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Samsung Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge |OT|
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I have been trying to find these answers also. I need to buy a couple if worth it.
manfestival
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What are your initial impressions on the phone?
Old Gimlet Eyes
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The phone locks to the carrier of the first SIM that is inserted.
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/02/25...-will-carrier-lock-to-the-first-inserted-sim/
longdi
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Please let us know the battery life stamina.
Also with the hardware home button, it can be a chore to press as compared to software button, although the extra viewable screen estate is welcomed.
Screen is nice. Phone seems taller and skinnier than my Moto X 2014. Feels good in the hand.
I probably won't have much in the way of battery impressions until tomorrow. In any case I'm a terrible person to ask because I'm coming phone a phone with piss poor battery performance and I'm too lazy to tweak stuff for better battery. I just have fast chargers available at home and work, so it's not usually a big deal.
I like the hardware button so far. I just keep hitting the menu button when I want back and vice versa. >.<
callhitman
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Yeah they emailed it to me. Showed that they added 2 more gb of data. This is on top of the 2 gb they gave me a year ago. So I got a total of 4gb on top of the ten that came with my plan.
The Faceless Master
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so if a Verizon SIM is inserted first, will it be permanently unlocked!!?!??!
Old Gimlet Eyes
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The Faceless Master
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Verizon can't SIM lock their devices though, the FCC regulations placed on them after winning on the C block spectrum auction prevents them from allowing this.
also, in the US, other carriers will unlock devices for free upon request or automatically after a set amount of time.
Mad Season
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Battery life on these better than iPhone 6? Thinking of switching
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Just yesterday preordered 2 Edges, a black one for me and gold for the misses. They don't ship until the 11th. The short wait begins.
Now for accessory shopping.
Now for accessory shopping.
SmackCrackleNPop
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About the same. Not much better. Wait, I have the 6 Plus. S7 edge definitely better than regular iPhone 6. Best part is the always on screen
Pretty slick device. I'm not sure the liquid cooling works that well, feels warm on the back and the edges are hot when downloading and installing apps.
Mine came with a voucher to use online.
rockman zx
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Having a blast with the S7 Edge, coming from Iphone is like a new world with so much customization and stuff... to the point I feel completely overwhelmed. The only thing I miss is itunes (podcast) and the iOS youtube app, I don't understand why the android app can let you short comments, see number of comments and rate them, really weird.
Not sure if it's been posted.
Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 edge also being shipped early by AT&T and Sprint
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s7-s7-edge-also-being-shipped-early-att-and-sprint
Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 edge also being shipped early by AT&T and Sprint
http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s7-s7-edge-also-being-shipped-early-att-and-sprint
Bah! Why not Verizon!
Old Gimlet Eyes
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So unlocked verizon phone it is! I wasn't aware of that FCC reg, but that is damn interesting.
I thought it was a false rumor. no 3d touch afaik.
BFIB
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Pocketcasts is your one and only answer. I even bought it on the IOS ecosystem. It's that good.
+1 for Pocketcasts. First podcast app I found that reliably syncs state. I can switch from my phone to my tablet (audio piped through the PC) at work and pick right back where I was. Well worth the $4.
Turns out you can actually move most apps to the SD card.
Droid-Life | Galaxy S7 System Uses Up 8GB Out of the Box, but You can Move Apps to SD
Droid-Life | Galaxy S7 System Uses Up 8GB Out of the Box, but You can Move Apps to SD
djplaeskool
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Was really close to holding out for the S7...
Went with the Note5 instead. Thus far, zero regrets.
I love this phone.
Went with the Note5 instead. Thus far, zero regrets.
I love this phone.
lol, no. it's a charger just like any other, usually kicks back on at 99%, tops off, kicks off, repeat.
Oh thanks
I am just trying to find some and was curious on how it works and what ones to get.Not so sure about that. I have an S6 active with the official Samsung wireless charger and sometimes I wake up with the battery at 93-95% and other times it's 100%....I think it just completely shuts off when it's been sitting on the wireless charger at full charge for a while.
I am okay with it not being 100% I guess. I just would like a bottom limit (90%?) where it will start charging up again.
Jazzy Network
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Samsung Pay now adds Wells Fargo as a bank partner. Samsung Pay is so good.
Everyone who gets this phone needs to use it.
Everyone who gets this phone needs to use it.
plagiarize
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Yes.
And you know that advert, where the guy pays for his food and the people at the store are like 'nah, that won't work' and he's like, 'heck yeah it will' and then he's like BOOP and they're like 'you're a freaking wizard'...
That's totally how people will respond to you. I get it probably once a week.
Had this happen to me at the post office. Clerk said, "that ain't gonna work here" but of course it did. One thing I forgot is they ask for your card to verify so I had to hand over my phone with the app up.
It was a very pleasant surprise when I realized that.
I had to go look up how the tech works, because it really does seem like wizardry.
Jazzy Network
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8 gigs has been confirmed for OS. I don't know what's on the other 8.
Where did you get 16Gb from? It says in the article that the phone has 8GB used up by default, so you have 24GB remaining. You should be able to delete some of that bloatware, and then there's always the option for an SD memory card too,
Yeah that picture is just a picture. I'm using less than that and I have a whole bunch of apps installed.
motherxwolf
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Considering getting a Gear s2 watch since I'm always hiking and I'd rather keep my phone in my backpack and just use a blue tooth headset, can I control Spotify tracks through the watch?
Just remember that the watch doesn't run or support Android Wear.
motherxwolf
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This is my first time considering a smart watch, what's the difference
It runs a custom OS called Tizen that Samsung wrote, meaning that all those cool watchfaces and app support with Android Wear means diddly jack. App developers would have to explicitly support Tizen, and most do not.
That being said, it's getting good reviews. http://www.androidauthority.com/gear-s2-follow-up-review-670630/
27.5GB. Though with the 32GB S6, the system claims there's a full 32GB. On my S6 it also claims there's a full 64gb. When I add all the storage numbers together, and add what the system claims is remaining, it's actually a touch over 64gb. No idea if that really is the case and Samsung have actually counted mb accurately, or if Samsung have just hidden the lost amount in the used 'system memory' figure.
The Faceless Master
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eddievanclaylen
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I got the s6 edge when it came out. It's a fantastic piece of technology, my only gripe is that the battery sucks. I might upgrade
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