Review of the flagship Samsung Galaxy S7 EDGE – Mobile-review

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Content

1. specifications
2. Package
3. Ranking
4. Design, body materials
5. memory type, RAM, memory card
6. The chipset and performance
7. Display
8. Camera – front and the main
9. Battery
10. USB, Bluetooth, communication opportunities
11. Software – Android 6, TouchWiz and other things
12. Optional accessories
13. Impressions

specifications

• Android 6.0.1, TouchWiz 2016
• Display 5.5-inch, QHD-resolution, SuperAMOLED, automatic backlight adjustment function Always On, different modes of operation, Corning Gorilla Glass 4,
• 4 GB of RAM, 32/64 GB of internal memory card of up to 200 GB
• nanoSIM (there are options for 2 SIM-card, then will be available memory card combined slot)
• chipset Exynos 8890, 8 cores up to 1.8 GHz per core, graphics coprocessor MALI T880 MP12 (in some countries there is an option on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820)
• support LTE cat12 / 13 with updating software, as required to support operator
• The front camera of 5 megapixels, flash (the screen), the main camera BRITECELL, 12 megapixels, shooting taymlaps, delayed effects for video, 4K video
• Wi-Fi: 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac (2.4 / 5GHz), HT80 MIMO (2×2) 620Mbps, Dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Mobile hotspot, Bluetooth®: v4.2 , A2DP, LE, apt-X, ANT +, USB 2.0, NFC
• Wireless charging built into the housing (WPC1.1 (4.6W Output) & amp; PMA 1.0 (4.2W)
• Battery Li-Ion 3600 mAh, extreme power saving mode, fast charge in one hour to 70 percent

Package

• Phone
• Charger (Fast Adaptive Charge) c USB-cable
• instructions
• Wired stereo
• Clip for SIM-tray

Positioning

In 2015, in Samsung occurred reshuffle which affected the positioning device, the graph of output and that the company makes. In particular, for the champions went to the experiment, when the abandoned Memory Card (Apple has not, and no one complains!) Made monolithic body, and it scared off many consumers. What appeared on the market two models – the S6 and S6 EDGE, in the same size housing, but one with a side edge and the other without, confuse the situation even more

The first sales have shown that image-EDGE. He enjoys overwhelming demand, while simple S6 is not as popular. The difference in demand affected than total sales, namely their allocation in the pair S6 / S6 EDGE. EDGE deficit has been noticeable during the first three months, the company did not have time to produce a template for them and was forced to run additional production

In the autumn, the Samsung has another couple of champions -. Note 5 / S6 EDGE Plus. If Samsung is traditionally considered the flagship of the line Note, that in 2015, departed from this rule and do fashion phone mostly, it promoted in all markets, while Note 5 was released originally in small editions in Asia, South Korea and the United States. Then already it began to sell everywhere, but it has brought confusion in the perception of what is considered a real flagship, how do they differ and what to look for.

In 2016, EDGE actually goes together with the S7, this same machine, but with a greater diagonal. From the smallest EDGE refused because they do not see it as much sense, the choice is now between a regular and a large flat-S7 S7 EDGE. As for me, this approach seems more logical than the two equal-sized device.

I am often asked what happens to the line Note. Rumor has it that it was abandoned and it will be no more. I repeat the words of Mark Twain, paraphrasing them, rumors of the death of Note exaggerated. Moreover, this apparatus, namely, Note 6, once again becoming a leader in every sense of the word, and will be a key new product autumn 2016. It implemented a number of innovations that have not got the S7, and it is the most powerful machine possible at the time, and the next year at least. That is, the good old ruler Note returns to us.

A S7 / S7 EDGE models are designed to be key next six months and one of the flagships of the most interesting, in which there are no compromises. For these devices, apparently, history repeats S6 / S6 EDGE, but at a new stage of market development. Pre-orders in Europe and Russia showed that the main demand accounted for S7 EDGE, consumers embraced this model as the key. In Russia, two S7 EDGE There is one S7, despite the difference in the cost of the latter. This suggests that the large screen and the unusual shape of the screen prevail, people will also choose a larger battery. Perhaps, S7 EDGE becomes the most interesting and deprived flagship compromise in 2016, this phone has all of the technology that you can only imagine.

Design, body materials

I’m used to the eternal moan dissatisfied for any reason, and without them. For example, when the output of any flagship is always a bunch of people who do not like the design, housing materials and so on. As a rule, they do not belong to the category of potential buyers, but just like to communicate on the network. Perhaps the exception is products from Sony and HTC, which from year to year almost unchanged externally, which creates criticism. For Samsung in 2015 redesign of the flagship became successful, and now they are all built on a metal frame, have the rear surface of Corning Gorilla Glass 4. Glass in 2016 nothing changed, except that the glass on the front and back panel becomes 2.5D ( this fashion, and only now do all of those pieces of glass with rounded). In the Samsung, to position themselves differently from competitors, called 3D glass, for that they have grounds for such bends Gorilla Glass 4 no one is using in their products.

As you can see, these seemingly smart phones are the same flagships of 2015, the difference will be difficult to see. Moreover, the same series of A-2016 were as similar to these devices, the colors will differ only due to stress them try to older models. But it is difficult to distinguish between life color saturation, body, notice how it is man who uses the machine. A good design that is propagated in ten models quickly become boring. And perhaps this is the moment to stop many people feel that it would be difficult to stand out by using such a device. As I see the situation, the Samsung went on a two-year design cycle, like Apple, but decided to play in opposition, that is to change the shape of the tubes are not in the same year, and Apple. This year, the iPhone 7 will receive a different appearance, but the Galaxy S7 will resemble its predecessor.

From the point of view of color solutions unit black (Black Onyx) looks interesting, golden color and a little tired in the previous model. And most of the people ordering the phone in black.

Overall, while available here are color, but not in all markets they appear at the same time.

Now, a few words about dreams about the collapsible housing. Its in this model is not and never will be, the construction itself is not intended to replace the battery yourself. But it can be done in any service center. The second point – it is protection from water. Just as in the Galaxy S5, it returns to Samsung devices, and all flagships. Protection standard – IP68, phones can drown, and nothing from them will not. There impregnation of components on the board with a special solution, water repellent (like its use in Motorola phones), but also the design does not allow water to get inside, to the speaker and microphone special membrane.

And this is protected microUSB-socket to prevent water from getting inside and if it does happen from the impact, then there is a special controller to prevent short-circuiting.

All the metal surface subjected to further corrosion treatment. In the picture you can see the shaded part of that additional protection against water.

Please note that, as the tray is designed for SIM-card and memory card, it has a rubber insert, which is lower than the upper bound. As a result, here quickly stuffed dust from pockets, but it does not penetrate into the phone. It affects feature of his defense. Someone may not like it from an aesthetic point of view, but problems with that, as the dust inside the housing does not penetrate and can not get there

The body slightly increased in size, it is a consequence of a larger battery in the S7, and the other frame structure, it is made of durable to withstand severe fall apparatus (aluminum alloy 6013). I have a Galaxy last generation does not have any complaints about the resistance to the falls. Immediately completely recalculated location of the components and parts of the phone to provide even greater survival and safety glasses that cover the screen and the back surface. Miracles do not happen, and the break can be any device, but Galaxy / Note line users know that they have a very reliable machines that are difficult to break

Due to the fact that now the back panel of the phone has a bevel, keep S7 EDGE hands much better than its predecessor, no crashing parts, nothing even remotely disturbing. Excellent device for tactile sensations. The glass gets dirty, this should be accepted, another thing is that fingerprints are not so visible and easily erased.

Of the minuses I note the black version of the speaker grille, which is also painted black. The paint wears a few weeks in your pocket, there is a white metal. The body color is gold, just quietly, a feeling that everything is correct, but there is clearly seen. In my opinion, this is a clear disadvantage, but it can not be called critical.

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Type memory, memory, memory card

When the Samsung started out the production of its flagship memory cards, the company argued that the amount of memory in 32, 64 and 128 GB will be enough in theory to anyone. In practice, the company has got confused in logistics, and first appeared on a 32 GB device, then to 64 GB, but the model 128 GB has been difficult to find, but they have made, and a bit. This fundamental difference from Apple, where you can buy a machine with any amount of memory, and they are always available. Therefore, an experiment in Samsung considered unsuccessful, and the groan of consumers was so loud that all the top managers of Samsung felt it.

It seems to please the people, we must first do something to take away from them. This happened with the memory cards, they were removed in 2015 and realized what a mistake in 2016. Now the memory card back into all flagships, you can use them almost any size. Map 200 GB is recognized and works. Later, support for memory cards is 2 TB may appear, is no reason not to do no technical restrictions there.

The basic models will be those that offer 32 GB of internal memory, while the apparatus 64 GB will not too common. I think that there is nothing wrong, and people will choose such solutions.

Since smartphones Samsung uses fast memory standard UFS 2.0, the company had to abandon the original features Android 6 – unions memory cards and internal memory in a single array. It is necessary for those who are not going to use your card anywhere else but only in the same handset. The risks are great enough that, if the card fails, you will lose most of their data, if not all, except for those that are stored in the cloud.

As a result, Samsung decided to make an interim decision. You get a 24 GB to 32 GB of space, while at 8 GB space and the system is to operate with an external memory, for example, it is used as a buffer during video recording, the cache and other system functions. But, as before, you can transfer most of the applications on the memory card, do not store them in the internal memory of the smartphone. As a result, no restrictions de facto not, you can use your smartphone as you wish.

Memory of the type has not changed, it’s chips built on the first time we saw them a year ago, 20-nm technology. Peak data rate – 3.2 GB / c, which can be considered a top speed of mobile devices in the next year, or even a half. RAM up to 4 GB.

Memory Manager, which appeared in the previous generation and has caused complaints from many users that it is unloaded from memory applications remained. But added mode of operation, in which the last application kept in RAM, unload them only when necessary. That is, we got kind of mixed mode: until the memory is not required, the application it hanging, but as soon as you need it, they go to the clipboard

But because of the speed of the processor while downloading applications from the cache to reduce both. at least twice, it seems that they hang in the memory. Visually, and feels it is a big increase in speed in this aspect

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and chipset performance

in 2015, Samsung refused to use Qualcomm in its flagship processors very hot and had a lot of flaws. In particular, it was the Snapdragon 810, which Qualcomm could modify only one year after the first samples. This processor and Samsung waived brought down shares of Qualcomm and even caused a wave of layoffs and reorganization of the chipset manufacturer.

By 2015, the stereotype saying that the Exynos-options flagships noticeably worse than analogues at Qualcomm. Often, it was not so, they were equivalent in terms of the average consumer. At Qualcomm is traditionally stronger than in their own solutions from Samsung, we are LTE-modems. In 2016, the difference is leveled even more as modems Exynos also received an upgrade, and began to work better. Whether they are inferior to Qualcomm? I think yes. Have you noticed the difference in real life? I think not.

The vast majority of countries will receive the flagship of Samsung Exynos version rather than Qualcomm 820. Operators who want to, for whatever reason, get on Qualcomm’s version, do it consciously and for their own reasons . Of the minuses I note Qualcomm version is less than about 10 percent of the time in different modes that looks like a huge difference for the same performance. It is also less integrated chipset from Qualcomm with the camera from Samsung can affect the speed of autofocus (but you do, most likely will not notice). Advantageously, the flagship version will be the one that uses the inside Exynos 8890

Depending on the operator and / or the chipset used will be different letter in the marking models, the standard name -. SM-G935. Let’s dwell a little on this processor. So, it is powered by the technological process 14 nm FinFET, it has eight cores, as well as new graphics coprocessor MALI T880 MP12. In the graphics area alleged that the processor is 80 percent faster than MALI-T760, and energy efficiency above 40 percent at full load.

One of the interesting features of the chipset note support LTE cat.12 / 13, which provides load data at speeds up to 600 Mbit / c (1 GB of footage can be downloaded in one minute, if your operator supports these categories). See infographic devoted to this processor.

In the synthetic benchmarks version Exynos shows better performance.

The test wins S7 EDGE, the fastest machine at the moment (my phones on Exynos). Look at test results.

I want to underline that the new processor is very fast.