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skipping a note six name to unify Samsung's flagship Galaxy phones how does a company improve upon the note 5 well make it more like the Galaxy s7 edge like we saw with the galaxy s7 Samsung focuses on taking what worked earlier this year refining it and popping in and s-pen and following on the heels of the s7 edge denote 7 feels like a slightly more progressive iterative jump when looking back at the no 5 the rounded back of the no 5 is now mirrored on front and back for a symmetrically curved Gorilla Glass 5 device we have similar screen sizes and resolutions with so many phones out there with 5.5 inch screens the note no longer feels like a behemoth the tapering edges deliver on that illusion of maximizing screen real estate as a very early first impression though this editor feels like the note 5 is a slightly easier phone to keep a hold of the flatter sides better for gripping especially when used one-handed looking at the specs the note 7 becomes something of a lateral move from the note 5 the Qualcomm 824 North American note 7s and 4 gigabytes of RAM catching up to the performance of last year's Exynos chip set in discussing the differences after the curved display the next most visible change is the move to a USB type-c port on the bottom of the phone finally bringing Samsung phones up to date on the next-generation cable spec and here we can see the note 7 is impressively a bit thinner microSD card expansion returns this is still a handy feature even with 64 gigabytes of built-in storage our phones are increasingly used for richer multimedia consumption and creation shooting UHD video should feel a little less claustrophobic now over last year's no and speaking of cameras the note 7 also reduces resolution from 16 to 12 megapixels for better low-light performance and incorporating dual pixel technology for lightning-fast focusing performance as span is spruced up over last year's phone we get a finer tip and more precise experience hiding to the lifestyle durability this piece is water in dust resistant and we were happy to see that there are no pen gate issues this year the iris scanner is another feature which sets this phone apart even on a busy show floor it trained and scanned faster than the Lumias we've used and it's a best of both worlds situation as you still have the fingerprint sensor from last year's phone we thankfully get a battery bump as we saw from similar increases on galaxy esses and actives we're confident this should improve the daily runtime of a handset which should be an uncompromising productivity device though it is a bit odd to see an ever so slightly smaller battery here over the s/m edge and lastly it's just nice to see water resistance on an open port note finally while these wraparound glass devices are far from rugged there's extra peace of mind that a near laptop expensive mobile gadget should survive a splash or a short shallow swim or plenty of note5 devotees out there in our audience so there really wasn't a lot to fix but we are happy to see the same attention to the small details here that we saw with the s7 launch in playing with these two phones side by side it's easy for us to predict that the note 7 will be a top seller for 2016 it might not represent the same Vanguard product it was when the first notes launched but it maintains a charm and uniqueness which other large screen phones lack and we're always happy to see progress we'll have more to look at once we can dig in to the note 7 properly and run it through our camera and audio tests as always thanks so much for watching be sure to subscribe to this channel for our full coverage on the Galaxy Note 7 including camera and audio reviews coming soon and a host of phone comparisons for pocket now I'm Juan Carlos back now some gadget guy on Twitter and Instagram and I will catch you all on the next video