I traded my recalled Note 7 for an S7 Edge and I really enjoy the phone, but I wish the always on functionality of the edge was that of the Note 7, which features notifications. Other than that, I'm satisfied.
Pros: Bright display, Durable, Lightweight
Cons: no notifications on always on display.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
5
Design
4
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
4
Switched
on September 11, 2016
Posted by: Luv2Shop19th
from cambridge, Ohio
Expertise:Intermediate
Went from the note 4 to the s7 edge. Nothe sure it was worth the money. I really wanted the note 7. But they recalled it before I could get it.
Samsung keeps on making great phones and so far I love my galaxy s7 edge! Everything is soo smooth and never glitches, I definitely enjoy the graphics on this phone and the quality it has when using it to watch movie and great camera!
The Galaxy S7 Edge is a well made, good looking phone. However, it does have a few drawbacks that need to be considered . First, while it does have a slot for an SD card, that card can not be used as 'Extended Memory' (basically extending the internal memory of the phone to include the SD card) without a work around, leaving it to be just "Portable Storage: (where it can be removed and used in another phone or computer to transfer stored data) natively. That to me is a big drawback of this phone as it effectively nearly defeats one of the best features of Marshmallow - I have used the work around and that does seem to work well, so, for me, the problem has been solved. In addition, the 'Back' and 'Recent Used' buttons are reversed from what I have become familiar with on other Android phones which presents a bit of a learning curve when initially using the phone and some amount of confusion if you change back and forth with another phone - as I sometimes do.
Beyond those two major drawbacks, I've found the display to be very good, better, in fact, to any other phone I've recently used. I can't say much about the native UI Samsung provides as I use one of the 'Launcher' apps found in the Google Apps store - the same one on each of my Android phones so UI on all are basically the same. I got the S7 I'm using from AT&T (not unlocked), so it is loaded with all the AT&T that are bundled in and cannot be removed. That's not necessarily so much a problem with the phone as it is a problem with the carrier, but it does impact how a user views the phone.
I would recommend this phone to other users, with a strong recommendation that they get it unlocked if available for their carrier.
Three weeks after purchasing the Galaxy S7 my screen cracked when the phone slipped from my hand and onto the concrete. I was disappointed as I just traded a Galaxy S5 that had taken a number of falls and was traded without any defects. I love the Galaxy S7. The features are fantastic, but the construction of the screen falls short of my expectations of Samsung.