- Hey guys, this is Austin.
The Galaxy Note 7 was one of the
hottest phones of last year.
Exploded onto the scene last year.
By far the most lit phone of all time.
But after less than a month on sale, it was recalled.
But now it's back.
The issue with the Note 7 originally
was that the battery was slightly too large
for the actual phone which meant that in some cases,
the Note 7 would literally explode in your pocket.
After recalling the nearly two and a half million phones
they had sold, Samsung spent most of last year
reminding people that not all of their phones
are fiery death machines.
However, the Note 7 is officially back with this,
the Galaxy Note Fan Edition.
What's interesting is, this isn't even called
the Galaxy Note 7 anymore.
It is just the Galaxy Note Fan Edition.
Now right now, it's only on sale in South Korea,
but with millions of these phones
sitting around in a warehouse somewhere,
I assume that we're probably
going to see more of these sooner than later.
So even though Samsung promises that this
will definitely not explode totally for real this time,
I feel like safety is sorta the name of the game.
So
I'm gonna make sure that I don't die here,
we're gonna unbox the Galaxy Note Fan Edition.
Ken picked this gear out, I don't think this is
gonna be protective at all, I don't think...
This is a bad idea.
Careful.
(tense music)
(loud noise) Oof, okay.
We're good, we're good, we're good.
It's fine.
Alright, alright, we're in.
We have the phone, we have the phone, it is
it's here, so I'm just gonna be very gentle
with this right now.
Just tease it out.
Okay.
Alright.
Phone's out of the box.
It's interesting to think that the Note 7 design
is nearly a year old at this point.
Don't get me wrong, it's still a very nicely
put together phone with the glass and metal build.
You've got the curves on either edges of the display.
But when you look at it compared to something like
the Galaxy S8, it really does feel a little bit behind.
What this means is that while the Galaxy S8
is a physically smaller phone,
it actually has a very slightly bigger screen
than the Note 7.
Now that the danger has passed,
let's see what else we get in the unboxing.
It does come with this case which is actually kind of cool.
It's a little bit weird that it covers up the screen
but as Savage Kenny so rightfully points out,
no one really wants to be seen with the Galaxy Note 7
so maybe hiding it is your best option.
I'm curious whether this is an actually new phone or not.
So, Samsung does have a couple million Notes sitting around
that I'm sure they're going to do
something with at some point.
But if I had to take a guess,
I would say that this is a brand new phone.
Not only is it super clean on the outside
but it really wouldn't surprise me if
Samsung still had extra parts to build Notes,
just with a couple minor internal changes.
From the outside this looks pretty much exactly the same.
The big difference is
instead of having a 3500mAh battery
which may or may not explode,
this guy has a smaller 3200mAh battery.
Now this is very similar to what
you're getting with the Galaxy Note 8.
Not only do you have a couple of additional things
that are mostly because this is a Korean model phone
but you also get the wonderful Bixby pre-installed.
I keep coming back to how nice the Galaxy S8 feels
in comparison to the Note.
Don't get me wrong, like I said,
this is an amazing looking phone with glass and metal.
But when you look at how big the screen is on the Galaxy S8
with the rounded corners and everything,
it really does make this feel a lot older.
One thing you're not really giving up
with the Note are specs.
So this is going to be the Exynos 8890 version
which is the international Note 7.
And not only is that going to be a
fairly powerful processor,
paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.
But compared with the Galaxy S8
it is very, very similar in performance.
This is also rocking a very similar 12MP camera
to what you'll find on both
the Galaxy S7 as well as the S8.
Well sure, it's a little bit old at this point,
it is still one of the best looking
smartphone cameras you can get today.
(camera snaps)
The more I think about it, the more the Note Fan Edition
just doesn't make a lot of sense to me.
Not only is this a phone that is essentially
the exact same as what came out a year ago,
but with a smaller battery,
but it does not come cheap.
In Korea, this cost the equivalent of $610.
Almost the same price as a new Galaxy S8.
Don't get me wrong, the Note 7 was a great phone,
and this sort of solves the whole exploding
and not being allowed on planes thing,
which is cool.
But at the end of the day I can't see a lot of people
wanting to buy one of these in 2017
besides for the novelty.
So, would you guys want to
pick up a Galaxy Note Fan Edition?
Let me know in the comments below
and I will catch you on the next one.