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Working in a phone shop I have noticed that the demo g flex 2 has a very different screen. There is no graininess, or greyish hue. And battery seems to be so much better. Left the demo video playing on full brightness on for 8 hours before it conked out. And seem to be getting much better benchmarking scores even though it is full of bloat ware.
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Well i have the Sprint flex 2 and the screen seems just as good as my g3. Idk why this phone is hated so much i love my flex 2 alot better than my nexus 6 i got rid of. Better specs and more software that utilizes the screen is a win in my book. People complain about to much gimmicks or bloat but ain't no way in hell i will ever touch a nexus device again. The nexus 6 has way more issues than this device but people enjoy it. So with that said if you don't like it don't buy it. This phone was not made for everyone, but for the people that it's made for they will find it more than adequate for daily use.
I had a Sprint flex 2. The screen was great. I had no problem at all with over heating. Battery was bad the first day, but after a reset, it was much better. Had some occasional lag, and hot spot wouldn't work. But I read all the bad reports on the forums, and returned it. Now I wish I had it back. I keep checking swappa for a used one at a good price. When I find one, I will be back on it.
It will only become more popular! I'm impressed with its specs (except ram) and considering an unlocked one for my T-Mobile usa.
Also, US Cellular will be getting it 3/26/15: http://www.androidauthority.com/us-cellular-g-flex-2-march-26-596394/
Apparently... there are batches of s%itty phones and batches of good ones. I'm the lucky one with a good one. The software is clearly not fully optimized hence the (in my case) occasional lag.
I think the thermal throttling is set to be too safe, but on the other hand... considering how some phones heat up, it's quite understandable. I wish I could change the throttling settings because mine doesn't heat up AT ALL. I was running Antutu and Geekbench about 7 times back to back. It just got kinda warm. The only time I noticed it getting warm-er was when I did the factory reset and was downloading all (68) apps over 4G with one bar. So I believe it was the radio what contributed to the increased temperature.
Btw, I found that Geekbench is the only benchmark (I tried) that drops score significantly at the third run. With Antutu I found, the drop isn't that significant even after 5 runs back to back.
Edit: Actually, I take that back. Antutu drops about 8000 points (from 53000 to 45000) the third run (64bit mode)
But as with everything and this phone especially, YMMV.
bricky23 said:
I had a Sprint flex 2. The screen was great. I had no problem at all with over heating. Battery was bad the first day, but after a reset, it was much better. Had some occasional lag, and hot spot wouldn't work. But I read all the bad reports on the forums, and returned it. Now I wish I had it back. I keep checking swappa for a used one at a good price. When I find one, I will be back on it.
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Same here. Swapped it over twice and then got a note edge. Since then have got another g flex which so far has been suprisingly good.
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I also have a Demo unit which was supplied by LG and Sprint and I find it runs quite well except that there is no Wi-Fi Calling. Everytime I try to enable wi-fi calling, it goes into Device Self Service and tries to load something then gives a me a network error message to call customer service. Everything else works fine.
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People who are having lag issues, please share how you migrated your old data or did you start fresh. Who is your provider and are you using an aftermarket launcher as well.
We need to find the common denominator. It seems only a few with lag.
I used smart switch to transfer a lot over no lag at all
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I used smart switch to transfer a lot over no lag at all
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Same here.
smooth703 said:
I used smart switch to transfer a lot over no lag at all
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Same here , smart switch and no lag This far.
No lag fam!
Used smart switch as well, no lag either
Some lag when playing games, most noticeable on GTA 3, strange as my S6 played the same game very well
Everyone will see frame drops and lag here and there, once in a while. I've gotten used to excepting it. They said the s6 edge was lag free. They said the same about the s7 edge. But this time, I think they're largely right.
No lag. At all.
Started fresh without smart switch or Google's app restore.
Smart switch from iOS, random lag sputtered especially when hitting the home button
This thread is a perfect example showing that everyone sees and experiences things in totally different ways. Many people are just not sensitive to micro-stutters and jitter, or they don't think it's a big enough deal to bother mentioning it, or they just accept it. Personally I am quite sensitive to it, as is the OP it would seem. I can guarantee you that dave30534 or myself could sit down with any of the "lag free" people in this thread and see jitter/stutters on your phones within 5 seconds. I too tried multiple variants of the phone at Best Buy and they're all the same "stutteriness" (which makes perfect sense, as they're all the same hardware and software minus the unique bloatware per phone and maybe a different modem). I have the AT&T variant myself and it stutters sometimes, very similar to my old Note 7 in the 2 weeks I owned it. Stutters much more so than an iPhone or Pixel, for comparison.
I have a friend who plays FPS PC games and he never needs to enable v-sync. While he's playing a game, we can both be looking at the same monitor and I clearly see screen tearing and he clearly does NOT "see" it. It's almost like different people have different "shutter speeds" in their eyes or brains, haha. Screen-tearing is not the same thing as stuttering, but it goes to show you that what's plain as day to one person is not always to another.
I was talking to a waitress in a restaurant once, and I noticed she had a Moto 360 on her wrist. She had owned the watch for over 2 years (she bought it the day it came out, she said). At that time I was interested in buying this watch, so I asked her if she liked it, and was she bothered by the cut-off flat part at the bottom of the display (commonly referred to as the "flat tire"). She had no idea what I was talking about. She had to turn on her watch and closely look at it to see what I was talking about, and then she said, "Oh that's funny, I never noticed that before!".
Arstechnica did a frame-time comparison between a Pixel XL and a Galaxy S8+. There's a setting built into Android, where you can enable a developer option called "Profile GPU rendering". It's a tool for app developers to to see where their app stands against the 1 frame every 16.67 ms target (which translates to 60 FPS). It displays a horizontal green line on the screen, and any frames that take more than 16 ms to render will show up as vertical lines above the horizontal green line. While simply scrolling up and down through the Play Store (not exactly a taxing chore), the Pixel was consistently hitting the rendering target while the S8+ was frequently having trouble and dropping frames. And this was with the S8+ rendering at its lowest possible resolution (1480x720). The reviewer goes on to say, "Touchwiz is still a janky lag-fest. Despite the faster processor, the Google Pixel is a smoother, faster-feeling device." Personally I wouldn't call it a lag-fest but it's definitely behind the curve when compared to other phones.
I was seeing some annoying lag after hitting the home button while using the stock launcher. I ended up trying a different launcher and have noticed the lag is mostly gone. I still it here and there though. (restored from google play backup (not all apps though))
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I was seeing some annoying lag after hitting the home button while using the stock launcher. I ended up trying a different launcher and have noticed the lag is mostly gone. I still it here and there though. (restored from google play backup (not all apps though))
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The source of the lag for me was with the stock launcher , switched to another launcher and lag was gone
Mine was a fresh setup
I've been noticing that everytime I hold my finger on screen and scroll without lifting frames drop like crazy. No matter what app I'm scrolling on. The moment my finger gets lifted off the screen to scroll frames return back to 60ish fps.
Not good at all
I, too, also had the lag, or should I more accurately the framerate loss with my T-Mobile S8+. I tried everything from disabling as much bloat as possible to getting my trusty Nova Pro and my usual minimalist setup. Nothing seemed to help. The longer the device settled the worse it seemed to get. I tried to overlook it but finally threw in the towel and want back to my Pixel XL. You never realize how bogged down the S8+ really is until you switch back to your Pixel. I am not a Samsung hater. I love both Google and Samsung. I've used every Galaxy except the S2 and the S4 remains one of my favorite phones of all time still. With that being said. The S8+ feels more like an S6 chapter in the series rather than another S7 Edge beauty. I am wondering if the SoC simply isn't able to keep up with the massive display. I mean even cranked down below QHD. This is still a juggernaut of a display with a lot of pixels to push. I wonder if the GPU is simply bogging under the load. It reminds me of the old ASUS Transformer days where the SoC simply couldn't effectively push the screen which had a resolution well ahead of the tablet curve at the time. They didn't slump on internals but they simply weren't "there" yet.
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This thread is a perfect example showing that everyone sees and experiences things in totally different ways. Many people are just not sensitive to micro-stutters and jitter, or they don't think it's a big enough deal to bother mentioning it, or they just accept it. Personally I am quite sensitive to it, as is the OP it would seem. I can guarantee you that dave30534 or myself could sit down with any of the "lag free" people in this thread and see jitter/stutters on your phones within 5 seconds. I too tried multiple variants of the phone at Best Buy and they're all the same "stutteriness" (which makes perfect sense, as they're all the same hardware and software minus the unique bloatware per phone and maybe a different modem). I have the AT&T variant myself and it stutters sometimes, very similar to my old Note 7 in the 2 weeks I owned it. Stutters much more so than an iPhone or Pixel, for comparison.
I have a friend who plays FPS PC games and he never needs to enable v-sync. While he's playing a game, we can both be looking at the same monitor and I clearly see screen tearing and he clearly does NOT "see" it. It's almost like different people have different "shutter speeds" in their eyes or brains, haha. Screen-tearing is not the same thing as stuttering, but it goes to show you that what's plain as day to one person is not always to another.
I was talking to a waitress in a restaurant once, and I noticed she had a Moto 360 on her wrist. She had owned the watch for over 2 years (she bought it the day it came out, she said). At that time I was interested in buying this watch, so I asked her if she liked it, and was she bothered by the cut-off flat part at the bottom of the display (commonly referred to as the "flat tire"). She had no idea what I was talking about. She had to turn on her watch and closely look at it to see what I was talking about, and then she said, "Oh that's funny, I never noticed that before!".
Arstechnica did a frame-time comparison between a Pixel XL and a Galaxy S8+. There's a setting built into Android, where you can enable a developer option called "Profile GPU rendering". It's a tool for app developers to to see where their app stands against the 1 frame every 16.67 ms target (which translates to 60 FPS). It displays a horizontal green line on the screen, and any frames that take more than 16 ms to render will show up as vertical lines above the horizontal green line. While simply scrolling up and down through the Play Store (not exactly a taxing chore), the Pixel was consistently hitting the rendering target while the S8+ was frequently having trouble and dropping frames. And this was with the S8+ rendering at its lowest possible resolution (1480x720). The reviewer goes on to say, "Touchwiz is still a janky lag-fest. Despite the faster processor, the Google Pixel is a smoother, faster-feeling device." Personally I wouldn't call it a lag-fest but it's definitely behind the curve when compared to other phones.
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So, you would say that every single s8 has those little stutters when switching between apps and pressing home? I'm asking because I've tried a dozen or so s8/s8+ at stores and found them all to stutter a lot. Seeing all these people on XDA talking about their lag-free devices was starting to make me think that the lag I saw in stores was just because of demo mode or something. Now, I'm just not sure.
I'm thinking of jumping from the G6 to the s8 because of some of the great features (e.g., I really like Samsung pay), but I can't stand the stutters! I really do like the G6 and have absolutely no problems with it...Maybe I'll wait for the Note 8. I'm sure it will stutter, too, but I love the s pen.
abdullaha said:
Everyone will see frame drops and lag here and there, once in a while. I've gotten used to excepting it. They said the s6 edge was lag free. They said the same about the s7 edge. But this time, I think they're largely right.
No lag. At all.
Started fresh without smart switch or Google's app restore.
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I've gotten use to it as well and I have my s8+ for 7 days so far no lag no frame drops...i look closely because I know how Sammy is lol...but to my surprise I don't see nothing no hiccups at all...
I used smart switch and had issues with frame rates on facebook. Even though I'd cleared the cache via settings it didn't resolve the problem.
Another member suggested a reboot into recovery (off, then restart holding up and bixby key) and clear cache. Lag and stutter gone.
Try it.
I used smart switch with my iphone 6+ to s8+. I've noticed a lag or stutter when tapping the home button. A slight stutter in the animations when the app closes.
I have the Exynos S8+. Restored from google backup, although had to reinstall my apps because they didn't come back.
I have no micro stutters, only the odd bit of lag loading an app that hasn't been loaded before, or when an app is loading data in such as maps etc after sitting unused for a while, which is normal even on IOS.
As for frame drops and skipping the S8+ so far is excellent for me. Samsung has nailed this one. To be fair though the Exynos S7 was lag free for me too.
henrybravo said:
This thread is a perfect example showing that everyone sees and experiences things in totally different ways. Many people are just not sensitive to micro-stutters and jitter, or they don't think it's a big enough deal to bother mentioning it, or they just accept it. Personally I am quite sensitive to it, as is the OP it would seem. I can guarantee you that dave30534 or myself could sit down with any of the "lag free" people in this thread and see jitter/stutters on your phones within 5 seconds. I too tried multiple variants of the phone at Best Buy and they're all the same "stutteriness" (which makes perfect sense, as they're all the same hardware and software minus the unique bloatware per phone and maybe a different modem). I have the AT&T variant myself and it stutters sometimes, very similar to my old Note 7 in the 2 weeks I owned it. Stutters much more so than an iPhone or Pixel, for comparison.
I have a friend who plays FPS PC games and he never needs to enable v-sync. While he's playing a game, we can both be looking at the same monitor and I clearly see screen tearing and he clearly does NOT "see" it. It's almost like different people have different "shutter speeds" in their eyes or brains, haha. Screen-tearing is not the same thing as stuttering, but it goes to show you that what's plain as day to one person is not always to another.
I was talking to a waitress in a restaurant once, and I noticed she had a Moto 360 on her wrist. She had owned the watch for over 2 years (she bought it the day it came out, she said). At that time I was interested in buying this watch, so I asked her if she liked it, and was she bothered by the cut-off flat part at the bottom of the display (commonly referred to as the "flat tire"). She had no idea what I was talking about. She had to turn on her watch and closely look at it to see what I was talking about, and then she said, "Oh that's funny, I never noticed that before!".
Arstechnica did a frame-time comparison between a Pixel XL and a Galaxy S8+. There's a setting built into Android, where you can enable a developer option called "Profile GPU rendering". It's a tool for app developers to to see where their app stands against the 1 frame every 16.67 ms target (which translates to 60 FPS). It displays a horizontal green line on the screen, and any frames that take more than 16 ms to render will show up as vertical lines above the horizontal green line. While simply scrolling up and down through the Play Store (not exactly a taxing chore), the Pixel was consistently hitting the rendering target while the S8+ was frequently having trouble and dropping frames. And this was with the S8+ rendering at its lowest possible resolution (1480x720). The reviewer goes on to say, "Touchwiz is still a janky lag-fest. Despite the faster processor, the Google Pixel is a smoother, faster-feeling device." Personally I wouldn't call it a lag-fest but it's definitely behind the curve when compared to other phones.
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Well I can't use GPU profile in any app because it doesn't show through, but scrolling through android on my device looks great.
https://i.imgur.com/rrIuS4Y.png
Is the S8+ worth it?
Are folk still enjoying it? What are the annoyances etc? Anything which you'd consider a deal breaker?
I'm due my upgrade on Saturday and for ages, I was certain the s8+ was it. However, I had the opportunity to muck about with the ZX Premium last week and my head was potentially turned. The XZ is also receiving pretty favourable reviews so now I'm not so sure.
The only thing holding me back on the Xperia is that I'll be getting it via my network (EE in the UK) which means it will be SIM locked and won't have an unlockable bootloader.
On that note, there are no similar restrictions on the network locked S8+'s are there? Has anyone flashed this on their EE variant?
nice phone but far from perfect. Seems to be impossible to get one that doesnt have some sort of issue with it... Mine has a slight gradient brightness issue that seems to plague all S8+ models, fortunately it only impacts playing gearvr games that ard too dark.
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I've had my S8+ since day 1 with not one issue with it so far. I read of a lot of issues with wifi, bluetooth and tint and as stated before I've had none of these issues. If I had to do it over, I would purchase it again. Probably going to get the Note 8 when it comes out too.
One thing to keep in mind is, people don't just hop on forums to voice their pleasure with the device, only those with issues create threads, obviously.
With the millions of consumers, this makes the percentage of those with issues pretty minimal.
OT: Mine has had no issues, enjoying the device so far.
Love it. No problems
Love mine, haven't had any issues.
cantenna said:
nice phone but far from perfect. Seems to be impossible to get one that doesnt have some sort of issue with it... Mine has a slight gradient brightness issue that seems to plague all S8+ models, fortunately it only impacts playing gearvr games that ard too dark.
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You really like your sweeping generalisations don't you....
You previously said envy's dark theme will ruin everybody's phone when you were the only one to report a problem.
Now "it's impossible to get one... some sort of issue", and "gradient brightness issue...seems to plague all S8+ models".
You seem to have been unlucky. But why you seem to think that your experiences are the same for "all" devices is, frankly, nonsense, and based on nothing whatsoever.
My device is 100% problem free. Lucky me. Unlike you, I don't claim to speak for the millions of other S8+ owners.
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You really like your sweeping generalisations don't you....
You previously said envy's dark theme will ruin everybody's phone when you were the only one to report a problem.
Now "it's impossible to get one... some sort of issue", and "gradient brightness issue...seems to plague all S8+ models".
You seem to have been unlucky. But why you seem to think that your experiences are the same for "all" devices is, frankly, nonsense, and based on nothing whatsoever.
My device is 100% problem free. Lucky me. Unlike you, I don't claim to speak for the millions of other S8+ owners.
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LOL, your like my paparazzi or something??
For the record I never said envy's dark theme would ruin everybody's phone, in fact I praised the theme and said I would purchase if it ever landed on the Samsung store. What I criticised was the root method for install that was outlined in the OP instruction, yes those instruction (soft) bricked my phone twice.
Regarding my criticism toward the S8 or S8+, my personal experience with getting a perfect display has been poor with this phone and with my previous S7 Edge (had dead pixels.)
In saying that, the issues I have had with the display, I am only aware of their existence because i'm a gearvr user. The issue I have had are invisible to the naked eye, you need the gearvr lenses to see the imperfections. SO I will say, other than that, a great phone!
Up until now, I was a Sony adherent and was set on getting the XZ Premium. But coming to this S8+ has shown me what I've been missing. A lot of people complain about 'Touchwiz', being over bloated and laggy amongst some of the complaints. This is the first phone in years that I feel no need to root. A lot of reasons for rooting have been negated by the features native to this S8+. No need for 'greenify', 'system cleaners', can shoot 'raw' natively etc. Maybe it's just a 'honeymoon' period I'm going through being new to Samsung devices, but presently loving this phone to the max.
Thanks for the input everyone
Having an S8+ from day one - no problems at all. Came over from Windows 10 Mobile and like Android so far. Yes, it is a mess, IMO, and it is not for everybody and his dog, but this is only my opinion and everybody and their dog do not seem to care All is well.
cantenna said:
LOL, your like my paparazzi or something??
For the record I never said envy's dark theme would ruin everybody's phone, in fact I praised the theme and said I would purchase if it ever landed on the Samsung store. What I criticised was the root method for install that was outlined in the OP instruction, yes those instruction (soft) bricked my phone twice.
Regarding my criticism toward the S8 or S8+, my personal experience with getting a perfect display has been poor with this phone and with my previous S7 Edge (had dead pixels.)
In saying that, the issues I have had with the display, I am only aware of their existence because i'm a gearvr user. The issue I have had are invisible to the naked eye, you need the gearvr lenses to see the imperfections. SO I will say, other than that, a great phone!
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Nah, I'm your stalker...
You're missing my point. You generalise. You seem to think that your problems equate with everyone else's. Why?
You DID say "installing this theme will softbrick your phone". You edited it afterwards. It never happened to any device but yours.
Today - well I don't need to repeat myself. It should be blindingly clear that YOUR experiences are NOT the same for "all" phones, yet you have said so. Twice. In one post.
Get my point??
I'm on my 3rd phone - the first had a faulty headphone jack, the second had a screen defect. Third time lucky!
I hate the bixby button. Its in the wrong place just like the fingerprint sensor. Ridiculous.
However I am enjoying the phone but can't wait for the Note 8 - heck I'd even take a Note 7 FE when released. Just prefer the slightly wider screen and the pen.
Seriously need to be able to buy a decent screen protector too for these curved edges.
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Nah, I'm your stalker...
You're missing my point. You generalise. You seem to think that your problems equate with everyone else's. Why?
You DID say "installing this theme will softbrick your phone". You edited it afterwards. It never happened to any device but yours.
Today - well I don't need to repeat myself. It should be blindingly clear that YOUR experiences are NOT the same for "all" phones, yet you have said so. Twice. In one post.
Get my point??
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I think you are missing my points too;
-do you have a gearvr? i have read alot of posts these last few days from a number of people who are experiancing the same issue I am when using the phone with gearvr. Do you have a gearvr, are you a user?
-Your are actually acting more like a paparazzi than a stalker... think about your behaviour? its screams Paparazzi!! Im not upset, i dont mind the attention. [emoji9]
-And you are fabricating lies now about my charcter, thats not nice!
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I had a Galaxy S6 and while everybody was complaining about it, I got lucky and my device worked for 1 year and a half.
I was excited to get my hands on the Note 7 (I had the note 3 and I loved it!!) but unfortunately you know what happened so I got the S7 Edge.
The biggest MISTAKE ever! After few weeks the device slowed down, battery was gone in half day and the phone was getting so hot that was annoying.
With Nougat things went even worse. After the update the device was getting roasting and stuck at the SAM/////// Logo. I tried some tricks.. Nothing.
I gave up. 2 weeks ago I bought the S8+ due to the similarity with the Note7 and the big display.
Now, this long story just to give you a good idea on my experience with Samsung toys. I'm honest I can't take my hands off this phone. It's stunning and performances are good even for an heavy user like me. I love the IRIS Scanner. Fingerprint is close enough (people complaint it's too high at the back of the device), audio is an OK+ (not stunning but very good). Multitask never fit better than this phone. I do translations for work time by time and I have to say having two apps at the same time always gave me some trouble in reading. Here it's mastered 100%! Perfect.
So far my opinion is absolutely positive.
I hope Samsung won't mess it up with rubbish updates.
I came from a note 4. It was bootloader unlocked and running amazing. Then it just died. My work bought the S8+ and so fast I love it. It was hard to think of not having a rooted phone but so far it's not been an issue. The main reason I rooted was for ad blocker but dns66 app seems to be working fine. This phone feels like a beast and so far with a few adb commands, package disabler and dns66 I'm very happy with your phone. I'll be glad when root comes but right now I'm satisfied.
2 weeks in for me and I'm generally very happy with my device. Like many others my only complaints are the fingerprint scanner location and the Bixby button. I may change my mind about Bixby if they ever get it working properly though.
This phone is great but I'll be replacing it with the Note 8 as soon as it's possible to pre order one. The s pen is a very useful tool for my work. Not a necessity mind you, but just something that makes it that little bit easier.
Coming from nexus 6. So I'm kind of use to big phones but this phone doesn't feel big at all. I have iPhone 7+ but this phone way easy to handle with 1 hand.
Saying that I hate the fingerprint sensor. I don't use it. I use face recognition and pattern way faster to find the bloody sensor.
I'm waiting for pixel 2 it's going to be good.
Except for not being rooted, because of Knox, I am 100% satisfied ... everything works. Great phone.
Had the phone since launch date. I had to exchange the 1st one and the 2nd one, but still wouldn't hesitate to buying this over any other phone. It has its flaws, but the pros outweigh the cons!
Hello , I'm considering upgrading my 4 years old HTC M8 and I'm looking at the Galaxy S7 , LG V20 , LG G6 ( Not plus ) , HTC 10 .
After reading last night about the S7 on reddit a lot of owners were complaining about battery life and screen burn .
what's your experience with the S7 or S7e ? would you recommend it over the other devices I mentioned ? is there anything else I can get within the price range ?
I've had an S7 (G930F) since it came out. A few months ago I broke it so bought an LG G6. After a week I found the display not as good (can't see the screen in strong sunlight while using the camera), camera interior to the old S7, missed touchwiz (surprisingly), but the biggest thing was the ergonomics. The S7 is the perfect size for one handed use. Phones are getting too big or top heavy to one hand easily. I've now bought a dual SIM G930FD and won't be looking at newer models till this croaks it. I've noticed the flat S8 is a millimeter narrower than the S7, so if you have small hands could be worth a look.
Pretty sure everyone here would still recommend the S7 in 2017 otherwise they would have bought a new phone...
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I ve had several LG Flagships, my opinion is to stay away. Network connection problems (signal gets lost randomly and not coming back if you dont reboot) since G2 maybe G, bootloops in a bunch of models and image retention problem in their screens. LG Mobile marketshare is very small and they don't care making reliable phones.
My advice, stay with brands that have served you well or they belong to the big players. Samsung, Apple, or Huawei. Maybe Xiaomi too. Or you can stay in HTC's territory if you were satisfied.
Personally last phone on my hands is Galaxy S7. Battery life is as in every Android phone, some security patches or play services versions can cause battery drains but updates can fix it after a while. Otherwise problems to non problematic devices are caused by third party apps or by disabling preinstalled apps & services.
I bought it in June this year and haven't regretted it for a second. I'd take an S7 over phones you named any day.
The G6's design is nice but there's all there is to it.
If you're not a camera guy, try getting OnePlus 3T or 5. Other than that, I have no recommendations.
I just got one. Coming from S5 running RR. So far I miss the replaceable battery but love the camera. Performance I would say is about the same. I'm leaving the S7 stock for now, just switched to Nova launcher.
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Go for the S7, I haven't heard anyone complaining about it so far.
sure...im using s7 for 10 months and no problem at all....few little problems here and there 99% solved with update and now this is really a good phone with good size( size is very very important for daily use)
If you want an in-its-whole reliable and secure phone with a fast camera, your only options are Apple and Samsung devices if we talk about the high end category. I ve made this conclusion after changing lots of phones and reaearching about them a lot. I am not saying you can't find something else that fits your requirements, but it's possible that issues, bugs etc you did not expect, may come up out of the blue.
So, if you don't like iPhones, you 'll have to choose a Samsung device and S7 is onw of them.
All that is my opinion, one can say this is not like this, I had that device and it was like blah blah. What I say is based on possibility and statistics and I like to help people as I ve done some stupid things in the past concerning phone buys and learned from my mistakes.
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mario24601 said:
I just got one. Coming from S5 running RR. So far I miss the replaceable battery but love the camera. Performance I would say is about the same. I'm leaving the S7 stock for now, just switched to Nova launcher.
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I've been enjoying mine, granted only been few days so far but I'm impressed. I do miss functionality of RR but I'm sure I'll get use to lacking those features. Size is good and has a headphone jack
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All,
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and it seems very buggy at times and I want to know if other users are experiencing these issues and what can be done about it. I have a AT&T Note 8 and when I first got the phone in Dec 2017, it was awesome. However, it does some things that have truly gotten extremely annoying now.
For example, when I open Youtube, and I am playing a video, at random times during the video, the screen will black out and then come back on. It only happens for less than a second but enough for it to be noticeable. I noticed it with Netflix on the phone as well.
The most annoying thing that happens across a few apps such as youtube, instagram, Facebook, Messenger, even web pages is I'll be scrolling down on any of those apps and without even touching anything, the app will scroll back up to the top almost instantaneously and randomly. It will do this repeatedly and is extremely annoying.
I just traded my Nexus 6P that I had for 2 years and loved for this phone. Honestly, the only reason I traded it was because of the stupid battery problems, but that phone gave me no other problems for 2 years. I avoided Samsung like the plague because I had the S3 and the S4 and after two years, they were so laggy, it was almost unbearable. However, I did almost 3 months of research with the Note 8 and the P2XL and at the time, because of all the issues with the P2XL and the Note 8 getting rave reviews, I went with the Note 8. However, I don't want to regret my decision for a phone I paid almost $1000 for and for that price, I expect ZERO issues. Any assistance anybody can offer is greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much,
Swish
Swishmak3r said:
All,
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and it seems very buggy at times and I want to know if other users are experiencing these issues and what can be done about it. I have a AT&T Note 8 and when I first got the phone in Dec 2017, it was awesome. However, it does some things that have truly gotten extremely annoying now.
For example, when I open Youtube, and I am playing a video, at random times during the video, the screen will black out and then come back on. It only happens for less than a second but enough for it to be noticeable. I noticed it with Netflix on the phone as well.
The most annoying thing that happens across a few apps such as youtube, instagram, Facebook, Messenger, even web pages is I'll be scrolling down on any of those apps and without even touching anything, the app will scroll back up to the top almost instantaneously and randomly. It will do this repeatedly and is extremely annoying.
I just traded my Nexus 6P that I had for 2 years and loved for this phone. Honestly, the only reason I traded it was because of the stupid battery problems, but that phone gave me no other problems for 2 years. I avoided Samsung like the plague because I had the S3 and the S4 and after two years, they were so laggy, it was almost unbearable. However, I did almost 3 months of research with the Note 8 and the P2XL and at the time, because of all the issues with the P2XL and the Note 8 getting rave reviews, I went with the Note 8. However, I don't want to regret my decision for a phone I paid almost $1000 for and for that price, I expect ZERO issues. Any assistance anybody can offer is greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much,
Swish
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Sorry to hear you're having all those problems. I am also on AT&T but I haven't had any issues with mine, I've had mine since December. A friend of mine got his Note 8 from Amazon but it was a refurbished model and he had all kinds of problems. He ended up switching it out for a new Note and all his issues disappeared.
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