Today, Samsung has officially unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note 7. It's not only a successor to the Galaxy Note 5, but also the Galaxy S6 edge+ in some ways. Samsung's latest flagship smartphone is a considerable upgrade from the Galaxy S6 edge+ in terms of hardware specifications, and it also comes with an S Pen.
The Galaxy Note 7 has a 5.7-inch curved display with a newer version of Gorilla Glass, a speedier processor, an improved camera that offers better images in low-light conditions, a microSD card slot, IP68 water-resistance and dust-resistance, and more importantly, a higher capacity battery. All these things make the Galaxy Note 7 a great upgrade from the Galaxy S6 edge+, and here's a spec-by-spec comparison between the two devices.
| Galaxy S6 edge+ | Galaxy Note 7 | |
| Display | 5.7-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 | 5.7-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED Edge panel, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| S Pen | No | Yes, 4,096 levels of pressure sensitivity |
| Processor | Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa clocked at 2.1GHz | Samsung Exynos 8890 2.3GHz/Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 2.15GHz |
| RAM | 4GB | 4GB |
| Rear Camera | 16-megapixel ISOCELL/IMX240, 1/2.6-inch, f/1.9, phase-detection autofocus, OIS, 1.12 micron pixels, 4K video recording | 12-megapixel, 1/2.6-inch, f/1.7, Dual Pixel autofocus, OIS, 1.4 micron pixels, 4K video recording |
| Front camera | 5-megapixel, f/1.9 aperture, QHD video recording | 5-megapixel, f/1.7 aperture, QHD video recording |
| Storage | 32/64GB internal, non-expandable | 64GB internal, microSD slot (up to 256GB) |
| Software | Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, upgradable to Android 6.0.1 | Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, upgradable to Android 7.0 |
| Battery | 3,000 mAh, fast wired and wireless charging | 3,500 mAh, fast wired and wireless charging |
| Other features | Samsung Pay, fingerprint sensor, heart rate sensor | Samsung Pay, fingerprint sensor, water resistance, USB Type-C port, iris scanner, heart rate sensor |
