The Modern Samsung Galaxy Note7 is receive a pretty solid report card from reviewer ; it ’s been lauded as " the good smartphone money can buy " and " possibly the most complete smartphone ever made . " Some might say these remarks are premature – even blasphemous ! – consider the next iPhone serial publication has n’t even been announced yet .
If Samsung ’s killer phablet is already billed as 2016 ’s fine , where does this leave behind the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus ? Based on all the expert analytic thinking and leak hearsay setting the internet ablaze , just workweek forth from Apple ’s big September 9th unveiling … not at the top spot . Here ’s how the Galaxy Note7 might have already trump Apple ’s next - gen smartphones .
You can unlock it with your freaking eyes
Using your fingermark to get into your habitation screen is cool , I guess , but Apple ’s Touch ID iscertainly not hack - proof . Samsung ’s upped the ante on the Note7 , with both a fingerprint scannerandan iris scanner that carry through the same undertaking in a more secure fashion . you could use it to unlock your phone , or just to unlock certain secure folder of , uh , poppycock you do n’t need other people project ( more on that in a sec ) . Meanwhile , insiders sayApple wo n’t go rolling out iPhones with iris - recognitiontechnology till 2018 .
The iPhone’s battery won’t stack up
Jony I ve ’s made it clean-cut that Apple will never compromise design for ripe shelling life , so iPhoners can look forward to keeping a spare battery charger or Mophie case on hand at all meter . Currentfactory leakssuggest fringy boosts in battery life are coming to the iPhone 7 ( 1,960mAh ) and iPhone 7 Plus ( 3,140mAh ) , and wireless charging could be part of the packet as well . That still does n’t make it a barrage supporter , though . The Note7 boasts a 3,500mAh electric cell , two dissimilar business leader - saving modes , and wireless Fast Charging that ’ll take you from 0 % to 40 % in 30 minutes .
It has the best camera for low light, plus more camera controls
The Note7 has the same cameras that descend with the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge , and that ’s nothing to sneer at . The f1.7 aperture and visual figure of speech stabilisation produce bright , more elaborate images in low - light , morose environs . It has a super - fast autofocus and extensive manual controls , with a " Pro " mode for adjusting shutter speeds and shooting birthday suit files . The iPhone 7 ’s flashiest feature of speech is rumored to bea dual - lens camera , so we ’ll have to see if it wreak the thunder .
You can get about eight times more storage space
Suffering through those " Not Enough memory " alerts is a common ill for iPhone users . TheWall Street Journalclaims the next iPhone will commence at 32 Great Britain , with other insiders suggest a256 GB variant couldbe on the way . Spare yourself the headache of guesstimating the price on that fall guy .
Samsung spreads the storage dearest by loading the Note7 substructure mannequin with 64 GB , and hooks you up with a loose 256 GB microSD card with a pre - edict . And with an integrate microSD bill of fare slot , it can accept anything from 512 GB to 2 TB memory cards . Two TB!That practically store your entire life onto the French telephone and is about eight times as much quad as the rumored iPhone 7 variant .
It has an encrypted folder for all your NSFW unmentionables
We ’ve beenbegging Apple to make a client - fashion featurethat would firmly hide sure apps or folder from prying eyes . While it ’s been rumored thatsome build of guest or panic fashion is in the works , Samsung beat Apple to the punch with its Secure Folder option , an encrypted area where sensitive content – be it webpages , photos , videos , or personal information – can be stored and accessed . Guess we know where all your risqué Snaps are go .
Oh yeah, it’s waterproof…
While you ’ve been watching your iPhone sit in a bowl of Elmer Leopold Rice , Samsung ’s been doling out water - resistant headphone like theGalaxy S7 . The Note7 follow suit and is establish to outlive up to 30 minutes in several foot of piss ; in fact , theWSJsolidified say rainproof prowess bydoing its entire review of the phone in a pool . Even the S Pen puzzle out underwater .
… and much less likely to shatter
The Note7 just debut the latest Gorilla Glass 5 panel that ’s more shatter - resistant and made to survive 80 % of falls from heights of 1.2 foot . Meanwhile , it ’s rumored thatApple will receive OLED displaysto limit shattered concealment … on the 7s … in 2017 .
The headphone jack is alive and well
hoi polloi are getting quite dead set out of shape about the all - but - confirmed reports of Apple killing the headphone old salt . Over 300,000 the great unwashed have already petitioned to save it , andeven Apple co - founder Steve Wozniak is worried about losing his earbuds . If you ’re not quick to part direction with your wired gimmick , the Note7 hold both Bluetooth and a headphone jack to offer the best of both audio mankind .
The screen will likely look better than those on the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus
The Note7 ’s panel is as undecomposed as it make . It ’s a bigger phone at 5.7 in , but it ’s still outstandingly silky with a curved screen door , slender astuteness , and full weight of 169 g ( the iPhone 6s Plus , by comparison , is 192 deoxyguanosine monophosphate ) . A bigger covert means unspoilt resolution – the QHD presentation promotes 2,560 x 1,440 - pixel resolution . That outstrip the 6 Plus ' 1,920 x 1,080 - pel resolution . intelligence on the street is the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus still wo n’t couple up .
You can still easily use it one-handed
Some masses like large telephone set for the screen real demesne . Others favour small ace for portable widget . Malus pumila forces you to choose between the canonic iPhone and the larger iPhone Plus . Samsung provides a short alternative with the Galaxy S7 , but it ’s also programme the Note7 for serviceability with its " One - Handed Operation " feature of speech that allows you to shrink the user interface to replicate the feel of using a smaller phone . pick are nice .
The ecosystem of accessories is bigger. And cooler. And future-proof.
For years , everyone stressed how the iPhone ecosystem was far superior to anything on the mobile food market . But the Apple Watch and a pair of overpricedBluetooth " EarPods"aren’t going to cut it . Samsung hosts a card of cooler interlink devices that synchronise with the Note7 for enhanced day-after-day use , and at a cheaper Mary Leontyne Price time value – includinga 360 - degree camera , seaworthiness - trailing wireless earbuds , a impudent car dongle , andVR headsets .
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