Database Info

So, is going from the S6 to the S7 really worth it?

Sup y'all, there's no doubt that the S7 is superior to the S6 in every way. But is it that much superior? The S6 is still one of the best phones available in my opinion. So, previous S6 owners, how do you feel about it? Is it worth spending $700 on the S7 coming from an S6? Cheers!
Sent from my A1 using Tapatalk

If you want a very good low light camera, or want to capture images underwater, then go for it, otherwise NO

I dunno, I'm not super happy with my S6. It's pretty laggy and slow and not that fluid. For example, I have a full page Chrome boomark widget. When I scroll through that widget, it's very jittery. My S5 was smooth and the S6 isn't. Hopefully the S7 will be better in all aspects. We'll see.

gbruyn said:
I dunno, I'm not super happy with my S6. It's pretty laggy and slow and not that fluid. For example, I have a full page Chrome boomark widget. When I scroll through that widget, it's very jittery. My S5 was smooth and the S6 isn't. Hopefully the S7 will be better in all aspects. We'll see.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Is your S6 on Marshmallow?
Sent from my A1 using Tapatalk

Definitely yes

I'm in the same boat and the greatest swing factor for me is battery life at this point. The S6 battery life is mediocre at best and from early impressions, the S7 and S7 edge are doing a lot better.
Beyond that, the rest is really just gravy on top, I'm satisfied with the S6 in all ways except battery life and lowlight performance at times.
In theory the S7 fixes all these issues and further polishes the device as a whole. The only issue is justifying the money to buy it which is all dependent upon if I can sell off my S6.
Regardless, I'm still holding off for official reviews to release before I fully make up my mind and weigh the pros and cons.
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I'm leaning towards yeah...
For me the sd-card, water-resistance, improved battery life and improved (low-light) camera performance give it a major plus. I actually have the S6 now and really like it, but think I'll upgrade to the S7 afterall. Of course that is all given the money is not a real issue... If you're on a tight budget I'd have to think twice.

It's worth it if you want a decent battery life, the Galaxy S6 is pretty inefficient in that regard

mathieulh said:
It's worth it if you want a decent battery life, the Galaxy S6 is pretty inefficient in that regard
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
not sure if battery life is really that good on the s7...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/help/battery-life-issues-t3326793
and here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/help/android-android-os-using-50-battery-life-t3327104
I cannot complain that battery life is bad on s6. Don't know why there should be such a big difference. battery is just a little bigger on s7

The battery still lasts a hell of a lot longer than the S6 even with the drain that users are reporting.

VZW Slow
barondebxl said:
Is your S6 on Marshmallow?
Sent from my A1 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No, it's not. Verizon is slow to upgrade!
Is Marshmallow that much better for the S6?

gbruyn said:
No, it's not. Verizon is slow to upgrade!
Is Marshmallow that much better for the S6?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
BIG TIME
Sent from my A1 using Tapatalk

First hours with the s7 Edge G935F

First couple of hours with the s7 edge
Got the phone today and boy do I love this thing!
Here are some notes of the first few hours with this phone.
Model:G935F
Browser: this is seriously faster then my browser on my desktop!( no joke)
Have the addblock fast app integrated and my God it is fast!
Camera: only took one pic so can't really tell yet but the focus is instant!
Performance: this is one fast phone! The apps install quickly and you you can actually use the phone will it's installing without any hiccups. The RAM is good, keeping atleast 15+ medium heavy apps open. Also see the benchmarks I did(attach)
Design: it doesn't feel any bigger than my x S6, Samsung really nails the screen to ratio on this one! It's quite slippery and do get allot of FP on it but overall a gorgeous phone!
Battery: got it with 50% left I'm down to 27% ATM. Can't really tell yet but by all the tasks I did from start my old S6 would have lost nearly 50% after setup and this did it on 17% so I'm more then happy from what I've seen so far.
SW: I actually got a force restart when trying to bring Netflix in to the edge tasker but worked after the restart, I also noticed that it some time stutters for a millisecond when typing (samsung keyboard)but nothing overly disturbing. Seems like the SW isen't there quite yet but since the phone technically isen't released yet I'll just wait and see how it turns out, it need a tune up imo and hopping for a day 1 OTA. Otherwise it's really fluid and without any serious frame drops. Really like the AOS and the edge feat.
Sound: it's louder than the S6 and there is also a built in EQ which is a good feat! I tend to get a little more width from my old s6 with Bluetooth to my speaker which is a plus.
I can also hear the voice of the person more clear with the s7 and the speaker seems a little louder from the ear grill.
Reception: seems good, have 1 stapel more than I got with my former S6 on the same place's.
Note! I did NOT close any apps when I did the benchmarks and I also ran them after each other and also direct after installing them, as you can see in sling shot I'm at a little high thermal from start but nothing serious IMO. I also tested the phone with power saving mode on with geek bench and guess what?! It is more powerfully with the PS mode on then the S6 is with it off
Ran : quadrant,geek bench, slingshot 3.1

Yeah got mine today too and I absolutely love it. Haven't had a chance to play with the camera much. Was particularly keen on using the raw/pro mode. But coming from an LG G4 it isn't as good software wise. The LG G4 really did feel like a pro camera with easy sliders for shutter etc whereas the s7e is a bit more fiddly. Small gripe I know! Loving it so far though.

One very low light pic of my puddycat :victory:
Focus is 5x as fast in low light than the s6. Very good lowlight performance!

Off-topic: Is that a maine coon?
Thanks for the reviews guys, i'm getting this phone in a few days!

I know everyone is excited with the new release but can we try and stop all the duplicate threads please, there is already one here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/how-to/impressions-t3325825

Help! Need to decide between Galaxy S6 or Xperia x performance

Hey guys so im buing a new phone and i've stopped on these two the Xperia x performance because of the Snapdragon 820 and the Galaxy S6 because i like samsung phones and touchwiz in general . I can get the GS6 for 380 dollars and the Xperia for 420 dollars both are new not used i don't buy used products .

Go for Galaxy S6 of course! I had Galaxy S6 Edge+ for few months then I switched to Sony Xperia Z5 Premium and it was like hell! Now I'm using Galaxy S6 and it's was better than the Z5P!
Better screen quality (SuperAMOLED QuadHD), better software experience, better camera, better loudspeakers!
If you can get S6 Edge it will be even better experience.

aofathy said:
Go for Galaxy S6 of course! I had Galaxy S6 Edge+ for few months then I switched to Sony Xperia Z5 Premium and it was like hell! Now I'm using Galaxy S6 and it's was better than the Z5P!
Better screen quality (SuperAMOLED QuadHD), better software experience, better camera, better loudspeakers!
If you can get S6 Edge it will be even better experience.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I can get the S6 Edge for 30 more dollars. The S6 has the Samsung Game Tuner right ? And can the resolution be dropped to 1080 if needed for a game in the future ?

Tarbruh said:
I can get the S6 Edge for 30 more dollars. The S6 has the Samsung Game Tuner right ? And can the resolution be dropped to 1080 if needed for a game in the future ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In fact dropping resolution to 720p for games with Game Tuner app and browser to 1080p with it is optimum and reduces battery usage. But,
X Performance has sd820 and good battery life. Go for it without hesitation as with sd820, you're sure you'll be able to flash newer Android versions when official support is over unlike s6 which has only touchwiz derived roms. S6 never lags and so on, but so is the X Performance with newer cpu. And S6 battery is not enough if you want to game. It's mediocre
I like my s6, but c'mon for $40 more, you get sd820 and the beast Adreno 530!
And the S6 Edge is a scam as the edge is useless and expensive to repair. Should be like only $10 more. And Quad HD screen is useless. Only the camera of the S6 is a great deal!

S6 all the way

I think hardware wise the s6 edges it some aspects. The s6 has a better screen, design, speaker, camera. The sd820 cpu wise has a ln edge over the exynos 7420 but not by a big margin, the adreno gpu is very side and has an advantage over the Mali. Where the Sony probably has another advantage is probably battery life and custom rom access as sd is easier to develop for than exynos. Overall feature wise the s6 does have a few more than the Sony but if you want better battery life, the Sony is your best bet. It all depends on what your preference is and what you value in a device

sofir786 said:
I think hardware wise the s6 edges it some aspects. The s6 has a better screen, design, speaker, camera. The sd820 cpu wise has a ln edge over the exynos 7420 but not by a big margin, the adreno gpu is very side and has an advantage over the Mali. Where the Sony probably has another advantage is probably battery life and custom rom access as sd is easier to develop for than exynos. Overall feature wise the s6 does have a few more than the Sony but if you want better battery life, the Sony is your best bet. It all depends on what your preference is and what you value in a device
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I want the phone to have a great display,speaker,headphone output,ok performance because the most demanding games i will play are Asphalt and Fifa mobile. I know that i won't use the power of the SD 820 to its max potential because as i mention i don't play the most demanding games , but a small part of me always says go for the specs even tough i like the GS6 more than the Sony.

Tarbruh said:
I want the phone to have a great display,speaker,headphone output,ok performance because the most demanding games i will play are Asphalt and Fifa mobile. I know that i won't use the power of the SD 820 to its max potential because as i mention i don't play the most demanding games , but a small part of me always says go for the specs even tough i like the GS6 more than the Sony.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Tbf I've played some graphically intensive games on the s6 pretty well, the gpu is still a pretty good one, a lot of ports have played great. There's a munches odyssey game not a port on playstore which is very gpu intensive and I got decent framerates. I think if anything maybe battery life could be better on the s6, I mean for me I still manage to get a days use out of it depending on what I'm doing.

sofir786 said:
Tbf I've played some graphically intensive games on the s6 pretty well, the gpu is still a pretty good one, a lot of ports have played great. There's a munches odyssey game not a port on playstore which is very gpu intensive and I got decent framerates. I think if anything maybe battery life could be better on the s6, I mean for me I still manage to get a days use out of it depending on what I'm doing.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nice ! Battery isn't that much of a concern because i carry a 2700 mAh portable battery with me. I know its an older device but will support continue for it to at least get 7.0 .?

Oneplus 3T

Tarbruh said:
Nice ! Battery isn't that much of a concern because i carry a 2700 mAh portable battery with me. I know its an older device but will support continue for it to at least get 7.0 .?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The nougat update for the s6 is due in the next couple of weeks. The nougat manual for the s6 and s6 edge has been released so the actual update shouldn't be too far away

Shamako said:
Oneplus 3T
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The OP3T is 20 dollars away from the GS7 for me so thats a nope.

A disapointment for Me in S6 is touchscreen. Sometimes it is not working as it should (not registering touch) and using it outside in winter is useless. I don't know it is just My device or it is My cold fingers, but this issue is a big one. A lot of people on web have reported this and now I'm testing *#2663# "fix", will see how it will end for Me. If I would have know this I would bought X Compact for the same price. (There was bargain deal on My operator, S6 will cost Me 240eur, X Compact would be around 250eur if I remember correctly)

How is the J7 in camera and speed in comparison to the S7

So how is the J7 phone in comparison to the s7 edge? I have the s7 edge on crickett and probably will switch to metropcs so that i can get the new j7 phone free. Phone seems liek a lot of fun especially with these awesome roms
Is the camera about he same? Or the speed

vipercoyote said:
So how is the J7 phone in comparison to the s7 edge? I have the s7 edge on crickett and probably will switch to metropcs so that i can get the new j7 phone free. Phone seems liek a lot of fun especially with these awesome roms
Is the camera about he same? Or the speed
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Without any Thinking.....
S7 is always the Best

parth111999 said:
Without any Thinking.....
S7 is always the Best
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yea but how is the j7 camera

I would like to know this too. I have a S7 Edge, but mostly using iPhone SE nowadays because I hate the idle battery drain (1% per hour in airplane mode).
I'm guessing camera speed will be really horrible, and quality will suck too. S7 Edge's camera launch speed also tends to slow down as you install more apps. This is another thing I don't like compared to iOS devices. On iOS you always get consistent speed launching camera and reviewing photos.

vipercoyote said:
yea but how is the j7 camera
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Good camera...But not as Good as The S7 Edge....

From S7 edge to Mate 9??

Hello.
So i have a chance to trade my used s7 edge for a used mate 9. I'm a bit bored with my s7 edge and looking for a new experience.
Will I regret it?? Anyone did this move?! Any recommendations?! Real life experiences?!
Thx.

I'm coming from S7, so I can share a bit of experience. Battery life not much an improvement ~4-6 hours SOT, depending on your usage scenario, games and videos tend to suck more battery than other phones (this is specific to Kirin SOC's). Speed and smoothness are still the same since the beginning , maybe improved through updates, it's not stellar but still one of the bests, in top 5 for speed for sure. Definitely better than S7 for speed matters. Dual camera is a nice feature to have, overall camera is good, but not execellent (much better than Oneplus 3T, which I've experienced). Coming from an S7 the low light will disappoint you a little particularly on moving subjects. One thing that should make you think twice is that updates come-out very slow on Huawei. Other than that everything is fine, maybe less errors and glitches that I've experienced on Samsung and the big screen experience is not matched by any other phone.