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Samsung Note 7 teardown reveals waterproof components
iFixit, famous destroyer of gadgets for the good of all humankind, has busted out its arsenal of teardown tools to take apart a Samsung Galaxy Note 7. In the team's quest to see every single component inside the phone, they found several sealed components that make the device waterproof. If you'll recall, the phone is rated IP68, which means it can withstand being submerged for up to 30 minutes or five feet underwater. The teardown reveals that the company achieved that rating by protecting the device's headphone jack with a sealing gasket, the speaker with several layers of material and its S Pen chamber with copious amounts of glue, among other measures.
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 review
Note: On September 2nd, 2016, Samsung issued a global recall for the Galaxy Note 7 following several dozen reports of exploding batteries. Then, on October 10th, the company permanently discontinued the device after reports that replacement units were also exploding. Though this review is still live on Engadget's site for posterity's sake, we have elected to remove the original score. Needless to say too, even if the Note 7 were still being sold we would no longer be able to recommend it.
Samsung schedules Galaxy Note 7 event for August 2nd
Samsung has just sent us an invitation for its Note event in New York City, and yes, it's for the Note 7. We've heard for awhile now that the company would be skipping over a number for its next phablet, but now it appears to be official. According to Samsung, the name of the device will "minimize confusion" and "complement" the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge handsets, thus unifying the product portfolio. There's not much else we know about the phone, though rumors suggest a 5.7-inch QHD Super AMOLED display handset with a 12-megapixel rear camera and 64GB of storage. It's all rather mysterious, but as the event will be on August 2nd, we won't have long to find out more.
