I purchased the S7 about four weeks ago. These are my top four complaints after making the switch from an Iphone 4S. If someone is aware of a feature I am not or can suggest a work around I would appreciate it.
- Raised home button. I had my first **** dialing experience by keeping the S7 in my pocket. I had to program a security code which I don’t like or use the fingerprint which doesn’t work very well to prevent the **** dial. Even absent the **** dial, it is a battery drain to constantly activate the home button. The Iphone of course has a depressed circle for the home button which is not activated when the phone is in tight quarters.
- No physical mute switch on side of phone. It is a pain to activate the phone in order to turn down the ringer until it mutes.
- Clearing notifications. I used to have a Droid before the Iphone but forgot about the constant notifications a person receives via Android. I have turned off all notifications except for the phone and text. On the Iphone, notifications appearing on the lock screen are immediately cleared after pressing the home button. On the S7 you have to go into the message app and look at the new message before the message clears on the lock screen. This is a huge time waster after you have already read the message on the lock screen. Argh!
- Battery Life no better that Iphone 4S. The battery life on this phone was supposed to be great. I am a super lite phone user. I use less than a ½ gig of data per month. I still have to charge this phone every day even with wifi off!
The main reason I got rid of my Iphone was I don’t like Itunes as a music manager and figured the navigation would be better on the S7 although with apps like Waze now available on the Iphone this really doesn’t apply like it once did. I hate to take a hit on a brand new phone, but may have to switch back to Iphone. Please send helpful suggestions if you can. - Thanks
- Raised home button. I had my first **** dialing experience by keeping the S7 in my pocket. I had to program a security code which I don’t like or use the fingerprint which doesn’t work very well to prevent the **** dial. Even absent the **** dial, it is a battery drain to constantly activate the home button. The Iphone of course has a depressed circle for the home button which is not activated when the phone is in tight quarters.
- No physical mute switch on side of phone. It is a pain to activate the phone in order to turn down the ringer until it mutes.
- Clearing notifications. I used to have a Droid before the Iphone but forgot about the constant notifications a person receives via Android. I have turned off all notifications except for the phone and text. On the Iphone, notifications appearing on the lock screen are immediately cleared after pressing the home button. On the S7 you have to go into the message app and look at the new message before the message clears on the lock screen. This is a huge time waster after you have already read the message on the lock screen. Argh!
- Battery Life no better that Iphone 4S. The battery life on this phone was supposed to be great. I am a super lite phone user. I use less than a ½ gig of data per month. I still have to charge this phone every day even with wifi off!
The main reason I got rid of my Iphone was I don’t like Itunes as a music manager and figured the navigation would be better on the S7 although with apps like Waze now available on the Iphone this really doesn’t apply like it once did. I hate to take a hit on a brand new phone, but may have to switch back to Iphone. Please send helpful suggestions if you can. - Thanks