Samsung Galaxy Note 7 review
Despite its 5.7in screen, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7’s curved edges make it narrow Samuel Gibbs Thursday 25 August 2016 07.00 BST Last modified on Tuesday 21 February 2017 17.16 GMT Subsequent to this review being published, Samsung withdrew the Galaxy Note 7 after an issue with batteries exploding. The Guardian review was based on a handset which did not explode, or we’d have mentioned that. The Galaxy Note 7 is the return to the UK for Samsung’s king of the stylus-equipped phablets, but does anyone really want a stylus anymore? Even if the answer is “no” and you never touch the “S Pen”, the Note 7 offers something else. It is one of the first phones of any size that users can unlock using their eyes with the built-in infrared iris scanner. Curved front and back Both the front and back are curved at the edges, making for a narrow device, despite the screen’s 5.7in diagonal dimensions. The Note 7 is the spitting image of the Galaxy S7 Edge . A