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I just finished a straight week of using the S7 edge with less then stellar results. Before the S7 I had the S6 edge + which I was very happy with but never the less I decided to try the S7 out. Fist off the battery life was less than the S6 edge + on a day to day basis. The screen was super sensitive and became a hindrance to the functionality. Browsing Web pages and scrolling through pages seemed buggy. The phone is heavy and thick, thicker than the S6 edge +. Build quality is going to the S6 edge +. S7 is a step backwards.
Galaxy S7 Edge got the best reviews. (S7 Edge exynos 8890)
I heard the Battery life is the best, 98 hours on a single charge
3G calls:- 24:29, Web browsing:- 13:32, Video play back:- 20:08
stock Samsung browser is more faster and better then Google chrome browser.
Snapdragon 820 version is not that good as Exynos model.
Galaxy S7 edge is more thick because of bigger battery.
Galaxy S6 Edge+ Plus
83 Hours on a single charge
3G talk:- 30:29
Web browsing:- 10:25
Video play back:- 13:53
yeah no need to upgrade from S6 Edge+ Plus or Note 5 or galaxy s6 or S6 edge. unless you really want waterproof, SD card slot, bigger battery.
Galaxy S6 Edge+ plus should last for another few years. get a new smart phone when Galaxy S6 edge+ Plus is on its last leg.
Actually i held this morning the S7 and S7 Edge in my hands, and i can definitely tell you that the S7 is thicker than the S7 Edge, i was surprised myself, but it actually is, and even thicker compare to the S6 that i had too.
Also, i'm following several forums and i read people talking about problems on their S7 Edge, some lags (who can be solved with update i'm sure, even if i think that it's bad to release to the public a high phone like the S7 Edge with bugs and lags... specially when you spend hundred of dollars or euros....).
There's also a problem with the camera, some people have noticed a "blue point" in their photos or video after taking them, maybe this problem concerned only a few devices but anyway it's rubbish and i'll be mad to discover something like that on my new phone...
I'm gonna stick it with my S6 Edge + for now...
About the battery, it seems that all the owners of S7 and S7 Edge are not saying the same thing, some are really happy with their battery and some people reported that the battry drain is awful, caused by "system android"....
P.S : I'm not saying that both S7 and S7 Edge are lame, far from it ! the build quality is really good, as expected for this kind of device, but it's not a justified big step forward for me to upgrade my phone and buy a S7 Edge... Anyway, i'll keep following S7 Edge thread on XDA once in a while to stay updated about improvements with futur updates from Samsung, and maybe at a point i'll buy one... But i think at this moment the NOTE 6 will almost be release...
98 hours on a single charge? Was the phone turned off? No smartphone lasts > 24 hours with actual usage.
thelestat said:
98 hours on a single charge? Was the phone turned off? No smartphone lasts > 24 hours with actual usage.
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http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_gal...ife_both_exynos_and_snapdragon-blog-17325.php
check the link above.
Just my expireance with s7 edge nice phone but nothing really new to jump up and down about i now have a s6 edge plus feels alot better.
I have both and agree that the s6 edge+ size is better for me. The s7 being thicker is a disappointment. That being said, the sdcard, bigger battery, and water resistant make the jump more than worthwhile for me.
I seen the galaxy S7 edge in mobile shop. And galaxy s6 edge+ Plus looks better then s7 edge.
Looks wise, sexy wise, beautiful. Handsome wise s6 edge+ Plus wins.
Only if galaxy S6 edge+ plus had SD card, bigger battery, water proof in the first place.
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The s7 being thicker is a disappointment. That being said, the ... bigger battery ... make the jump more than worthwhile for me.
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I pity Samsung's marketing and design teams. They can't win no matter what they do.
Just root your phone, put your magic in it (extend battery life/disabled apps & services you don't need/etc.) and you'll have a great phone with the additional features the S7 gives. I have a S6 Edge+ and it wasn't that great in the beginning on stock everything. It was smooth, fast, etc. but it didn't use its full potential. After root and doing the stuff I needed to do, the phone is great in every regard. Same can be done with the S7.
Hi guys, so i just updated my phone from previous s7 edge tp the lg v30+ unlocked us998 version , just want to share my usage and to help people decide with this phone
so for my background , i am a tech geek phone lover. I always buy used phone since 2010 and always go after cheap high performance phone. My previous phone was mostly samsung , s7 edge, note 4. The last LG phone i was used was lg optimus 2x on 2012, and that's thx to tegra2 hype back then.
Okay, so why i upgrading to my phone because, i want a large new display to play games, ragnarok mobile , anyone? haha and so i listing mi 8 and note 8 to my next target phone back then few months ago. And i was nearly buy the note 8 back then. But the 18,5:9 ratio is turning me off. it was to tall slim skinny screen and thx to the edge it look not to good for my taste. The first time i see a lg v30 is when 3-4 months ago, my friend was using it. The screen is great big and 18:9 ratio looks good and not turning me off, but after reading it have a bad camera 1um pixel, i just auto not to buy this phone back then. Reading news article was my hobby , and that time i read about gcam port than magically make the lg v30 usable, woalah. it actually not look to good when i see the image example on the gcam port review. And the other thing, this thing was cheap for a used one, costly approximately 250 us dollar in my country vs note 8 used which is two times the price. And so my mind was swinging whetever to buy this phone or not. Shortly i brought this phone and sell my s7 edge , LoL
So for my lg v30+ spec is unlocked us998 with oreo. I think i got lucky because the phone is on mint condition with power button like new, giving a strong tactile feedback. i think this was used few weeks than returned, and just got in my hand few months after
okay , lets go enter the review :
Display
So my impression with the display it have a large good propotional 18:9 screen with large SRGB and color space, also with the HDR video support. It easily on par with s8+/note 8 screen and supercede my s7 edge display. On sunny day, the screen have roughly same brightness with my s7 edge display, with s7 edge , slightly have better color and luminance, Other than that the lg v30 display on sunlight is good. For blue shift issue, it's only show up on all white image, so you won't notice it for 99% most of the time except all white image/ui display. it does appear when you see it on all white display and noticeable, but on most daily ui app and games , there's no any noticeable things on my experience. Other than that there's no issue with the screen as ext reviewer said, luminance and brightness is balance and no area is brighter than the other on the screen, like some ext website review said.
On temperature said, the screen does look little bluish, i change the temperature with slider all goes to warmer and turn the blue color to the most left, voila it became very wamer now. I also change the screen to fhd+ to save battery life and performance, and the screen look fantastic, no pixelation can be seen,
Camera
Camera , Camera, the stock camera app for front camera is obviously the worst ever stock camera app i ever use, period. the screen color is very strange, like they have bug on pre prod and no fix. Seriously LG. Most reviewer will judge and said the front camera is terrible, i said yes because of the software, outside software wise, its very good!. Now the back camera using stock app with Oreo is quite good, but it's still hit and miss. Sometimes the image look blur, sometimes it have a great detail on all side of the image. For AI cam, it only bring better colour and exposure from my exp so that maybe a little plus. Changing to googlecamera port is absolutely amazing experience, all low light and good light photo is superb with excellent detail. You can zoom peep to 200% and get nice detail with text clear to readable with almost all lighting condition. Front camera also take a blow with google camera port, there's HDR and a great detail to it, some reviewer said it fix the front camera, i said it makes the front camera look very great with superior HDR color and detail. For video , i wont said much , but as you can read on most reviewer said it have great features that beat other phone. The only annoyance to me is the shaky effect when you walk, not too bad , look s natural but still look strange. The Google camera does fix this a little bit using 1080p and EIS.
Now comparing to s7 edge, the only advantage with my old phone is faster auto focus and high bright photo, other than that the lg v30 is absolutely an upgrade to meeee, the detail photo using gcam on lg v30 beat's quality of s7 edge, any text or image when zoom till 200% is clearer and better due to resolution advante with googlecamera app handling all the processing. For brightness you can play with setting on gcam port + edit brightness to make dark image look brighter as the s7 edge.. Now the s7 edge faster focus is a hit and miss for my exp, sometimes look like you taken a picture on stable but the image appear blurry, this is also the case with gcam, sometimes i need to hold a stable few second to get a good shot that was not blur.
Comparing to my friend s9 plus phone with newest software that contain note 9 camera algorithm, is absolutely great also. the 12 mpx limited res image on s9+ kicked by all the detail that the gcam port given, Sure the s9 plus color and brightness is better than s7 edge, but the gcam photo looks very natural and detailed. Even with telephoto camera lens on s9 plus, the zoomed 200% main camera with gcam still give a good fight,albeit loses on clarity and detail. I even said that my 1/3 prices phone is killing the s9 plus device LoL and he surely tempted
All the above review is using gcam app, with stock lg is a hit and miss. , you need several hit to get a nice pict. Overall with gcam the camera is greatttt
Now front camera wise, the s7 edge have lower aperture and better um pixel size, comparing apple to apple stock camera is absolutely wins to s7 edge, but use the gcam port and you get absolutely amazing image. The s7 edge with beautify off is still applying beautify picture, image doesn't look sharp with smoothing effect going on , this is same behaviour with the lg front camera stock app, only worseeeeee. Using the gcam, the quality is killing the s7 edge front camera, even with superior spec, the s7 edge smoothing the skin makes the image look less sharper vs gcam on lg v30 front camera giving a lot of detail. When you take a image on day light with a lot of strong light on the backgroud the HDR will help you show all detail your backside without any lens flare hiding it, while s7 edge front camera will blow up, if there's too many light and can't see anything. Now comparing the lg v30 front cam with gcam vs note 8/s9 plus camera i think their can have a a par quality, surely the note 8/s9 camera have better resolution,spec and auto focus, but the lg v30 have a very wide angle lens camera, so you can selfie or vlog and show things you want to share on your side with the camera still cover it up for you. So i can say wide angle vs narrow angle, is your choice.
p.s : i didn't post any picture due to limited quota internet bandwith
Battery
The battery life is so amazing, it can easily get 6 hours SOT just like others youtube review said. since 2010 i always buy a used phone and the battery life already drop the first time i use it. The lg V30 is the best smartphone that i buy with very good battery life, the s7 edge only hit around 3-4 hour sot with all efficient setting turn on. Also fast charging temperature is almost low , only 2/3 c higher than standard charging, thx to qnovo adaptive charging tech, usb c technology that make the heat transfer lower than micro usb cable and lg charge tech? it only warm while fast charge. My s7 edge usually become hot while fast charging, easily hit 45c on battery temp, while the v30 hit 39.7 for the highest battery temp.
Loud speaker
The volume quality is very good, just like gsmarena said, loud enough on loud env and clear balance sound, More louder than my s7 edge. While s7 edge speaker gives bass sound effect, the lg v30 speaker is very balanced and clearer, is this due to lg v30 speaker tuned by B&O ? this is still a question with no answer LoL. But i notice that the volume different on 80 vs 90-100% is very huge, when you move to 90 or 100% you get very loud sound, while move to 80% will reduce the vol a lot, i think this is a tweaking done by LG
Audio Quality
One of samsung strengh with music is there is adapt headset app to optimize your earphone, Every people use different headset/iem from the cheapest and the expensive one, using samsung adapt headset program the music quality on s7 edge is great while feel balance. The hifi quad dac on lg v30 does enhance the audio big, it can be felt and the sound become very different everytime i change the eq on the hifi dac mode. For this one as i'm not an audiophile, i give the advantage to lg v30, the only bad thing i need to play with the eq to find the best setting, while samsung one just optimize and play. FYI i'm using c100 jbl , a cheap 6 us dollar iem.
Signal and reception
The phone does have same quality signal reception with s7 edge, but the stepping frequency jump is better. Currently i m using mobile operator with low signal quality on my country, but have cheapest packet for mobile data etc, the signal on lg v30 jump faster per step than s7 edge, this is good to optimize signal and prevent bad signal searching to save battery.
I have samsung s7 active. but in my country i am not getting screen replacement for samsung s7 active . so can i use samsung s7 G930 display on my samsung s7 active?
these two display look similar and have similar specification .
i can change touch glass according to my needs if display are similar ?
Can i replace samsung s7 whole connecting circuits(connections) with samsung s7 active circuits display?
Can I use samsung s7 display on samsung s7 active?
So I just bought a Samsung A50 and I'm moving from the galaxy A8 2018. One of thr downsides of that phone was its camera. Has the A50 improved on this? Slightly disappointed that there's only. 1080p @ 30fps
You can use most 3rd party apps to capture at 2160p30. Even though the Samsung camera app can only do 1080p30, it's pretty decent quality! I used to only shoot 4K on my Nokia 7 plus, but the A50's 1080p is good enough for me to use it all the time.
That still doesn't explain why they did not use the full capabilities of the chipset though, it can support up to 4K @ 120fps according to Samsung's product page for the Exynos 9610. And also, I think a camera with this sensor and lens size should perform much better than it actually does on this phone. I did get a few nice pictures, but the conditions really has to be optimal. Here is an example. The one with less dynamic range is a 25MP shot, while the other is 12.2MP : https://photos.app.goo.gl/M64sXVgjW79wzhYc7
Hello everyone, I have the aura blue S20 plus. I had a s10 before the s20 plus is borderline too big for me.
I went for the plus because of the ToF sensor and zoom in mic, in my opinion the s20 plus had the best cameras (better than the ultra's).
Right now I am considering trading in for the Fold 2, which looks like it has the s20's cameras. I'm not sure how much I'm losing giving up the ToF sensor. Will quick measure still work? I think I will lose 3d scan.
imgur [dot] com/gallery/nWACMp4
The only example I've seen the ToF sensor make a difference in a photo.
I have the regular S20 5G (NA release unlocked), and do not miss the ToF sensor. Portrait shots (live focus) still give nice bokeh. There are YouTube vids out there that show the ToF doesnt really do anything , pics were taken w/ ToF covered and not covered and both are near identical . Imo it's the software that's doing all the work , fast moving shots it might help out . Samsung's camera app is getting dam near pixel level in this regard.
Can you share the video please?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzCNc0Gbnnw
seek to 3:20 ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRj6AfaNCaM
seek to 2:43
Thank you. I had seen that first video.
The dark blue in the second video is the s20+ I have