Galaxy S7

[Surf Donkey]

Wow .. That's really poor that a small app like stopwatch gets shutdown due to poor memory management.

Test also shows 6splus is still a lot better at keeping apps in memory and faster despite it having only 1/2 the ram.

Seems like Samsung would need about 6gb ram (as 4gb is not enough) to match what is achieved with 2gb on the iPhone

Yeah, I think it has been proven over the years what happens when you apply layers of processes to Android. The processor or memory has to thrash to keep up. I really can't believe the 820 with more RAM is not crushing the other Android phones in these tests. And multitasking just can't keep up.

As more people get these phones, will find out exactly what is up. I guess folks are saying it is better than the S6 at least. iPhone does have it down. That is truly awesome what they have done with their hardware and OS. As boring as it is

 

[mellofello]

Am I being ridiculous keeping my 6s+ in addition to my s7e and work issued s5? I have a extra T-Mobile sim so I will just pop it in there. Kinda wasteful to keep a $1000 phone in the drawer but I can't seem to sell it for some reason.

If anyone understands it will be you guys loo

 

[MRU]

Am I being ridiculous keeping my 6s+ in addition to my s7e and work issued s5? I have a extra T-Mobile sim so I will just pop it in there. Kinda wasteful to keep a $1000 phone in the drawer but I can't seem to sell it for some reason.

If anyone understands it will be you guys loo

You're not alone, and if you can afford to do so, having the best of both worlds is never a bad thing. I have ZERO plans to get rid of my 6S+ except for the 7+ ... But it will happily keep whatever combination of Android handsets I'm rocking in good company.

When i put all my devices on a table together, they don't fight and squabble or attempt to pee higher than each other (unlike many of their owners on forums). They just do what devices do. So yeah, if you can keep both and you enjoy having both, then by all means do ....

 

[mellofello]

Time to invest in some cargo pants to hold my 3 phones

 

[Fernandez21]

Am I being ridiculous keeping my 6s+ in addition to my s7e and work issued s5? I have a extra T-Mobile sim so I will just pop it in there. Kinda wasteful to keep a $1000 phone in the drawer but I can't seem to sell it for some reason.

If anyone understands it will be you guys loo

Yeah, I'm the same way, I feel bad having expensive phones just sitting in a drawer, usually I'll sell them or give them to family. I do keep some for sentimental reasons though, like my Pre3, HTC One M8, iPhone 5S, and my very first smartphone a Samsung Blackjack.

 

[spinedoc77]

Am I being ridiculous keeping my 6s+ in addition to my s7e and work issued s5? I have a extra T-Mobile sim so I will just pop it in there. Kinda wasteful to keep a $1000 phone in the drawer but I can't seem to sell it for some reason.

If anyone understands it will be you guys loo

I'm the same way, I'll be greedy and keep multiple flagship phones kicking around. It's nowhere as easy as some say to keep everything synced up between different OS' and every time I switch I miss something about the previous phone. It's definitely part of the addiction process.

 

[AppleRobert]

Yeah, I think it has been proven over the years what happens when you apply layers of processes to Android. The processor or memory has to thrash to keep up. I really can't believe the 820 with more RAM is not crushing the other Android phones in these tests. And multitasking just can't keep up.

As more people get these phones, will find out exactly what is up. I guess folks are saying it is better than the S6 at least. iPhone does have it down. That is truly awesome what they have done with their hardware and OS. As boring as it is

No Tw, no qhd, great battery life, optimized apps etc.

 

[jamezr]

The S7e takes the best pictures of any smartphone I have had.

 

[AppleRobert]

Am I being ridiculous keeping my 6s+ in addition to my s7e and work issued s5? I have a extra T-Mobile sim so I will just pop it in there. Kinda wasteful to keep a $1000 phone in the drawer but I can't seem to sell it for some reason.

If anyone understands it will be you guys loo

In the drawer? Well I have PLENTY and average Joe/Jane would probably be happy with lots of them to tell the truth.

 

[vikingjunior]

Apple did something truly genius with iOS in regards to multitasking and is one of the reasons iOS devices can keep so many apps in memory.

What Apple basically does is screenshot where you left off in the App and then save the current location of the app in the ram. When you go to switch back to the app, it shows you the screenshot while iOS reloads the app from memory and initializes the save state.

Don't believe me? Try it out yourself, switch to an app and try to interact with it right away, there will be a noticeable pause where it doesn't react and then all of sudden it does once it's loaded.

This is truly genius because it limits the amount of ram needed to remember the save state of an app and thus keeps many more apps ready to restart in the background.

Android on the other hand doesn't use any of these "tricks" and thus iOS can run fine on 1 gb of ram yet Android can't.

You are correct about iOS although that ram management comes at a compromise. The compromise is the iPhone doesn't due true multitasking. Try running a gps navigation app and a dash cam app at the same time, it can't be done. Also on the iPhone if your running a gps app and switch to another app when you come back to the gps app it wouldn't be accurate until it refreshes. It's a trade off but I must admit iPhone is consistent unlike android.

 

[Surf Donkey]

No Tw, no qhd, great battery life, optimized apps etc.

Yup, not the processor. It is just Samsung being Samsung. Looking forward to the 820 in other devices this year.

http://www.xda-developers.com/s7-ed...rk-stress-tests-of-sd820-810-808-exynos-7420/

Perhaps what’s most interesting, yet not shocking, is that we still managed to find lag across the user interface, including random stutters and framedrops. Indeed, our go-to GPU profiling test showed many skipped frames when scrolling through the Play Store, significantly more than our 810 devices running stock or close-to-stock software (Nexus 6P, OnePlus 2). We’ve also encountered random input lockups where performance did not take a hit but we simply couldn’t interact with the UI for a few seconds (repeated instances on the camera app and settings menu, reported by two XDA editors).

We haven’t had our hands on this device for very long, and upcoming findings might reveal more about the nature of the S7 Edge, and in turn, further glimpses of the Snapdragon 820’s behavior under varied circumstances. For more coverage on the S7 and S7 Edge, stay tuned as our in-depth review will come soon

 

[LIVEFRMNYC]

I haven't experienced any stutters, lockups, or noticeable framedrops since I got this device. And I've been using it heavy these last several days.

 

[JackieInCo]

Am I being ridiculous keeping my 6s+ in addition to my s7e and work issued s5? I have a extra T-Mobile sim so I will just pop it in there. Kinda wasteful to keep a $1000 phone in the drawer but I can't seem to sell it for some reason.

If anyone understands it will be you guys loo

I have four phones activated currently:

Note 5
S7 Edge
6S+
6S

I also sometimes activate a few sims that I have that are using the T-Mobile $30 100 minute plan. That way I can use them in other phones and not have to cancel the number on my T-Mobile plan. Unactivated, they are good for a full year so I can activate them at anytime and keep them going forever.

 

[jamezr]

Yup, not the processor. It is just Samsung being Samsung. Looking forward to the 820 in other devices this year.

http://www.xda-developers.com/s7-ed...rk-stress-tests-of-sd820-810-808-exynos-7420/

And here you are in the S7 thread trying to bring everyone else down on a device you have no interest in getting. Bitter much? Bitter cause it beats your 6P?
Funny because only the people who don't have the phone and have no interest in getting want to be "that guy" in this thread when everyone that owns the phone already have expressed complete satisfaction. No one has reported the issues you posted. In fact everyone that has the phone says just the opposite.
First you posted a video and it was silly and proven stupid by me and others. So your back with another. Why do you feel the need to do that? You obviously don't want to get a Samsung phone. You have said so in this thread and other threads like the Nexus 6P thread. Just sounds like sour grapes on your part.

 

[Surf Donkey]

And here you are in the S7 thread trying to bring everyone else down on a device you have no interest in getting. Bitter much? Bitter cause it beats your 6P?
Funny because only the people who don't have the phone and have no interest in getting want to be "that guy" in this thread when everyone that owns the phone already have expressed complete satisfaction. No one has reported the issues you posted. In fact everyone that has the phone says just the opposite.
First you posted a video and it was silly and proven stupid by me and others. So your back with another. Why do you feel the need to do that? You obviously don't want to get a Samsung phone. You have said so in this thread and other threads like the Nexus 6P thread. Just sounds like sour grapes on your part.

Sure man, call it whatever you want. I was really possibly thinking about the S7 Edge because it is sexy as hell the 810 is such a disappointment. But I have been burned by Samsung in the past. And I was hoping Samsung could finally bring it the 820 and all the promises of a slimmer touch wiz. I would have gladly sold my 6p if this turned out to be true. And I've been following this thread with all the promises that they can and will deliver.

I didn't realize that you could only cheer for a phone in this forum. I thought it was just about discussing the phones. I am by no means saying the 6P is perfect. This is the first phone to showcase the 820 so it is interesting to see what it will do. And I do hope other Androids this year will treat the 820 better because it is showing awesome in the scores. So I'll step out. Sorry if I pissed on anyone's parade.

 

[jamezr]

Sure man, call it whatever you want. I was really possibly thinking about the S7 Edge because it is sexy as hell the 810 is such a disappointment. But I have been burned by Samsung in the past. And I was hoping Samsung could finally bring it the 820 and all the promises of a slimmer touch wiz. I would have gladly sold my 6p if this turned out to be true. And I've been following this thread with all the promises that they can and will deliver.

I didn't realize that you could only cheer for a phone in this forum. I thought it was just about discussing the phones. I am by no means saying the 6P is perfect. This is the first phone to showcase the 820 so it is interesting to see what it will do. And I do hope other Androids this year will treat the 820 better because it is showing awesome in the scores. So I'll step out. Sorry if I pissed on anyone's parade.

whatever.......if you are following the thread then you can see that what you brought up hasn't materialized for the people that have the phone. TW is smaller and lighter than ever. My TMO S7e had no carrier bloat. The camera and display are the best on a smartphone yet. The battery life is almost as good as my 6s+. Lots better than the 6p running stock Android. Samsung has stepped it up with the Galaxy S7 this year. They concentrated on the user experience and it shows.

 

[Surf Donkey]

whatever.......if you are following the thread then you can see that what you brought up hasn't materialized for the people that have the phone. TW is smaller and lighter than ever. My TMO S7e had no carrier bloat. The camera and display are the best on a smartphone yet. The battery life is almost as good as my 6s+. Lots better than the 6p running stock Android. Samsung has stepped it up with the Galaxy S7 this year. They concentrated on the user experience and it shows.

Yeah, the 6P battery is less than ideal because of the 810. That's confirmed. And I do hope your findings are more than just confirmation bias. Because it is starting to feel like a repeat of every other Samsung release. Nice honeymoon phase and it goes downhill from there.

 

[Achillias]

I still think Samsung could have done better with the edge screen. It should've have reached the metal frame just like the Nubia Z9.

 

[msavic]

You are correct about iOS although that ram management comes at a compromise. The compromise is the iPhone doesn't due true multitasking. Try running a gps navigation app and a dash cam app at the same time, it can't be done. Also on the iPhone if your running a gps app and switch to another app when you come back to the gps app it wouldn't be accurate until it refreshes. It's a trade off but I must admit iPhone is consistent unlike android.

Yup it's one of the limits Apple put into place on iOS to prevent wake locks and rampant background activity. Apps are given a roughly 10 minute period of background activity before they are killed off by the OS. Impossible to download Spotify for offline without the screen on and app active or even upload to Google photos.

Not exactly true multitasking but the general consumer interchanges app switching and multitasking and in that case Apple fulfills the needs of its general consumer. The general consumer also doesn't notice the reload period during app switching nor do they understand why it's there.

 

[mclld]

The Samsung looks way better to me, that looks like a nice phone though

 

[nviz22]

Hi-Def, Jamezr, Epicrayban, and anyone buying the GS7 Edge Xtreme Guard cheap screen protectors, I got mine. Idk if I didn't apply mine properly, but these are pretty bad relative to the iPhone one and HTC One version. Be weary. I am going Zagg for the tempered glass at some point.

 

[Lloydbm41]

Other reports are finding possibly the same old issues with RAM management is the S7 Edge compared to other Android devices. Your point taken though it might be directly related to games.

Anyone notice that the stopwatch app on the S7 wasn't the stock Samsung OR Google clock app? Why would he load an old version or a 3rd party app of a clock app?

Seems like the results were not very copacetic.

 

[nviz22]

Anyone notice that the stopwatch app on the S7 wasn't the stock Samsung OR Google clock app? Why would he load an old version or a 3rd party app of a clock app?

Seems like the results were not very copacetic.

Haven't heard of this Ortega guy. If anyone, like MKBHD, makes a speed test video, it would be a lot more credible.

 

[Achillias]

The Samsung looks way better to me, that looks like a nice phone though

I don't agree on that. It might looks a bit better but in no regards "way better".

 

[jamezr]

Hi-Def, Jamezr, Epicrayban, and anyone buying the GS7 Edge Xtreme Guard cheap screen protectors, I got mine. Idk if I didn't apply mine properly, but these are pretty bad relative to the iPhone one and HTC One version. Be weary. I am going Zagg for the tempered glass at some point.

Thanks for the info! I haven't order them yet. I will wait and get the Zaag instead.