Galaxy Note 7 official casings unveiled

True to form, a host of official accessories have been announced by Samsung that will launch alongside the phone in the coming weeks ahead. Taking pride of place is an S View Standing Cover that has a square-cut out on the front to view notifications on the Note 7’s display along with a mechanism to prop it up in a landscape-style viewing position for viewing videos and the like.

Another interesting accessory of note,  pardon the pun, for the Note 7 was their Keyboard Case that’s sized specifically for the Note 7 and lets you crunch paperwork and longer texts on the go. When not needed, you can take the keyboard off and attach it to the rear of the phone. We tested a similar version for the Galaxy S7 Edge with pleasing results.

If you’re wont to go through battery juice like water, you’ll appreciate the hefty Backpack battery case that adds a 3,100mAh battery to the Note 7 to augment the onboard 3,500mAh battery. We tested a similar version on the S7 Edge earlier this year and it didn’t disappoint.

Another accessory of note is a rear ‘lens mount’ casing dubbed the Lens Cover case. It’s otherwise similar to a normal polycarbonate case but has a mount smack dab where the Note 7’s rear camera is that lets you mount a range of interchangeable lenses to augment the Note 7’s already impressive camera with the choice of a 16X telephoto lens or a 108-degree wide angle lens that you can mount on the case.

There’s also an LED View Cover that was officially announced that works like the S7 Edge’s flip cover of similar provenance. LED lights on the flip cover let you see the time and notifications and you’re able to make and take calls by simply swiping the face of the cover. The LED View Cover will come in three different shades – Blue, Black and Gold to match the Note 7’s four official colours though silver seems to be missing from the line-up.

Those looking for more conventional casings may opt for their newly announced Leather and Clear casings. The former comes with a textured leather finish that protects the rear of the phone. The latter performs a similar function but has a clear transparent backplate so you can see the metal finish of the phone.

There’s no official word as yet as to which of these accessories will ship to Malaysia or when but we’ll keep you posted.