Since the concept of the Samsung Galaxy Note7 went up in flames, Samsung is offering full refund to current customers of the smartphone who also are now empowered to purchase other flagship smartphones irrespective of brands. With this being the criteria, it is only natural for Galaxy Note7 users to look at other options. To cater to this, we have listed below three of the "other" options that match up to the Galaxy Note 7, not in terms of going up in flames, but with regard to offering top notch technical aspects.
Check out the list of the smartphones which are capable of serving as replacements for the Galaxy Note 7:
Google's Pixel XL flagship: Neither Google's Nexus range of devices nor its Android One stock Android smartphones have fallen prey to fires and faulty batteries of late (in recent memory). These aspects are expected to continue with the Internet giant's Pixel XL smartphone as well. For technical specs, buyers of the Pixel XL get the following key hardware aspects:
- 5.5-inch display having resolution of 1440 x 2560 with pixel density of 534 ppi
- Android 7.1 (Nougat) operating platform straight out of the box
- Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 SoC
- 12 MP rear camera
- 8 MP front snapper
- 4 GB RAM
- 32/128 GB fixed internal storage variants
- LTE, HSPA, Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi and USB Type-C connectivity
- 3450 mAh fixed Lithium-Ion battery claimed to offer talktime of up to 32 hours on 3G
LG V20: Samsung's South-Korean competitor, LG released its V20 flagship device in September. USP of this device is that it runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat) straight out of the box by virtue of which it is one of the first non-Nexus/non-Google branded devices to offer Android 7.0 to users. If you are curious about this smartphone, then check out its key technical specs below:
- 5.7-inch display having resolution of 1440 x 2560 with pixel density of 513 ppi
- Android 7.0 (Nougat) straight out of the box
- Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC
- Dual 16 MP rear cameras
- 5 MP front camera
- 4 GB RAM
- 32/64 GB internal storage variants
- MicroSD card slot for expansion of internal storage up to 256 GB
- LTE, HSPA, Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi and USB Type-C connectivity
- 3200 mAh Lithium-Ion battery.
Huawei Honor Holly 3: USP of this phone, apart from the fact that it offers those stuck on shoe-string budgets lots to cheer about, is the fact that the device is claimed to be a pure "made in India" product to add substance to the Indian Government's "make in India" initiative. Key technical specifications of this smartphone are:
- 5.5-inch display having resolution of 720 x 1280
- Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) operating system; theoretically expected to receive Android 7.0 (Nougat) as an OS update
- 1.2 GHz Octa-Core Kirin SoC
- 13MP primary camera
- 8MP secondary snapper
- Dual SIM-card slots
- 2GB RAM
- 16GB internal storage
- MicroSD card slot for expansion of internal storage up to 128GB
- LTE, HSPA, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi and microUSB connectivity
- 3100mAh Lithium-Polymer battery.
