A Taste of Honey: The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 stills but on your Galaxy S7/S7 edge now.

After Samsung finally stopped for good the production and sales of the late Galaxy Note 7, the company did not stopped at all and has sent an update to the owners of the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge,  which brings many of the Note's always-on display features to them such as its customization.

It is not all the software of the discontinued Galaxy Note 7 cause you will need a pen support for that.

At least it is a Taste of Honey since Samsung has not other high end smartphones options at this time, and a way to court S7 and S7 edge owners.  

More details:

"The update replaces the two existing calendar themes with a single calendar, and you can now set any image on the device as the AOD background through one of the new clock options. There’s another new clock that lets you add a text signature right below the displayed time, with the ability to customize the text’s font as well.

Sadly, the update doesn’t enable third-party app notifications, but we’re guessing the feature will arrive with Android 7.0 Nougat, which will bring the Note 7′s Grace UX to the S7 and S7 edge. You do, however, get the option to display the currently playing music track (this works with any app that can play music). Samsung has also optimized battery usage – the company claims that AOD will now use less than 1 percent of battery every hour. The changelog does note that this figure is based on Samsung’s internal measurements and your mileage will vary based on your chosen AOD content.

The Always On Display update can be grabbed from the Galaxy Apps store, and also from the Always On Display menu in Settings » Display (just go into the AOD menu, hit About Always On Display, then hit the Update button)."

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Samsung Electronics America President Tim Baxter addresses public apology. The New Galaxy Note 7 is now safe.

Samsung Electronics America President Tim Baxter addresses public apology, said 130.000 Galaxy Note 7 has been exchanged already and that the New Galaxy Note 7 battery is now safe.

Tim Baxter, President & COO of Samsung Electronics America, addresses Samsung’s exchange program and formal U.S. voluntary recall of the Galaxy Note7 in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Samsung confirms that new Note 7 replacement devices will be available in the United States at most retail locations no later than September 21, 2016.

You can watch the video messaging on Samsung NewsRoom.

Samsung to use batteries made by China's ATL for Galaxy Note 7 replacement.

Samsung Electronics Co. will only use batteries made by China's ATL for its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones after faulty batteries led to a global recall of its latest products, industry sources said Sunday.

After the recall announcement earlier this month, the company is said to have contacted ATL to order an additional 4 million batteries as replacements in the Galaxy Note 7 devices. It had procured most of the batteries from its subsidiary.

The Chinese company is set to become the sole battery supplier for the world’s largest smartphone maker by shipments for the time being since the company stopped receiving batteries from its main provider and hasn't found a third supplier.

Previously, Koh Dong-jin, head of Samsung's mobile division, said at a briefing that the company plans to increase battery suppliers to three from the current two.

ATL also supplies batteries for Apple's iPhone series, which means Samsung could face supply restrain if demand soars for the latest iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus.

Reportedly, Samsung used to get 70 percent of its batteries from its subsidiary while 30 percent was from ATL for Galaxy Note 7 devices.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 first Ad hints features . Video

Samsung Korea just released today in Korean the first Galaxy Note 7 ad:

The translation of the captions on the video  are:

Password should be complicated ? 

Good selfie depends on lighting ? 

Foreign language needs a rote memorization ? 

Falling into water means a dead-end ? 5, then 6 ? NO NOTE

The ad starts with  various ways to unlock a phone: fingerprint scanning, lock-screen patterns. 

Suggesting that those tech are old and complicated,and the Note 7 will bring something new :Iris scanner is simple, perhaps?

Then  a young woman lying on a bed is trying to take a sexy selfie with the help of some lighting, showing a  light bulb ,LED holiday lights near her face. Those are old  methods. Could this mean the Note 7 will have a front-facing flash?

Next up, we see someone highlighting words in various old-fashioned, dead-tree books, picking out phrases in Asian scripts and in French, Russian and English. The caption mentions foreign words and memorization. Perhaps those busy highlighter pens mean the Note 7 and its S Pen stylus will include some sort of language feature?

After that we see a very retro rotary phones sinking in a pool, with a caption that, roughly translated, asks "If you drop it in water, you're screwed?" This one's clear: The Note 7 will reportedly come with IP68 certification, which means it'll be dust resistant and that you'll be able -- should you choose -- to safely immerse it in water at a depth of at least one meter, or more than three feet.

Then we get a series of glowing numbers that counts off from zero to 5 along with a caption that asks whether 6 comes after 5. This scene refers to Samsung's decision to skip the number 6 for its next Galaxy Note and go straight to 7 so the numbering is in line with its flagship Galaxy S7 phone.

And finally, the spot ends with someone simply writing the word "No" on a piece of paper, and then adding a "t" and "e" to make "Note." The "no" seems to be answering all the questions posed by the captions. In other words, with Samsung's new device, you won't need complicated passwords or intricate lighting setups. You won't need to memorize stuff. You won't be hosed if your phone takes a swim. And no, 6 doesn't follow 5. Is confirmed by Samsung the next Galaxy Note will be the 7.

"It's different from the rest. It's freedom."

Samsung  will unveil the next Galaxy Note at a launch event in New York City on August 2.

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S-Pen coming for underwater use on the Samsung Galaxy Note 7

Samsung's upcoming new and improved tablet phone will have little hardware overhaul as the world's top smartphone vendor is focused on highlighting some improved software-related features.

Edge screen, water resistance and iris scanning could be the three main points that Samsung plans to highlight at the company's unpacked event on Aug. 2 in New York, said officials, last week.

"Simply put, the Note 7 is an expanded version of the Galaxy S7 edge smartphone. The Note 7 will only be available with a curved screen in accordance with Samsung's latest strategy to promote mobile devices with breakthrough form factors," said a Samsung official.

The large-display phone with a stylus for handwriting is expected to have a 5.8-inch screen.

The Note 7 will be the first in the Note series to have the water-resistant feature.

More importantly, users will be able to use the "S-Pen" even underwater, according to executives at Samsung's first-tier local component suppliers.

The new product will also be equipped with iris scanning recognition technology, although initial use of the software is expected to be limited given the scarcity of services using the eye-scanning technology.

It's unlikely that the Note 7 will have a dual-camera as the company's strategy is to cut manufacturing costs. The S-Pen will be embedded in the bottom of the device.

The Note 7 will support the Samsung Pay service.

The Note 7 is the successor to the Galaxy Note 5. Samsung has already confirmed that it will skip the name "Galaxy Note 6" in order to line up its next device with the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge flagships.

But it remains to be seen whether the Note 7 will appeal to consumers if it does not awaken idling demand for Samsung devices in target markets.

The unit price of the Note 7 will be between 7 percent and 8 percent higher than the previous version. 

Given some new additions, such a price hike won't greatly kill consumer appetite as Samsung plans to offer subsidies to mobile carriers in countries where the Note 7 will be available.

Samsung introduced the Galaxy Note 5 for 890,000 Won in Korea and $699 in the United States without subsidy plans.

The company said its mobile chief Ko Dong-jin will handle the upcoming unpacked event. 

"Samsung's premium handset replacement program ― Galaxy Club ― will be applied to the Note 7," Ko said in a recent meeting with local reporters. 

The executive remains confident the Note 7 will compete with Apple's soon-to-be-released mobile phone ― tentatively named iPhone 7 ― in major markets. The "iPhone 7" is expected to be released in the latter half of the year.

"We have to admit that Samsung's smartphone business is under pressure. But I think Samsung will be fine," said the senior executive, adding an upgraded Gear VR headset will also be launched soon.

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Samsung GALAXY Note 7 to arrive with a 3500 mAh battery. Confirmed.

South Korea Telecom just published last week what looks like some specifications of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in August 2 

MODEL: SM-N930S_64GS

INTERNAL STORAGE: 64GB

WEIGHT: 169 GRAMS

BATTERY: 3500mAh

DISPLAY: QHD S.AMOLED

SIZE: 73.9(W) x 153.5 (L) x 7.9(H) (m.m)

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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Wallpapers leaked. Free Download.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Wallpapers have been leaked. We have made them JPG files right down here but you can download them in PNG format from the link below.

DOWNLOAD WALLPAPERS

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Samsung iris scanner coming on board the Galaxy Note 7. Confirmed. Pictures.

Patently Mobile on early report said that Samsung had patented an iris-recognition system, as you can see on the picture below:

Now a Weibo user @23NoRI has leaked a couple of photos showing the long-rumored, and all-but-confirmed addition of an iris scanning feature to Samsung’s upcoming phone, the Galaxy Note 7.

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