S7 Edge... still worth it?

[mysamsungs7e]

Thank you!!!!

 

[jejb]

The problem with disabling those is you have to re-enable them to take an update. I didn't do any of that on my S7E and still get awesome battery life. I disabled a few from the Applications setting, like NFL football, but only a small handful.

 

[mysamsungs7e]

Yeah that's what I did

 

[wookiee2cu]

To the OP, if you are in need of a phone then I would go with the S7 Edge. If you can wait till March time frame then I would and get the S8/S8 Edge (assuming Samsung sticks to the same time frame as they did with the S7 Edge). Not sure what kind of contract you have with Verizon so if you only get one upgrade every 12 months then I would hold off and get the latest, otherwise you will be a year behind in the tech.

 

[CaribMas]

I noticed that Verizon is selling the galaxy S7 edge for only $15 a month. May seem like a silly question but being almost 9 or 10 months old now is it worth buying an android this far into the lifecycle?i'm predominately an iPhone user but have heard how awful Verizon is about updating their phones so I'm just concerned that buying an S7 edge at this point might not be a good deal.

I had the iPhone 6 and switched to the S7E in October. In my opinion the S7E is a great phone worthy of consideration.

 

[Smith 001]

Agree.This is the best one I ever have.

 

[underway99]

What did you disable all together if you don't mind listing?

This is my disable list:

AllShare FileShare Service
Android Pay
ANT+DUT
ANT HAL Service
AND Radio Service
ANT+ Plugins Service
Basic Daydreams
Briefing
Briefing Feed
Caller Name ID
Cloud (that's Verizon Cloud)
com.samsung.faceservice
DT Ignite
Galaxy Essentials Widget
Gear VR Service
Gear VR SetupWizardStub
Gear VR Shell
go90
Health Service
Live wallpaper picker
My interests
My Places
Nearby devices
Nearby Service
NFL Mobile
Samsung Gear
Slacker Radio
TalkBack

The problem with disabling those is you have to re-enable them to take an update. I didn't do any of that on my S7E and still get awesome battery life. I disabled a few from the Applications setting, like NFL football, but only a small handful.

Not true for me, but it can depend on what you disable. I've received two system updates since I got the phone in July after disabling the apps above. Just disabling apps doesn't always keep them offline either. I've had them reenable themselves. Disabling them with Package Disabler keeps them from coming back, and also keeps the Play Store from updating them. Using Package Disabler is like freezing apps on a rooted device with Titanium Backup.

 

[jejb]

Your list is not as long as many I've seen, so maybe you got lucky on the update issue. But the App does mention that right in the product description as a possible issue, and I've read threads about it needing to be undone to update, too. Not that un-freezing and re-freezing is the end of the world, just something folks should be aware of.

 

[JDfan3340]

I absolutely love mine. And the water resistance really paid off yesterday when I dropped it into a bucket of water, and didn't realize it for over an hour. It's working fine, which is amazing to me. I'm also not liking some of the stuff I'm starting to hear about the S8. So I think I'll be sticking with my S7 Edge.

 

[zorkor]

Yes its still worth it. I still think I could have gotten a better deal with a OnePlus 3T but it doesn't have a good battery, good camera, waterproof so I like to keep my S7 Edge. Sometimes the edge screen makes me go nuts due to bad palm rejection but with time I got somewhat used to it. In short, get the S7 Edge.