Samsung Galaxy Note 21 vs Samsung Galaxy Note7 Specs Comparison

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Samsung Galaxy Note7
Samsung Galaxy Note 21 Samsung Galaxy Note7
Not announced · No information
Not announced · No information
6.8-inch
5.7-inch · 2560x1440px
Triple camera
Single camera
4GB · 64GB
3500 mAh

Availability

Officially announced
Aug 02, 2016

Design

Dimensions
6.04 x 2.91 x 0.31 inches
153.5 x 73.9 x 7.9 mm
Weight
5.96 oz / 169.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68 Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint Iris scanner, Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Stylus Stylus, Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Blue coral, Gold platinum, Silver titanium, Black onyx

Display

Size
6.8-inch 5.7-inch, 78.16% screen-to-body
Type
AMOLED Super AMOLED
Resolution
2560x1440px, 518 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested Untested
Bright Min
Untested 1 (Excellent)

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 888 SM8350 (5 nm) Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 (14 nm)
Processor
Octa-core
2840 MHz
Kryo 680
Quad-core
2150 MHz
Kryo
GPU
Adreno 660 Adreno 530
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB
4GB/64GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (11) Android (6.0 Marshmallow)

Battery

Type
3500 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
Qi wireless charging

Camera

Rear
Triple camera Single camera
Main camera
12 MP (OIS, PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.7
Focal length: 26 mm
Sensor size: 1/2.5"
Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Flash
Yes
Video recording
Yes 4K UHD (30 fps)
Video calling
Front
5 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.1 4.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
NFC NFC, ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
SA, NSA, Sub-6, mmWave
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 29, 30
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A, HSPA
SIM type
Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Jul 19, 2016
FCC ID value: A3LSMN930F
Measured SAR
Head: 0.39 W/kg
Body: 0.67 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.56 W/kg
Wireless Router: 1.10 W/kg

Alternative variants

Dual SIM Yes
International version
System chip Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890
Processor Octa-core
2150 MHz
Exynos M1 "Mongoose" and ARM Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-T880 MP12
Memory 4GB (LPDDR4)
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