- What's up, guys? Lew here back with another video.
Today's gonna be a little something different
just 'cause I was thinking,
talking to Jack, trying to figure out
something interesting, a new kind of series.
Recently, you may have seen a video in which
I switched - in which I switched -
to the Blackberry Priv as my personal daily device.
Essentially, what happened was
I took my sim card out of my Galaxy S6 active,
put it into the Blackberry Priv,
and then went on to use that for I guess
what is now almost three weeks.
And all these phones coming into the
Unbox Therapy headquarters all the time,
and it was like, "man, how do I decide which one
"to use and for how long and so on, and so on, and so on?"
So I decided that the best way to deal with this
influx of phones is to use them as my personal device.
Remove the sim card, insert it into the next device,
and actually fully transition my lifestyle.
The purpose of this video is to continue
that transition from the Blackberry Priv
and now into the hot, fresh Galaxy S7
sitting in front of me right here, as you can tell.
It's also wearing a very slick Dbrand tuxedo there.
See, I'm just gonna
tell you a little bit about my experience
with the Blackberry, some of the differences,
benefits, drawbacks, and what I'm looking
forward to with the S7.
So, the Priv.
I was concerned about switching to this device.
How well was Blackberry going to be able to integrate
a real Android OS onto some of their hardware?
Of course, this also features the full keyboard,
which how would that all work?
It hasn't been as much of a transition as I expected
compared to my Galaxy S6.
As much as I like the texture of the material
on the back, it's just a big phone.
You know, angular corners and whatnot.
Moving from that to the S7, my goodness.
The S7 is one of the comfiest phones I've ever held.
It's got curves in all the right places.
Sometimes you forget just how nice it is
to have that real, single-handed functionality
associated with a manageable screen.
This super slim edge on the Edge just makes it
a tiny bit less comfortable to hold, in my opinion.
Nonetheless, this is the one that I'm gonna be
using for the next little while.
Now, just to wrap up a little bit on the Blackberry,
I would say it's a fairly easy transition
for somebody coming from Android.
After all, it's running Android and everything
you would expect to find on Android.
I got a lot less use out of the keyboard
than I expected to get, unless it was for scrolling.
This touch pad that exists on here is kinda nice.
Maybe if my mobile lifestyle was more
text-eccentric - text-centric, text-centric -
the keyboard and some of its functionality's cool
for that as far as moving around your cursor
without have to try and find it with your finger.
The speaker, at first, I was a little worried about it.
I was like, "man, it seems like it should sound louder."
I tried it out with a bunch of different sources.
I determined after some time that
the speaker's actually pretty good,
and it's forward-facing.
I think ultimately, the thing that I'm going to
be happiest to get away from is the camera.
It is just not on the level of the
cameras in the S7 and S7 Edge.
Things I'm most excited for about the S7
is very manageable form factor,
incredibly comfy to hold, just having my lock switch
back on the right hand side instead of the left,
getting the really quick fingerprint sensor back
is also a plus.
I have swapped out the theme.
There's a theme called Android 6.0 in the theme store,
which gives you a far more Nexus-like look to your S7.
I highly recommend it.
You can see I have the plain black background.
In conclusion, I would say that what we're
finding here is a lot more parody
as far as manufacturers are concerned.
Once upon a time, there was this vast
gap between the market leaders and everybody else,
and that thing is shrinking now.
Sure, the S7 is still sort of at the cusp,
it's at the bleeding edge from performance standpoint,
these new devices are now water-resistant
up to one hour, I believe, in a foot of water.
Who doesn't want that?
Also, expandable storage: both of these devices feature it.
They dropped the expandable storage on the last generation.
Now, they've added it back. How can you hate on that?
So, it's the big moment now,
and it's time to switch sim cards.
I have the tool of choice.
We're gonna move from the Blackberry Priv
to the S7.
I'm excited.
It's like a religious experience here.
It's a combo tray. How cool is that?
How dare you?
It's like--
It's freaking out without its sim card.
It's screaming for life.
Ready, set, boom.
Stay tuned to my social media -
Twitter, Instagram, and so on -
to see all the pictures I'm shooting
on this device from this point forward.
Two weeks.
We shall start our relationship,
and then I will swap you out for something new.
Keep it locked. It starts now.
You and I and sometimes Jack.
(chill electronic music)