Switched from iPhone 6S+ to S7 Edge

[csleverette]

I swap a lot and my experience with imessage has been fine after turning it, facetime, and icloud off. Some of my friends have had issues with group messages though. It seems to fix those all your contacts that you are in a group message with and have iphones need to delete those group texts. If one person keeps it going you may keep missing texts in the group.

 

[JAG21979]

I think screen resolution has something to do with battery life, but I think better software and hardware integration is what helps the iPhone have better battery life...and you can't beat iOS' standby time.

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[Techno-guy]

Well keep in mind the difference between powering a 1440p display and powering a 1080p display. I'd imagine they'd be more equal if the iPhone was running a QHD display.

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Very fair point, for sure. I also think Apple is still better at shutting down background activities because of their more locked down system, but Android is definitely catching up and Marshmallow is a considerable improvement.

 

[Adranalyne]

Very fair point, for sure. I also think Apple is still better at shutting down background activities because of their more locked down system, but Android is definitely catching up and Marshmallow is a considerable improvement.

No doubt that iOS is more refined at this point. I'm one of those Android guys that can actually stand using an iPhone. That said, when you put a monster like the S7 Edge in front of me and make me choose, the choice is clear.

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[Wildo6882]

Very fair point, for sure. I also think Apple is still better at shutting down background activities because of their more locked down system, but Android is definitely catching up and Marshmallow is a considerable improvement.

They're definitely better at shutting stuff down - I've opened one app, backed out to the home screen, did nothing and immediately went back to that app and it refreshed. I have a 6s Plus and feel like it is a dumb smartphone. I'll gladly sacrifice some battery life (why does it matter if I go to bed with 40% or 30%? I'm still going to charge them at night) for some additional improvements everywhere else.

 

[ZeneticX]

Try downloading Greenify to see whether it helps with battery life?

 

[MuchoAloha]

I want to know about i messages too

Use pushbullet, sms text or mighty text.

 

[mpshah]

I'm probably going to make the switch too. Its good to spice things up once in a while

 

[MuchoAloha]

I agree on the battery. The only thing that is keeping me on my 6s+ is the battery. I leave bluetooth, gps, wifi and screen full max and it's nearly impossible to not get through a full day. I would have to try to kill it in a 24 hour period. Whenever I read these posts people throw out suggestions to dim the green, download apps to monitor battery, etc, etc. You shouldn't have to do any of that. I prefer android overall, but imessage and battery is extremely hard to give up.

 

[Adranalyne]

I could be way off base here so you can correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't imagine the 6S+ is night and day better on battery than the S7 Edge. Not having either device (yet), I can't say with 100% certainty, but I'd imagine they perform very similar in battery tests, but real world usage probably allows the 6S+ to sneek ahead by an hour or two of usage.

Plus, the fast charging/fast wireless charging options can charge the battery faster on the S7 Edge and when you take that into account, the overall battery life has to at least equal out, if not push the S7 Edge ahead.

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[MuchoAloha]

I agree on the battery. The only thing that is keeping me on my 6s+ is the battery. I leave bluetooth, gps, wifi and screen full max and it's nearly impossible to not get through a full day. I would have to try to kill it in a 24 hour period. Whenever I read these posts people throw out suggestions to dim the green, download apps to monitor battery, etc, etc. You shouldn't have to do any of that. I prefer android overall, but imessage and battery is extremely hard to give up.

 

[fkpalm]

I have the IPhone 6 Plus and switching to the edge hope to have it next week. Coming back to Android after being away a year can't wait

 

[pshows]

I made the switch from iPhone 6s plus too and I'm loving this phone!

 

[wxman2003]

I got conflicting answers from Verizon. My question is, can I just swap the nano sim from my iPhone 6 Plus and install it into the S7 Edge, or do I need to use the sim that comes with the phone? I know that the iPhone NFC chip is internal, while some Android phones use the sim as it's NFC chip. Would be great if I could use the iPhone sim as that's already activated.

 

[Wildo6882]

I got conflicting answers from Verizon. My question is, can I just swap the nano sim from my iPhone 6 Plus and install it into the S7 Edge, or do I need to use the sim that comes with the phone? I know that the iPhone NFC chip is internal, while some Android phones use the sim as it's NFC chip. Would be great if I could use the iPhone sim as that's already activated.

You can use your current SIM.

 

[Almeuit]

I agree on the battery. The only thing that is keeping me on my 6s+ is the battery. I leave bluetooth, gps, wifi and screen full max and it's nearly impossible to not get through a full day. I would have to try to kill it in a 24 hour period. Whenever I read these posts people throw out suggestions to dim the green, download apps to monitor battery, etc, etc. You shouldn't have to do any of that. I prefer android overall, but imessage and battery is extremely hard to give up.

The iPhone was good on battery when I tested a iPhone 6 Plus but I could still drop it to low % at work. Usually before lunch. My usage isn't normal for most people though.

 

[Almeuit]

I got conflicting answers from Verizon. My question is, can I just swap the nano sim from my iPhone 6 Plus and install it into the S7 Edge, or do I need to use the sim that comes with the phone? I know that the iPhone NFC chip is internal, while some Android phones use the sim as it's NFC chip. Would be great if I could use the iPhone sim as that's already activated.

You can use your current SIM.

Wildo is correct.

 

[nestafaria]

Also switching from 6s+. Definitely going to miss iMessage as most of my friends use it. Going to try google photos to share pics with the wife instead of iCloud. Those are the two things that have kept me on apple. That and Battery life.

 

[Wildo6882]

I think the only thing(s) I'll miss from my 6s Plus is the quick updates and iMessage. There is very little else that iOS and Apple have on any top shelf Android phone. I think the S7 edge bests any iPhone in every single other smartphone category that's important to me.

 

[JHStewart1023]

I'm not the only one- once I heard they improved the edge function and they added expandable memory I decided to make the switch- so excited