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Not according to the presentation. I guess you have to hold it to tell the difference, in pictures it looks the same to me.
That all blacked out N7 with matching S-Pen is pretty nice looking
Color me unimpressed. Big feeling of meh.
Sure the Note 7 is an upgrade over the Note 5, that's easy with the small battery and no SD card on the Note 5. But other than that, I'm not all that impressed with the Note 7. it ships with the old and soon to be outdated Android Marshmallow, with Android N officially releasing before the Note 7 hits retail stores, meaning you'll be waiting until Spring 2017 until the Note 7 gets N.
And it's still Touchwiz, yeah yeah I know, Touchwiz has been improved. But it's still a laggy slowdown after 6+ months of use. My Wife has the Note 5, and it's almost one year old, and it's pretty laggy now, whereas compared to when she first got it, was warp speed fast, smooth as butter, but over time it starts to get choppy, like those old Windows 95 PC's.
My Wife also had the Galaxy S6, same thing happened, at first was a super fast and smooth phone, but many months later, a different story.
Now my Nexus 6P, I've had a while now, it still feels snappy fast, and smooth as butter, no different than the first day I got it. And I will get Android N right away this month.
To me the only smartphones to buy, are the iPhone Plus version, or the premium Nexus phone.
Sure the Note 7 is an upgrade over the Note 5, that's easy with the small battery and no SD card on the Note 5. But other than that, I'm not all that impressed with the Note 7. it ships with the old and soon to be outdated Android Marshmallow, with Android N officially releasing before the Note 7 hits retail stores, meaning you'll be waiting until Spring 2017 until the Note 7 gets N.
And it's still Touchwiz, yeah yeah I know, Touchwiz has been improved. But it's still a laggy slowdown after 6+ months of use. My Wife has the Note 5, and it's almost one year old, and it's pretty laggy now, whereas compared to when she first got it, was warp speed fast, smooth as butter, but over time it starts to get choppy, like those old Windows 95 PC's.
My Wife also had the Galaxy S6, same thing happened, at first was a super fast and smooth phone, but many months later, a different story.
Now my Nexus 6P, I've had a while now, it still feels snappy fast, and smooth as butter, no different than the first day I got it. And I will get Android N right away this month.
To me the only smartphones to buy, are the iPhone Plus version, or the premium Nexus phone.
Man....that all blacked out N7 looks awesome!
*awaits the " I found a used Note 7 for a good deal" post from MRU in a few months max
Does anyone know when we can pre-order? It seems as though i've pre-ordered a pre-order on the samsung website?
It depends on where you live.....
In the US pre-orders start tomorrow.
Europe is a little different as @The Game 161 pointed out.
In Europe, pre-orders start August 16, with the Note 7 going on sale in major European countries on Sept. 2.
I am going to to be all over the free 256GB SD Card on T-Mobile. There is a black N7 with my name on it right now.....
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note-7-availability?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+androidcentral+(Android+Central)
On the keynote it said 19th August with previous orders in a few days
Sam mobile said 2nd September
Depends what part of the world you are in
Not impressed if I'm honest, what's with the S Pen being able to write under water, when are you ever going to use/need that? People go on about Apple adding useless features and stuff but that has got to be the best I've heard so far 
I'll say one thing for Samsung tho, they have designed a nice looking phone and that blue looks really nice. I'll be waiting for the iPhone 7 tho.
I'll say one thing for Samsung tho, they have designed a nice looking phone and that blue looks really nice. I'll be waiting for the iPhone 7 tho.- Status