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 Samsung Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge OFFICIAL DISCUSSION V4, On Sale! S7 Edge for RM3,099

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Casey Joo
post Mar 25 2016, 11:39 AM

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Kinda disappointed Samsung never fix their led notification light lol. White always look purple. It's been like this since s6. I imported an S6 active for my dad and the led is very accurate, you won't see 3 different colour shining through, all come out as one point.
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post Mar 25 2016, 10:26 PM

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QUOTE(jerryhean @ Mar 25 2016, 10:18 PM)
I remember I saw those in Samsung store in LYP when I pass by. Easily RM200-RM250.

I surveyed this type of glass (more like plastic) SP in various packaging, and there seems to be two types that I've seen in person at LYP. One of very shiny finish, that looked a lot more quality and according to the shop guy, the rainbow/dot/display degrade is minimum. Another type is more matt finish, that looked dull. Both are easily going for RM140+. The 2nd shop that sell matt finish did told me honestly that lots of customers complain dead spots on touch screen after applying the SP, which you need to press harder for the touch to register.

Personally I can confirm that with my S6E experience, tried a glass SP (fully clear and full cover, no stupid color bar on top/bottom) that degrade the display with rainbow/dot effect, and with one dead spot on the keyboard. Took it off the next day.
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post Mar 27 2016, 01:42 PM

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A few thoughts after using s7e for a while:

1. Handling - somehow the larger size makes it harder to grip when taking in and out of pocket. I'm not used to large phone, my ex s6e always feel like it's secure in my palm. Also s6e flat back gave the feel of being extremely thin. Start to miss the 5 incher already lol. But of course there's the battery trade off for thin profile...

2. DAC - s7e is noticeably more gentle on the highs and transient, but not as clear as s6e, but richer sounding. Some will think s7e sound muddy and s6e sound harsh. I won't say which one is better just depends on what you like. Personally I kinda miss the clarity of s6e lol.

3. Main camera - it takes much better shots in low light, but at the same time with a lot more over sharpening artifacts, to the point sometimes it looked harsh on certain object with rich texture. S6e has more organic look, but also means less apparent sharpness (but more details due to higher resolution). S6e also take slightly wider view but vertically it's very narrow. S7e is much more suited to general shooting and easy to stuff more things inside frame, very often I need to step back quite a bit to fit more people or object in frame simply because I can't get the full body to fit in the frame. And doing that, you'll leave more empty space on both sides, makes it awkward to frame. (As for aspect ratio, IMHO 3:2 ratio is best for landscape and 4:3 is best for vertical)

The rest pretty much covered in most public reviews. smile.gif
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post Mar 28 2016, 09:04 PM

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Happy with the battery life with mine. biggrin.gif

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post Mar 29 2016, 11:16 PM

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lol salute you guys have the balls to dip your phone into soapy water...
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post Mar 30 2016, 10:49 AM

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The s7e battery is good enough to use with official fb app and messenger. I got two days of usage with everything stock (disabled WiFi and BT always scan) and AOD off when I sleep, and still get 4 hours SOT and battery left 18%. Could've been better if I stay mostly indoor with WiFi. On data it seems to chew the battery with the cell standby. Brightness set to auto too. No gaming just normal usage like Internet and fb.

Now using stock browser with ABP and I'm getting slightly better battery compared to chrome.

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