The build quality is really amazing. Its impressive how good Samsung has gotten at hardware since the days of the plastic Galaxy phones with the little popoff back pieces.
Yeah the size is going to take some getting used to but its not unwieldy or anything, its just a little uncomfortable for couch use.
Side note, Ive never messed with Goodlock much before now but it has helped a ton at getting androids unoptimized android apps to play well with the tab in landscape.
I'm surprised at how much I like mine. Maybe because of the "internal" S-Pen storage nook? Oddly enough, I was ripping on 3rd-party cover manufacturers for including exactly that, but the way it is implemented on those was not something I wanted (extra plastic below the screen to make a space for the S-Pen to be stored) in comparison to the way the Samsung cover is designed.
I got a 3rd-party cover that doesn't have that, requiring that the S-Pen be stored on the back of the device and subject to loss, it's sitting on the other end of the sofa even though it provides more protection for the sides of the device than the Samsung cover.
I use my tab s7 plus in dex mode so the apps is not a big deal. It’s only really when you use it in normal mode but the following work fine for me
espn
onefootball
fotmob
spotify
taptalk
which are my main apps really. Only twitter really That’s an issue as reddit works fine on dex.
Your feedback is being great.
I am thinking of buying a new tablet. I currently have a 9.7-inch iPad Pro which I bought back in 2016. It is fine, but the screen is cracked and the battery is no longer what it used to be. My tablet will be used mainly for reading PDFs (which are very difficult to read in my Kindle and in smartphones) and to watch media, but also to navigate on the Internet and other casual uses. It is not supposed to be a laptop replacement.
Options here in Brazil are limited. The iPad is currently very expensive. The cheapest 10.2-inch iPad (32 GB, Wi-Fi) is selling for USD 740, and the 11-inch iPad Pro begins at USD 1,600, and the 12.9-inch model, at USD 2,000 (128 GB, Wi-Fi). So, I am not buying an iPad.
Samsung tablets are much more affordable and worth it. The 11-inch Samsung Galaxy S7 is currently selling for USD 850 (the 256 GB LTE model), and last year's S6 (128 GB, LTE), for USD 700. They seem like a much better deal. The S7+ is not yet for sale, and is supposed to arrive in mid-November, at some hefty USD 1,600, before being heavily discounted.
I am thinking of buying the regular S7 (not the S7+, which is not even for sale yet). However, as it uses an LCD panel, I am worried that it may have an inferior display compared to the one in the S6, which carries an AMOLED panel. I looked at the S6 and the S7 side-by-side today. The display in the S7 looked comparable to the S6 in terms of quality. Blacks looked very good in both, and, to my surprise, I did not notice much difference. Yellow was much more vivid (and even saturated) in the AMOLED display of the S6. Red seemed to be more accurate in the S7, as they seemed yellowish (i.e., orange) in the S6. White was warmer on the S7.
I would like to get your impressions on the S7 display, and how it compares to the display on the S6. For these prices, would it be worth to get the S6 or the S7? Also, is the display on the S7+ really so superior to anything else?
Thanks.
