Re: This lag is unfreakingbelievable
I don't think it's due to 200 apps, I've had 400+ on my phones since the HD2. There is some lag for sure when multitasking. I do use apps to contain all my apps. But even with little running apps this thing will become ugly fast. I still have my Note 5 sitting next to it as I upgraded and made the Note 7 exactly the same. The N5 did NOT have this much lag. I could get it to lag with lots of things going and little ram left, but it would recover nicely. The N7 at least on TMOUS stock will get an update and it should address it.
Hard Reset should fix most of the lag but I'm lazy and will wait for the update as it will clear the dalvik etc. Overall though I do like the phone, and glad to have the SD card back. I use my phone heavily for work and on the road. I use a lot of PDF's and office doc's and very little gaming.
I'm not new to phones, just search me up on XDA and you'll see I've been around as a DEV / MOD / WMobile / WPhone / Symbian etc.
I can't root anymore due to work and samsung pay....
But I do use Package Disabler, SD Maid, 3C Toolbox Pro. I don't see much lag with Nova, only when I run several apps and switch back and forth. I even see it in the notifications dismiss (takes a sec or 2 to disappear).
Anyhow, I've seen this stuff before and 99% sure it will be fixed and perform better lag wise than the N5 with an update or 2.