Samsung Glaxy 7

[us1415]

Re: Samsung Glaxy 7

@TofiBaba

What do you carry around on your phone?
You do know that SD card I/O is much slower than NAND, right? That’s why manufacturer’s don’t want to leave speed to critic’s interpretation

I used to have lots of audio-books and ISO’s for which i needed the space. And then ofcourse leave all pics and videos on the device. But since everything gets uploaded to Google Photos i don’t worry about the last bit.

Music mostly. I also download training videos to look at later when I am not connected since At&t’s connection is meh where I am.

[us1415]

Re: Samsung Glaxy 7

@Doppleganger

well, there is an inverse relationship to performance wrt how much storage you use on your phone.

I do agree that moving apps isn’t worth it to an SD card unless you have those more expensive better class cards.

@aka: touchwhiz would be touchwhiz. I think that S5 might get 6.0 by the end of this year or you could root if you are up to it. This is why if you want the clean iPhone experience with regular updates, you stick to Nexus line as a starter. Of course, iPhone wins out as 4s that came years ago still gets updates unlike any android phone from that time. Nexus might come very close but otherwise, it is a mess with all the malware attacks that happen on the older (and even some newer) Android OSes.

I have not run touchwiz on my phone since Note 2. I bought Nova launcher and have used it since. One of the best ones out there.

[Doppleganger]

Re: Samsung Glaxy 7

I love Nova Launcher. I tried the GO Launcher, but man so much crap that came with it. Only LG’s touchwhiz counterpart comes close. I do wonder if touchwhiz stops taking space in RAM / storage if you stop using it. There is no option to disable it in Marshmallow.

[PrinceMS]

Re: Samsung Glaxy 7

@mahool

I was thinking to buy S6.. now S7 will be in market.
Micro chip feature is back in S7… and S7 is water proof…

Depends on your price point. If you buying it out - S6. If you getting it subsidized then S7 (as long your cost is ~$350ish - not MSRP $900)

@MustafaQuraishi

i have never understood the craze for samsung devices (and the iphone). The phone is exactly the same as S6. Yes there are some improvements under the hood but for a regular user those improvements wouldn’t make much of a difference. not to mention the ugly touchwiz.

checkout G5 … probably one of the best phone ever made … or wait for couple of months. HTC and BlackBerry migh release their next android phone.

Samsung was really good alternative to iPhone because they had all the tools built in right from start into their interface. Back in the day , you had to download lot of apps which you will expect out of the box. If you still don’t want to customize / change things - samsung is still better option (specially for older folks)

@MM

Oh, also, i hated the S6 edge and edge+. So not really excited about the s7.

It’s water resistant, not water proof. Please don’t be scuba diving with your new mobile device.

Fast charging? :k:… Fashionably late to the party.
And the s7 is still only housing 3000 mAh. S7 edge offers 3600 mAh. So I guess fast charging was a good offer considering you’ll need to recharge… Often.

And still no removable back so no extended or interchangeable batteries.

Expandable memory? :k:… But why did you take it away in the first place?

And only 12 megapixel read camera? When everyone else in the game has been bettering their camera game, Samsung is happy just staying in its comfort zone. Right on! Way to not conform… Or something?

Samsung reduced to 12mpx from 16mpx because now it has f1.7 aperature. Meaning its even better in low light, faster focus and 4k works better (I can expalin but this will get too boring)

@MustafaQuraishi

The reason that you are judging a phone camera by its megapixels has told me enough about your understanding of technology or phones. HTC M9 had 20MP camera but its camera sucked compared to Sumsung S6 16MP.

I don’t have problem with people appreciating the under the hood upgrades. I have problem when they only focus on one phone upgrade and don’t focus anywhere else. BlackBerry Priv had 3500mAH battery (more than any 5.5" smartphone) and no one would talk about it. But when samsung up their batter for S7 to 3000mAH everyeone starts “OMG … thats a huge update” …

TouchWiz isn’t bad ? Have you ever tried using HTC Sense ? If you really want to feel the premium software UI then try that and then you would know how much TouchWiz lack. Keep in mind, you are using TOUCH SCREEN device. not an old school windows computer where you have to click on buttons. The whol idea of touch is you can use gestures, swipes etc … yet people are stuck with “buttons” on samsung touchwiz.

Sense is awesome, could be better though. Nova!!

@mahool

Cameras are judged by power of lens no the resolution of image…

For cameras yes, for phones its the size of sensor

@teggy

meh. Another battery killer. OP do yourself a solid and get an iPhone you’ll be happier if you just want a solid platform to use without needing to mess around with closing background processes because they’re draining your battery from 100% to 30% within the hour since charge.

Not True

@akaprincess

has anyone upgraded to Lollipop yet?

I have had the update icon on my phone for a long time now, but I’m afraid to upgrade it because of the horrible reviews. but it’s been about a year now, and I can’t seem to find any recent reviews online

for reference, I have the Galaxy s5

Lollipop then came marshmallow and this year new OS coming with letter N
Lollipop is good , i will suggest upgrade it

@Doppleganger

I love Nova Launcher. I tried the GO Launcher, but man so much crap that came with it. Only LG’s touchwhiz counterpart comes close. I do wonder if touchwhiz stops taking space in RAM / storage if you stop using it. There is no option to disable it in Marshmallow.

There is a way to disable even system apps (without rooting) - You need to connect it to PC. And don’t disable anything thats really needed - you will have to reset the phone

[teggy]

Re: Samsung Glaxy 7

Of course it’s true, otherwise people would not be reporting the issue. Samsung Smartphones have a poor battery life history, and it can only change with significant improvements to address that particular area whether on the hardware side or the software/OS.

[Doppleganger]

Re: Samsung Glaxy 7

There is a way to disable even system apps (without rooting) - You need to connect it to PC. And don’t disable anything thats really needed - you will have to reset the phone

You could just go to applications and disable it (since kit kat?) but I have deleted the data for the two touchwhiz system apps. Hopefully, that is enough.

[parachautoparts]

Re: Samsung Glaxy 7

Yup, it is,
Just compare both phones specs. then make a choice as per your priorities that what exactly you prefer in phone you have