Samsung Galaxy Note 7 vs Galaxy S7 edge: Which is the better choice?

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and Galaxy S7 edge are similar not just in terms of design, but in specifications as well. Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and S7 edge, both are powered by the company’s own Exynos 8890 processor coupled with 4GB RAM. While Samsung Galaxy S7 edge’s base memory is 32GB, the Note 7 comes in only one variant with double the base storage at 64GB. Samsung says consumers really demand higher storage, and it was natural for the company to go with this extra space. Plus in case of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 the expandable storage stands at 256GB. If you are someone clicking lots of pictures and shooting 4K videos, every extra gigabyte of data matters, and Samsung’s decision to double the storage is a step in the right direction.

While Samsung Galaxy S7 edge features a 5.5-inch QHD display, Note 7 has a slightly bigger 5.7-inch display. While Note 7 may not be as pixel dense as the Galaxy S7 edge, the device surely makes up for it with HDR mode. Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is the first smartphone to HDR mode enabled display.

Watch our first look video of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 

Samsung Galaxy Note 7’s HDR mode enables the display offer better contrast ratio, and wider colour gamut. While the HDR mode won’t have much effect in normal day to day stuff, it will be extremely useful while binge watching on Netflix.

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Another first for Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is the Iris Scanner, which allows device unlock with facial recognition. Samsung says it plans to make Iris Scanner the only recognition method for device unlock, app unlock and even authorising banking transaction. Samsung Galaxy Note7’s iris scanner is really quick. It unlocks device in a flash and is really useful.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 comes with a dual-edge display with an HDR mode, which is a first in Samsung phone.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 stays true to its name with the new S Pen. The S Pen now features a 0.7mm tip which offers superior inking. The responsiveness of the S Pen has been improved remarkably and it also comes with new features like – Translate, Magnify and Glance. With Translate, Note 7 users can directly translate any text to any language. Since the translation tool here is powered by Google Translate, there is rich access to many languages. Samsung S Pen’s Translate feature also natively supports 13 Indian languages, which will be extremely useful if you are taking a cross country road trip.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 starts at Rs 59,900, while Galaxy S7 edge with 32GB storage is priced at Rs 55,900. At Rs 4,000 extra, Galaxy Note 7 packs that same incredible display with HDR mode, same fast processor, same 4GB RAM and double the storage.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 also offers superior security with Iris scanner and most importantly the S Pen. If you are out in the market for a productive Android smartphone then you definitely can’t go wrong with Galaxy Note 7.