Manifest Destiny
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It had everything I wanted in a phone, but I will be waiting for the note 6.
The hype for this phone is near none existent; when compared to the galaxy s6's reveal.
i mean, its technically the same phone but waterproof and has an sd card.
TouchWiz is a piece of shit. The sooner Google implement a unified Android OS across all devices the better.
Called EE (UK) about upgrading early to this, laughably shite service as per. Guy said he didn't think the S7 was coming out until September (Uhhh....).
Once we sorted that out, he talked with a few of his colleagues and none of them heard anything about Gear VR bundles with a pre-order, so I have no idea.
Vodafone are the only ones advertising the Gear VR pre-order bonus at the moment, so either they're just ahead of the curve or it's exclusive to them?
Disappointed they're still using micro USB, though I guess they had to so they would be compatible with the GearVR headsets.
So does this mean the Note line is finished?
What makes you think thatt? There was a S6 and S6 Edge last year, the Note is revealed in August typically.
My advice to those who preorder, buy off contract. I got pretty tired of doing the whole ATT Next and buying it on this weird lease. I bought a Nexus 6p and am done with contracts. If I did not upgrade to the 6p id get the S7 Edge and wouldnt have any problems paying the $800 or so for the phone.
Does anyone know if it has a removeable battery?
sick phone
He won't have to worry about getting it wet this time.Will this be your next flagship samsung galaxy droid phone?
Anybody know if Best Buy will let you just but the phone upfront? I have T-Mobile and don't see it up for preorder.
No, that's literally all it added. Just that one thing.
No USB Type-C charging port? Sort of an oversight...
Just throw in a small adapter if that's what's stopping them from adopting Type-C
It's rated IP68 as well and has a bigger battery and better quality camera.
Edit: 4GB or ram and a 820 Snap dragoon.
I was being sarcastic.
GearVR is what stopping them. And since they are pushing it, instead of updating the gear vr, they just used micro usb on the s7.
Yeah, but wouldn't a small adapter solve that?
It's already a tight fit for the bigger phones to fit in the VR. An adapter would make it too long, even if it's a tiny adapter.
Rubbish. I actually prefer their software to vanilla Android and other variants. Stuff like split screen multitasking, beauty mode, direct call etc are really useful. The phone is also lightning quick. The only issue is sometimes the reload of apps after switching between multiple other apps, but it rarely happens and is basically a non issue. The fact that no other mobile offers true split screen multitasking the way Touchwiz does still surprises me.
The biggest drawback of the S6 for me is it's battery life, and the S7 looks to ube rectifying that.
Who cares? Do you post that in every new cellphone thread?
Looking at some pictures, yeah, you're right, it's a tight fit. Will make me sad if this in some way prevents full adoption of Type-C for smartphones in general though.
Is the dual edge even worth getting over the normal S7?
sick phone
My friend bought the last edge and I was skeptical at first, but it's a really beautiful phone. I don't think he's ever used the edge component of it to do anything, or display separate into. It's just a really pretty looking phone, especially in person.
Pretty much this. I have an S6 Edge and I'd buy it again over the regular version, but the edges are useless in terms of functionality, their most useful function is cosmetic.
It had everything I wanted in a phone, but I will be waiting for the note 6.
Yep.
I will not touch another Android device until the unified OS is implemented. I went back to Apple because I hated buying Android phones and always getting the shaft on new versions of Android.
The S7 looks very nice though. It looks like the best elements of the S5 and the best elements of the S6 are all included in one device. I'm more curious to see what the Note 6 ends up doing.
Looks like I'll be leaving the Sony camp. I have my Z4 Tablet for remote play anyway.
The water cooling, the new GPU tech, game launcher.. This is a huge step forward for mobile gamers.
I'm due for a jump, so I'm eyeing the Edge.. I really wanted the Sony Xperia Z5 Premium. But, Sammy seems to be bringing more than just a RAM upgrade and slight boost in processing.
Anybody know if Best Buy will let you just but the phone upfront? I have T-Mobile and don't see it up for preorder.
Same. I have the Note 5 currently. Hopefully the US Spec Note 6 will get the Exynos chip.
I hope so too. All of us who worked on Exynos are hoping this happens...
Who's "all of us"? ROM developers or?
I hope so too. All of us who worked on Exynos are hoping this happens...
Buying it on a contract is never really a good idea but I understand 'why' people do it. Sometimes it's not so easy to give up $800+ on the spot. At the same time, when I worked for a wireless provider, I always wanted to ask "if you aren't willing to shell out $800 now as opposed to an additional sometimes >$200, are you sure you should even get a high end phone anyways?'. The unfortunate part is that most people aren't thinking so long term.
I disagree... more Ram, significantly bigger battery, return of the Micro SD slot, and waterproof.
The new edge looks insane. I'm due for a new phone from work, should I ask for the new Edge or wait for the iPhone 7? Can't decide!