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[Note 7 Real Life Review] MechanteMiette:
If you can, use FTP instead of SMB. You'll have 10 MB/s instead of 0.5 MB/s.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] ars0n:
Even ftping doesnt give you the full speed you should be getting...
[Note 7 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
We know how much you like to stream, ahem, "videos", and so cellular data is mega-important. Rate this thread to express how you think the Samsung Galaxy Note 7's LTE performs. A higher rating indicates that it's fantastic: throughput is excellent and signal strength is top-notch.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] Corbitt74:
So far so good here, no issues what so ever!
[Note 7 Real Life Review] Team420:
I gave 4 stars. It far better than my note 4 was. I did a speed test, in an area I have done numerous speedtests with the 4, and with the 4 I averaged 12mbps(being generous here) down, and 1mbps (after a few seconds at 0) up. With this 7, I got a 38mbps down, and 12 mbps up.... showed the same amount of bars as the 4 usually did, but obviously performed much better.

Keep in mind, I live in the middle of nowhere in Maine... speed tests were performed with about 2-3 bars (fluctuating).
[Note 7 Real Life Review] @Class:
For me its been much worse than my Note 5. Not really sure what's going on. Carrier is Virgin Mobile (Bell Canada)
[Note 7 Real Life Review] Sattero:
Is there anybody who can compare Note 3 (n9005) with Note 7?
[Note 7 Real Life Review] aergern:
It's about 70% as good as my 6P but I can deal. I would have LTE and 3 bars in my office building .. Note 7 fluxuates between LTE 1 bar and HSPA+ or nothing at all. Thank God for TMO wifi calling, eh? :)
[Note 7 Real Life Review] Sattero:
Hmm, it doesn't sound promising at all. :/ Signal reception is a big weakness of my Note 3 so I expected little bit more from a new device (and after few years of development) - I see that there are still some issues on Samsung side in compare to other brands and models especially at high-end market.

WiFi calling (and VoLTE) isn't supported by O2 Czech network yet because they are... kind of slow and "specific".

What about Note 7 and iPhone 6S/6S+ or LG G4? My colleagues have these devices so I can test and compare it little bit in real life with my Carrier.

Btw. Thanks man!
[Note 7 Real Life Review] BableMan:
I'd rank it about equal to my note 4, which is disappointed but most things are as I get older... ;)
[Note 7 Real Life Review] Corbitt74:
Its a little better than my note 4. Little louder and clearer. Not crazy better, but better.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] BableMan:
Then we have different builds, mine suffers from worse speaker quality. I've assumed that's the trade off we get for being able to drop it in a toilet.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] Corbitt74:
Hard to say really, we do have quite a bit of HD coverage here, also havent talked a lot on this yet, but from what I have its been good.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] emike09:
I had questionable service with my GS5 down in my basement, and now there's no question at all about the service on my Note 7 - it's non-existent. I cannot make or receive calls down in my basement anymore; have to go upstairs. This was rarely the case with my GS5, both on Sprint. Just my experience.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] Ace Ryan:
Perhaps it is the fault of AT&T and not the phone itself, but I get a shoddy signal at my house. I do live in a rural area, however, but it could be better nonetheless. Note: In town and in cities, I get perfect cellular strength.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] Motowojo:
I got the Note 7 to replace my Note 3. I am on Verizon. The Note 7 has been leaps and bounds better than the Note 3 as far as cell reception. I could not use my Note 3 at home without a Network extender and now my Note 7 works everywhere, even the basement, without a hiccup. I originally, before purchase, thought I would need to use the WiFi calling feature here at my home, but there is no need. On my daily route, I used to have 2 dead spots, where I always dropped calls on my Note 3, but I have had no issues with the Note 7. I believe that may be in part due to the VOLTE capabilities that the Note 7 has over the Note 3. The Note 7 would be the perfect phone if they would have built it with a flat screen. I don't see any real use for the edge panels and I have already turned them off. No need for insurance or screen protector on the Note 3 and it still looks perfect. I am seriously contemplating getting insurance for the first time as I am extremely paranoid about breaking this thing. If it weren't for how much I use the S-Pen, I would have probably waited to see what the other manufactures come out with. Hopefully, the paranoia will wear off.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] cuddleslut29:
Is not compatible with sprint signal booster air rave, but i also havent seen it reach high network speed on lte. so far not impressed.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] imucarmen:
I'm coming from an LG V10 and it's definitely a bit worse in the signal strength but the actual speeds seem to be about the same. I tether my phone for home internet and I always sit it in the exact same spot in my window because I found where the best signal is. With my V10 I'd have about -105 to -109db and with the Note 7 I'm getting about -114. I might need to move it around a bit and see if I can get any better. When you have a strong signal it flies though. Today in the city while I had a full signal (not sure the db's but 5 bars were full) I got 99.8Mb down and almost 17Mb up :D Verizon just upgraded a lot of the network in my area.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Proper etiquette aside (hint: don't use speakerphone while doing your "business" in a public bathroom), rate this thread to express how you think the Samsung Galaxy Note 7's speakerphone performs. A higher rating indicates that you love it: it's loud and it's clear.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Note 7 Real Life Review] omf05:
7/10

It's louder then the s7 edge for sure. I will put it up there with the iPhone 6s plus. Not as loud as the nexus 6p but it's good considering its waterproof.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] movielover76:
I think it's almost exactly the same as my old note 5, it might distort a little more than my note 5 but it's louder at the highest setting. Dropping the volumne down 1 notch fixed the distortion

Here's a video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv_q5ebyILQ
[Note 7 Real Life Review] ekerbuddyeker:
Worse than my Note5 for sure. Less bass. I put them side by side snd streamed the same music. Quite disappointed. Also in thr phone appnthere no more sound 'boost'.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] GaresTaylan:
Agreed with above. Step down from my note 5. Notification sounds are distorted.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] Itchiee:
Better than my previous Note 4 that's for sure.

This could be more the placement of speaker (bottom, not back) but overall sounds much better to me.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] equlizer:
I can go lower and louder with the note 7. A bit of distortion on the highest volume. Still better than the note 4.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] domineus:
Not that great. Sound is tinny like the device is underwater. Sound is definitely not as crisp as say a nexus 6p or a htc 10. It's disappointing, yet somehow passable.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] force70:
To put it simply:

Its terrible, my note 4 sounds way better and the nexus 6P just kills it completely.

I expected it somewhat due to the waterproofing but a $1200 (Canadian) device should have a far better speaker than this.

I am debating returning it because it sounds so bad.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] aergern:
It's the same issue as the S7's .. waterproofing makes the speaker sound like crap. Not much that can be done about that. Only time I use the external speaker is when I'm on conf. calls and to lazy to break out my ERA. The waterproofing is a much better feature in my opinion that blasting out folks around me.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] BotoxGod:
All as well as to be expected from Waterproof

Owning the HTC M7 with Stereo Speakers then to the Xperia Ultra Z with Waterproof Mono Speaker.

I can clearly say that's it's a 8/10 for me. Loud, clear, not best sounding but kind of hard to achieve this through a sealed port.

Easy tradeoff any day, I use bluetooth speakers for this purpose. It's almost as loud as the HTC as max but way better sounding and volume length then the Xperia Ultra.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] i.C.U:
Haven't received mine yet, out of waterproofing it I still think that this choice of placement for speaker is VR headset sound direction related.

As everything is cluttered at the bottom might not be as good as my note 4 or else but I dont mind, bluetooth work i assume...
[Note 7 Real Life Review] Blaze9:
I'm coming from the M8, so I'm setting myself up for disappointment. However it's not that bad. the M8 was easily a 10/10, and this i'd say is about a 6 or a 7 in overall quality.

It needs to be louder, much louder. In a medium noise level environment I can barely hear the speakers when they're at full blast. The quality is pretty good when you can hear it though.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] mkim055:
No aptX support...
[Note 7 Real Life Review] Ace Ryan:
Outside of wanting it to be just slightly louder, it is extremely crystal clear, sounds great, and is absolutely much better than most critics make it sound.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] teegunn:
The speaker is not as good as my N4. The N4 was louder and being on the back it reflected off a hard surface better enhancing the sound/loudness even more. The N7 on the bottom is a downgrade IMHO. But it still isn't terrible. I gave it a 4 star rating. I have definitely had phones that were worse. The fact that this phone is waterproof makes up for the speaker being a little lower quality in sound than the N4 was. So overall still an upgrade IMHO.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] sabesh:
Coming from a Nexus 6P, the Note 7's speaker is terrible.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] inertiaholic:
I think it is one of the better mono speakers out there - quite loud and full (better than S7e). With the speaker mod, it would be a blast!
[Note 7 Real Life Review] force70:
If it sounds better than the S7s then they must be absolutely awful..

Out of all the devices I have owned the note 7 has the worst speaker for sure.

Other than poor volume when watching you tube videos even ones recorded outside peoples voices sound like they are in a tin can...

Love everything else about the hardware but the speaker has no place on a flagship device of this level.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] Unholy Rollerz:
I can verify this claim. Good call mate.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] Ryland Johnson:
This is a difficult thread and topic.

What parameters are you using to asses the 'sound'? I am an audiophile and been buying high end audio since the late 60's. To that end there hasn't been a mobile produced that I can sit and listen to music on.

If you push the point one could write that HTC produce the better of the speaker mobiles while Sony, with is decades of micro music engineering, make the more acceptable sound via decent head phones.

Its a trade off, we cant expect audio standards from these mobiles so its very much a question of what is the better of an awful bunch and how would one asses it?! In real terms they are all terrible.

If you want to hear a more acceptable sound stage that is still portable try linking via BT the Bose Soundlink mini 11, I find that easier to listen to if I have to listen to portable music.

AS for the Note 7. So far via headphones its not bad, its not audio but its not supposed to be. At a push you could always purchase a mini external DAC then connect some decent headphones as I do on the very odd occasion then its acceptable but what my ears enjoy another persons will not.

Sound enjoyment is very personal that is why there is such a wide range of hi-fi speakers and amplifiers etc.

Ryland
[Note 7 Real Life Review] m00moo:
i seriously think everyones devices are different. Not sure if its a manufacturing problem with how much of the speaker is sealer and/or what type of space is left for the speaker to breathe. My one actually sounds very loud and clear imo. I did have a note 4 and think it is wayyyyy better. Sounds feel less tinny and more full.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] inertiaholic:
Completely agree that perhaps different note 7 might have variation in sealing leading to different sound/resonance. In my case, I was pleasantly surprised it sounds louder and richer than my note 4 did, better than my s7 edge too.
[Note 7 Real Life Review] winol:
very low sound, I think waterproofing is the cause
[Note 7 Real Life Review] CGYCGY:
For me, the worst part of the phone was the speaker... ==

The max volume is loud enough, but the sound quality is bad...crunchy sound make my ear pain when listen for a long time...

I care about sound quality a lot... That's why I am not happy with the sound quality :(
[Note 7 Real Life Review] ebyelyakov:
WiFi is muuuuuch worse compared to Note4
[Note 7 Real Life Review] SaurabhAnand:
My friend has Note 7 when I check it, I observe that at full volume speakers are not that loud as well as voice is also not totally clear. According to its cost, I am expecting much more than this.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
I don't know if it's just me but today I got my Note 7 and I'm kinda experiencing a slight screen lag when scrolling up and down casually on my device. Does anyone else have this issue?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] ZiprLips:
Mine was a bit leggy when downloading dozens of apps and updates. Once installed any hint of lag was gone.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
See thats the thing. Not doing anything it's just general use
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] cashyftw:
Yeah only dealing with lag with updates
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] chunology:
The only lag/delay i get with my device is when trying to use the Settings Search feature.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Sincere11105:
Happened to me when restoring. Normal
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
so will the issue ever go away
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Sincere11105:
It did for me. Smooth now
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
How long?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
I did just get my device today
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Sincere11105:
Depends on how much you have on your old device
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] xile6:
only a small amount of lag when i first set it up as it was downloading all my apps and settings.

After that i reboot and all is good, no lag at all.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
It's a fresh setup
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] jason504:
No lag here at all
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] g1-and-only:
Go to developer's option and Change the animation from 1 to. 5 for all 3 options
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
Did that as soon as I got my device ????
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
Everything seems to be working out fine right now. Thanks everyone for the help ????????
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] tigerxchaos:
I'm having a lot of responsiveness issues on my TMo Note 7. Scrolling is almost constantly affected, the Samsung keyboard lags behind my typing badly, and I've noticed a lot of times it just seems to miss my taps on screen elements. Happening universally, not in any specific program, though scrolling is worst in Chrome. I got my phone last night, about 12 hours ago.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
Oh my God yes I was having the same exact issue. I'm kind of still having the issue now but it's not as bad as it was when I first got the device. Hopefully we can expect an update to fix this
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] androidkid27:
I think I discovered the problem. It's when your screen is scaled down to experience some responsiveness issues. If that doesn't work for you try a factory reset
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] laureanop:
I'll wait till Wednesday. Usually Samsung/T-Mobile send out the first update within 10 days of release.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
Too many people not having this issue... I think we just got unlucky. Best of luck!

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So, I was messing with the Phone Info app and found this:

Checked both of my Note 4's and the app correctly identified them a original.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] pete4k:
That sounds like some apps running in the background, not playing nice and taking over cpu. That actually should be pretty easy to track with proper cpu trace program. For example couple yrs ago if you inserted SD card with a lot of PDF files into certain phone, the indexer would chock up the cpu and slow the phone to crawl for hours. Probably some combination of software. Did anybody had those issues before transferring/loading stuff, like phone fresh out of box? That would indicate if it's factory or user installed combos. BTW I have no performance issues whatsoever, but all my personal data was loaded on SD card and programs load fresh from Play, no transfer of any type. My only issue was gallery showing all program icons as pics and usual Google's screwing with SD card (out of blue my SD card became write protected), but I fixed both.

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This may be due to brand new phone, not fully tested yet by developer, however it does check fine on mine.

On the other hand how can you have refurbished phone week after release? unless it was QC reject at the factory, reworked and put back into production line within days.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
Right, just thought it was very odd.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] laureanop:
[MENTION=5643139]pete4k[/MENTION] the lag and stutter manifests itself from the get go before any apps are installed.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] monkey28rb:
This thing is so laggy!
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] TheFinder808:
Did anyone try my fix I posted? Disabled Samsung Cloud sync, and location reporting. Did a restart and immediately on reboot I got a few Samsung app updates. One of those 3 things fixed 90% of my issues. The phone is now snappy, doesn't get nearly as warm, and has a far better battery life.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
Tried? Yes. Why would this be necessary in a top end device?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] TheFinder808:
Are you asking me why there is lag on the Note 7? I'm guessing you think I'm the head engineer in charge of it's design and manufacture, and at the same time the lead programmer in charge of it's software development? How would I know why it's necessary? I believe the purpose for this thread is to compare experiences, and detail the things we have done to try to fix the issues...not just complain about the problem and offer no solutions. Does that answer your question?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
Simply... No. My device is slow compared to any others including the demo devices... that help?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] laureanop:
System wide lag and stutter shouldn't be dependent on a cloud sync, an app , location reporting or on things that all top and mid tier Android phones do without as much as a hiccup.

It's obvious that we're having these issues to different degrees( as a matter of fact it's been a couple of hours since I've had stutter).... But like many have said, we shouldn't even be discussing this matter in a $850 2016 top spec'd phone !!!!!!

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I also understand that Samsung phones are not the fastest or smoothest, as I've owned every Galaxy and 3 Note phones plus every nexus except the 6p and 5x. But this lag is something else indicative of an additional software or hardware issue ( I'm still highly suspicious of the SD 820)
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] stondec100:
It has nothing to do with the SD 820 as other phone using this processor are without lag. The problem is Samsung's horrible software. I played with the Exynos version display unit and it also had lag.

I'm now on my 4th Galaxy Note 7. We'll see how things go. So far so good. I wouldn't say the lag is absent but it's minimal so far compared to all the other 3.

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It has nothing to do with the SD 820 as other phone using this processor are without lag. The problem is Samsung's horrible software. I played with the Exynos version display unit and it also had lag.

I'm now on my 4th Galaxy Note 7. We'll see how things go. So far so good. I wouldn't say the lag is absent but it's minimal so far compared to all the other 3.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] laureanop:
I guess you're correct by process of elimination. Other phones with the SD 820 don't have the issue. The S7 edge wasn't blazing any trails with speed and fluidity but it certainly didn't exhibit this behavior. It must be the new Grace UI.

Now why some phones don't have this problem while others do is a mystery.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] luckdog:
After being disappointed with the lag that I suspected was with the launcher I moved to Nova Launcher. Best decision I ever made as I don't even see anything that I am missing. All S pen functions work, even the edge app works. The phone is now as responsive as my nexus 6p and I no longer feel like I made a mistake. Might try Samsung launcher again after an update, but for now nova is the answer I was looking for!
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] YOYO41:
Lucky me I got one of the few Note7 that works flawless ?????
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] borijess:
What does all those numbers mean?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] TheFinder808:
That's weird, I was using Nova Launcher from the beginning, glad it worked for you though. It's a great launcher. Thing is while it makes sense to rule the Snapdragon 820 out as the problem, it is possible that Note 7's have defective hardware that could include the SOC. I'm betting the probability is pretty low, but since this is occurring across multiple carriers it makes it hard to imagine what all of the problem phones have in common software-wise that the "good" ones don't.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Reefermattness:
I just drove 30 minutes to pick up a new one from the closest city that had one. Took my gf to lunch out at a fancy restaurant as an added excuse. This one is much better from what I can tell. Something that I noticed is that the first Note7 needed a software update when I got it. This new one did not, and seems to not have the same problem. If it was a bad batch, then that gives me hope this one is not from the same batch!
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Ec15:
I tried the phone info app and it shows mine is refurbished as well. How accurate is this app? It shows my phone was manufactured in 2007. Will T-Mobile acknowledge this app and its finding? I paid for a new one and they send me a refurbished?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] superg05:
i went to developer mode and lowered my transition time to .05
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
I'm sure that they are not refurbished, I'm thinking that it is a glitch that may be causing our issue. I think you said that you're doing okay now though?
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Ec15:
It's doing fine for the most part. No more webpage scrolling hiccups. Every now and then it will still open an app while scrolling through the app drawer. Keyboard swiping hiccups every now and then.

Just concerned about this refurbished thing. My wife's N7 checks out fine.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
I really don't know... it's weird though. Glad your phone is working as it should. Got a UPS notice that my new device will be here tomorrow. Here's hoping it rocks.
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] Ec15:
Good luck. Post results including refurb check
[T-Mobile Note 7  Questions & Answers] zonly1:
Thank you, will do.