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Just tried the New Sprint Echo - Don't Bother.

Wow, complete fail. I knew I had my doubts about anything made by Kyocera, but I was not prepared for utter cheapness and ugliness of this device. And the screen quality - don't get me started. I felt like I was looking at a Blackberry from 2005.
The dual screen concept is nice and probably will be improved over time. But this first trip out of the barn really is a mule with a broken leg and a bad case of the mange.
If you were tempted to use your EVO trade-up for this device, save your time and money and wait for the EVO 3D.

Right now the only Android MFR's to consider are Motorola and HTC IMHO. Didn't think this device was worth anything anyway
Well OK you can add Samsung to this list

I was looking at this phone when I realized my 2 year was up on April 1st. It seemed interesting but I just knew there wouldn't be any app support for it. I have read a few reviews saying that the hinge, although goofy, is surprisingly strong.
I was going to just wait until the Evo 3D came out and not even get the Evo, but I caved. In a way I'm glad I did though, I have it all rooted and installed C7 on it with Tiamat 3.5.7. I used these forums to customize my hero as well.

Probably sucks now but if Samsung tries it with dual super amoled then it will be great since they are best company at hardware wise when it comes to phones but not software but that is y xda is here
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Jasonhunterx said:
Probably sucks now but if Samsung tries it with dual super amoled then it will be great since they are best company at hardware wise when it comes to phones but not software but that is y xda is here
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Dual screen cellphones are a great idea. I personally feel they may be the wave of the future just like multimonitor computer setups are so popular now. However, this phone is little more than proof of concept. Sprint will take a bath on this.
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Thanks for confirming what I already suspected. I have not had a chance to handle one yet, but the looks alone told me it was gonna be el cheapo. Kind of a shame really. The concept is pretty cool. I don't think it's going to last because of the introduction of flexible LED displays in the near future. Much better if you don't have to have a seam in the middle of your display!

Op, maybe you can complain enough to get the phone removed. You seem to be good at that...

nohbdyshero said:
Right now the only Android MFR's to consider are Motorola and HTC IMHO. Didn't think this device was worth anything anyway
Well OK you can add Samsung to this list
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Don't you mean HTC and Samsung? I don't think you'll find a whole lot of love for the Moto phones here on XDA with the encrypted bootloaders and all.

OneStepAhead said:
Don't you mean HTC and Samsung? I don't think you'll find a whole lot of love for the Moto phones here on XDA with the encrypted bootloaders and all.
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I know some people like the Moto's but I forgot about Samsung and them at the last minute. I'm just glad I didn't forget all together I would have been flammed all over the place

I demo'd this phone in store today, also. Sprint tech was "watching TV" on it at the front counter. Played with it for five minutes:
Hinge has an addicting snap sound to it, as is the whole process of folding/unfolding the phone. Even having a 1GHz Snapdragon, the phone was still laggy (opening apps, scrolling through the drawer). As we all figured, besides the Sprint bloatware, this phone is pretty much AOSP--I don't believe Kyocera ever threw in their own frontend.
Rep was running Sprint TV for roughly twenty minutes, and battery was already down to 78%! Battery percentage indicator is stock, at least. LOL! Kyocera has thrown in an extra battery in the package for a reason.
Screens by themselves are SMALL! We know the specs, but looking at the screen IRL leaves MUCH to be desired. All in all, it's a novelty, at best. You're not getting anything practical out of a dual screen phone unless you ABSOLUTELY need to shave MILLISECONDS off of your time. This phone is a miss for me, which sucks, because I was looking forward to it because my phone upgrade is due in July. EVO 3D, here I come.

My oldest son was buying his finacee an evo while my youngest son and I played the echo...I asked the manager how many they have sold and he said no a one...That was 1:34 pm today.
Within 3 minutes of playing with the echo I was blah....
Picture of my son playing with the echo today.
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Critical battery, guess it's been 2 hours, time to change to the other battery :/...

I bought one yesterday to replace my EVO which I have had since launch and had the extended battery for.
I just cannot understand where all the hate for this phone comes from. With the screens open it is nearly tablet sized. I call this phone more of a "tablet crossover", where it does great as a phone and then when needed gives you a ton of room to work on things in near tablet size.
The phone is also pretty small, but thick. Feels good in hand and in pocket and very well built.
Battery life yesterday was fine mostly connected to wifi. Today will be my first day out and about with it.
It has been buttery smooth for me, no stutters or lags. I've already become used to the small black space between the screens and don't even notice it. Not sure on the comment about the screen quality, both displays are superb in my opinion.
Sure, the phone is different than anything we have seen before. So far it has exceeded my expectations and I don't miss the Evo at all. Can't tell you how nice it is to flip the screens together to get some work done and have all the extra space.

A couple other thoughts -
I have mostly used it with apps full screen in tablet mode, and it has worked beautifully for nearly everything I have tried, including apps like Pulse reader.
Simultask works well also, although I haven't found myself using it that much. Was cool when I saw some mails coming in and I was browsing the web, I brought the mail client into one of the screens and continued to browse as I was reviewing mail. Also it's great how the mail client uses both screens to list mail on one screen and review on another.
Camera app is awesome with how it uses both screens.
Pretty much vanilla android 2.2 all the way around. Very nice in that regard.

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DomSim said:
Op, maybe you can complain enough to get the phone removed. You seem to be good at that...
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Actually, I am good at helping people. Perhaps that is why I have 420 thank-you's compared to your 23. If you spent less time attacking me and more time learning enough about Android where you could assist others, maybe you won't look so foolish by comparison next time?

mhoepfin said:
I bought one yesterday to replace my EVO which I have had since launch and had the extended battery for.
I just cannot understand where all the hate for this phone comes from. With the screens open it is nearly tablet sized. I call this phone more of a "tablet crossover", where it does great as a phone and then when needed gives you a ton of room to work on things in near tablet size.
The phone is also pretty small, but thick. Feels good in hand and in pocket and very well built.
Battery life yesterday was fine mostly connected to wifi. Today will be my first day out and about with it.
It has been buttery smooth for me, no stutters or lags. I've already become used to the small black space between the screens and don't even notice it. Not sure on the comment about the screen quality, both displays are superb in my opinion.
Sure, the phone is different than anything we have seen before. So far it has exceeded my expectations and I don't miss the Evo at all. Can't tell you how nice it is to flip the screens together to get some work done and have all the extra space.
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As with any phone, it is a matter of taste. For those who are more into utility and care less about aesthetics, this phone is probably fine. However, I am surprised you don't notice that the image quality on the screen is far inferior to the EVO? Like I said, I am a big fan of THIS IDEA, I'm just not a fan of this phone. Seems more like a proof-of-concept than a finished product.
Glad you like your Echo

Jasonhunterx said:
Probably sucks now but if Samsung tries it with dual super amoled then it will be great since they are best company at hardware wise when it comes to phones but not software but that is y xda is here
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totally agree....... +1

DomSim said:
Op, maybe you can complain enough to get the phone removed. You seem to be good at that...
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Oh ****! Hahahahaha
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Not surprising one bit. This was the last time I ever purchased anything from Kyocera. The lens cover decide to close when you turn the power ON and open when you turn the power OFF...after 2wks of pampering.

[01/06/2012][The End of The Fighting with Battery Life]

I guess everybody really care of their mobile phone battery life, especially having more than 4.0 inch screen consumes lots of juices.
Also it is widely recognised that when we turn on the phone and texting or web browsing, the battery consumption would be really high and drain lots of juices, which we do not want to.
In 2012 on 1st of June, Sharp and Semiconductor energy laboratory develop new technology for touch screen called IGZO.
It is 2 times brighter.
One fifth and one tenth save power compared to latest touch screen.
I guess this would help us to save lots of juices so that we do not have to care of battery life.
What's more, according to their spokesman, they are going to release and adopt this new touch screen to lots of new mobile and tablet devices on the of this year 2012.
Unfortunately, they do not mention about which device would receive this new touch screen.
But, clearly we will have this new tech on 2013.
I am using HTC Desire HD since 2011.
Possibly, I will wait for the device that has this new tech.
Here is reference.
I am really sorry about this article is in Japanese.
Please use Google translate to read it though.
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Cheers.

mmm interesting so we'll have more battery

VinceMetalHeart said:
mmm interesting so we'll have more battery
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Yeah, im pretty sure of it.
They are planing on releasing this new tech by the of this year.
Im actually thinking of getting new phone this year, but, better not to since this new tech has much more better screen than any other phone.
So, I may take new phone that has this new tech.
Best regards.

Good news. It's about time.

It looks very nice but...
Only 1/5 or 1/10 of energy saving? Isn't that too small to make any difference?

If it does make a difference, are manufacturers like HTC going to use weaker batteries in phones to save money? Because the battery would last the same time it does with the current displays right (just not longer)?

I think any maker releasing a nice powered phone with display to boot which has a fair bit better battery consumption will definitely move a lot of units. As smartphones become the norm in time people will not enjoy the daily charge or multiple charges per day for their phone.
We definitely need better battery use from stock without having to revert to undervolting or clocking as not everyone will be savy enough to do so but will want battery consumption like their phones before moving to smartphones.

Hm. Seems too good to be true.With such advantages, there has to be some disadvantages as well such as poorer viewing angles or lower lifespan....something like that.

The best part about the new igzo is it is flexible therefore I would imagine it would be more robust while much much thinner
http://m.engadget.com/2012/06/01/sharp-igzo-oled-lcd-sid-2012/
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Yeah.. Charging your phone 2 times a day was horrible.. Looking forward for more Advance techology next year.. very exciting

But, clearly we will have this new tech on 2013.
What's more, according to their spokesman, they are going to release and adopt this new touch screen to lots of new mobile and tablet devices on the of this year 2012.
Unfortunately, they do not mention about which device would receive this new touch screen.
But, clearly we will have this new tech on 2013.

Nas Enaez said:
Good news. It's about time.
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Yeah, i will be waiting for this new tech on the end of this year

MR4Y said:
It looks very nice but...
Only 1/5 or 1/10 of energy saving? Isn't that too small to make any difference?
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I guess this makes big difference, especially texting message.
When I text a message, it consumes 2% to 3% of my battery from displaying screen(75%).
It can be said that if I change the screen to that one, the battery consumption from the screen would be around 15% (75% / 5) to 7.5% (75% / 10), which means that it saves 60% up to 67.5% of powers.
Therefore, in my opinion, it saves huge battery power.
What do u think?
Best regards

Memphizzz said:
If it does make a difference, are manufacturers like HTC going to use weaker batteries in phones to save money? Because the battery would last the same time it does with the current displays right (just not longer)?
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Well....I dont work for HTC.
So, I dont know.
However, the latest smart phone gets huge battery like galaxy SIII.
It means that they already have a manufacture to produce large battery.
So, we may get the same battery.
But, this is just my guess...
Sorry...
Best regards.

waz675 said:
I think any maker releasing a nice powered phone with display to boot which has a fair bit better battery consumption will definitely move a lot of units. As smartphones become the norm in time people will not enjoy the daily charge or multiple charges per day for their phone.
We definitely need better battery use from stock without having to revert to undervolting or clocking as not everyone will be savy enough to do so but will want battery consumption like their phones before moving to smartphones.
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Yeah, dats true.

alpha-niner64 said:
Hm. Seems too good to be true.With such advantages, there has to be some disadvantages as well such as poorer viewing angles or lower lifespan....something like that.
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YES!!!

I.R.Chevy said:
The best part about the new igzo is it is flexible therefore I would imagine it would be more robust while much much thinner
http://m.engadget.com/2012/06/01/sharp-igzo-oled-lcd-sid-2012/
Pin it to Win it.
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rockstarjar said:
Yeah.. Charging your phone 2 times a day was horrible.. Looking forward for more Advance techology next year.. very exciting
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Yeah!!
Im hoping to get this new tech to around the world.
Keep eye on Sharp

so there will be a more sharper display then retina display (read somewhere about future screen also) with more battery life then.. very looking forward to it

would be awesome for Microsoft to integrate that in windows phone 8 XD

I cant wait for Quantum Displays! ...... 5 years later ...... OMG! Wow! Best thing in the world since sliced bread!

switching from g2 to nexus 5

i have a verizon lg g2 hate it only had it for a month having proximity sensor issues and the software support is terrible ive heard there is bad battery life on n5 but im sure a custom kernel and rom will fix that but im just wondering could the nexus 5 have some of the same hardware problems not much options htc to locked down samsung is worse than htc definately dont want another full lg device the nexus experience seems cool from what ive used of my friends galaxy nexus which im guessing the nexus 5 is a million times better

spinninbsod said:
i have a verizon lg g2 hate it only had it for a month having proximity sensor issues and the software support is terrible ive heard there is bad battery life on n5 but im sure a custom kernel and rom will fix that but im just wondering could the nexus 5 have some of the same hardware problems not much options htc to locked down samsung is worse than htc definately dont want another full lg device the nexus experience seems cool from what ive used of my friends galaxy nexus which im guessing the nexus 5 is a million times better
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I'm struggling to understand what you're saying, But the nexus 5 does not have a terrible battery life. I was sceptical about it as well at first but I made a good choice to buy this phone. wicked battery life for me

Yeah battery life is pretty good. I don't know why so many people are saying battery is bad on the N5. I get 4 hours of screen on time no problem and a full day of use, with some charge left (around 20% at the end of the day). If that's not great.... On my old Galaxy S3 with almost similar battery size (2100mAh for S3, 2300 for N5, but N5 has bigger display with a higher resolution), I could never get such screen on time, no matter what I did. 3h on the best of settings is all I could manage. With some tinkering, you can get 6h Screen on time on the N5 easy!

spinninbsod said:
i have a verizon lg g2 hate it only had it for a month having proximity sensor issues and the software support is terrible ive heard there is bad battery life on n5 but im sure a custom kernel and rom will fix that but im just wondering could the nexus 5 have some of the same hardware problems not much options htc to locked down samsung is worse than htc definately dont want another full lg device the nexus experience seems cool from what ive used of my friends galaxy nexus which im guessing the nexus 5 is a million times better
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hope you know that verizon won't activate the nexus 5 in their network.

granets said:
Yeah battery life is pretty good. I don't know why so many people are saying battery is bad on the N5. I get 4 hours of screen on time no problem and a full day of use, with some charge left (around 20% at the end of the day). If that's not great.... On my old Galaxy S3 with almost similar battery size (2100mAh for S3, 2300 for N5, but N5 has bigger display with a higher resolution), I could never get such screen on time, no matter what I did. 3h on the best of settings is all I could manage. With some tinkering, you can get 6h Screen on time on the N5 easy!
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thanks for your answer im going to get a 32gb model and innstall custom rom should
be easy on a nexus device

GUGUITOMTG4 said:
hope you know that verizon won't activate the nexus 5 in their network.
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yes i figured that i just lowered the bill and data my moms going to be the only one on verizon using data switching to an att mvno called puretalkusa has great plans oh can i disable lte on nexus 5 and just have 3g the max data i can get is 1gb

The nexus 5 battery life is pretty good.
With the N5 you can get over 4 or 5 hours of SoT with a good WiFi connection. (On a day).
Or more than 3 or 4 with an average 3G/4G connection.
And some people is having more than 4 - 5 hours of SoT with 4/4 bars 4G connection
< However...the G2 battery is really really huge. >
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I came from Samsung Galaxy S4 and I LOVE the Nexus 5. Great phone! Battery life is not bad at all. Plus, I'm running stock KitKat ROM with Franco Kernel r36 and that improved battery life even more. I've only gotten this phone below 50% 3 times in the last month with average daily use. (no extended gaming, etc.) And the Camera doesn't suck on this phone as some people will say. Are there better cameras on other phones? Yes. But it's still a phone camera and is more than adequate. It takes good clear pictures.

I changed from an S4 as well. I find this phone far superior to it.
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don't buy this phone, the durability is terrible. I dropped it today and the glass broke.
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psp9000333 said:
don't buy this phone, the durability is terrible. I dropped it today and the glass broke.
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Or just get good screen protection. A good case and screen protector should help.

Best device for your pleasure and money!

psp9000333 said:
don't buy this phone, the durability is terrible. I dropped it today and the glass broke.
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That's a terrible advice, it was your fault. I'ts actually more reasonable if you tell yourself "I won't buy a smartphone because I tend to drop them" than telling someone not to buy it because it broke when you dropped it. HTC One breaks, G2 breaks, same for i5 and SGS4. Just protect it .

GUGUITOMTG4 said:
That's a terrible advice, it was your fault. I'ts actually more reasonable if you tell yourself "I won't buy a smartphone because I tend to drop them" than telling someone not to buy it because it broke when you dropped it. HTC One breaks, G2 breaks, same for i5 and SGS4. Just protect it as @galaxys said.
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other phones dropped at 3 feet most likely wouldn't break, but this one will.
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psp9000333 said:
other phones dropped at 3 feet most likely wouldn't break, but this one will.
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They all may, or may not break. As the saying goes, gravity is a capital B.
Besides, the phone's safety guide clearly says not to drop the phone.
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Bad battery life? Hmmmm......
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Bad battery life? Hmmmm......
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NICE!

psp9000333 said:
other phones dropped at 3 feet most likely wouldn't break, but this one will.
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I can't tell if your kidding or not but your definitely making a bold assumption. I dropped by gs3 off my lap with is maybe a foot and a half, maybe 2 and it broke. Top tier phones dropped at the right angle can break from a 6 inch drop, or survive a 6 foot drop. Its all luck once its out of your hands and in gravity's hands. That goes for any top tier phone. If you want an indestructible phone get a cheap mid ranger. My coworkers have many, all drop them constantly. Many scuffs and scratches but no broken screens...
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Owners would you buy the S6 again

I'm looking to buy a S6 but I already have a Note 4 do you believe as a current owner that the S6 is worthy of a purchase if you already had the Note 4? I currently have a iPhone 6 for work and a Note 4 for personal and I'm thinking of changing the iPhone, your thoughts ladies and gentlemen?
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LBTaylor1984 said:
I'm looking to buy a S6 but I already have a Note 4 do you believe as a current owner that the S6 is worthy of a purchase if you already had the Note 4? I currently have a iPhone 6 for work and a Note 4 for personal and I'm thinking of changing the iPhone, your thoughts ladies and gentlemen?
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if you wanna change the iphone to galaxy S6 then i would say go for it....but from NOTE 4 to S6 is different....if you want more battery and bigger screen stick to the NOTE 4, if you want a bit smaller phone, with better camera, better build quality, and faster then the S6....but it's a bit hard to justify the cost of the S6 if you a NOTE 4....i have a galaxy S6 and i am very happy with it, i have some minor issues with the chamfered edges color peeling, wobbly home button....but again nothing is perfect....

Thanks for the input. Be interesting to see what the overall opinion is of the forum

I would not. I would go with LG g4, which was my second option.
Here are the reasons:
- battery life far bellow average, a little bit more than 3 hours SOT. I was used to more than 5 with the Lenovo z2 pro I had before,
- horrible multitasking, apps reloading all the time
- the front facing camera has a noticeable fisheye effected, which is not really great for selfies
I would recommend your to wait for the Note 5.

Better have diversity of OS! I find having an iPhone 6 and Note 4 a perfect combination! Having 2 'phones' running TouchWiz would be pretty boring.
Great combinations: An iPod and an Android phone, an android phone and iPad, iPhone and Android tablet or both Android phone and tablet

monocay said:
I would not. I would go with LG g4, which was my second option.
Here are the reasons:
- battery life far bellow average, a little bit more than 3 hours SOT. I was used to more than 5 with the Lenovo z2 pro I had before,
- horrible multitasking, apps reloading all the time
- the front facing camera has a noticeable fisheye effected, which is not really great for selfies
I would recommend your to wait for the Note 5.
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yeah i would say if you can wait then wait for the NOTE5...

I would have a note 4 for work, and an S6 for personal. The S6 and Note 4 have equal battery life despite those arguing to the contrary, I have 5.5 hours SOT now, and had the same on the note 4. The S6 and iphone are very similar, except the S6 has better battery.
Multitasking is absolutely fine on the S6.

S6 is for persons who prefer one hand operation most of the time. Note 4 is for those who prefer to have more work done with the help of the S-pen and bigger screen. Since you already have a Note 4 and an iPhone 6 (best of both worlds) the Galaxy S6 may be a demotion on your part. Best to wait for the upcoming Note or S6 Plus.

LBTaylor1984 said:
I'm looking to buy a S6 but I already have a Note 4 do you believe as a current owner that the S6 is worthy of a purchase if you already had the Note 4? I currently have a iPhone 6 for work and a Note 4 for personal and I'm thinking of changing the iPhone, your thoughts ladies and gentlemen?
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Luke
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I have no experience with the Note 4 but I would buy an S6 again without hesitation. Unlike many posts from these S6 forums I have not experienced the problems that others mention. The battery easily lasts a day. With a 32GB model I'm at about 50% on storage. The processor is much faster than my S3. The display has to be seen to be believed. I have a SM-G920I. As always, YMMV!

Jonathan-H said:
I would have a note 4 for work, and an S6 for personal. The S6 and Note 4 have equal battery life despite those arguing to the contrary, I have 5.5 hours SOT now, and had the same on the note 4. The S6 and iphone are very similar, except the S6 has better battery.
Multitasking is absolutely fine on the S6.
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Hm. More than 5 hours SOT? I guess this is with a lot of stuff disabled / custom ROM / brightness manually all the way down?
I regards to multitasking, in comparison to other phones with 3gb ram, it is abysmal, I thought this is a common understanding (and also my personal experience).

I would not.
I love this camera but i can't leave with this memory ram management, multitasking is horrible, hope next update solve all the problems or i will change.
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monocay said:
Hm. More than 5 hours SOT? I guess this is with a lot of stuff disabled / custom ROM / brightness manually all the way down?
I regards to multitasking, in comparison to other phones with 3gb ram, it is abysmal, I thought this is a common understanding (and also my personal experience).
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NFC, location, HD calling, gmail and outlook syncing plus some other apps syncing automatically, Web browsing, YouTube and Play Music streaming, on complete stock, unrooted. I average about 24-35+ hours with 4.5 - 5+ hours SOT of battery life, depending on how long I play games. Phone also loses about 1-2% while sleeping over 5 or so hours while on WiFi. Multitasking is just fine too. Not everyone gets bad battery life on this phone and has to resort to flashing custom roms and kernels. Stock is just fine.
Edit: brightness stays on auto and ranges from 20% to 80% throughout the day.
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Not for all the tea in china. The signal strength of this phone is atrocious. Lucky to get 1 bar of 4g where all my other phones get full reception.

A very varied response, now i'm more confused than ever.

I would buy it again because I came from an s4 and his thing blows it out of the water. I've heard S6 edge has a better build, but I prefer the regular S6. Also, careful when purchasing an S6 cuz you might have hardware issues like the wobbly home button, camera is blurry on startup (sometimes) and flash stays on (very small and not noticeable in the day). I say this because I had a defectve S6 before. My new S6 is perfect except my home is a tiny bit crooked but you won't notice it unless you scrutinize it. I'm you pretty sure you will miss the big screen on your note 4 if you're moving from that size. The only major flaw in the S6 is the memoruy managent when switching apps but everything else is on point.

At this present time, this is the greatest smartphone of all time IMO

I don't know where to start really. But the Samsung Galaxy S7, to me at least, is the best smartphone I have ever used and I know it is saying a lot, especially for me that have used SO MANY smartphones these past few years. But I have to give credit where it's due.
I have had the Nexus 6P, IPhone 6s and 6s Plus, LG V10 and G4, Note 5, Moto X, some windows phones, HTC one M8 (one of my favorite phone ever) etc....but the S7 is pretty much the phone that seals the deal for me. It checks every box.
I know Samsung gets a lot of hate for some of their decisions in the past with their plasticky build quality and touchwiz being laggy and cartoony and all but they have turned things around big time. They started with the S6, then went on to the note 5 which was already incredible. But this S7 is just on another level, again in my personal opinion. When you consider that the S7 has arguably the best display, best camera, is water resistant, fast charger and wireless charger, great battery life, performance is absolutely STELLAR, the black Onyx is gorgeous, the size is perfect......what phone out there offers you all this package? Seriously I'd like to know.
Of course nothing in life is absolutely perfect. Like the fact that it's a fingerprint magnet and that the Snapdragon versions are having Android system battery drain issues (using the Exynos here) and some having issues here and there. Everyone's experience is going to be different. But from my perspective, this is the phone to beat. There's a lot of rant threads when a phone comes out but not much love. I truly genuinely believe that the S7 is the greatest smartphone of all time right now. Just see what it offers and and compare it to the competition, this is the total package! Freaking love this phone!
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I agree. I am picky myself, besides the side facing speaker it is perfect.

Best display if your lucky
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Otherwise the phone is great. Hoping for a better replacement.
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I have to agree. It's not perfect, but neither is any other phone. But for me this is the best set of compromises available today (I have the Edge, but the S7 is pretty much the same phone other than screen and battery size). No battery drain issues here on the Qualcomm version, btw. From the forums, I would say it's a small minority of users who have significant battery issues.

meyerweb said:
I have to agree. It's not perfect, but neither is any other phone. But for me this is the best set of compromises available today (I have the Edge, but the S7 is pretty much the same phone other than screen and battery size). No battery drain issues here on the Qualcomm version, btw. From the forums, I would say it's a small minority of users who have significant battery issues.
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It seems that battery life is settling in after a few days for those who have that issue.
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I have the SD820 variant and battery life has been a little bit disappointing (only getting around 4-5 hrs SOT), but definitely a great phone. For me the biggest downside is not having the ability to bootloader unlock and root, but hopefully an exploit can be figured out.
Honestly, if this phone had stock android, bootloader unlock/root, and boomsound speakers it would be a perfect smartphone. But as it is, its pretty damn good. The S7 and the 6P are honestly the best android phones of all time.

gleggie said:
I have the SD820 variant and battery life has been a little bit disappointing (only getting around 4-5 hrs SOT), but definitely a great phone. For me the biggest downside is not having the ability to bootloader unlock and root, but hopefully an exploit can be figured out.
Honestly, if this phone had stock android, bootloader unlock/root, and boomsound speakers it would be a perfect smartphone. But as it is, its pretty damn good. The S7 and the 6P are honestly the best android phones of all time.
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Have you previously had a phone that gave you more than 5 hours sot?

jarayn said:
Have you previously had a phone that gave you more than 5 hours sot?
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My 5X could hit 5 hrs SOT mostly because of the tweaks and optimizations I had with root + Xposed. Don't get me wrong, I'd say 5 hrs SOT is pretty good, (like an A- if we were giving grades), it's just that I've heard people easily getting 6+ hrs SOT, so i guess I had high expectations.
Before today, i was barely getting 4 hrs SOT, but then Verizon pushed out an OTA that fixed "connectivity issues" which seemed to improve battery life. I also uninstalled the facebook and messenger app and now use a third party app called Toffeed.

I'm all stock and this is me right now. Still got 30% left and I used it heavily since I'm off today. What a freaking beast. Samsung should have made all the S7 Exynos.
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barondebxl said:
I'm all stock and this is me right now. Still got 30% left and I used it heavily since I'm off today. What a freaking beast. Samsung should have made all the S7 Exynos.
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Agree. Don't know why they made that choice.
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gleggie said:
My 5X could hit 5 hrs SOT mostly because of the tweaks and optimizations I had with root + Xposed. Don't get me wrong, I'd say 5 hrs SOT is pretty good, (like an A- if we were giving grades), it's just that I've heard people easily getting 6+ hrs SOT, so i guess I had high expectations.
Before today, i was barely getting 4 hrs SOT, but then Verizon pushed out an OTA that fixed "connectivity issues" which seemed to improve battery life. I also uninstalled the facebook and messenger app and now use a third party app called Toffeed.
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What's that application? Can't find it in Play Store

barondebxl said:
I'm all stock and this is me right now. Still got 30% left and I used it heavily since I'm off today. What a freaking beast. Samsung should have made all the S7 Exynos.
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That's insane, I wish all variants had the Exynos. I'm pretty sure the Exynos is Samsung's own SOC, I'm pretty sure it's better optimized for the device. Overall the Exynos has better battery life and performance than the SD820

KoRoZIV said:
Best display if your lucky
Otherwise the phone is great. Hoping for a better replacement.
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Which version of S7? Some Vietnam mades are having touch sensitivity issues.

gleggie said:
That's insane, I wish all variants had the Exynos. I'm pretty sure the Exynos is Samsung's own SOC, I'm pretty sure it's better optimized for the device. Overall the Exynos has better battery life and performance than the SD820
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Yeah. And it has the unlocked bootloader. That's why I'm so happy with this S7, it just has zero compromises for me. Even the speaker being bad is blown out of proportion to me. It's definitely not the best but it surely suits my needs.
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Which version of S7? Some Vietnam mades are having touch sensitivity issues.
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Exynos S7 Made in Vietnam
Touch is very sensitive but no issues whit it.
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I must admit. Having been a htc fan for the last 5 flagships at least the s7 is a refreshing change. However there's one thing and for me it's a very big thing.
Thanks to Samsung going against the openness of android etc and making some s7's completely unroot able. And there being no custom Roms out to try despite the phone being out for a couple of weeks. Development is nil.
I'm on xda for a reason and that's to mod my device and improve it by flashing the work of some of the great devs here. Yes my variant has root now but if I wanted this amount of anti modding security etc I would have bought an iPhone.
Now I know I'm new to Samsung but I have been told the s6 development was quiet. I in all honesty can see me selling up for the htc ten or another device made by a oem who at least allows developm3nt. So on one hand I have a stunning device. On the other it's not worth me keeping as I cant do anything near I used to on my m9. I shall keep my eye on the s7 forums over the next two weeks

Have just about every new phone to date including the iPhone 6S. The S7 IMO is the very best. I put the IQ Shield, I think that is what it's called, goes on wet and when dries it is invisible. Have it on front and back. Eliminates fingerprints, when I go out I put it in a case. The S7 is the perfect size, lightning fast and beautiful design. One thing I find is the LTE radio is very strong, great reception, GPS is very fast, couldn't be happier.
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