Ok, so every time I go into any store where they are selling the S7, every single salesman tells me "oh, this is Octa-Core, and has Liquid Cooling" etc. I've been trying to do my homework, and make sure I know what's what before I ask stoopid questions. From what I can tell from looking at the forums, and from specs, etc, it sounds like the US version of the S7 uses a (supposedly overclocked?) Snapdragon 820, which looks like it is only quad core (2 x dual core), and the international version of the S7 uses an Exynos 8890, which is indeed an 8 core (2 x quad core). From the comparisons I've seen, both are very good, some reviews lean towards the Snapdragon, and some lean towards the Exynos, in terms of how fast certain things are, etc. As for the so called liquid cooling, I've seen in those tear down videos that it is simply a teeny tiny heat pipe, which may or may not have some sort of liquid in it, so calling that liquid cooling sounds more like marketing horse manure as usual. I'm not really worried about that. I see on Amazon, several S7's for sale, and they are the unlocked international version with the true 8 core, and via my carrier, I see the 4 core Snapdragon US version. I know that the carrier version is going to be locked, and have bloatware, etc. What I am wondering however is this, what are the pro's and con's of each version? With the carrier version, I can use the insurance I am already paying for, and have a warranty through them. I can't get any other color other than the black or the gold. With the international unlocked version, it looks like I won't have any warranty whatsoever, but I can get whatever color I like, including a white one I've seen, not get any carrier bloatware, but are there any other things I do or do not get with either version? I've seen a few people say that some payment method on the phone doesn't work with the international version. Are there any other "gotcha's" one must be aware of? I am somewhat concerned that the US phone is only quad core, despite all the salesmen claiming it to be 8 core. I am also concerned that I saw somewhere that the US quad core phone is overclocked? That doesn't make me very comfortable to hear that. That sounds like a recipe for disaster. Can anyone confirm or deny the truthfulness of that claim? I am hoping it was just a rumor and not true. I am currently using my 3 year old S4, that I really like still, but it is getting old and slow, the battery is no longer holding a charge very long, and I'm getting ready to move on. Oh, and one last thing, my S4 from the beginning seems to have always had odd issues with connecting and staying connected to my D-Link router, both of them that I've had over the last 3 years. Went from an N to an AC router, and it always has trouble staying connected to those, and even other routers and access points, it sometimes has connection issues with. I've seen one or two people saying that the S7 does something similar, anyone else can confirm or deny this also? I don't want to pay almost $700 for a new phone only to have the same old problems.
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