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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy Note 7
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4.1 out of 5
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4.4 out of 5
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User rating
36
3.9 out of 5
36 user ratings
5 stars
19 %
4 stars
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3 stars
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 6.0OxygenOSAndroid 6.0
CPU clock speed2.5 GHz2.84 GHz2.3 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core8-core
CPU modelHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 950Qualcomm Snapdragon 855Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890
GPU modelARM Mali-T880 MP4
N/A
ARM Mali-T880 MP12
RAM memory4 GB
  • 12 GB
  • 6 GB
  • 8 GB
4 GB

Display

Screen size5.5 in6.67 in5.7 in
Touchscreenyes
N/A
yes
Number of colors16.7M
N/A
16.7M
Panel typeOLED
N/A
OLED
Resolution1920 x 1080 px3120 x 1440 px1440 x 2560 px
Technology
  • AMOLED
  • Full HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Fluid AmoledAMOLED
Pixel density401.0 ppi516.0 ppi518.0 ppi
Screen materialCorning Gorilla Glass 4.0Corning Gorilla Glass 3DCorning Gorilla Glass 5.0
Dual screen supportno
N/A
no
Scratch resistant displayyes
N/A
yes
HDRno
N/A
yes
Multi touchyes
N/A
yes

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution12.0 Mpx48.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Resolution (second camera)12.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx
N/A
Primary lens aperture2.2 f
N/A
1.7 f
Focus adjustmentAutomaticAutomatic
N/A
Video recordingyes
N/A
yes
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px
N/A
4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps
N/A
30.0 fps
Autofocusyes
N/A
yes
Burst Modeyes
N/A
yes
Digital Image Stabilizationyes
N/A
N/A
Digital zoomyes
N/A
N/A
Face detectionyesFace recognitionyes
Geo-taggingyes
N/A
yes
Gesture Shotyes
N/A
yes
HDR Captureyes
N/A
yes
LED Flashyes
N/A
yes
Panoramayes
N/A
yes
Smile detectionyes
N/A
yes
Touch focusyes
N/A
yes
Resolution (third camera)
N/A
16.0 Mpx
N/A
Lens aperture (second camera)
N/A
F/2.4
N/A
Lens aperture (third camera)
N/A
F/2.2
N/A
Field of View (FoV) (third camera)
N/A
117.0 °
N/A
Optical zoom
N/A
3x
N/A
Primary sensor size
N/A
N/A
1/2.5"
Optical image stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes
Slow-Mo
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Primary resolution8.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Focus adjustmentAutomaticAutomatic
N/A
Lens apertureF/1.9F/2.0
N/A
Face detectionyesFace recognitionyes
Light source
N/A
Display flash
N/A

Storage

Internal storage64 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 256 GB
64 GB
Memory card readeryes
N/A
yes
Maximum card storage128GB
N/A
256GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
N/A
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Dimensions

Height6.0 in6.4 in6.04 in
Width2.96 in2.99 in2.91 in
Depth0.27 in0.35 in0.31 in
Weight5.71 oz7.27 oz5.96 oz

Sensors

Proximityyesyesyes
Digital compassyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyesyes
Fingerprintyes
N/A
yes
Gyroscopeyesyesyes
Accelerometer
N/A
yesyes
Barometer
N/A
N/A
yes
Hearth rate monitor
N/A
N/A
yes
Thermometer
N/A
N/A
yes
ANT+
N/A
N/A
yes

Connectivity

Dual sim support
  • no
  • yes
yesno
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiedyes
N/A
no
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.25.04.2
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • GAVDP
  • HFP
  • HSP
  • OPP
  • PBAP
N/A
A2DP
NFCyesyesyes
Charging connectionUSBUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm
N/A
3.5 mm
Type of USB connectorUSB Type-CUSB Type-C
N/A
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yes
N/A
yes
Video outputNo
N/A
No
Bluetooth codec
N/A
N/A
SBC
USB version
N/A
N/A
3.0/3.1

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yes
N/A
yes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
N/A
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmission
  • EDGE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • LTE
  • GPRS
  • EDGE
  • EV-DO
  • HSDPA
  • HSUPA
  • HSPA+
  • FDD-LTE
  • TDD-LTE
HSPA+
Navigation system
  • A-GPS
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
  • GPS
  • A-GPS
  • GLONASS
  • BeiDou
  • Galileo
  • SBAS
GLONASS
2G GSMyes
N/A
yes
GSM frequencies
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
3G UMTSyes
N/A
yes
UMTS frequences
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
4G LTEyes
N/A
yes
LTE frequencies
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 2300 MHz
N/A
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 2300 MHz
  • 2500 MHz
Mobile hotspotyes
N/A
yes
Streaming standards
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast
N/A
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast
  • MirrorLink

Battery

Replaceable batteryno
N/A
no
Battery typeLithium ion
N/A
Lithium Polymer
Battery capacity3400.0 mAh
  • 3700
  • 4000
3500.0 mAh
Standby time440.0 h
N/A
312.0 h
Talk time20.0 h
N/A
26.0 h
Fast chargingno
N/A
yes
Wireless charging no
N/A
yes
Wireless charging standard
N/A
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI

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