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Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by Urgo »

I've been a Samsung supporter for a long time. I've had the note 2, 3, 4, and now 5. I really do love the Note 5 but I'm really mad at Samsung for creating another generation with no removable battery. I maxed out the storage in the Note5 when I got it since it also wasn't removable and I've never had issues with that.

However, the battery life which was pretty decent at the beginning is now horrible. At home, on wifi, I'm lucky to make it 12 hours with minimal usage before needing to charge. On previous notes about half a year in I swap the battery with a replacement and get full life again. Can't on the Note 5 and looks like the S7 series is going to be the same :/ Really poor choice Samsung.

I see why they're doing they're not making the battery removable though. They're pushing portable chargers.....

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by AndrewKemendo »

cryptoz wrote: post #41
AndrewKemendo wrote: post #23

The most important feature of my S5 is the fact that it's waterproof - glad they carried that over to the S7. My kids like to throw stuff in the toilet, including any phone that is not actively being held, or splash on them from the bath, so it has saved me many many times already. That's what sets it apart from the Apple devices for me as a daily device and I'm surprised more phones don't do that - but apparently co…

Waterproofing isn't as obvious as it seems, though. The previous iterations of Samsung S series that were not waterproof included an amazing array of environmental sensors that they can't seem to add and also have waterproofing. The Galaxy S4 had a hygrometer and a thermometer, which are absolutely awesome and represent a really amazing trend of smartphones and environmental sensing. They removed those sensors for th…

I mean this is just about tradeoffs. I'll happily trade a hygrometer and thermometer for being waterproof. The former gives me marginally more information about my environment is some kind of specific niche cases - the latter prevents me from needing to buy a new phone and also allowing me to not worry about it around water.

No brainer.

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by ryanmonroe »

AndrewKemendo wrote: post #23

The most important feature of my S5 is the fact that it's waterproof - glad they carried that over to the S7. My kids like to throw stuff in the toilet, including any phone that is not actively being held, or splash on them from the bath, so it has saved me many many times already. That's what sets it apart from the Apple devices for me as a daily device and I'm surprised more phones don't do that - but apparently co…

Apple doesn't advertise it, but the iPhone 6 is pretty water proof. In this video it was left in the water with the screen on for >20 minutes and all happened was the speaker stopped working.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uuCXXNtGMQ

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

#54

Post by kozukumi »

switch007 wrote: post #39
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 :)

Not to rain on your hyperbole parade ;), but how long is the "incredible" battery life? Asking for a friend with an ageing nexus 4, who swore not to spend that much on a phone again...

well there are two areas to my incredible claim :)

first is that the battery easily lasts me 2 days sometimes into a 3rd day if I use it a little less than normal.

however I only ever charge it for 15-20 minutes and in that time the fast charge gets me back up to 80something %. It is amazing how fast it charges. I never worry about the battery life on this phone which is the first time I have ever said that since smartphone came along.

for me the fast charging is actually the more important thing for me as being able to get 50+% battery charge in around 15 minutes is just awesome.

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by ageitgey »

pasbesoin wrote: post #49
switch007 wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not to rain on your hyperbole parade ;), but how long is the "incredible" battery life? Asking for a friend with an ageing nexus 4, who swore not to spend that much on a phone again...

I've been considering a... is it the "5x", now? Mid-range price. The camera is supposed to be excellent. Somewhat more pocketable. And, being on Verizon, my understanding is that I can pop in the micro-SIM from my 2013 Moto X and it will "just work", despite Verizon not officially supporting the 5x. For that is a primary concern of mine. Due to circumstances, I'm kind of stuck with Verizon (in the U.S.). But I will n…

I have a Nexus 6P and got my wife a Nexus 5X thinking it would be a smaller version of basically the same thing. The 6P has been nice, but the 5X has all sorts of issues with bad performance. For example, opening the camera will often freeze the phone for 10-20 seconds. Google still hasn't fixed this after 4 months [1].

It frustrated my wife enough that we sold it and got a used Galaxy S6 instead. It worked a lot better overall (despite running an older version of Android).

It's really disappointing. On paper, the Nexus 5X looks like a great phone. But in practice, basic features like taking pictures don't work reliably.

[1] https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/nexus/8D7t6xJVw...

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by blinkingled »

pasbesoin wrote: post #49
switch007 wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not to rain on your hyperbole parade ;), but how long is the "incredible" battery life? Asking for a friend with an ageing nexus 4, who swore not to spend that much on a phone again...

I've been considering a... is it the "5x", now? Mid-range price. The camera is supposed to be excellent. Somewhat more pocketable. And, being on Verizon, my understanding is that I can pop in the micro-SIM from my 2013 Moto X and it will "just work", despite Verizon not officially supporting the 5x. For that is a primary concern of mine. Due to circumstances, I'm kind of stuck with Verizon (in the U.S.). But I will n…

Yes any activated Verizon SIM should work with either of the Nexus phones. (I used one from my M8 and it worked fine in a 6P. Also you'll need a nano SIM - you can cut your micro sim using any one of the SIM cutters from Amazon.)

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by pasbesoin »

levemi wrote: post #30
jonknee wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Without updates your phone is even more of a security nightmare than it is already.

I explicitly said that I do want security updates, I don't need the next version of Android though. If the current software I have is broken, please just fix that and not ship me something my phone can't deal with.

I've had the same experience with my 2013 Moto X. Phone used to be sufficiently responsive for my use. Updated to 5.1, and things hang momentarily and lag.

And, I'm not talking about browsing and other uses that continue to escalate power demands. The darned phone app/dialer is quite laggy. One difference that might account for some of it, is that the appear to have made it more graphical and to have further animated the graphical elements it displays.

Under 4, the dialer popped right up, populated its list displays expeditiously and smoothly, and did things the moment you touched the control.

Now, it can take a couple of seconds just to launch. Buttons are harder to hit because they are smaller, move around, and are not positioned at the screen edge as they were before. The also don't respond consistently; often there is a delay, and occasionally a touch doesn't register at all.

The recent calls list displays a couple of days with only some jerkiness, but the requires an explicit tap to go further back and quite noticeably delays when first doing so and continues to delay and stutter as one scrolls down.

Function first. Then form, or "design." The move from 4.x to 5.x seemed to get this backward, in this regard.

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by pasbesoin »

ageitgey wrote: post #55
pasbesoin wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been considering a... is it the "5x", now? Mid-range price. The camera is supposed to be excellent. Somewhat more pocketable. And, being on Verizon, my understanding is that I can pop in the micro-SIM from my 2013 Moto X and it will "just work", despite Verizon not officially supporting the 5x. For that is a primary concern of mine. Due to circumstances, I'm kind of stuck with Verizon (in the U.S.). But I will n…

I have a Nexus 6P and got my wife a Nexus 5X thinking it would be a smaller version of basically the same thing. The 6P has been nice, but the 5X has all sorts of issues with bad performance. For example, opening the camera will often freeze the phone for 10-20 seconds. Google still hasn't fixed this after 4 months [1]. It frustrated my wife enough that we sold it and got a used Galaxy S6 instead. It worked a lot bet…

Thank you! I will look into that further.

And I will consider the price bump for the 6P -- and how I will carry it around.

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by pcurve »

tetraodonpuffer wrote: post #27

nice to see that sd cards are supported again as well as waterproofing, now if they could figure out a way to removable battery with the same form-factor (because if they had a plastic back they'd be crucified in the press, despite the fact that a plastic back is just as good IMHO) it would be amazing

I have s4 and i love its plastic build. It's a phone with 2-3 year life, with $5 scrap value at the end. No a Rolex.
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