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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 design

It seems as though Samsung didn’t really start focusing on design until a couple years ago with the launch of the S6 and S6 Edge. The days of plasticky, faux-metal materials are completely gone, and it’s clear that the company is still choosing to stick with a more premium look and feel for their Note line. The Galaxy Note 7 looks like a Samsung device through and through; it’s comprised of glass front and back panels and has a frame made of aluminum. There’s one major design change with the Note 7, though, and it’s pretty clear if you’re looking at it head-on. It sports a curved display, just like the S7 Edge (we’ll talk more on this later).

Above the display sits a front-facing camera module and speaker, and below you’ll find a home button/fingerprint sensor setup flanked by Samsung’s oddly placed back and recent apps keys.

The power/standby key sits on the right side of the device, the volume keys on the left, and the bottom sports the 3.5mm headphone jack, USB Type-C port, speaker grills and S Pen slot. Yes, you read that correctly – the Note 7 sports USB Type-C! While that would normally mean all of your standard Micro USB cords would become instantly obsolete, Samsung is including an adapter in the box. Around back, the Note 7 is nearly indistinguishable from the back of the Note 5. There’s a squircle camera module towards the top in the center of the device, with the LED flash/HR sensor sitting to the right. Samsung also decided to keep the beloved curved edges on the back of the phone, which makes it much easier to hold.

And just like the S7 and S7 Edge, the Note 7 is waterproof. Samsung also says you’ll be able to take notes underwater, if you’re in to that sort of thing.

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 specifications, software and features

Of course, it wouldn’t be a proper Note device without the latest batch of top-of-the-line specs. It sports a 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display with a Quad HD resolution. And because the display is of the dual-edge variety, the Note 7 comes with all the Edge UX features we know and love. If you’re unfamiliar with what the Edge UX software suite has to offer, be sure to check out our S7 Edge Feature Focus video, along with our full S7 Edge review for all the details.

Samsung has also brought another feature from the S7 line to the Note 7: Always On Display. With the Always On Display feature, you’ll be able to see the time, your calendar and much more at a quick glance.

THERES JUST ONE STORAGE OPTION AVAILABLE WITH THE NOTE 7

Depending on the region, the Note 7 will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 or an octa-core Exynos 8 processor, and backed by 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM. Even though there are other devices out there with much more than 4GB of RAM, this still should be more than enough to handle graphic-intensive games, multitasking and more. The Note 7 also comes in just one storage option – 64GB – though it does support microSD expansion up to 256GB.

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