Moving
from the IPhone 5s to a Samsung s6 was a difficult move but moving from the s6
to the s7 edge was a breeze thanks to Samsung’s improvements in technology and
some thanks to their smart switch software that lets you connect your old phone
to your s7 or s7 edge via a OTG cable provided with the device which comes
quite handy while making transition from
any android or ios device .
The
variant I have been using for well over two moths is the international model
SM-G935D which boasts Samsung’s in-house Exynos 8890 which is an 8 core
processor built on the 14 nm FinFet process. In simple terms it is faster than
the chip used in last years s6 and more power efficient.
In terms of connectivity
the phone has a faster LTE Cat9 chip which has upload speeds of up to 450mbps
and up to 50 mbps of upload speeds that are the same as the s6 which is still
pretty fast as uploading and downloading data is a breeze. The Wi-Fi is a dual-band 802.11a/b/g/ac with
Wi-Fi direct and hotspot capabilities. The Wi-Fi strength is so strong that I
can still get a single waiting for the lift approximately 15 meters away from
my apartment.
The s7 edge is slightly thicker than
its predecessor the s6 but gets rid of the of the camera bump found on the s6
which is a well welcomed designed decision as it calms the perfectionist inside
me. The device follows the new consistent pattern of design incorporated by Samsung
in its premium devices in which Samsung uses gorilla glass panels for the front
and rear of the phone along with an aircraft grade aluminum for bezels which
feels balanced in the hand although it is slightly heavier than the s6. The phone
has brought back much awaited features such as dust and water resistance and
the memory card slot which doubles as a second Sim card slot.
The phone is still a 1440x2560 resolution
screen but on a larger 5.5 inch super AMOLED display with an amazingly high 534
PPI . The colors are bright and vivid along with deeper and darker blacks along
with a higher power consumption as being a drawback.
The
operating system is android 6.0 Marsh mellow right out of the box and features
the latest touch wiz User interface which now has considerably less bloat ware
along with some neat freebies such as the entertainer coupons and a 1-year free
subscription od Microsoft one drive which adds on to my existing 15 gb making
it 115 gb of drive storage but the unified storage feature is not available.
The always on display is pretty helpful as I don not have to keep unlocking my
phone to see the time
The
phone has Samsung’s latest processor the eight core Exynos 8890. It utilizes
the 14 nanometer manufacturing node which allows the chip to be smaller and
more power efficient. The Big. Little architecture allows it to use a four
cores at a time clocked at 1.6ghz and up to 2.6ghz respectively. The phone does
have a lot of processing power though it also has an Arm Mali T880 MP12 GPU
which is a sixteen core GPU which goes perfectly with the eight core CPU. The
device can play any modern games such as clash of clans or Pokémon go as smooth
as butter.
Memory, the phone finally got a upgrade to 4gb
of ram which is a DDR4. The storage is inbuilt in my 32gb version though you
get 115 Gb of cloud storage via the Microsoft one drive along with a micro SD
card slot which is expandable up to 1 terabyte (in theory) of storage which is
a bit of an over kill for the average joe. The phone comes with quick charge
which is a blessing as it takes less time for the phone to charge in contrast
to a normal charger which can take 2-3 hours to charge the phone from 0- 100%
but with a quick charger the time is reduced to just 1 hour 30 minutes. The
wireless charger is still supporting QI and PMA charging which is inbuilt into
the phone along with the fast wireless charging via Samsung’s fast wireless charging
pad.
The camera is a better
one than last years s6 as it uses Dual pixel technology which makes focusing
and taking pictures although it is to be noted that the pixels have been
reduced to a 12 MP shooter though the quality is comparable to many high class cameras
such as DSLRs or SLRs .
The battery’s is a 3600
mAh 9 v battery which lasts me about 8 hours
of usage on 4g along with full screen brightness which is pretty impressive for a phone of this
size but I still got a external battery pack so that I could play Pokémon go on
the go ! (Go Team Valor!) .
The price I got s7 edge
for was 2350 (643$) Emirati dirhams which was less than my s6 which cost me
2600 (700$) emirate dirhams which was pretty good offer considering I got a
free 128 gigabyte Samsung memory card and a OTG adapter with my device.
Over
all I think the S7 edge is a great phone
and a upgrade from my iPhone s6 though I do feel that the 32gb inbuilt memory
is a poor choice from Samsung as they could easily out I an 64 gb memory inside
but I guess that’s what the micro-SD card slot is for .The
android experience is slightly better than the one offered on the s6 . In conclusion, the s7 edge is a great device
though the decision to buy the device is
yours whether you should choose to accept it!
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