Mine does seem a little snappier. With my first one I did a smart switch with a cable linking the Note 7 to my Note 5. I never really noticed any lag issues except for scrolling in Facebook but just assumed it was the app. With the replacement, I backed up my old Note 7 to my computer through the Smart Switch program. With the new phone I hooked it up to my computer and did a restore through the Smart Switch program, this is the only only thing I changed when setting it up. Now when in the Facebook app it scrolls much more smoothly but this could have been an update to the app, who knows. One thing I also noticed, unlocking my phone with my fingerprint is way faster. To the point where I thought the fingerprint unlock wasn't set up until I tried using a different finger then the one I scanned. All in all it's running great, stoked to have my Note 7 back, the S7 loaner was a huge downgrade.