Received my S7 Edge today (dunno how), unboxing and questions

[dpham00]

hi, I really like to know if you can use the s7 as an infrared transmitter/ called the infrared blaster (like the s6 edge does)

According to samsung's dutch support it does(confirmed twice). They do agree its not visible on the top side of the device.
Can you check if you can remote control your tv set (by infrared) or use a camera to detect infrared signals (with some app)?

Lots of ppl want to know, including me

Thanks!!!

No ir blaster

 

[inffy]

Yeah I think they removed the if blaster

 

[rushmore]

I'm the same! I always see people posting on the Internet 4 days on the battery, 10 SoT etc and Im lucky to get a day and 3 hour SoT!

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Battery life due to the user habits, duration, background apps, brightness, apps used, ambient temperature, sensors used. GPS, bluetooth, wifi, signal strength, headphones, speakers, volume etc. It is far too subjective to correlate anything but your own use.

I would suggest folks that use other's use for reference might also believe wrestling on TV is real sports

 

[inffy]

Battery life due to the user habits, duration, background apps, brightness, app used, ambient temperature, sensors used. GPS, bluetooth, wifi, signal strenght, headphones, speakers, etc. It is far too subjective to correlate anything but your own use.

Exactly

 

[mikef91]

Glad you were able to get this so early. Thanks for sharing. When you pinch the home screen to get to the home screen settings (Wallpapers, Themes, Screen Grid, etc.), is there a 5x5 option for the screen grid size? I've gotten used to that on the Note 5 and figured the screen would be large enough to accomdate it on the S7 Edge.

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I received mine from T-Mobile yesterday, and yes it does have the setting for the 5x5 grid.

 

[cleaner001]

No ir blaster

where do you get that info from?
according to samsung support it does. But it could be implemented near the flashlight or something. Did you try?

 

[inffy]

I don't trust anything Samsung support says

 

[inffy]

There is also no apps to use for it. They would definately bundle on I think

 

[cleaner001]

even on my s6 there was no app pre-installed for using the remote.

try "anymote smart remote" thats a good app.

 

[ironass]

where do you get that info from?
according to samsung support it does. But it could be implemented near the flashlight or something. Did you try?

The IR Blaster is not shown in the full, official, Samsung User Manual for the Galaxy S7 Edge, G935F, page #7

See, also, Galaxy S7 Edge FULL User Manuals for other models.

 

[cleaner001]

ok thats a convincing anwer. Thanks!

 

[elrubirosso]

Can you give an update on battery and if touch-wiz is as heavy as the GS6

 

[Cakefish]

I've seen a couple people on these forums with the Snapdragon model complaining about lots of heat and poor, laggy performance.

Has that been an issue with your Exynos model, or has it been mostly smooth sailing?

 

[inffy]

I've seen a couple people on these forums with the Snapdragon model complaining about lots of heat and poor, laggy performance.

Has that been an issue with your Exynos model, or has it been mostly smooth sailing?

Smooth sailing atleast for me.

The gfx tests I ran did make the phone warm but I wouldn't call it got.

Considering battery life. It's not really I would expect but I will see if it gets better after few more charges and more normal usage

 

[Dukins]

Smooth sailing atleast for me.

The gfx tests I ran did make the phone warm but I wouldn't call it got.

Considering battery life. It's not really I would expect but I will see if it gets better after few more charges and more normal usage

Yes please keep us informed on the battery life. Geez I need it to at least last all day without turning anything off, making adjustments to this and that, etc. Always been my major gripe with Sammys, the phones are battery hogs. No good in having the perfect phone and it doesnt last throughout the day. May have to get an extended battery for my uses. I've gotten spoiled with my 6s+.

 

[inffy]

Yes please keep us informed on the battery life. Geez I need it to at least last all day without turning anything off, making adjustments to this and that, etc. Always been my major gripe with Sammys, the phones are battery hogs. No good in having the perfect phone and it doesnt last throughout the day. May have to get an extended battery for my uses. I've gotten spoiled with my 6s+.

Truth to be told my Nexus 6p has pretty same kind of battery life.

 

[Dukins]

Truth to be told my Nexus 6p has pretty same kind of battery life.

Meaning same as iPhone battery or the current phone (edge)? I know all users are different and battery life varies per individual, but would you consider yourself a light, moderate, or heavy user?

 

[ThrottleJohnny]

Every user is going to be a heavy user the first few days with this phone lol

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[Cakefish]

Smooth sailing atleast for me.

The gfx tests I ran did make the phone warm but I wouldn't call it got.

That's good to hear!

Yeah, you'd expect the phone to heat up a bit during benchmarks, that's perfectly normal, as benchmarks stress the CPU and GPU to their absolute maximum. Actual games that you'd play in the real world tend to be less demanding than benchmarks.

 

[anon(9842641)]

Does this shows notifications on edge screen like it does in previous edge models?? Like tiny bit of text in corner of side screen??