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[Note 7 Questions & Answers] ReformedAppleFan:
Re: #6

Have you scratched yours?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] m00moo:
Some valid points but some are just nonsense....

You purchased the phone knowing the price and that it has no IR blaster so why does it now affect your purchase?

The finger print sensor has nothing wrong with it. Due to your preferences and what you are used to, you are creating this problem.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] lisbon2004:
in a way that when you pay almost 1000 EUR for a device, you expect much more.

and the test period has demonstrated that the device is not up to the expectations.

in other words, the device is overpriced; the price is grossly inflated.

that is evident to most users of previous Note models, even without purchasing it.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] djide01:
How bad is the speaker? Currently using nexus 6P but intend to pick one up soon.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] sephhi:
Volume is very low.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] apprentice:
1: Size. I do not like the size. Was hoping it was a little bigger. At least the size on the Note 4 or Nexus SP.

- The screen is the same size so why would you want the body to be bigger? Doesn't make sense.

2: Battery sucks for me. Constantly charging.

- Depends on many many factors and there is always a bedding in period.

3: Speaker. Cannot hear it some time if I am in another room.

- It is down to the water proofing, but I read in many places it is still louder than some previous models.

4: Still no IR Blaster

- You knew this before you bought it.

5: This should maybe be #1 PRICE POINT. $879.00 + high taxes just not worth it. No phone is perfect but "Them Prices way to high Samsung need to CUT IT"! :D

-You knew this before you bought it.

6: The screen scratches too easily. Fingerprints!

- Glass = fingerprints, that's not unique to this phone. Put it in a premium case that still protects but still shows the look of the phone

7: Fingerprint Sensor. You have to press the button. Plus, I have gotten use to it being on the back.

- No you don't need to press it every time, just rest your finger on it when it asks for it.

8: Touchwiz still lags.

- Cannot be confirmed by everyone.

Then you went on to contradict yourself:

Great phone in every other way. But the "wow" factor is missing for me at this price. The Note is really the best built phone out right now. This is a really hard decision. But with other phones coming out, I will take a wait and see attitude. By October when everything is out, if nothing better is out maybe I will revisit the NOTE 7
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Gary02468:
Its screen has the same size and resolution as the Note 4 and Note 5.

The speaker works great for things like giving easily-heard directions while driving in a noisy car. I've never tried listening to a phone from another room. I find they're easy to take with me--fit right in my pocket! For music, I use BT headphones.

Are you reporting that you've scratched it, or just repeating others' rumors?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] m00moo:
I agree with the apprentice. This is exactly what I am saying about this thread as half of the things mentions are already known before purchasing or just common sense....it isn't a valid reason to then say the phone is a flop and you will be returning it.

Its fair enough to say that the battery is a let down or that the phone is scratching badly because we don't know this prior to having the handset. But to say that the glass gets fingerprints? I'm sure all glass gets finger prints unless it specifically says oleo-phobic and that its finger print proof then you don't have a case. Also to say the phone is expensive? yes it is we all know that but for some like myself i managed to get a very cheap sim only tariff and bought the phone outright. Over the course of 2 years it works out at around £35 per month which is the average for a decent handset and tariff.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Itchiee:
It's just really number 5 - buyers remorse.

Nice burn apprentice.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Señor Sjon:
Why not? You can hand over $879 + tax expecting something more than you eventually got. Then the lack of IR for instance could be offset by other advantages.

Isn't the screen smaller due to 0,1" going AWOL at the edges? So you have 5,5" flat estate and the rest is in the curves? It makes the phone smaller, but there are many 5,5" flat phones out there.

Advising a case to hide your glorious new phone in, is bad imo. ;) It is just Samsung chose one of the worst materials to build a phone. A fragile front is more than enough. Having a backside that is slippery and accident prone is another.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] apprentice:
I agree it would be nice to have 0.2" more of usable screen but that would make the phone much wider and harder to handle.

We all know full well that Samsung were pushed into making their phones better looking and innovative. Journalists, bloggers and even guys like us moaned like hell about plastic or faux leather materials and boring designs. They were losing market shares and they needed to act. So they introduce glass and aluminium, they slim down the whole phone and do an amazing and well received job of making the phone look very sexy, and very different to all the other flat slabs out there. We all say yes! Good job! Samsung is now back on the ball, they sell very well and everyone is happy.... But as is always the case of impossible to please everyone... we get those complaining that they lost the removable batteries and the phone is all slippery and fragile and "I will never buy Samsung again... yada yada" But curved screens, glass and aluminium are here to stay for now because they sell and that is what Samsung is in this game for.

If you want to buy into all that and a lot of us do, then yes, a case is pretty much necessary. And to be fair the cases that Samsung offer really do ensure the phone still looks amazing. And if you need to have better protection there are alternatives.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] EarlZ:
Im returning mine due to some pink spots on the right side of the screen but not for a refund but for 1 to 1 exchange :)
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] apatcas:
Returning mine because its much slower then my note 5. Installs literally take twice as long. It makes no sense.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Señor Sjon:
Oh, yes I do agree Samsung was led astray when all the reviewers were whining about plastic phones and the Hansaplast S5 wasn't the best design they could make. Yet plastic is one of the best materials for a phone. It is light, scratch resistant, doesn't block signals or wireless charging and can be made in all colors and shapes. They got it wrong with the yucky feeling S3/S4/Note 2. After the S4 slipped out of my hand again, I got the Note 3 almost as soon as it was available. The faux leather stitching on it is bad, but the back cover gets the job done. After almost three years of use it has zero scratches and it is very grippy. Same as the N4. It survives my wifes handbag for almost two years now, which is no small feat for a phone. ;) I was waiting for the N5, but if I wanted it, it needed parallel importing. That was too much hassle for a slippery phone with no SD-card, small, non-replaceble battery and glass everywhere.

The N7 is better than the N5, but I'll need to think long and hard if and when I'm going to buy it.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] AllGamer:
I'm definitely returning mine

#1. no Root

#2. Fast charging is fake, not fast at all

#3. Advertized very long battery life, also fake, it drains just as fast as it did in the past phones when playing games, with WiFi On, GPS On, and Bluetooth On.

#4. I'm seeing a lot of scary cracked glass for normal day to day operations (pocket) that is why I never went with Apple phones

#5. The wireless charging doesn't work well with Generic off brand wireless chargers.

#6. SIM card / SD card slot requires pin to pop out, if you push to hard to eject the button breaks off, and you are stuck with the SIM / SD card inside.

This is a Major No No for me, I swap SD card regularly,

in older models it was as easy as 1, 2, 3. (Pop the real case open, eject SD card, insert SD card, done)

I'm not happy at all with the Note 7 mainly due the lack of root, I could have overlooked some of the transgression listed above, but not having root, makes the phone useless to me.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Ryland Johnson:
Hi, Learn, if you listen to the naysayers on any forum you would never leave the house and certainly never make another purchase, not even have a hair cut. The Note 7 is a bloody good mobile. Buy it, experience it, if you don't like it you have 14 days to return it so someone else waiting for it can enjoy it. :highfive:

I have to say this Note 7 forum is getting silly. There are dedicated haters here who just post in nearly every thread criticising something they don't even own. Its turning to the point of hysteria on some threads. :silly:

Buy and enjoy.

Ryland
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] apprentice:
I have to disagree with a lot of things you have listed here. Especially as you claim fast charging is fake! Even if it wasn't as fast as you liked you can't simply dismiss it as fake. Before buying the phone you must have known about the SD card slot - where else could it go and still retain good water resistance?

But the whole thing about rooting is premature. How many new high end devices are rootable in the first couple of weeks of release? We have hit dead ends before regarding rooting but then someone finds a way through. But if you want it rooted today then I guess that's your reason for dismissing this phone. It makes me wonder why you bought it before looking into this particular issue.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] supasye:
May seem strange to most of you guys but the lack of IR blaster kills it for me. I use it on my note 3 all day everyday. Air-conditioning at work and at home. My TV and set top box. My fan. It's such a small piece of tech with so much use. Kind of annoys me that they took it away.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] romripper:
I'm also doing a 1 to 1 exchange.

On the right side just above the power button on the curved portion is a long green area. As soon as the screen light up during a boot-up it appears and is always there.

On lighter colored apps it bleeds out pretty bad.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Kidd_Funkadelic:
I'm seriously considering it, but not for the reasons mentioned - I'm getting frequent unregistered screen presses. I suppose it's a side effect of TouchWiz lag but it's getting really annoying. And the jank... I can't believe people aren't more upset about the UI response. THe key press thing is killing me. I very often have to press a second time. Or I'll swipe to scroll the screen and the UI lag timing comes at just the right point that it consumes the start of the swipe as a press. So I get the press when I don't want it, don't when I do...

The jank got better when I followed the suggestion to go back to the default "large" screen scaling, and I enabled the force GPU rendering which seemed to help more, but still it ignores my taps...
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Travis Bickle:
Does the green area goes away when you tilt the phone left-right or up-down?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Itchiee:
You know this kept me from upgrading for awhile. I reached a point where it's not even an issue. I'll just get off my ass to get the remote, or if I'm somewhere I can just watch whatever on my phone which has many more options.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] romripper:
Nope it is always there.

I walked into T-Mobile they looked at it and instantly ordered me a replacement.

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And of course that screenshot is useless it's a screen issue that won't show up .I'll need to take a picture later.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Travis Bickle:
Oh ok, well on my Galaxy s7 I have a few pink spots but when I tilt the screen they move up or down, probably from the oleophobic coating.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] i killed tupac:
nobody cares man, go post on a forum for your new phone
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] apprentice:
Thanks for detailed explanation. It doesn't make it a bad phone but I guess I can see why you are disappointed mate.

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[Note 7 Questions & Answers] MintiIceCream:
Hey man, please don't be agressive.

Thanks :)
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] romripper:
Oh,my bad.I didn't realize that this wasn't a forum for the NEW Note 7.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] i killed tupac:
as in, whatever he replaces the Note 7 with.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] fenderguy05:
Gotta agree with everything here. Battery life was an issue for me, and I did a factory reset yesterday as a last attempt to fix it. So far seems to be running far more efficiently. You knew the price, you know that glass is a fingerprint magnet. A lot of these points are things that were known before launch. The speaker hasn't disappointed me either, but I only use the phones speaker in a pinch or for brief periods. Typically have headphones, or bluetooth speakers connected. No scratches here, and no insane lag after the factory reset
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] CerveCesar:
So the Guy gives a legitimate reason to return his phone, and you come in to criticize him on that. Makes no sense

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And you don't have a Note7 to support your reply?

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I'm not sure who is to blame: Digital River, Samsung or TMobile. But, I have cancelled my order thru samsung.com. The reasons are: Long Wait, Processor and feedback. I went on youtube, and found that the Rating of the Exynos processor is much better than the snapdragon that comes with your tmobile Note7. Also, if I place my order on the 11th. I would expect to have my phone a day after Stores do. Just like Apple, right? Wrong! Digital River is taking their sweet time to ship the phones out. Meanwhile people are missing out on the "Limited Time Offer" for a free Gear2 or a SD Card. In some countries free Gear Vr glasses.

The worst part, is that Samsung will take forever to refund my debit card, so that I can walk into bestbuy and walk out with a phone. They cancelled my order 1 day before the Scheduled delivery. Just to make sure, it takes me longer to get 1.

P.S. I will get one sooner or late. I like Samsung Quality

All feedback welcome
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] coal686:
This is why I returned mine today. It was atrocious. It made "swipe" typing impossible since the phone would just think I was tapping sometimes. Unfortunately, it was random and nothing really seemed to help. That and the fingerprint reader wouldn't properly read my fingerprint over half the time when I was trying to unlock my phone.

Before people say it's an 820 thing, it's really Samsung's implementation of the 820. I've had extensive use of an HTC 10 and while it has its own faults, lagging janky UI response isn't one of them.

But I will miss that pen (screen off notes were super useful) and Samsung Pay. Wowing the cashiers at Target because my phone paid when "our machine doesn't work with phones" was priceless.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] m00moo:
Loool Legitimate reasons? No mate he's giving reasons that are not valid because he already knew these points prior to buying. Things like the price, location of the finger print sensor, glass build thus fingerprint magnet.

How are you going to buy a 5 bedroom house and then complain its too big and that it has too many bedrooms?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Exfex21:
eh, I really don't have any other excuse other than I didn't like it as much as I thought I would have over my iPhone 6s plus. Does it suck? sure it does but if you don't like it... you don't like it lol

Yeah, ill probably return it.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] apprentice:
I don't actually need to own one to be able to add my comments to this particular post!! My response was common sense and general knowledge.

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A very detailed response and all of it completely valid!
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] supasye:
It wouldnt be the end of the world. But at work the aircons in each room are controlled by one big controller on the wall at reception. So the IR comes in super handy. And at home having the aircon, TV and set top box on my phone is just.... a lot better than clunky remotes. Im gonna be stubborn and hope the next note has it lol.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] AllGamer:
i still don't like the phone, mainly due the lack of root, it's bugging the hell out of me.

having a nice phone that works great with the Fit2, WiFi, and 4G/LET in poor reception area, yet not be able to install all my apps and games (with backups) into it.

so, the phone is useless to me until i can use my Apps.

For the few games 2 only, that have cloud save, I can actually play in the new phone, and it's a real improvement over the old phones, real snappy fast... but no root... that is not compatible with me >.<

all the other apps/games I use/play does not have cloud sync, and I need Titanium Backup to migrate them over, but TI will not work without root.

heck even if I wanted to do it manually using Root File Explorer, i can't either, because no root.

the dumb "smart" switch doesn't transfer the Apps / Games saved data,

"smart" switch only transfer useless stuff like address book, text message, pictures, video and music.

That is useless to me, as all that stuff i have is already auto synced with my Google account.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Ryland Johnson:
I would think, I don't know, that within a few months our peers will have found a way to root this mobile, they general do.

Ryland
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] killer_roach:
Smart Switch worked just fine for me - copied everything over, process took a little over an hour.

That said, I was coming from a Note 5, so YMMV.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] PunishedSnake:
When the new nexus comes
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] louforgiveno:
Well sprint has root already and others are soon to follow
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] jafferkhan:
Had mine returned after it refused to boot up during installing yesterday's system update. Took it and had it replaced with a new one. Thankfully it updated just fine which seemed weird.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] drummerman:
Why did you buy it? You knew there was no root yet
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] AllGamer:
To try out the new MIMOx4 which works great as mentioned already,

and to use Oculust Rift VR

and of course the freebies for pre-ordering :D

As a matter of fact I did not know about the root Gotcha!, until I started looking to root, only to find out it was only available for the Exynos, but not for the Snapdragon.

In all previous models root usually becomes available before the phone even hits the stores.

After this time, I'll certainly wait a and see before I pick up any new Samsung device.

is too bad Samsung is going the Apple's way, it was such a nice handset maker until this recent fiasco with the locked boot-loaders only for North American phones. Why Samsung Why?
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Root-Maniac:
I love it!! Sorry you are not satisfied!
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] force70:
Its terrible, my note 4 sounds WAY better and the the 6p (had one also) just kills it.

There are many things to love about the Note 7 but the speaker is NOT one of them and you will not be happy coming from a 6P in regards to speakers.

My only complaint on the note 7 other than the locked BL on the NA models....which I will resolve by ditching the snapdragon version and going exynos :D
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Stolly08:
Hell no I'm not returning!

Like everyone said, it's the same size screen.

Battery life is pretty damn good, you must be using some crazy battery hog apps to have issues. Try some of the videos on streamlining the phone, there's a lot of stuff to turn off on the phone. I had two hrs sot and still 70% left the other day 4hrs off the charge, watching YouTube videos and internet.

No scratches so far, why would you take the stock screen protector that came on the phone off to begin with ??

I'm coming from the Nexus 6 which I got preordered from Google and have had it the whole time. I've never held onto a phone that long. I've rooted all sorts of phones, swapped Roms daily etc, those days ended BC I enjoyed the stock Android of the N6, I was hesitant switching back to Samsung BC I left due to being tired of TW quirkiness and it's bloat and honestly they really slimmed down on it on the N7 and I'm in love with this thing.

Delete and disable a bunch of garbage and get a good launcher (Smart Launcher Pro 3) and you'll be happy!
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] millicent:
There is no stock screen protector!
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Stolly08:
Mine came with one straight out the box and so did my buddies. It doesn't go all the way around the curves but it covers the screen.

Bro you really think I would've said that had I not had one? Lol
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] BarryH_GEG:
It's not a screen protector, it's protective film put on the display to keep it from scratching during assembly and packaging. Try writing with the S Pen on it. There

is

an OEM screen protector for the first time and it's very good.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] Stolly08:
Protective film that protects the screen lol it worked great for me till I took it off to try and put on one I got off Amazon, didn't work and the edges got peeled up BC of my case.

Does that one not have that issue? Which case do you have? Where did you get it and how much? Lol
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] KarimSalloum:
I'm returning mine. I scratched it 2 hours into owning it just being in my pocket by itself. Unacceptable for a 1000$ device. Plus, to be honest, it doesn't even feel like it costs that much. I'm going to get so much hate for what I'm about to type but my iPhone 6s Plus really feels like it costs 1000$. This doesn't. It's going back.
[Note 7 Questions & Answers] BarryH_GEG:
#1. no Root [Not true any more, at least for the U.S. versions]

#2. Fast charging is fake, not fast at all [See below]

#3. Advertized very long battery life, also fake, it drains just as fast as it did in the past phones when playing games, with WiFi On, GPS On, and Bluetooth On. [Have you read the Nougat thread in the 6P forum? Prepare for the worst as there's a nasty Wi-Fi bug that causes the system to use more battery than the display.]

#4. I'm seeing a lot of scary cracked glass for normal day to day operations (pocket) that is why I never went with Apple phones [Phones don't crack in pockets spontaneously. Glass

is

more fragile than metal but you give up wireless charging].

#5. The wireless charging doesn't work well with Generic off brand wireless chargers. [Seriously? Don't buy cheap Chinese crap. Have you seen the USB-C cable debacle threads in the 6P forum?]

#6. SIM card / SD card slot requires pin to pop out, if you push to hard to eject the button breaks off, and you are stuck with the SIM / SD card inside. [No worries on a 6P you're stuck with the onboard storage]

Samsung came out with a 25W charger for the Note7 that gets it to 50% in 30 minutes. AT&T shipped last year's charger and I don't know about the other U.S. carriers and international models. I have one coming and I'll report the results.

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/mo...--detachable-usb-c-usb-cable--ep-ta300cwegus/

Regardless, even compared to S-820 QC 3.0 phones like the HTC 10, Samsung's wired Adaptive Fast Charging is equal or better.