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

[Wizzy]

Not really sure what to say. I am not very impressed at the moment. My few Finnish friends get over 6h SOT times.

Mostly I think it might have to do with the bad reception signal at home.

The strange thing is that I can't see anything that would be keeping the phone awake from those shots

Google music is very high usage. I'm guessing you stream music with the screen off. This would reduce your available screen on time.

Posted via my LG G4

 

[inffy]

Google music is very high usage. I'm guessing you stream music with the screen off. This would reduce your available screen on time.

Posted via my LG G4

Yup

 

[Arya111]

How badly is the bloatware bothering you?

Would you recommend I upgrade from a Nexus 6P?

 

[drone3]

Here is a guy who has been reviewing the S7 Edge battery life for a while. Its in Italian but you can see his results pretty clearly via the screenshots. One test had over 16hrs on battery, 5hrs of SoT, 2+hrs of talk time and had about 11% left if I recall. That'll do for me and then some!

Samsung Galaxy S7edge | concluso | Andrea Galeazzi

That's what I get on my S6, it should be much better than that.

dreaming of electric sheep

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

Changing themes brings subtle changes to icons, keyboard ect. It's really fantastic.

Posted via the Android Central App

To me, some themes aren't that subtle. They're really noticeable, and I love the theme engine for that since it changes a whole heap like the notification tray, quick toggles, pop-up messages and even the power menu. It's amazing and reminds me a whole lot of CyanogenMod's theme engine in CM12 and newer.

I'm not big on TouchWiz's stock look, but man, those themes are amazing. My personal favorite is the dark Material one. Perfect for AMOLED and my eyes.

 

[inffy]

To me, some themes aren't that subtle. They're really noticeable, and I love the theme engine for that since it changes a whole heap like the notification tray, quick toggles, pop-up messages and even the power menu. It's amazing and reminds me a whole lot of CyanogenMod's theme engine in CM12 and newer.

I'm not big on TouchWiz's stock look, but man, those themes are amazing. My personal favorite is the dark Material one. Perfect for AMOLED and my eyes.

What theme is that?

Ah already running that

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

What theme is that?

Ah already running that

I love that theme a lot.

 

[xocomaox]

That's what I get on my S6, it should be much better than that.

dreaming of electric sheep

With your usage patterns, you will get much better than that.

This will come down to basic hardware. The SoC and battery capacity will provide longer SoT than your current phone.

 

[mc4nam]

Check out gradiation theme as well in Samsung store.. It is great as well.

 

[inffy]

Check out gradiation theme as well in Samsung store.. It is great as well.

Doesn't find anything when searched for gradiation

 

[inffy]

I'll upload a short 4k video to YouTube soon. Youtubes processing will propably take a while

 

[inffy]

And here is the 4k video sample

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lnS0MlSHac

 

[drone3]

Doesn't find anything when searched for gradiation

'Old time' theme is my favourite

dreaming of electric sheep

 

[inffy]

'Old time' theme is my favourite

dreaming of electric sheep

sigh, the theme stores search must be broken as I can't find that either on there. Or maybe it just shows themes that support the S7 series...

 

[Rose4uKY]

I'm looking forward to checking out these themes. My HTC had a themes folder and you downloaded it and it changed your wall paper certain main icons and your sound and font. Never had Sammy before can't wait to check it out.

 

[ckelly33]

I see only a couple of battery life screenshots. Is it holding consistently since it is now a few days out? Improving/worsening? Now that iit is broken in, how does it compare to the s6?

I'm trying to decide between the S7 and S7 Edge - anybody on here know how the bigger batter/bigger screen vs smaller battery/smaller screen turns out by direct comparison?

 

[albie999]

Personally I would say the choice between the S7 and the S7 Edge, is purely down to which one you prefer the look and the style of. For me, the S7 Edge just brings something I have not had on another phone

 

[albie999]

innfy - just wondered, have you tried the camera in 4:3 and 16:9 mode, and noticed much difference? I tend to want to take shots in 16:9, and on my current LG G3, have had to reduce the pixel count down to get the 16:9, similar to what needs to happen on the S7

 

[Brian Fitzpatrick]

This is typical for most smartphones. The sensor is 4:3 in actual shape. When you choose to take a picture in 16:9 mode, you are actually letterboxing or cropping the top and bottom of the picture off, so in fact you are using less pixels to take the picture. Take the same picture in both 4:3 and 16:9 without really moving. You'll notice that in 16:9, you actually have a reduced field of view in your picture. Essentially it's the same as taking the 4:3 photo, cropping to 16:9 and zooming to fit your screen. I always take photos in 4:3. Looks better on most 4:3 tablets and is a hell of a lot better for printing. If I want it to be 16:9, I can crop it myself.

 

[albie999]

This is typical for most smartphones. The sensor is 4:3 in actual shape. When you choose to take a picture in 16:9 mode, you are actually letterboxing or cropping the top and bottom of the picture off, so in fact you are using less pixels to take the picture. Take the same picture in both 4:3 and 16:9 without really moving. You'll notice that in 16:9, you actually have a reduced field of view in your picture. Essentially it's the same as taking the 4:3 photo, cropping to 16:9 and zooming to fit your screen. I always take photos in 4:3. Looks better on most 4:3 tablets and is a hell of a lot better for printing. If I want it to be 16:9, I can crop it myself.

Cool, thanks for that. Thought it might have done something different. Suppose just nice seeing full screen on a 16:9 display