Samsung Galaxy Note7 review: Thinking Big

16 August 2016
All great speeches start with carefully prepared notes. For yet another year Samsung has taken the role of a modern-day orator, pushing for a return to personal handwriting against the trend of detached digital text.

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Apparently Sami isnt trying to impress anyone. Instead of going ahead a dominate the market with unmatched performance they are not on top.

Also exynos apparently is better in Note 7, as whe Wual is ahead difference is min, while when exynos is ahead diff is high.

Moto force might end up stealing the show.
Shame!

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    • Anonymous
    • aj$
    • 17 Aug 2016

    AnonD-571933, 17 Aug 2016Thank you, go buy a Samsung with s****y updates and help ma... moreAll Isheep are without basic knowdlege how to use a simple operating system. Any flagship with Android is superior to all Apple or Windows mobile. Only the camera could be a little bit better, than some of the 2016 android flagships. You don't have the basic knowdledge to use a smartphone.

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      • AnonD-367917
      • H3G
      • 17 Aug 2016

      AnonD-259899, 17 Aug 2016Lol you so disturbed by people agreeing with me? You PR spo... moreFeed the troll?

      You know, some people never bought the model two years ago...
      And some regions of the world didn't get the note five...
      So some people might want a Note, and this is the new model.
      If they cannot find an older unit, I just hope they can be happy with its replacement..

      I know I will be.

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        • AnonD-571933
        • n1V
        • 17 Aug 2016

        ljames, 17 Aug 2016While i do like the z force as well, productivity-wise, the... moreThank you, go buy a Samsung with s****y updates and help make Android worse by supporting a crappy copycat company that never updates its devices and that way app developers can't take advantage of all the goodies and optimizations from the newer versions of Android just to keep their apps compatible with "older devices".
        That's the main difference between Apple and Android. I support pure Android only, the rest are crap throwed inside the system desperately to find a way to make fast money. I have a phone shop and I'm selling Nexus and Motorola like cupcakes, everyone is pleased by the change coming from Samsung, Huawei or HTC.

          AnonD-259899, 17 Aug 2016Nope water resistance - IP68 is a nothing more than mino... moreHey, **** zzzzzz *******!!!!!! What do you think you are? A big rationalist? who knows how to calculate his every move and excute it with perfection? You think you're very smart every time you reply just because you think you can justify not buying Note 7? Or do you think it makes you a very clever person to insert smilies into your reply to keep a nonchalant vibe?

          You think you're seeing the dumb people around you and your mental sharpness is above them? You think you have a higher level of alertness for active rationality? Thus you make decision better than others and it makes you feel mightier? You're the one who sees through the deceptions and others are zealots? And it gives you the right to offend them?

          I believe the fact that a person can have very higher psychological knowledge than others, even to the point of having the highest. But, you're completely deluded with the arrogance you have for your self-esteem.(I'm not saying you believe yourself to be standing at the epitome of psychological knowledge.) You consciously/subconsciously believe you're better than the ones you call zealots. I agree with your point why you call them so. But you're no better. And that's what makes me angry. Even though you may have the power to see through the marketing policies, you harbour in yourself arrogance for that!! The other people are deluded with marketing policies, you're deluded with your thinking that you're not being deluded, which is coming from your Arrogance and multiplying it in the process simultaneously! In the end, you're ending up affronting others.

          There are many reasons from various perspectives to justify buying Note 7. And you're not the all Knower to know that Note7 is unjustified buying with the price tag it comes with for everyone in this world.

          What if I wanna buy the best mobile in the market right now? Which one gives the best package? And who decides what is the best package for who? Not everyone is a fool to not verify his needs against the marketing gimmicks and spend a fortune on a mobile phone. So, shut up if you don't know it's better to think before you speak!(Oh, I'm positive that you believe you know(just know) that fact already) What if I want a VR experience and a bezelless display, or the extra protection from dust and water? And maybe all of them together? If the design, material, looks didn't matter at all and the digital Gadgets were just for productivity, then don't you think we'd stick with the boxy computer of old age, or maybe the computers that used to take the whole room to fit them!

          Remember, dude, everything boils down to user experience and satisfaction with that.

          We're humans and everyone has human nature governing his/her conscience. And one of the traits of human nature is that it gets influenced very easily. So those influences play the biggest part in our every decision in our daily lives. So the 'zealots' are influenced to buy it and you're influenced not to. Unless you can immune yourself from being influenced by the world, you have no right to affront others, even though they're being real "zealots"!

          "I sincerely apologise if I hurt you in the process, but your Arrogance just made me angry enough to post it. Again, I'm sorry if I ever hurt you. Please, try to take into consideration what I've just started above with an open mind"

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            • Anonymous
            • uu3
            • 17 Aug 2016

            AnonD-148051, 17 Aug 2016Hi, I know Note 7 doesn't have IR Blaster can we use IR ... moreEven Xiaomi Redmi 3s prime have IR Blaster. Now I'm laughing :)

              SaltandPepper, 17 Aug 2016Yeah, the display part rather disappoint me a bit, I though... moreYes, that is very weird, hard to believe, double DeltaE than Note 5 itself, both minimum and average, that's ridiculous!

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                • DolphinStripper
                • sBU
                • 17 Aug 2016

                One plus 3, Amoled screen, 6gb ram, better scores than Samsung's Flagship... 400$ phone... i'm rest my care

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                  • Anonymous
                  • UDN
                  • 17 Aug 2016

                  AnonD-245620, 17 Aug 2016Shame , zero improvement in battery life . note 4 have bett... moreNote 4 and 5 did not use the current 200nits brightness standard for gsmarena battery life testing (they used the 50% brightness standard instead), hence why the score is lower than the previous generations :)

                    AnonD-571933, 17 Aug 2016Glad to see Moto Z Force destroys this. Worse battery life ... moreWhile i do like the z force as well, productivity-wise, the note 7 takes the cake by far. But why you would be glad about one thing "destroying" another speaks volumes about your insecurities. Just saying.

                    Also, you're basing your ridiculous comment on battery life alone lol. That makes you a desperate insecure hater. Keep it real bud. Goodness knows nobody else thinks you are.

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                      • AnonD-571933
                      • n0K
                      • 17 Aug 2016

                      Glad to see Moto Z Force destroys this. Worse battery life (Moto Display doesn't eat up battery like Active Display does), and as expected less performance, even worse than S7 Edge LOL.
                      Nice to see shamesung ripping of people with a worse but more expensive S7 variant.

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                        • AnonD-82756
                        • nEe
                        • 17 Aug 2016

                        Not worth upgrading too

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                          • AnonD-259899
                          • M7r
                          • 17 Aug 2016

                          AnonD-367917, 17 Aug 2016Rightnsomyou are here to rile people, and you want us to 'b... moreLol you so disturbed by people agreeing with me? You PR spouting folk really do live in a reality distortion field. Vast majority of the people are not fools to buy an outrageously priced pos that offers nothing more than what a phone from the series offered two years ago. Only a marketing rep from the said company will be trumpeting the virtues in here trying to gather support, sway public opinion. Well you've failed and you will keep failing. I understand you lot have good pay and can parrot these things without flinching. Consumers don't have that obligation they are only loyal to their wallets, no amount of marketing hogwash will change that ;). I'd say marketing departments be totally done away with, it is an overpaid useless role that spouts nonsense that insults consumer intelligence. Very few companies have successful marketing strategies that are adept at selling their bogus hogwash, Samsung isn't one of them ;) There is one it starts with 'A' they have successfully managed to create a religion, hard to replicate though. The rest of your piece was something that should be resigned to the fringes of philosophy lectures, not a tech site. You'll excuse if me If i yawed and skipped over them XD

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                            • AnonD-148051
                            • x31
                            • 17 Aug 2016

                            Hi,

                            I know Note 7 doesn't have IR Blaster can we use IR LED used for IRIS Scanner as IR Blaster?

                            kindly let me know

                            regards
                            Samuel james

                              AnonD-259899, 17 Aug 2016Nope water resistance - IP68 is a nothing more than mino... moreThe way you defy technological advancement I'm pretty sure you can live with a nokia 1100 too
                              All i am saying is atleast samsung has something to justify for a newer version of their phones not like apple just changin screen size and asking hefty price for what cosmetic changes?

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                                • AnonD-367917
                                • H3G
                                • 17 Aug 2016

                                AnonD-259899, 17 Aug 2016Oh yeah others telling you not to bother, because you and t... moreRightnsomyou are here to rile people, and you want us to 'brush up for a fight'....

                                I tried to have intelligent discourse.
                                You showed me..

                                If you enjoy your phone so much, not sure why you come and annoy people who just want to enjoy a product or research a purchase.
                                I credit you for being honest in your intentions...

                                The general thing I reassure people who cross paths with 'a certain type of person', is we only have to know them for a minute, they are that way for a lifetime...

                                Rather genuinely; look up 'control drama', assess your pain/hurt, and try to heal.
                                You belong to a race of humans, and presently your holding everybody back.
                                If it amuses you, believe it or not, others laugh too,.. just nobody is better off really...
                                What scares me is your 'upvotes',.. it shows that you have support and the types of people who make up this space.

                                GSMArena is not bettered by this discourse,.. nobody is 'salty', we just are happy and are trying to share that.

                                Most of us acknowledge a phone is a multipurpose product, especially when spending this sort of cash.
                                A lot of people here are happy in their lives.
                                Join in some time!

                                  I believe the price is fare.
                                  Go for xiaomi or elswhere if you are cheap.
                                  Best stuff is never cheap. Just get it.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • krW
                                    • 17 Aug 2016

                                    A Note 4 user, 17 Aug 2016At 850 EUR, it's just crazy overpriced. with curved scre... moreJust because it lacks a removable battery does not change the advances and more expensive components.
                                    Next time use logic. It might help

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                                      • A Note 4 user
                                      • MKP
                                      • 17 Aug 2016

                                      At 850 EUR, it's just crazy overpriced.

                                      with curved screen, and non-removable battery,
                                      it needs to be priced 500 EUR in order to consider it, after Note 4.

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                                        • AnonD-259899
                                        • M7r
                                        • 17 Aug 2016

                                        AnonD-367917, 17 Aug 2016I see why people make comments telling me 'not to bother'..... moreOh yeah others telling you not to bother, because you and those who are advising you have nothing compelling to offer as something original beyond marketing slide deck copy pastes. Yeah I can see how that fails to make a case for you lot. Perfectly understandable. ;)

                                        Love the attempt though to try rile someone up by suggesting someone is annoyed. Nope not at all, infact am laughing at the zealots defending the price increase for literally nothing new! I thought it should be obvious by now what am doing but I realize mental faculties are not strong points for zealots so I'll be blunt, am obviously taking great pleasure at riling up the zealots here like yourself by pointing the flaws out but you lot cant take it and then go off on the cultist strategy of trying to suggest someone is annoyed. My extended battery and Note 4 will outlast even Note 9 launch by the looks of things. Samsung has gone the apple route of offering nothing new of practical usefulness beyond catchy nonsense like VR gear, HDR, and other pointless gimmicks. The least they could have done was put in a 4000mAh battery to make it worth while and further innovate in the camera space. I'll burst your bubble by saying the obvious, even if it had a 4500mAh battery am not interested in the Note 7 XD

                                        Am here only for the salt bursting out from all the zealots when facts are being presented and the marketing slide decks coming crashing down. Boy if I can sell all this salt in here I'd be a millionaire LMAO

                                        About HDR, you obviously have no clue about HDR. The uproar in the console space is not about HDR, it's about 4K, that 4K being up-scaled with low quality settings from 1080 or 900p. Nothing to do with HDR. The console just don't have the horse power to render true 4K with all settings kept high/Ultra so their 4K angle is another low quality gimmick, that's the whole issue, It seems you don''t even know what the issue is before trying to twist that into some HDR debate lol. Please educate yourself before trying to sound informed on the subject or you will be shot down embarrassingly just like this.

                                        Meanwhile also brush up on your scripts, you are getting sloppy merely reading steps and trying to blend in, marketing PR material is just too obvious no matter how you try to pose like a regular joe. Just sayin' ;)

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