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Galaxy S7
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I'm not sure that your cases will fit the S7. Samsung have always changed their design with every generation of the S and note series and old cases no longer fit.
Well up until recently the rumors have been saying it's the same design. And honestly if Samsung just removed their logo from the top bezel they'll be able to squeeze in some more screen. And they could take a little bit off the bottom too.
More rumors and supposed pricing....
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/01/05...rosd-slot-pricing-and-screen-sizes-confirmed/
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/01/05...rosd-slot-pricing-and-screen-sizes-confirmed/
Along with USB c, I hope wireless charging gets better/faster too.
[doublepost=1452090684][/doublepost]The most important rumor is still the software. I hope the Google and Samsung partnership to optimize touch wiz is true. There hasn't been much since that initial leak about it.
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The camera (and camera experience, which I think is just as important) and the screen have kept the s6 in the lead in my opinion. I can't seem to get away from it for too long no matter what new phone I try. And they're both so good that they make up for any little negatives about the phone.
You know, there was once a time when the iPhone had the best camera and screen, and that experience too kept the iPhone in the lead. It made up for any shortcomings it had.
The same thing is happening with the s6.
The s7 is gonna be crazy if all these things turn out to be true. Another leading class device.
I'm willing to bet if the gs7 has micro SD card its for the snapdragon version as its memory controller is eMMC 5.1 compatible and Samsung can use regular flash sdcards.
Ufs storage memory system is not compatible with SD cards endless they come out with there own ufs SD cards to buy.
It's a completly different memory controller and technology on the systems and I don't know anyway you can combine both without using 2 controllers
Ufs storage memory system is not compatible with SD cards endless they come out with there own ufs SD cards to buy.
It's a completly different memory controller and technology on the systems and I don't know anyway you can combine both without using 2 controllers
They released a Note 5 variant in Korea already that had exynos and microSD card support.
I don't like the small edge. I think the edge option works much better on the plus (I can see you have one as well).
So the edge is 5.2 and the regular GS7 is 5.7? If so I'm skipping the GS7 for sure since I don't want the Edge but want the 5.2 size.
Im good with that but doubt ill get one. We'll see. My Wife may need another phone and she just takes mine and i get another one.
I would advise gear vr fans to wait until fall before purchasing a new device. The note 6 should have 4K which will be much better for gear VR fans. .
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And that's why I specified "gear vr fans"
Technically - you actually specified 'everyone'
but added supplementally that it would support 4K which would be good for VR fans. Agreed, although 4K might not be enough. The Gear VR experience at the moment is pixelated and has a restricted field of vision. In order to get both to a manageable level, the displays have to be about 8K. I made a post earlier about how 8K, if there is a GPU that can handle that much, would be optimum for downsampling purposes.
But don't get me wrong, 4K would make a huge difference in VR, regardless of whether they use it to improve clarity or field of vision.
People complaining here about the drop in MP are making me laugh because those don't have a clue what they are talking about. I welcome a better sensor and lens over MP any day. There is a reason why SLR cameras with much Lower MP take much much better shots than cameras with high mp but crappy lens and sensors. MP is overrated and you always want to look at the lens and sensor for the best pictures.
Slight misnomer, there is a balance. Whilst mega pixels are not everything, if you have the same excellent lowlight sensor on two devices. One with 12mp and the other with 20mp - the 20mp will still have the advantage especially in cropping and amount of detail it captures.