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

[inffy]

That's actually pretty damn good. An extremely peppy and capable processor.

BTW OP, I noticed that your screenshots tend to be tilted.

It's a Tapatalk beta bug lol (the tilted shots)

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

It's a Tapatalk beta bug lol (the tilted shots)

Wow. Did you try using the Android Central app instead?

 

[inffy]

Wow. Did you try using the Android Central app instead?

Nope. I don't want to use different app for every forum

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

Nope. I don't want to use different app for every forum

Ah, understood.

I'm really tempted by the S7 Edge, but my current phone is still working fine, and I'm also holding out for the Note 6 because I'm actually quite a fan of the S Pen.

I'll switch to either the S7e or Note 6 if my phone dies prematurely.

(It's an LG G4. On my second unit since the first died to the bootloop issue after 6 months in service)

 

[Cakefish]

Will run geek bench later

Low light samples s7edge vs s6

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ojo2vd6xindprya/AAD0PeYPacqsfWIlifiHPWFGa?dl=0

Thanks so much. Those samples look great! How was the focus speed with the S7 vs S6 in those scenes?

Yeah, I'd love to see those Geekbench scores, cheers

 

[tshirttan408]

Thanks doesn't look too bad. What's your thoughts in comparison to other phones you've had?

 

[tshirttan408]

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Thanks doesn't look too bad. What's your thoughts in comparison to other phones you've had?

 

[DJCBS]

Before the S6/edge, I was used to the double tap and was a deal breaker sometimes until I realized that it took me more time to do the double tap and without security than simply use the Fingerprint and the extra security it brings.

With the Fingerprint you can do the equivalent (more or less) to the double tap, just press the home button and simply leaves your finger on it for a fraction of a second and you're in.

I understand what you mean. However, I rather use double-tap than the fingerprint. Specially since the only place where I think it's logic for them to be is on the side of the phone. And on Samsung's they're in the worst of places as far as I'm concerned (near the bottom of the phone is clearly asking for me to drop the phone mid-way).
Not to mention I've been using double-tap since Nokia came up with it and it's now an automatized gesture for me.

 

[kalinskym]

Could you check the edge panel store to see if there has been any new panels added since the announcement

 

[azie]

Battery life?

 

[albie999]

Battery life?

Has already been posted, look at post #91

 

[ironass]

Haven't noticed any overheating or anything like that. Although haven't played any games.

One thing is that the Exynos version actually seems not use the liquid cooling system (Read this from somewhere)

Actually, you are probably right inffy. Like you, I seem to remember something about the quad core, Qualcomm chip..

Galaxy S7: Samsung racing to fix overheating Snapdragon 820 [Updated]

 

[D13H4RD2L1V3]

That slow-mo you posted is making waves!

It's featured on Android Authority!

Check out the Galaxy S7 filming 240fps slow motion video

 

[inffy]

That slow-mo you posted is making waves!

It's featured on Android Authority!

Check out the Galaxy S7 filming 240fps slow motion video

Yeah noticed. Shame that they can't even link to the sources

 

[ThrottleJohnny]

Does the phone feel pretty speedy in everyday use?

Posted via the Android Central App

 

[Cakefish]

Geekbench3 scores

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Awesome! >2000 single core score was all I wanted to see! And >6000 multi core is fantastic! Thanks for posting!

And this is all on pre-release software too. Official release isn't until 8th March so there could be improvements later down the road

Now the question is how does this compare to the Snapdragon 820?

Actually, you are probably right inffy. Like you, I seem to remember something about the quad core, Qualcomm chip..

Galaxy S7: Samsung racing to fix overheating Snapdragon 820 [Updated]

Really? I'd hope that both versions have liquid cooling. Even if Exynos doesn't actually require it to have a good experience, more cooling is never a bad thing and would allow it to perform even better. Surely if the Snapdragon one had liquid cooling and Exynos didn't there'd be a difference in weight between regions but as far as I know the weight is the same in both regions according to official specification sheet?

 

[inffy]

Does the phone feel pretty speedy in everyday use?

Posted via the Android Central App

Yes. No lag what so ever

 

[tshirttan408]

Awesome! >2000 single core score was all I wanted to see! And >6000 multi core is fantastic! Thanks for posting!

And this is all on pre-release software too. Official release isn't until 8th March so there could be improvements later down the road

Now the question is how does this compare to the Snapdragon 820?

Really? I'd hope that both versions have liquid cooling. Even if Exynos doesn't actually require it to have a good experience, more cooling is never a bad thing and would allow it to perform even better. Surely if the Snapdragon one had liquid cooling and Exynos didn't there'd be a difference in weight between regions but as far as I know the weight is the same in both regions according to official specification sheet?

Which is meant to be better anyway? I'm in the UK so will be getting the Exynos so hoping it will be at least equivalent to the Qualcomm.

 

[Feres Monsri]

Now wait a minute, do those screenshots of the battery life mean that the battery dropped by 35% in only 1h45 on screen time??

So the 100% would only make you through 5h15 on screen time...

This is not that good for 3600mAh!

 

[Cakefish]

Which is meant to be better anyway? I'm in the UK so will be getting the Exynos so hoping it will be at least equivalent to the Qualcomm.

Leaked Geekbench results on pre-release hardware suggested that Snapdragon 820 is slightly faster at single-core tasks while the Exynos 8890 is faster at multi-core tasks. It'll be interesting to see if that holds true for the final retail versions of both versions of the S7s. We need someone with the US S7/S7 edge to run Geekbench to compare!