Some people seem to be having consistently bad lag and overheating and others seem to be having no problems there. I wonder if there have been quality control issues to account for this variance.
I don't have the scroll lag on any apps yet other than Pokemon Go. Pokemon Go is slow on the Note 7. If anyone is really big into Pokemon Go, the Note 7 is not the device for you.
I've not yet had any overheating. Cross fingers. My husband likes his just fine except for a lot of his financial apps not being written to unlock with the fingerprint sensor.
To the OP:
I said this elsewhere on the forum and it bears repeating: I don't advise anyone to get any Samsung or other Android device just because they're mad at Apple or bored with Apple. Go for it because you researched what the device offers, what makes it unique and decide it offers something you can't get with your current OS and/or hardware or the next device in the upgrade queue.
It is no secret I have been dissatisfied with a lot of Apple's decisions lately and some of their rumored decisions and that did fuel my feeling that I should try to break out of the Apple ecosystem and become more fluent in cross platform solutions--but that is actually something I could have done on an IPhone. I can set up Google and Microsoft services on an iPhone. This is a great first step toward weaning off of complete dependence on Apple's ICloud services. Try to switch over from as many Apple exclusive services and go as cross platform as you can before you invest in any hardware.
But my dissatisfaction alone was no reason to suddenly jump to such an expensive device. I did have a niche use case for a phablet sized device to fill. I have long wanted the ability to write with a stylus on a phablet. It just so happened that the new Note for the first time offered the water resistance I was also wanting, since I own a pool. And I'm in a situation where I can still keep using my SE, thus mitigating my risk if my foray into Android was a failure. So now was as good of a time as any to give the Note 7 a try. I guess you could say the stars aligned on this for me. There were also some great deals from Samsung and my carrier to help make it all make sense financially.
But I also knew this investment couldn't be a knee jerk reaction to Apple. The people on this forum took great care to prepare me to know that and warn me what I would be in for in trying an all new OS. So I've been prepared and so far the experiment is going very well. I'm very happy with the Note 7 while at the same time being open to acknowledging and accepting its shortcomings.
Being ticked off or bored is not a good mindset in which to make any decisions this expensive. We all need patience to work through certain challenges and anger kills patience and being in a bored mindset causes the ability to pay attention and stick with things to evaporate. Also...if there is faulty hardware in circulation, it takes a bit of patience to determine that and get the best remedy besides a product return and going back to Apple.
The thing to keep in mind is that the Samsung flagships are themselves refinements to designs that are a couple of generations old. It just all seems new and exciting to Apple owners who up until now haven't paid close attention to Samsung. Samsung fans are doing their fair share of complaining at how the Samsungs are all starting to look the same.
Take a look at the apps you use all the time and love the best and see if they are offered in an Android version or if they have a counterpart on the Google Play store. Read the comments on each. Some comments will tell you that the app is poorly implemented in Android. In some cases it will be better.
I am sorry this is so TL
R and I also hope it helps without offending people who did try and returned their Samsungs fast because they know themselves well and know the Samsung was just not a good fit for them. Not everyone who went to Samsung fast and left just as fast did so as a knee jerk reaction. But I saw enough folks on other forums who did that, so I wanted to discuss this.
