What's up guys, it's Chris Majestic from Majestechs and today we're going to be reviewing the
Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 Edge.
So unless you've been living under a rock or you really just hate Android, you've probably
heard that the Samsung Galaxy S7 and the S7 Edge are out. The very first thing you're
going to notice when you look at one of these phones is that it is a tiny bit thicker. So
the Galaxy S6 had about a 2500mah battery. The new S7 has a 3000mah battery. The Galaxy
S7 Edge comes with a 3600mah battery, which compared to something like the Note 5, is
considerably large. Another notable difference, which is very similar to the Galaxy Note 5
is the rounded back. So on the back of the phone, the edges are rounded on the sides.
That actually helps a lot with holding the phone. It feels more comfortable in your hand.
If feels like you get a better grip like you're not going to drop it. So both of these are
going to have an AMOLED 1440p screen. Their going to be super sharp, very bright, as most
AMOLED displays are. It has 4GB of RAM, a SnapDragon 820, Adreno 430, and unlike some
of the newer phones that have just come out in the past few months, it does not have
USB Type-C. They decided to keep the Micro USB port but it does still have Adaptive Fast
Charging and it charges really fast. Not only does it charge fast using the included cable.
It also has Adaptive Fast Wireless Charging. And one of the biggest things about these
phones is that Samsung actually brought back the Micro SD card slot. It comes with a tool
just like the S6 did that you can stick into the slot to open up the tray and it's going
to be a combo tray that has your SD card and your sim card. As far as the S7 Edge, unlike
last year where we had the S6 Edge, which was close to same size as the S6, the S7 Edge
is actually larger than the S7. So it's a 5.5" screen so it's only a tiny bit smaller
than the Note 5 is and the edge screen with the edge shortcuts allows for really quick
navigation. I'm using it a lot more than I actually thought that I would. Another feature
Samsung added to the S7 and the S7 Edge is an Always-On Display. So it's going to show
things like the time, date, battery life, and some notifications even when your phone
is off in standby mode it's going to stay there. And the way they're able to do that
is because with AMOLED displays, only the pixels that are actually on are using power.
Now over the years, Samsung has really polished Touchwiz. People used to hate it. I used to
have issues with it myself. It has gotten a LOT better. It's not perfect and it does
kind of struggle a little bit when you're doing really really heavy multitasking or
trying to switch between background tasks but it's gotten a lot better and I've actually
grown to like it because I've gotten used to it. So on to the camera, which is obviously
one of the most important features for most people. Samsung actually dropped the megapixels
16 down to 12. Now, most people that don't know that much about photography may think
that's a bad thing, but that's not true. Unless you're going to be doing things like shooting
huge pictures for a poster or if you're going to do a lot of heavy zooming like digital
zooming or cropping, it's not really going to make a big difference in your photos. However,
one thing that you do gain with this new camera is that it has a lower F-Stop so it's going
to be F1.7 as opposed to F1.9. That doesn't seem like it's a big difference but that makes
a huge difference when making your pictures sharper, allowing you to have that really
nice blurred background in the background of a picture and helping a little bit with
low-light performance. I wouldn't shy away from the phone just because it has less megapixels.
Don't get caught up in the hype. It's definitely a really good camera, if not the best camera
on the market. I don't think I've ever seen a phone focus faster than the Galaxy S7 and
the S7 Edge. You can go in and out of focus from the foreground to the background very
very quickly. It's very impressive and it does the same with video. Speaking of fast,
these phones have the feature where you double-tap the home button to get to your camera.
Now you can actually do this with the screen on or off and it comes up super fast and you
can snap your picture right away. And the Dual Pixel focus system allows you to do that
and have the subject in focus. It's going to have IP68 water and dust resistance, a
very welcome feature that a lot of people were upset about them taking off the S6. So
you people that somehow drop your phone in the toilet or dive in the pool with your phone,
you forget, it's going to be just fine. It's a very welcome feature and I'm glad that they
added it back and they were able to do this without having that stupid flap that was on
the Galaxy S5. Not an issue now. They have sensors in there to detect with there's water
so you're not charging a wet phone. You'll probably hear this all over the Internet with
most glass and metal phones. It's a super, super, fingerprint magnet. I mean, unless your
hands are super dry like plastic or something, you're going to leave fingerprints on this
phone, and I mean all over this phone, especially considering they have the different color
options. They have the silver and the gold. Those kind of colors are going to show every
single fingerprint. And just like the Note 5 they took away the IR blaster. Unfortunately,
I was one of those people that used it. Do I think if you have an S6 or a Note 5 that
you should upgrade to this phone? Absolutely. Added features like having waterproofing back,
having the SD card back, having a larger battery, especially considering that the battery is
not removable, the larger screen on the S7 Edge. There are a thousand reasons I can tell
you to go ahead out and buy this phone so I definitely think they're worth the upgrade.
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