Biiiiiig phooooooone and I love it!
OK it weighs a ton, let's just get that out of the way. Much heavier than the 6T and a tad more than the Note 9. If you don't care for heavy phones you might want to look elsewhere.
Display is quite stunning. It reminded me of the first time I saw a Galaxy S7 Edge. That big (at the time) bright curved glass and popping colors. The OP7 gives me that same wow factor. It's extremely easy on the eyes and very, very smooth.
Performance is what you would expect, very fast and well, smooth
It does seem quicker than the 6T at some things, and I would attribute that to the UFS 3.0.
New Haptic Motor - YAY!!! It's such a huge improvement if those things matter, and to me they do. You can definitely feel every press, but it's not overbearing.
Camera - I think it's a major improvement over the 6T, but it's not really my area of expertise. I took some side by side shots with my Pixel 3A and I could not tell any difference. The 3x zoom is going to be fun to play with for sure. Slo-mo video is sort of meh, but it's not something I will use.
Stereo Speakers - Another YAY! They aren't the greatest I've ever used on a phone, but they are such an improvement over the 6T and I'm so glad they did it. To pair that gorgeous screen with a cruddy mono speaker would have been criminal.
Warp Charge is fast, but once you get up to 45-50% it tapers off. I've never been a big fan of wireless charging so I do appreciate the extra quick charge.
Phone calls, yes, I do actually speak to people on this thing sound very clear and the speakerphone is more than suitable for normal use. Not exceptionally loud, but loud enough.
The mics seem to be a little better as well. My 6T would often sound like the mics were compressed or gated at times and it was annoying. No signs of that on the 7 so far.
Overall very impressed with this $699 piece of kit. IMHO it's well worth it.
Cheers,
AJ
OK it weighs a ton, let's just get that out of the way. Much heavier than the 6T and a tad more than the Note 9. If you don't care for heavy phones you might want to look elsewhere.
Display is quite stunning. It reminded me of the first time I saw a Galaxy S7 Edge. That big (at the time) bright curved glass and popping colors. The OP7 gives me that same wow factor. It's extremely easy on the eyes and very, very smooth.
Performance is what you would expect, very fast and well, smooth
It does seem quicker than the 6T at some things, and I would attribute that to the UFS 3.0.New Haptic Motor - YAY!!! It's such a huge improvement if those things matter, and to me they do. You can definitely feel every press, but it's not overbearing.
Camera - I think it's a major improvement over the 6T, but it's not really my area of expertise. I took some side by side shots with my Pixel 3A and I could not tell any difference. The 3x zoom is going to be fun to play with for sure. Slo-mo video is sort of meh, but it's not something I will use.
Stereo Speakers - Another YAY! They aren't the greatest I've ever used on a phone, but they are such an improvement over the 6T and I'm so glad they did it. To pair that gorgeous screen with a cruddy mono speaker would have been criminal.
Warp Charge is fast, but once you get up to 45-50% it tapers off. I've never been a big fan of wireless charging so I do appreciate the extra quick charge.
Phone calls, yes, I do actually speak to people on this thing
sound very clear and the speakerphone is more than suitable for normal use. Not exceptionally loud, but loud enough.The mics seem to be a little better as well. My 6T would often sound like the mics were compressed or gated at times and it was annoying. No signs of that on the 7 so far.
Overall very impressed with this $699 piece of kit. IMHO it's well worth it.
Cheers,
AJ
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