the new samsung NOTE 7

Four years ago, Samsung – commercially successful but at the time often criticised for copying the iPhone – promised the world that “one day”, the company would produce iconic products as Apple had done.
Since then, it has tried out what seems like countless attempts at innovation, some more successful than others. Large screens, bendy glass, styluses, and a smorgasbord of different designs often made it seem like the company had little idea of what the perfect phone was.
But even as we have heard that phone innovation has petered out, with devices converging on homogeneity, Samsung has kept experimenting. And occasionally, the stars align in a way that works.
The Galaxy Note 7, Samsung’s latest phablet, is one of those instances. The sixth phone in the Note series (confusingly, Samsung skipped the Note 6 to bring the line up to date with the Galaxy S7), the Note 7 is undoubtedly one of the best phones of 2016. I’d go so far as to call it the best-made smartphone money can buy.

Design and screen

The first thing to say about the Note 7 is that, for a big-screened phone, it is remarkably svelte. The Note borrows the Edge screen from the Galaxy S7 Edge that curves onto the sides of the phone, which has allowed it to pack a 5.7-inch screen into a device that is notably dinkier than both the previous Note and my iPhone 6s Plus.
While the smaller-handed may still struggle with it, it’s certainly easier to hold than most of the larger-screen phones out there. This is helped by the shape of the phone: the curves of the front are mirrored on the back, giving it a pleasant symmetry and making the Note 7 easy to wrap a hand around (although the Gorilla Glass back gets covered in fingerprints).