Samsung S7 rumors, speculation, and suggestions

[bonkers325]

Per T-Mobiles site if you ordered before March 14th you will get a Netflix code.

I hope so. 25,000 Netflix codes isn't a lot.

 

[Compddd]

I hope so. 25,000 Netflix codes isn't a lot.

If for some reason we don't get them I will just raise a stink on Twitter and hope for some bill credits. Make sure to take screen shots before they change the offer page!

 

[isekii]

I think as long as your ordered by 14th you're good. Any time after~ you're rolling the dice. Terms were pretty specific

 

[GTRagnarok]

http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-s7-dpi-scaling-setting-680736/

Omg can anyone with a us phone confirm this worked for you? 540ish dpi would be killer.

It's nice that it's natively there, but it needs more options. On my Note 4, I have the system UI at 480. Other apps I have even lower; Dolphin Browser is at 320. Gotta put that big screen to use.

 

[Raduque]

Verizon is doing a BOGO now. Same as Tmo's deal, buy two on payments, get a Visa card for the retail amount of one.

 

[thesmokingman]

Verizon is doing a BOGO now. Same as Tmo's deal, buy two on payments, get a Visa card for the retail amount of one.

Nice, sure beats the insulting ATT Bogo.

 

[Compddd]

T-Mobiles only lasted about a week didn't it? Started on 3/11 and ended on 3/18

 

[isekii]

Verizon is doing a BOGO now. Same as Tmo's deal, buy two on payments, get a Visa card for the retail amount of one.

you have to keep the lines active for 6 months though.

 

[Compddd]

How long do you have to keep the additional line active for the T-Mobile BOGO?

 

[thesmokingman]

How long do you have to keep the additional line active for the T-Mobile BOGO?

You can cancel whenever, it's just the free phone needs to stay on EIP until you get yer rebate.

 

[Skurge]

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_gal...ife_both_exynos_and_snapdragon-blog-17325.php

Exynos seems to get better battery life.

 

[Ackmed]

Very annoying that I had to put it on a payment plan to get the treats for pre-ordering. I bought mine straight out and got nothing.

I am really enjoying it though. I may have to get a case just to use at the gym, phone keeps falling out of my pocket when doing things where I lay down, bench, abs, etc. It's very slick and workout shorts make it worse. I like no case for when wearing jeans and what not.

 

[Oyeve]

I'm hoping they fix the SD card unmount issue soon. It's annoying.

 

[thesmokingman]

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_gal...ife_both_exynos_and_snapdragon-blog-17325.php

Exynos seems to get better battery life.

The Exynos is also a bit slower in graphics and a lil slower in cpu.

I'm hoping they fix the SD card unmount issue soon. It's annoying.

It's a marshmallow issue. You can configure the adoption on the sd card, that's one way of removing the annoyance.

Here's how to configure adoptable storage on… | Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

 

[krumme]

The Exynos is also a bit slower in graphics and a lil slower in cpu.




It's a marshmallow issue. You can configure the adoption on the sd card, that's one way of removing the annoyance.

Here's how to configure adoptable storage on… | Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

This imo shows exynos is a far better design. Look at web browsing. Its a huge difference. Exactly nobody can tell the speed difference but everyone and his brother will notice the difference in battery life.
A win for the little big configuration. Took some years but imo it pays off now.

 

[jhu]

This imo shows exynos is a far better design. Look at web browsing. Its a huge difference. Exactly nobody can tell the speed difference but everyone and his brother will notice the difference in battery life.
A win for the little big configuration. Took some years but imo it pays off now.

I'm not sure most people would be able to tell the difference in something with <10% less battery life, especially when talking about 24 hours of 3g talk time. I know I wouldn't since I always charge my phone before I go to bed and my phone normally gets to 50% before I go to bed (even after 2 years with this phone).

 

[thesmokingman]

This imo shows exynos is a far better design. Look at web browsing. Its a huge difference. Exactly nobody can tell the speed difference but everyone and his brother will notice the difference in battery life.
A win for the little big configuration. Took some years but imo it pays off now.

Far better? Do you own an Exynos or something? Yea, the Exynos is thriftier in batt usage, but it's not that big of a deal. Who browses for 10-13hrs straight??? The Adreno 530 is the best gpu out and its not on the Exynos.

 

[krumme]

Dxomark score of 88. New top score for camera.
http://www.dxomark.com/Mobiles/Samsung-Galaxy-S7-Edge-Mobile-Review-A-new-champion

 

[krumme]

Nobody talk 24 hours and nobody watches benchmarks. But people use their phone for surfing. Web usage is what taxes a cpu most and its also what take most battery life for most users. 30% is a huge - huge - difference.
820 is no 801 for efficiency with exynos in comparison. And efficiency is what matters. Qcom is beaten where it was best and it used to be oposite. I would have hoped for something else but the facts is different.

 

[bonkers325]

I used it from 7:30am to 3:00pm. 4.5 hr of screen time, 2.5 of it was playing games while I was shopping and waiting around and the rest was browsing reddit and facebook. 30% battery life before I topped it back to 100% on my car ride home. This would easily last me the whole work day with more than 50% battery leftover since I usually only have my screen on for 2 hours in a typical work day.

 

[dawheat]

Far better? Do you own an Exynos or something? Yea, the Exynos is thriftier in batt usage, but it's not that big of a deal. Who browses for 10-13hrs straight??? The Adreno 530 is the best gpu out and its not on the Exynos.

Well real world battery usage never matches tests. So if it is the difference between 4.5 to 5.5 hours of normal on-screen (apps loaded, syncing in background, mixed network strength), then that is significant.

That being said, performance looks reasonably close with the S820 having better ST and GPU performance and the 8890 having better MT and less throttling performance. Battery life seems better in the 8890 but don't international versions have less carrier bloatware and add-ons than the US versions? Wouldn't surprise me if some of that played a part.

What sways me more are the reports of the Exynos version being more responsive and loading faster (apps, lockscreen, etc) - which shouldn't be driven by the SOC. Since they have the same hardware storage, it seems that the Exynos version is better optimized. This is going to be more noticeable on a daily basis than SOC difference.

 

[thesmokingman]

Well real world battery usage never matches tests. So if it is the difference between 4.5 to 5.5 hours of normal on-screen (apps loaded, syncing in background, mixed network strength), then that is significant.

That being said, performance looks reasonably close with the S820 having better ST and GPU performance and the 8890 having better MT and less throttling performance. Battery life seems better in the 8890 but don't international versions have less carrier bloatware and add-ons than the US versions? Wouldn't surprise me if some of that played a part.

What sways me more are the reports of the Exynos version being more responsive and loading faster (apps, lockscreen, etc) - which shouldn't be driven by the SOC. Since they have the same hardware storage, it seems that the Exynos version is better optimized. This is going to be more noticeable on a daily basis than SOC difference.

That's true these synth benches don't mean much in the real world. I just don't think it's that big of a deal, the differences between the two regions. One has higher performance while the other is probably better optimized, thus more efficient. Pick your poison, be happy with what you got. However this crying by some posters belies the fact that many cannot choose what they get, so what's the point in bemoaning it on a soapbox?

That said, one of the first things I do is strip the bloat n swap touchwiz out so these benches become moot anyways after the fact.

 

[shabby]

Far better? Do you own an Exynos or something? Yea, the Exynos is thriftier in batt usage, but it's not that big of a deal. Who browses for 10-13hrs straight??? The Adreno 530 is the best gpu out and its not on the Exynos.

Who plays benchmarks? I'll take better battery life than having a bit better score in 3dmarktutu bench 96.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Who plays benchmarks? .

Nice GPUs help with games like Godfire.

 

[shabby]

Nice GPUs help with games like Godfire.

Its unplayable on the exynos?