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For me, it worked around 90 per cent of the time, but it tells me fairly often that the sensor may be dirty, hindering it. There are also some occasions where you might not want to peer at your phone to unlock it, such as quick check at the cinema or in a meeting. The S-Pen and notes system has had a big upgrade for the Note 7, which does give it some neat new functions.
For one thing, the pen — as well as the phone itself — is now waterproof, so if you really need to use it underwater, you can. When the phone is on standby, you can now just click the S-Pen out and scribble on the screen to take a quick note, such as jotting down a phone number, which you can save for later or pin to the home screen.
O verall, the S-Pen still feels like an add-on rather than the integral part of the device that Samsung claims. The bottom line is any smartphone screen is probably too small to make proper notes on, and while the handwriting recognition is good, it is slower than just typing on a touchscreen keyboard.
On many fronts, the Note 7 shares a lot with the also-excellent S7 and S7 Edge. The 12MP camera is truly best-in-class and speedy, and the battery life is good enough to last a day although no longer. T he Note 7 is a truly excellent phone.
As with the S7 and S7 Edge , its camera quality and screen are among the best you can get, while the few tweaks to software and the novelty of the iris scanner are reasonable improvements. Try full access for 4 weeks.
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