Samsung Galaxy S7 review: A refinement act

11 March, 2016
Close your eyes and picture the Samsung Galaxy S6, but the way you wanted it to be, not the way it came out. Now open them and look at the Galaxy S7. Better? Let’s see.

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  • mDu
  • 12 Mar 2016

good bye, iphone

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    • Veronica
    • nYK
    • 12 Mar 2016

    No IR blaster and no FM radio as a con?

    FM radio is understandable, I use it to save my data, but I never use the IR blaster on my phone, doesn't make sense to me.

    (I have an LG G3)

    S7 looks nice, but setting off the AOD is a must, it kills the battery too much for what it does, I would say buy a normal (smart)watch if you need to...

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      • AnonD-455364
      • J8M
      • 12 Mar 2016

      Anonymous, 12 Mar 2016I like big phones,Top specs, and a large screen make a perf... moreyou like Tablets then :D Galaxy Mega or Nexus 7 is for you -_- even N7 is a tablet :D you`ll consider as phone

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        • John
        • Khs
        • 12 Mar 2016

        the design of this phone reminds me of Huawei G8 which released last year, is it coincidence? :D

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          • Anonymous
          • 0m}
          • 12 Mar 2016

          I don't like the exynos variant. Snapdragon 820 is so much better this year. Shame it will not be available in Europe. Adreno graphics has 30% advantageove Mali. And even the single core performance is better.

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            • AnonD-501554
            • A2r
            • 12 Mar 2016

            Good Job Samsung! =)

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              • AnonD-451592
              • mA@
              • 12 Mar 2016

              Anonymous, 12 Mar 2016lol I can see you are now stuck with an old Apple phone. Tr... moreiphone 6 plus is an old iphone ? What ? And I don't trust apple,is so hard for you to check a benchmark ? The only downside at iphones is that are have low RAM.But its not a big problem,2GB of RAM în ios can competent with 4GB on android.And ios can do anything android can with jailbreak

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                • Anonymous
                • XjE
                • 12 Mar 2016

                If it uses PLS display, it would be good.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • mg1
                  • 12 Mar 2016

                  AnonD-442781, 12 Mar 2016That's why I mentioned vulkan. When games start using it mu... moreSo it doesnt work exactly how you use your phone right now? no 2 phones will. Quick settings? How many do you want. iOS has quick toggles for wifi, flight mode, blue light filter, bluetooth, do not disturb. Universal back key i really dont see as a problem at all. App switching is more useful, and edge swipes for forward and backwards movement in apps supplies all of the funtionality of a back key. No true multitasking? In what sense. Apps can do what they need in the background. iPad can split screen, iPhone no, as screen is too small. Media consumption is no problem, if using legal content, really easy. If illegal content, then some fantastic third party apps that will manage and playback content. I am not sure any of your points are relevant. You have just got used to the way your current OS works and find anything that doesnt work exactly the same is more difficult/annoying. That is the same for anything when you get used to something, change is generally more difficult

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                    • Micsaw
                    • IrI
                    • 12 Mar 2016

                    Long time apple user recently switched to the samsung s6 128gb and love it. But why would I want the s7 with 32gb, I know you can add a SD card but samsung messed that up too. The s6 is the better phone.

                      How long it can record 4k? Last time it was 5min... Also considering amoled I wonder how phone would last in inverse colors.

                        AnonD-197278, 12 Mar 2016Wait for the endurance rating of LG G5 before the assumptions... As I said, as long as the G5 scores at least 70, I won't consider the S7. If you understand electronics, constantly switching on and off burns power fast. This is the reason I think AMOLED isn't as efficient as tests suggest. Tests show static images, while normal usage has changing images (on and off switching OLEDs)

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                          • Anonymous
                          • mh{
                          • 12 Mar 2016

                          AnonD-433808, 12 Mar 2016It took 5 to 6 generations to Samsung to finally build a go... moreif you are so clever try Nova launcher or something like that BUT with Apple you cant. Just stuck like sheep and putting flowers on the grave of Jobs. I can feel your loss. RIP S.Jobs and Apple

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                            • Anonymous
                            • mh{
                            • 12 Mar 2016

                            Anonymous, 12 Mar 2016lol apart from that the 6 month old iPhone 6S has better CP... morewhich phone is number one ?

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                              • Anonymous
                              • mh{
                              • 12 Mar 2016

                              Anonymous, 12 Mar 2016Problem is. Yes Samsung will win in a multi core test. iPho... moremany try Marshmalow 6.0.1 you will be shocked at the speed. They got it right in every department.

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                                • AnonD-442781
                                • pJw
                                • 12 Mar 2016

                                Anonymous, 12 Mar 2016Problem is. Yes Samsung will win in a multi core test. iPho... moreThat's why I mentioned vulkan. When games start using it multicore performance will become far more important. Also, all apps with heavy usage, like Web browser, maps, mail, use multiple cores efficiently.

                                And ios is crippled. Doesn't have quick settings in notification tab, can't install night mode and a number of other utility apps, no universal back key, no true multitasking, media consumption is made more difficult than it should be, and a number of other things I use on a daily basis. That's the very definition of crippled.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 00c
                                  • 12 Mar 2016

                                  I like big phones,Top specs, and a large screen make a perfect phone but this tiny one no way to buy Samsung need to make a big phone at least 6.4"inch then we can talk

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • mh{
                                    • 12 Mar 2016

                                    AnonD-451592, 12 Mar 2016S4 is comparable in performance with iphone 5 or lets say 5... morelol I can see you are now stuck with an old Apple phone. Trust God not Apple.

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                                      • AnonD-442781
                                      • pJw
                                      • 12 Mar 2016

                                      Anonymous, 12 Mar 2016yeah. i will too. samsung despite using sd 820 .marshmallo... moreWhat nonsense are you talking about? Amoled is very efficient, and Samsung's qhd doesn't take that much more battery than fhd. Overall battery endurance for the s7 should be much better than the g5, and there's no way it'll compare with the s7 edge.

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                                        • AnonD-451592
                                        • mA@
                                        • 12 Mar 2016

                                        AnonD-380093, 12 Mar 2016iOS is matter of time to became android. If do so then ther... moreS4 is comparable in performance with iphone 5 or lets say 5S,just check some benchmarks or speed test videos,iphone 6S is faster even than S7.I think you are an ignorant samsung fan who thinks that 100 care CPU with 5 GHz is better than a dual core with 1.8 GHz and 100 megapixels are better than 12..