Samsung Galaxy Note7 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 21 Specs Comparison

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
Iris scanner, Fingerprint (touch)	Ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint
Features
Stylus, Touch sensitive control keys	Stylus
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Blue coral, Gold platinum, Silver titanium, Black onyx

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 78.16% screen-to-body	6.8-inch
Type
Super AMOLED	AMOLED
Resolution
2560x1440px, 518 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
1 (Excellent)	Untested

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Hardware

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

Battery

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

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple 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
4K UHD (30 fps) Video calling	Yes
Front
5 MP

Connectivity & Features

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

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 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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