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I would love a feature allowing you to downscale res in return for battery/performance. I would prefer that over traditional battery saver modes for sure. I still use 1080p screens on my computers
I am waiting for someone to bring it up, do not want to start up a concern there without more testing first. Most do not even have that variant yet.
Yep.
You can have widgets and you can arrange icons anywhere you see fit, it's just that there is no app drawer.
I haven't decided whether I prefer standard app drawer arrangement though.
And the battery is very good. I'm at 78% remaining and have over 2 hours SOT
You can, but it requires rooting... Unfortunately.I would love a feature allowing you to downscale res in return for battery/performance. I would prefer that over traditional battery saver modes for sure. I still use 1080p screens on my computers
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Old sim. No issues.
Yep.
You can have widgets and you can arrange icons anywhere you see fit, it's just that there is no app drawer.
I haven't decided whether I prefer standard app drawer arrangement though.
And the battery is very good. I'm at 78% remaining and have over 2 hours SOT
Wow. Am I right you're on the exynos processor? Wonder if it's more efficient.
That option was off and still made the icons show up together. Doubt it's that. Maybe it's a bug with my phone?
I didn't use the one it came with. I just popped in my old sim.
For what it's worth, I had Note 3 and 4 and now use a Note 5.
The 5 is by far the better phone (into of course), battery hasn't been an issue, it feels solid, both 3 and 4 used to creak, camera is better, I have a VR headset that is affordable. I don't really miss SD but they are handy. I have a otg stick on my keyring if I really need to shuffle files around.
I miss the IR blaster though, I understand bugger all people used it, but I used it all the time....
I'm skipping s7 (so tempting) and waiting for the Note 6.
Hope it's a beast.
While I respect Mossberg for his contributions in the tech journalism, he is a self proclaimed Apple aficionado. There isn't a single time where he can't help but bring up Apple in any conversation, even when it's a category that has nothing to do with Apple. That being said, he's nothing like Rene Ritchie from imore. Whenever a new phone comes out you can always expect to see 10 articles telling people to wait for the iPhone because it will be better.
With that said, I do agree about the bloat and how it can be both daunting and confusing for someone transitioning from a device that has what I called streamlined bloat like the iPhone.
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2014 - Samsung Galaxy S5 was the pinnacle for features only maligned by ugly design.
2015 - Samsung reinvented itself with design but omitted three useful features. Experimental year for Samsung and a disappointment from Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810.
2016 - Samsung brought back two of the three omissions of the S6.
2017 - Samsung brings back removable battery to the S line?
It only takes about three generations or more to get things right. The Samsung Galaxy S8 edge should be the one to merge the S5 features with the improved designs schemes we see from 2015 and 2016.
2017 should be a banner year - S8 edge vs iPhone 7s. I don't care of design. It isn't top 3 priority. But Samsung might nail everything right next year with the S8 edge.
Beautiful design
More compact design than the Note
Great OLED display (pls keep it no higher than QHD)
Great camera
Longer battery (and hopefully removable)
Micro-sd slot
Water-resistant
Fast charging
2017 will be iPhone's 10 year anniversary and the original iPhone was the best smartphone of 00's decade for being the gamechanger. I always go for the "s" models because I prefer stronger internals of the same design. So people showing off their new iPhone 7 for a year don't bother me because the buyers are just guinea pigs to the new design. Give me the stronger twin. I think S8 edge will be the best edition of its series before Samsung gets experimental again with 4K displays with substandard battery capacity by 2018-2019. The same issues LG experienced trying to spearhead the G3 with a QHD display and 3000 mAh batt in 2014.
2015 - Samsung reinvented itself with design but omitted three useful features. Experimental year for Samsung and a disappointment from Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810.
2016 - Samsung brought back two of the three omissions of the S6.
2017 - Samsung brings back removable battery to the S line?
It only takes about three generations or more to get things right. The Samsung Galaxy S8 edge should be the one to merge the S5 features with the improved designs schemes we see from 2015 and 2016.
2017 should be a banner year - S8 edge vs iPhone 7s. I don't care of design. It isn't top 3 priority. But Samsung might nail everything right next year with the S8 edge.
Beautiful design
More compact design than the Note
Great OLED display (pls keep it no higher than QHD)
Great camera
Longer battery (and hopefully removable)
Micro-sd slot
Water-resistant
Fast charging
2017 will be iPhone's 10 year anniversary and the original iPhone was the best smartphone of 00's decade for being the gamechanger. I always go for the "s" models because I prefer stronger internals of the same design. So people showing off their new iPhone 7 for a year don't bother me because the buyers are just guinea pigs to the new design. Give me the stronger twin. I think S8 edge will be the best edition of its series before Samsung gets experimental again with 4K displays with substandard battery capacity by 2018-2019. The same issues LG experienced trying to spearhead the G3 with a QHD display and 3000 mAh batt in 2014.
Rene Ritchie.... That guy is ridiculous. I gave up imore a good while ago, largely due to his articles. They are so blatantly biased even die hard appe fans should cringe.
Not only has Verizon removed Internet app, they've removed Samsung Pay.
In return, I've removed Verizon (from my life) and have ordered the S7 on T-Mobile's JOD.
I highly doubt Samsung will bring back the removable battery ever again. But if by slim chance they do, it will most likely be done similar to how the G5 battery is removed.