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[Note 7 Questions & Answers] thetonyclifton:
O2 do this in the UK. You can also pay off the device portion of your contract at any point and walk away from your 24month contract the same day.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Lodix:
Galaxy Note 7 has better battery life than Nexus 6P.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Lepa79:
You Sir are killing me lol. I want one now. Screw 6p lol
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Nitemare3219:
I still hate Touchwiz - come a long way or not, it is not, and will probably never be, as good as stock Android. If you're a die-hard stock lover, you're not going to be that happy with Touchwiz as it sits. My view may be a little jaded since I have used the 6P with Nougat for a few months now, so that may change when Nougat hits the Note7... hopefully before October. I could deal with Touchwiz if it weren't for the fact that the Note7 runs slower than the 6P. It just does. It is not nearly as smooth, and it really bothers me. But the build and features are really convincing me to hold onto the Note7.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] CraigP17:
I made the leap. Haven't had a TouchWiz device for 3+ years. I despise TouchWiz. I love Samsung hardware. So even now as I am on day 3 with the Note 7...I'm Haring TouchWiz even more. Again, the hardware, the screen, the camera, the feel... All amazing. But a phone this expensive shouldn't lag or stutter 3 days in. I can blame TouchWiz for this. It may be going back to the store.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Nitemare3219:
Interesting discovery on the fingerprint scanner. Not sure if it really makes a difference, but it's definitely an improvement. You only need your finger to basically tap the scanner to unlock it. If the screen is off, you have to hold it there a bit longer, but if you hit the power button first, or if the screen is on, you can damn near just tap the button and it will unlock if you land a good hit - hard to do since the shape of the scanner is stupid and a little small, but overall this is the best fingerprint scanner Samsung has had.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] 0_gtg_0:
might try a different usb stick. thnx!
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] PearsonDKA:
Well the "official" Nougat release is today and I guess it's only gonna make the 6P that much better. I was rocking Nougat P5 for awhile but went back to Pure Nexus because bluetooth wasn't working. BUT, I was actually hitting between 5Hrs 30mins - 6hrs of SoT on it while on the preview.

Who knows, I might just grab the Marlin once it comes out if. (MAYBE) God knows if I sell the N7, it'll cover the cost of it and like..30 cases.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] randyspants:
I CANT DECIDE ARGHHHH!

I have my 6p and my n7 and all weekend have been swapping back and forth.

Multiple people have pointed out the differences with camera, battery, screen etc but the thing that is really getting to me is the fact I will never be able to use a glass screen protector because of the edge.

With the 6p I would get a new glass protector every few months whenever the old one cracked or the olephobic coating wore off.

I have read nothing but bad reviews on any tempered glass protector with curved screens. I want a screen protector. I like my phone's naked but also don't want to treat them like a jewel. I want to know I can throw it in my bag and not think about the screen and all the non glass protector feel like rubber.

Currently have a zagg from the mall kiosk, it's terrible but it's something till I can find a decent one or return the n7.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] gekkehenkie11:
So in the sluggish keyboard thread and the thread regarding the smoothness of the UI, it seems that it's really the snapdragon version that suffers from lag here. People claim the Exynos is snappy. Can't wait to try it myself :)
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] randyspants:
I use the Google keyboard, T-Mobile version of n7 and it seems just as good if not better than my 6p. Better in regards to registering taps.

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And now that N launched today this decision just got mor complicated .

I will say as a smoker, I do enjoy the better outside readability of the n7. I'm always catching up on emails when outside and that is much better now.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] aergern:
Yep. I have both. I like both but my daily driver is now the Note 7 which is the first Samsung phone I've had since the S4 (which I hated) .. I kept the 6P and probably will so I can mess with 7.0 soon. They are both great phones but I mount my phone to the handlebars of my moto and the waterproofing drove me to the Note 7 among other reasons. So far so good. I'm just awaiting the unlocked Note 7 so I can flash that rom on it and get rid of the carrier bloat.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] 0_gtg_0:
i used to be a major iphone fan (had nearly every single one up to the 5S) then i decided to try android, my first was the Z2 then Nexus 6 n the 6P. i wanted to try Samsung awhile ago but all the negatives i read about touchwiz prevented me from doing so. now here i am with my first Samsung phone n i must say i am very impressed. no lag, the battery is great n the build of this is just super sexy ?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Lepa79:
Stop the madness. We phone nuts are never happy lol

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Check this out. Seems to be using a screen protector that does not go over the edges and working great. Watch the video.

[youtube]37jVR3cSs1c[/youtube]
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Batfink33:
I'm a 6P owner and user and I'm seriously considering the N7. It's just such a great piece of hardware. I have a few reservations about the 6P, no OIS, overheating 810 and the rather murky colours on screen not to mention the iffy build quality. All the Touchwiz bloat puts me off though and with it being so locked down, its such a difficult decision to move as I love tinkering with kernels and I'd really miss Viper! . The HTC Nexus also looks fairly rubbish this year too. Difficult choice.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Elemenopee:
6P owner here. Been playing with my wife's N7 and I'm liking it so far. My N7 should arrive later today. Nothing is wrong with the 6P really, I just want something new and different and I don't think I'll like the next Nexus from all the leaks. I've had the 6P for almost a year now and it's time to move on.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] i killed tupac:
I returned my 6P today and got a Note 7. It is better in every way imaginable.

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the screen was ****ty. Build quality was very poor. Good hardware though.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] aergern:
Yep. Me in a nutshell. But I had a work iPhone that I ditched so I kept the sim card and can still mess with the 6P+Android7 .. I also wanted waterproof, 320GB of storage, better camera and quite a few other things. And I also didn't want an HTC Nexus based on what I've seen. Maybe next year for the next Nexus. My main thing was waterproofing. I mount my phone to my motos handlebars for maps and stuff. This seemed like a good choice. So far I don't regret it.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Nitemare3219:
The 6P screen is a Samsung panel, so it's funny people say it's ****ty... there is nothing wrong with it.

I'm actually considering ditching the Note7. Maybe they'll fix the lag, but I doubt it. This thing is just terribly slow at times. Overheating 810 or not, the Note7 has moments at random where it seriously just doesn't respond for seconds at a time. From what I can tell, that may be a memory issue. But I think the biggest things putting me off are the lack of Nougat, that stupid physical home button, and when it's not freezing up, it stutters just like the XDA news article showed. It will probably be a few months before we see Nougat on the Note7, and I just don't want to pay this much for a device that came out a week ago that is already outdated in software. And the home button - why? Are they still trying to copy Apple? There is no benefit to a physical button, and one that requires you press it to unlock the phone. Yes, it is something simple, but when you interact with this flaw hundreds, even thousands of times a day, it's a big deal. Samsung are some of the biggest idiots with certain decisions, and it drives me nuts because they have the best hardware in the industry.

The 6P is a great phone. I'm hoping the new Nexus will be just as great.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] i killed tupac:
6P screen has that wierd blue/pink tint when you tilt it. Drove me crazy.

Did you change the animation and stuff? That's all i had to to.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] chazglenn3:
I bought a Note 7 yesterday. I sold my Nexus 6P today. I missed my Note 5 that I sold for the 6P, and the Note 7 checks all the boxes that the Note 5 missed...except for the IR blaster :)
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Nitemare3219:
There is no crazy tint. Yes, there is color shift when viewing off-axis but guess what, the Note7 does it too. My $3,000 OLED TVs do it (to a much, much lesser extent). But it is really only noticeable on light/white colors.

Turning off the animations doesn't fix anything. You're only hiding the dropped frames problem this phone has, and that does nothing to fix lag between actions. Almost every time I pull out an edge panel, it is choppy as hell. And I booted up my 6P today to adjust the color calibration settings of my 6P to match the Note 7. I couldn't get it to match perfectly, but it's damn close. Also, using the ultra high brightness mode on the 6P is brighter than the Note 7 indoors at max brightness which surprised me. Outdoors, I'm sure the Note 7 is brighter (when the ultra brightness kicks on - I have yet to see it happen though even sunlight) and additionally slightly more visible due to glass with lower reflectivity. Anyway, off that tangent... the 6P was noticeably smooth all the time, whereas the Note 7 was not. Plus the software home button is a joy to use again. Oh, and the 6P displays more content with the built in scaling set to small. Samsung failed in software yet again, because their small scaling setting is still too freaking big. Maybe Nougat will fix it just like it improved the 6P, but we won't find out for MONTHS.

Don't get me wrong, the Note 7 screen is absolutely better than the 6P, but without them side by side, and with the 6P color calibrated, you won't know it. The only thing making me want to hold onto the Note are the added features, the display, and the stealth black build.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Gilley:
I am still undecided on if I will keep the N7 or not. I am not really getting that much better battery time (fb messenger rapes the battery on both devices trying to find an alternative) I pulled out my 6P yesterday and just was messing around comparing speeds and felt a lot faster still. I love the look/feel and s pen on the N7 but cant decide if that is enough to keep me there or not. I do manual labor for work so I need to find a tempered glass screen to fit over that so I dont scratch it up and cant seem to find one that people are saying is good yet. I really like the idea of having the SD Card just for music so I dont need to stream it from google play or pandora. I will give it a try for a couple more days and then decide probably Monday on if I will return it or not.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] krabman:
I went ahead and ordered an FD now that root is available. I've a feeling I'll probably be sorry because I always find the Samsung devices just short of overcoming the benefits that exist solely on Nexus devices. Well see...
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Xperia U Lover:
All current disappointed n7 users should wait for updates that will optimize the phone.. The same story was with the s7 too
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] votum:
I'm torn between international note 7 and T-Mobile. I'm till eligible for the free as card if I order an intdrnational one right?

Main reason I'm concerned is the 4x4 mimo of T-Mobile variant. I use tmobile and the service could be better in lots of places. This should help. I've only got two days to decide, anyone have any input?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Rippley05:
I have both. There are pros and cons to them obviously. People have touched on them.

I will say, for the price of this phone, it fails to make me feel like it's worth it.

I, for one, like touchwiz. I just hate the unnecessary portions of it, as well as the lag. Yes guys, you don't have a magic phone..the lag is there whether you admit it or not. Also, the battery life. Sucks. It just does.

As for ALL non nexus Android phones. Verizon rapes it and forces their craptastic bloatware while removing features. It's unbelievable to me that this is still tolerated.

The edge. It's lame. No benefit. Makes cases feel like crap. I always activate stuff on the screen unintentionally. The apps it includes would work fine on a non edge screen. I'm over it.

That said. I always like Samsung's screens, cameras and thr S-pen. I'll likely keep the phone, but I still long for that WoW factor.

PS. The Nexus 6p and s7/note7 screen is far from the same. Maybe the panel, but the brightness, colors, etc are far better on the Note. There is more to a display than the panel.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] votum:
You have the 930 and T-Mobile 920? I'm on a 6p now, and love the screen especially in sRGB mode.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] fastredponycar:
Another 6P to N7 convert checking in. I still have and am keeping the 6P as a backup device but for me, the N7 embodies all of the possibilities that cutting edge hardware is capable of delivering to an end user.

From the pen stuff to the curved screen features to the amazing software that takes full advantage of all the things possible with the phone, everything feels like a premium experience vs the 6P which felt very... well, for lack of a better word "vanilla".

I know that's exactly what you are buying into with both of these devices and most buyers know this going in but when I started to realize just how many basic features google just kicked to the curb or did not implement properly (I came to the 6P from an iphone 6+) compared to the outstanding user experience Apple delivers, it was a massive let down. Yeah the OS was nice and fast and lean and a clean slate to customize but it was a little too barren and threadbare for my liking and I did not want to have to root and mess with custom roms, bootloaders or tinker with xposed framework stuff on my main daily driver that I have to have ALWAYS work for my job.

Long story short, Google fell flat on quite a few things that samsung and apple deliver in spades and it all comes down to the experience of using the device and not feeling like this or that is missing.

The flip side of that is that yes, I did end up running the package disabler pro utility and referenced a few threads here to figure out what some of the more obscure services actually did before making my decisions of which to turn off and even though I may find more later down the road, everything on the phone works as it should and I freed up about 500 megs of RAM at startup
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] EpicBIGC:
I've done exactly that but I didn't have too much of a choice. My 6p got stolen at a festival and my insurance company gave me £499 as they couldn't get a replacement. I've bought the note 7 instead. Treated myself to an early upgrade. It's my first Samsung since the S2
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Nitemare3219:
Use a custom kernel with color control and you can nearly match the Note7's color performance on the 6P. The Note7's panel isn't that much better... it is better, but not as much as you might think. The 6P just uses garbage color settings out of the box. Putting both phones into sRGB/Basic mode will show you just how close they are. Additionally, using ultra brightness mode on the 6P gets brighter than the Note7 will allow with manual control.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Batfink33:
Not really true. My wife has an S7 Edge and no matter how hard I've tried to "tune" the screen colours on my 6P using a custom kernel, it falls quite far short all the time. It, in general just looks muddier, the whites aren't as white and it's just not as nice. There's actually quite a big difference. With the 6P I consistently feel like it's a mid range (hardware) phone.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] fastredponycar:
It's because it is. (though I still really like mine)
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] mxmarcus:
I have the N6 not the 6P and wanted to give Sammy a try again. My last Sammy phone was Note 2 ?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] BarryH_GEG:
It's "a" Samsung panel. Not "the" Samsung panel used in their flagships. M-B farms out their 4 cylinder engines to partners like Renault-Nissan and even uses low-end Renault diesel engines in some of their lower-tiered products. State of the art super/turbo charged 6's don't get rented out and their flagships get their best stuff. It would appear Samsung's following the same model.

A 6P owner in another thread said he's disappointed in the Note7's display in comparison because of color accuracy. Folks can fault the Note7 in other areas but the display pretty much stands alone. No non-Samsung device using a Samsung AMOLED panel can hit 800nit brightness which would be a pretty good indicator of the difference between panels. Whether people personally "like" the Note7's display or not is a subjective individual call.

Absolute Color Accuracy for Each of the Screen Modes

For each of the Screen Modes we carefully measure the Absolute Color Accuracy using an advanced series of spectroradiometer measurements with 41 Reference Colors that provide a detailed map of the Color Accuracy throughout the entire Color Gamut for each Screen Mode.

Absolute Color Accuracy is measured in terms of Just Noticeable Color Differences, JNCD. See this Figure for an explanation and visual definition of JNCD and the detailed Color Accuracy Plots showing the measured Color Errors for the 41 Reference Colors for each Color Gamut. For all of the calibrated Screen Modes, the Galaxy Note7 has uniformly Very Good to Excellent Absolute Color Accuracy. See our detailed Absolute Color Accuracy Plots with 41 Reference Colors for the 3 calibrated screen Modes and also this regarding Bogus Color Accuracy Measurements.

http://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_Note7_ShootOut_1.htm​
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Batfink33:
The 6P screen is almost identical to my Note 4 screen. It wouldnt surprise me if Samsung shipped out their old Note 4 left overs to Huawei. It also took me 3 6Ps to get one with an even screen tone, I had some that were just a mess of pink and green.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Nitemare3219:
Color accuracy is irrelevant in terms of display quality, if the display can be calibrated. How wide of a color gamut the display has is a deciding factor in quality though.

Have you looked at the two phones side by side?

I sat there for an hour comparing pictures on both phones, constantly adjusting the 6P's color profile. With the adjustments I can use, I cannot perfectly match the Note7 - no doubt about that. The Note7 certainly has a better display, but to say that the 6P display is bad compared to it is a ridiculous hyperbole. Without the 2 displays side by side, other than the glorious curved glass and the thinner panel construction ("super" AMOLED), the differences are very subtle. Don't get me wrong, the Note7 can display certain nuisances and detail in color better at times, but not to the point that anyone should chuck their 6P out the window. I had to set the Note7 to about 80% brightness to match the 6P at 100%. But using the 6P's kernel level ultra brightness boost, which can be manually activated at any time, puts it ABOVE the Note7's manual 100% brightness - yes, the Note can get brighter, but not on demand.

I am an image quality aficionado. I have two $3,000 OLED TVs in my home to prove that. The Note7 undeniably has the best display out there on a phone to date, but the 6P's panel really isn't THAT far behind at all. What Samsung wins in the display department is lost in lack of speedy updates, poor optimization/unacceptable lag, and using a hardware home button with a fingerprint scanner that doesn't wake the device for years on end.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] BarryH_GEG:
All you've proven is that based on your subjective viewpoint the 6P is equal to or better than the Note7. Do you think me and everyone here will view the two phones or your setting choices the same way you do? You're entitled to your opinion but it really is just that.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] krabman:
It's been quite a few phones since I had one where the quality of the display detracted from the experience, they have looked great to my eye in recent times. I can't however fail to notice that viewing in direct sunlight if going to be significantly better on the 7 and I say this as a 6P owner.

As to color accuracy I would point out that is not up for subjective debate, color is a perceptional description applied to electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum. It is not a matter of opinion, it is or is not accurate and any deviation can be measured with exacting precision.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] mrnovanova:
Nexus 6p was a great device. It was just too damn big. Went back to my note 5 right then and there.

Sent from my note 7, my pixel C or my oneplus 3 depending on how I'm feeling!
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] thdaddy34:
So I have both my Nexus 6P and my Note 7. Used my Note 7 for a few days straight and didn't use my Nexus 6P so that I can get the full samsung experience. While the Note 7 is aesthetically more pleasing then the Nexus 6P, the Nexus 6P is light years ahead in terms of smoothness and speed. I started using my Nexus 6P again today and the smoothness and speed is very very noticeable. It's almost like transitioning from a laggy Android to an iPhone back in the day. Why TouchWiz has gotten a lot smoother this time around, the Nexus still has the edge in terms of software smoothness and less lag.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] @home:
Regular updates & front firing speakers are the only good thing the N6 has. I had one & it just lacks in useability compared to a note. Sorry
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Batfink33:
Wouldn't a premium Samsung Nexus be amazing?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] gekkehenkie11:
So I've got my 930FD (exynos) today. I was worried that the scrolling would be typical touchwiz micro stuttering but I can already say that's really not something to worry about, everything scrolls pretty much as smooth as on the 6p. The only thing that most definitely is more fluent and crispy is the setting menu, that's actually quite bad in general on the N7. But scrolling through the contacts of your phone or Chrome webpages, that's going very well.

I was amazed that the fingerprint scanner was even faster, I had read something about needing to click twice to get to the app drawer but I must have misread that, it's just finger on the scanner and right to the app screen, faster than the 6p ! So far the only thing that I've found to be faster on the 6p is the home button, it's just a bit faster on the 6p but I don't think I'll be unhappy with how it works on the n7.

So, first impression pretty good so far !

One thing though that I've found slightly disappointing is the screen. Everybody is talking about how it's THE best screen out there and while that surely might be true, if you put the 6p next to the N7, man you realize that the 6p's screen is actually quite good too ! The N7 is slightly more 'vivid' though if you ask me.

*EDIT* I just installed NOVA launcher and the homebutton speed is now on par with the 6p. I also replaced the Samsung dialer with android stock version (which is faster), that's also now up on par with the 6p. Of course rooted and debloated the whole thing and mostly I'm quite happy with the note 7 now.