Samsung unveils Galaxy Note 7 with Iris Scanner, HDR content and Gorilla Glass 5

Zee Media Bureau

As expected, Samsung Electronics on Tuesday unveiled the Galaxy Note 7. However, it came with interesting features such as Iris Scanner, HDR content and Gorilla Glass, firsts in any smartphones.

DJ Koh, President, Mobile Communications unveiled the Galaxy Note 7 and as romoured had it, it's a 5.7-inch device and comes in four interesting colours of Black Onyx, Gold Platinum, Silver Titanium and all-new Blue Coral.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 also comes with a HDR and 64GB of internal memory as against the rumoured 32GB. It is also expandable up to 256GB via a microSD card.

With the Note 7, Samsung has skipped a number in its Note series – i.e. the Note 6.

Clarifying on this, Samsung had earlier reasoned saying, “First, the Galaxy Note7 will complement our Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, and unify our product portfolio. Second, the Galaxy Note7 will minimize confusion about the latest mobile technology from Samsung, and provide full alignment with Galaxy S smartphone.”

“Galaxy Note7 will help people do more in work, at home and everywhere in between. We can’t wait to tell you more about it,” Samsung added.

BELOW IS A LIVE COVERAGE OF THE EVENT:

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- Well! That's all from us here at Zee Business. A rather unexpected short Key Note event from Samsung. Thanks for joining us.

- The Galaxy Note 7 also comes with Samsung Pay which can be used as early as during the upcoming Rio Olympics

- The Galaxy Note 7 is the first with USB Type-C for fast data transfer.

- It's VR time gain.. The video was created using Gear VR 360 camera

- The Note 7 opens up a galaxy of possibilities, she says.

- Suzanne De Silva, Senior Manager, Planning is on stage

- Good News! It's coming to the market on August 19 with the pre-orders to begin in a few days

- It took us 5 years to perfect the Iris Scanner, the Samsung strategy officer says.

- The Samsung Note comes with an Iris Scanner.

- The Galaxy Note 7 will come with 15GB of free space on Samsung Cloud.

- "You know what else it comes with? An audio jack,", Dennison says, probably a dig at iPhone 7 that might do away with the audio jack

- It comes with 3,500 mAh battery though slightly smaller than S7's 3,600mAh battery

- That over 7,000 songs and over 1 week of continous play, Dennison says.

- The Galaxy Note 7 comes with internal memory of 64GB, expandable upto 256GB

- The Galaxy Note 7 also comes with HDR content to mobile for the first time

- And oh! The Galaxy Note 7 is the first smartphone to come with Gorilla Glass 5

- The S Pen is a multi-purpose device - a translator, screen magnifier, screen locker, a GIF maker.

- The S Pen is also a translator.. How cool is that.. Portuguese to English in just a sec.

- The tip size of the S Pen has been reduced from 1.6 mm to just 0.7 mm.

- Comes in four beautiful colours - Black Onyx, Gold Platinum, Silver Titanium and all-new Blue Coral. It also has a curve like the S7 Edge

- It's 5.7-inch, but you won't feel it, he says.

- Samsung strategy officer Justin Dennison is on stage. He is talking about how the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 will help users.

- DJ Koh finally introduces the Galaxy Note 7

- That was a fine video

- Okay.. It's VR time..

- More interestingly, the Pen will be able to write on the Note 7 even in a rainstorm

- The Galaxy Note 7 will be water and dust resistant

- The Iris Scanner is official.. Hurray!!

- Our commitment to listening customers remain the same

- Big screen phones are the fastest growing segment of the smartphone market. The Galaxy Note was created for men and women who wants creativeness and innovation

- Despite various criticisms, we have survived, he says

- He is talking about the Samsung being connected to Olympics for the past 20 years

- Wishes people watching it Live in London. 'Had lunch?' Koh askes them.

- Good morning. I feel like George Clooney, he says. Feels good to be in New York

- DJ Koh, President, Mobile communications, Samsung is on stage

- A video the Samsung anthem from various countries is being played. It's interesting to hear one song being sung in so many languages

- So, it begins

- They telling us that the show will begin in a short while

- The theme song's been on for sometime

Well! The event is about to begin..