Galaxy Note 7 features the new and improved S Penstylus.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is a dust and water resistant smartphone having IP68 certification. The device comes with Samsung Knox security suite with biometric authentication that supports both the iris scanning feature and the fingerprint scanner. Another feature to talk in this maiden device is the Secure Folder feature, which is meant to keep private information safe.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Features And Technical Specifications

The solid build Galaxy Note 7 houses a 5.7-inch QHD (1440×2560 pixels) dual-edge Super Amoled display with an impressive pixel density of 518ppi, and Always On display functionality. This is the first smartphone that features recently introduced Corning Gorilla Glass 5.

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The device is powered by a 14nm octa-core processor, with four cores clocked at 2.3GHz, and four cores clocked at 1.6GHz, with 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM. The handset packs 64GB of inbuilt storage (UFS 2.0) that’s expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB). The Galaxy Note 7 runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Camera

Galaxy Note 7 flaunts ‘Dual Pixel’ 12-megapixel OIS (optical image stabilization) with an f/1.7 aperture and dual-LED flash. The smartphone has a 5-megapixel front camera with an f/1.7 aperture. Its dual-pixel sensor technology with wide aperture enables it to quickly focus and can click sharp images.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Battery

The Galaxy Note 7 is expected to come with a 3500mAh battery with fast charging support on wired as well as wireless. Its wireless is reportedly compatible with WPC and PMA.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Connectivity

On connectivity front, the note device offers Bluetooth, 4.2, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5GHz), GPS/ A-GPS, Glonass, 3G, and USB Type-C. The smartphone also supports LTE and is compatible with LTE Cat.12, LTE Cat.10, and LTE Cat.9. The handset also supports several sensors including barometer, gyroscope, geomagnetic, proximity, and ambient light sensor.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Dimensions

The Galaxy Note 7 measures 153.5×73.9×7.9mm and weighs 169 grams. For specifications in detail, Click Here.

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