Product
Samsung Galaxy Note7 (USA)
Samsung Galaxy Note7 (USA)
Samsung Galaxy Note8
Samsung Galaxy Note8
Battery
Charging 15W wired, QC2 Wireless 15W wired, QC2 Wireless (Qi) (market dependent)
Music play Up to 60 h Up to 74 h
Talk time Up to 38 h (3G) Up to 22 h (3G)
Type Li-Ion 3500 mAh, non-removable Li-Ion 3300 mAh, non-removable
Body
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), glass back (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
Dimensions 153.5 x 73.9 x 7.9 mm (6.04 x 2.91 x 0.31 in) 162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm (6.40 x 2.94 x 0.34 in)
SIM Nano-SIM Nano-SIMNano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Weight 169 g (5.96 oz) 195 g (6.88 oz)
IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min) Stylus IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min) Stylus
Comms
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
NFC Yes Yes
Positioning GPS, GLONASS GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Radio No No
USB USB Type-C 3.1 USB Type-C 3.1
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Display
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~515 ppi density) 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~521 ppi density)
Size 5.7 inches, 89.6 cm2 (~79.0% screen-to-body ratio) 6.3 inches, 101.1 cm2 (~83.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Type Super AMOLED, HDR10 Super AMOLED, HDR10
- 3D Touch (home button only)
Features
Sensors Iris scanner, fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
ANT+ S-Voice natural language commands and dictation Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) Samsung DeX (desktop experience support) ANT+ Bixby natural language commands and dictation Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
Launch
Announced 2016, August. Released 2016, August 2017, August 23. Released 2017, September
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Main Camera
Dual -
Features LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Single -
Video 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 720p@240fps, stereo sound rec., HDR, gyro-EIS 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 720p@240fps, stereo sound rec., HDR, gyro-EIS
Memory
Card slot microSDXC (dedicated slot) microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal 64GB 4GB RAM 64GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM, 256GB 6GB RAM
- UFS 2.1
Misc
Colors Blue Coral, Silver Titanium, Black Onyx Midnight Black, Maple Gold, Orchid Gray, Deep Sea Blue, Star Pink
Models SM-N930V, SM-N930A, SM-N930P, SM-N930T, SM-N930R4, SM-N930W8, SM-N930F, SM-N930G, SM-N930S SM-N950F, SM-N950U, SM-N9500, SM-N950U1, SM-N950N, SM-N950W, SC-01K, SM-N950FD
SAR
SAR EU -
Network
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66
Speed HSPA, LTE, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO / TD-SCDMA -
Our Tests
Audio quality - Noise -92.5dB / Crosstalk -93.2dB
Battery (old) Endurance rating 81h Endurance rating 89h
Camera - Photo / Video
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.247 (sunlight) Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.148(sunlight)
Loudspeaker Voice 69dB / Noise 69dB / Ring 72dB Voice 67dB / Noise 69dB / Ring 71dB
Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 2432Basemark X: 33520 AnTuTu: 201065 (v7) GeekBench: 6784 (v4.4) GFXBench: 13fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)
Platform
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 (14 nm) Exynos 8895 (10 nm) - EMEAQualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - USA & China
CPU Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo) Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose M2 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - EMEAOcta-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - USA & China
GPU Adreno 530 Mali-G71 MP20 - EMEAAdreno 540 - USA & China
OS Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), TouchWiz UI Android 7.1.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie)
Selfie camera
Dual 5 MP, f/1.7, 22mm (wide) 2 MP (dedicated iris scanner camera)
Features HDR HDR
Video 1440p@30fps
Sound
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Loudspeaker Yes Yes
24-bit/192kHz audio 32-bit/384kHz audio