Galaxy Note Fan Edition is 90 percent Galaxy Note 7 with smaller battery

The Samsung Galaxy Note Fan Edition is one of the most hyped devices in the world of smartphones, partly because it is carrying the mantle of the defamed Galaxy Note 7 and partly because it comes for a lot less money than the original one. Samsung has promised to the world that the Note Fan Edition will not share the same fate as its elder brother while retaining all of its charms. And that has been confirmed by iFixit.

A teardown conducted by iFixit shows the Note fan Edition’s innards to be identical to the Note 7. However, there are two subtle differences with the new kid, the first of it being the battery obviously. The Note Fan Edition carries a smaller 3200mAh battery which Samsung claims is safe. The battery is nine percent smaller, offering 12.32Wh of charge to the original Note 7’s 13.48Wh battery. It is 2.3grams lighter as well, meaning that it’s not a high-density battery.

Apart from the battery, the Note Fan Edition also has a revamped antenna bands. This could be due to the reason that the phone is meant primarily for the South Korean market and has to comply with local carrier bands.

Rest assured, the Note Fan Edition carries all the good bits of the Note 7, including that brilliant 1440 x 2560 pixels 5.7-inch Super AMOLED display with curved edges to the sides, the S Pen tucked inside the IP68 water and dust proof body, a 2.4GHz octa-core Exynos 8890 chipset accompanied by 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. It also has the commendable 12 MP f/1.7 26mm PDAF with OIS rear camera and Samsung’s new chatty assistant – Bixby. The smartphone is already reportedly sold out, showing the Note 7’s massive popularity despite the battery issue.

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