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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 review

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 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

LG B6 (OLED55B6V) UHD 4K TV Review

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What is the LG B6? The B6 is LG's entry-level Ultra HD 4K OLED TV for 2016 but despite this it uses the same panel and includes almost all the same features as the  rest of their line-up . That means that the flat screen B6 includes exactly the same  Ultra HD 4K  panel as the more expensive  E6  and  G6 , as well as  High Dynamic Range  (HDR) and  Wide Colour Gamut  (WCG) capabilities. There is support for both HDR10 and  Dolby Vision , as well as the latest version of  WebOS , so the only major differences are that the B6 doesn't have the built-in soundbar and it doesn't support 3D. The  C6  shares the same basic design as the B6 and can be picked up for the same price but uses a curved screen and only has three HDMI inputs compared to the four on the B6. However the C6 does support 3D, making it the cheapest LG OLED to offer a full set of features. The B6 comes in two screen sizes – 55 and 65 inches – and we are reviewing the  OLED55B6V  which at the time of writi