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Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by kozukumi »

vram22 wrote: post #62
kozukumi wrote: post #37

Looks great but no way am I going to go back to Samsung now I have a Nexus 6P. In the past the Nexus phones have always been kinda "nice but not great" but the 6P is easily one of best phones you can buy. The camera is top-notch, the screen is stunning, performance is awesome and battery life is incredible. And stock Android is bliss. I can't really fault it :)

You find no cons in it (as in pros and cons) at all? Unusual - for me, anyway. Never had that experience with a phone.

Ok I should be clear about what I mean when I say I can't fault it. Obviously nothing is perfect. If you want me to really take things a part then sure I would have preferred the headphone jack be on the bottom as that is my personal preference. I would put OIS in the camera. I would improve the stock Android camera app.

However I still can't really fault the phone as it is. Sure I would change some things but nothing about it is fundamentally faulty.

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by fsloth »

jacobsenscott wrote: post #95

Samsung has good hardware, but their software is so bad. I didn't mind because I could root it and install cyanogen. But they made that impossible to do on the S4. That's just malicious. I'm convinced their software engineers have a competition to see who can write the worst code without getting fired and get it shipped. Clearly nobody has ever been fired at samsung. Their awful software combined with their pathologi…

To offer an anecdote from another point of view I'm quite pleased with my Note 3 but all I do on my phone is browse with Chrome, read email, draw occasionally (thus the Note), take some video, watch netflix and some sms and actual phone calls.

I've disabled the fancy stuff like multi display, though.

My baseline expectations for samsung software are quite low so it might just be that I'm happy this phone works at all - but I can't recall the last time any software issues actually impacted me in a negative way. I don't have any carrier stuff on the phone, maybe that's a factor.

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by saiya-jin »

riotdash wrote: post #50
emilsedgh wrote: post #10

I few months ago I lost my 3 years old HTC One, so I had to get a new phone. For the first time I decided to get an iPhone. So I got a 6s. Worst mobile phone I've ever had. The battery life is terrible. Now I understand why people have 'Power banks' with them all the time. The phone also dies with 40% battery! I turn it on, it shows a splash screen meaning low battery, turns on, shows 40% battery, then dies after a m…

"(And I'm not a fanboy of Google/Android, I wish we had a FOSS OS with an open ecosystem, but Android just works, unlike ios)" :D You most definitely are or you somehow managed to mix iPhone and Android in every single sentence. Most of the stuff are not even opinions, they are just simply wrong information/lies. "The user interface (which it was supposed to shine at) is just bad. I can never find items I'm looking f…

he is a fanboy, and you are completely unbiased guy that just happens to insult anonymous people on HN... right :) shame on you

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by vram22 »

Spivak wrote: post #112
yareally wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have one. I find the width too large and I'm 6'4". Dislike having to carry it while running as well due to the size. I end up taking my cheaper, smaller windows phone while running instead. Also, the slippery metal back can easily make it fall out of gym shorts and sweats if you don't want a case. Other than those 2 aspects, I'm pretty happy with it.

Here are a few cons as someone else who has one. * The shape of the actual phone. It's completely ridiculous that the phone doesn't sit naturally on a flat table. However, Google's case completely fixes this problem. * Good luck finding a case that offers non-trivial protection. * (This could be a pro) You likely cant walk into your carrier's store and buy one which means you have to buy it directly from Google and w…

It must be pretty good then if you like it with all those cons. Got to look for a mid-range phone that I'd really like and recommend :)

I agree that non-replaceable batteries are not so good.

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by Keyframe »

scrollaway wrote: post #90
Keyframe wrote: post #85

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One con about Nexus phone is... well, try and buy one anywhere outside of US or some large country. You can't. I can't understand how that's possible with a company of that size.

ebay. I'm in Greece and got a reasonably priced 6P through there.

That's brave! What about warranty?

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by kozukumi »

yareally wrote: post #65
vram22 wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You find no cons in it (as in pros and cons) at all? Unusual - for me, anyway. Never had that experience with a phone.

I have one. I find the width too large and I'm 6'4". Dislike having to carry it while running as well due to the size. I end up taking my cheaper, smaller windows phone while running instead. Also, the slippery metal back can easily make it fall out of gym shorts and sweats if you don't want a case. Other than those 2 aspects, I'm pretty happy with it.

I have pretty small hands yet I am ok with the size for about 90% of my use. I wanted a mini-tablet and that is exactly what I got :)

I wouldn't want to run with it though! I can imagine that would be a pain in the ass as it is big. Not super heavy or bulky but I can't see it being very comfortable just because of the dimensions.

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by takee »

barbs wrote: post #106
jacobsenscott wrote: post #95

Samsung has good hardware, but their software is so bad. I didn't mind because I could root it and install cyanogen. But they made that impossible to do on the S4. That's just malicious. I'm convinced their software engineers have a competition to see who can write the worst code without getting fired and get it shipped. Clearly nobody has ever been fired at samsung. Their awful software combined with their pathologi…

What exactly is so bad about their software?

I have come to quite like the split pane and app resize features that others talked about. As per the bloatware that came with my s6 edge, I disabled most of those apps the very first day and haven't run into any problems because of that. My phone's battery life is very much comparable to my girlfriend's iPhone 6s, both of which last us through a full day with average use. The only difference being that because I have the s6, I get the Ultra power saving mode though which if turned on at 3% charge or so let's me make/receive calls, text/whatsapp my friends, browse the interwebs, Facebook and Twitter for another 8-10 hours.

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by kyoji »

darklajid wrote: post #149
barbs wrote: post #106

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What exactly is so bad about their software?

The most annoying things for me: - a shitload of unwanted stuff (Samsung Services, Samsung Applications) that randomly update themselves - The 'resize window' feature. If you've seen people using a Note you might've noticed that they had two apps open at the same time for example. The rather small (this is a 'pro', btw) S6E has the same feature, but it is pointless. Worse, I constantly, daily, activate it in error. R…

On my Note 4 you can disable 'Multi-Window' entirely, have you looked into this?

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by darklajid »

kyoji wrote: post #158
darklajid wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The most annoying things for me: - a shitload of unwanted stuff (Samsung Services, Samsung Applications) that randomly update themselves - The 'resize window' feature. If you've seen people using a Note you might've noticed that they had two apps open at the same time for example. The rather small (this is a 'pro', btw) S6E has the same feature, but it is pointless. Worse, I constantly, daily, activate it in error. R…

On my Note 4 you can disable 'Multi-Window' entirely, have you looked into this?

I haven't found that and - embarrassed by this comment, thinking that I missed something obvious - failed again just now. Online guides (always trying to _enable_ that for some reason) don't match what I see at all.

If you have a pointer I'd be very, very glad about it.

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by lqdc13 »

kweks wrote: post #86
massysett wrote: post #75

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"the HTC One runs rings around the Galaxy S4 in night shots" Maybe Samsung is doing something right here...but the HTC One had an awful camera. I bought it for the low-light camera performance. But it had some sort of hardware flaw that caused low light photos to have a purple haze. HTC had a replacement program, which would have required me to go without a phone for weeks. So I got Verizon to replace my phone with a…

I had the same phone, bought for the same reason, and had the same problem. It was a hugely expensive phone, with terrible, terrible lowlight photos and broken AF. Furthermore, HTC refused to replace it under their replacement policy, as I had placed a custom ROM on the phone. The woman on the phone actually said: this is a known hardware issue, but you changed your ROM, so bad luck. Never would buy another HTC phone…

Should put original ROM back. It's the same with all phones.
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