1) Don't have the phone yet, so I don't know. I'd imagine no, although you can still place Flipboard's widget on your homescreens.
2) It's close. Like the S7, it was a huge improvement over the crappy slow motion one from the previous Samsung phones, but iPhone still has an edge when it comes to post-processing (granted, it's marginal now).
3) Pictures aren't really saved with the black bars... just the sensor (4:3) doesn't 'match' the display (kinda like 4:3 doesn't fit a 16:9 screen and it either adds bars to the sides or crops out the edges to make it 16:9). Doesn't bother me as it gives you room for the controls to 'live in' and not overlap on the image you're taking. Might bother me a bit when watching on the Gallery, though, but I don't think it'll be that bad.
4) Yes. It helps both with grip (most reviewers agree this is one slippery phone) and with avoiding unwanted touches on those sexy curves. Plus, some drop protection for that glass and metal edges isn't bad.
5)Nova user here, too, and plan to use that. ALTHOUGH I do plan to at least take TouchWiz for a spin for a few days just to see how it's evolved. But still plan to keep Nova.
6) Again, until I get the phone I can't comment on this one. Based on early reviews, however, battery life seems to be pretty decent.
7) If you're comparing with the S6, yes, but against the S7, not a lot. Image processing, however, has improved even compared to the S7.
04-19-2017 02:07 PM