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Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by emilsedgh »

Geee wrote: post #44
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…

Hotspot is just Settings -> Turn on Hotspot. No configuration (even the password is auto-filled). Not sure what you have been doing.

As I described in another comment, that item in my menu was missing so I had to follow a series of very weird steps until it appeared.

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by dwightgunning »

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 :)

I bought a 6P late last week after the screen on my 5 died (it was a replacement I DIY'd after cracking the glass on the original).

Probably the worst timing possible given the MWC is on.

First impressions have been great. The build quality, speed and screen have all been a nice incremental improvement.

The Nexus 5 had been rock solid and I probably wouldn't advise anybody rush into the upgrade.

Stock Android is fantastic.

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by noobermin »

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…

>[...]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.

Odd, I have a nexus 5X and I do not have this issue. The camera is pretty responsive. I think I've experienced some momentary freezes (the number of which I can count on one hand after 3 months?). YMMV? Although using "ymmv" makes no sense because they are the same device...

Also, the battery life is great and it is an good device over all.

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by marak830 »

pasbesoin wrote: post #58
ageitgey wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I had the same worry when i purchased a note 3. It really becomes natural after a few weeks(at least for me).

Just dont drop it on your face, reading in bed. A little more mass haha.

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by Keyframe »

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 :)

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.

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by kweks »

massysett wrote: post #75
vinay427 wrote: post #5

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Sounds just like what HTC did with the HTC One in 2013: http://www.androidcentral.com/megapixels-ultrapixels-samsung... >The HTC One trades sheer megapixel count for larger (2-micron) pixels on the sensor itself, allowing for improved low-light capabilities when combined with its wide-angle f/2.0 lens. >the HTC One runs rings around the Galaxy S4 in night shots

"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 again.

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by soared »

tempestn wrote: post #78

I love the Samsung hardware, and own an S6 - mostly because I was excited about Gear VR - but I really wish I could root my phone without forever tripping some "Knox" bit that might theoretically have repercussions in the future, and at the very least would affect resale value. In an ideal world, root would be a built-in feature, which can only be accessed through some obscure code, like the developer settings. It wo…

The actual reason to not do it: They don't want you to. We sold you this, don't fuck with it like that. You technically own it and can root it, but then if it slows down you don't blame the root you blame the phone. When your friend sees your non-factory clean S6, he associates all those custom features with an S6, and not a rooted S6. They made a product and want everyone to use it and see it as they intended, rooting detracts from that. You have every right to, they just don't want you to.

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by DrScump »

SmallBets wrote: post #9

Still happy with my S3 and feel I'm not missing any key features. The more generations go on you realize just how incremental the phone upgrades have gotten for quite some time now.

If you relegate it to less usage (e.g. a second phone or hand-me-down to less-frequent user), be sure to keep cycling the phone periodically. When I semi-retired my GS3, I've had a big problem with batteries becoming unusable, even factory batteries.

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by DrScump »

massysett wrote: post #74
rwmj wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I only replaced my S3 in October (after ~ 3 years) because the battery finally gave up, and I didn't want to run the gauntlet of fakes/scams that is trying to buy a replacement battery. The thing is I was able to turn the S3 into a music player by plugging it into a cheap bluetooth speaker/charger basestation and running the Squeezebox client.

"I didn't want to run the gauntlet of fakes/scams that is trying to buy a replacement battery" I felt the same way when I had to replace a phone battery...which then made me wonder what the point of having a replaceable battery is when you worry that a replacement battery might explode. So my next phone, HTC One, did not have a replaceable battery and I did not miss it. Replacements are too hard to find and besides i…

I wonder if the lame-aftermarket-battery issue is part of what drives the trend toward non-replaceable batteries?

Re: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge

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Post by scrollaway »

Keyframe wrote: post #85
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 :)

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.
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