Advantages and Disadvantages Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Advantages of Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Great performance from either chipset, but this time around there is not a clear lead against other flagships;
The loudspeaker has improved since the Note5, and now matches the Galaxy S7 edge with a Good rating;
Great audio quality even with headphones, volume remains high;
The 12MP camera has a refined interface; the image quality is among the best though photos can look overprocessed if you zoom in; very good selfie camera;
4K videos are packed with detail; 1080p @ 60fps videos are smooth, AF issues from the S7 edge have been ironed out.
Battery life is marginally improved compared to the Note5, but the bigger screen has meant higher power draw compared to the S7 edge; the Exynos model is slightly more efficient than the Snapdragon one;

Advantages and Disadvantages Samsung Galaxy Note 7
Samsung is moving towards using fewer proprietary apps - they are offering system-wide video and sound enhancements, which would work with any video or music player you download;
Easily the most beautiful phone by Samsung, feels smaller than its screen size suggests;
We appreciate the iris scanner, and while the implementation is way better than the one on the Lumia 950 and 950 XL, it still has its quirks and may not replace the fingerprint reader when it comes to usability. ;
The dual-curved display has great image quality, the curves enable the unique Edge features (panels and feeds), and they don't interfere with the S Pen functionality;
The Always On Display has been improved and now shows third-party app notifications and then, there is the Screen off memo; AOD does take a toll on battery life, though;
Plenty of storage out of the box, dual-SIM phones have hybrid slots but with 64GB as base storage you can get by without a microSD card;

Disadvantages of Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Iris scanner needs you to hold the phone awkwardly close to your face
Unless you need the S Pen, the S7 edge offers the same specs for less money
Hybrid slot means people using the dual-SIM model can't expand the storage (64GB should be enough for most, though)

Main Features of Samsung Galaxy Note 7

S Pen stylus; 4,096 levels of pressure, 360Hz tracking; works underwater
64GB of built-in storage (~52GB user available); microSD slot up to 256GB (hybrid slot)
Optional dual-SIM; up to Cat. 12 4G LTE (600Mbps); Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.2, ANT+; NFC; GPS, GLONASS and Beidou
USB Type-C; USB On-The-Go
3,500 mAh non-removable battery, fast charging (wired, wireless); wireless charging (Qi/PMA)
Heart-rate monitor, barometer, SpO2 sensor
Curved 5.7" Super AMOLED display of 1440p resolution; 518ppi; Always On capabilities; HDR
Gorilla Glass 5 front and rear panels; metal frame
IP68 certified - dust proof and water resistant (a first for a Note)
12MP f/1.7 main camera with dual pixel autofocus, optical image stabilization, LED flash
2160p video at 30fps; 1080p@60fps; 720p@240fps; HDR
5MP f/1.7 front-facing camera, 1440p video recording at 30fps
North America model: Snapdragon 820 chipset - quad-core Kryo processor (2x 2.15GHz and 2x 1.6GHz cores); Adreno 530 GPU; 4GB of RAM
Global model: Exynos 8890 chipset - octa-core processor with four 2.6GHz Mongoose and four 1.6GHz Cortex-A53 cores; Mali-T880 MP12 GPU; 4GB of RAM
Android 6.0 Marshmallow at launch; 7.0 Nougat later
Iris and fingerprint scanners; Knox and Secure folder; Samsung Pay