The s7 performs great! It is fast responding, the features are good, and the battery life is awesome Finally a phone that isn't needing charged twice a day. The design is very eye appealing. Overall, I would highly recommend this to anYonex looking for a new phone.
This is a great phone, this coming from a past iPhone user, This is my 2nd Samsung phone and by far it has more features than any iPhone I ever had. I am a REALTOR and the features like the camera, quick link tabs, buttons, water proof and durability help to do my job much more efficient. I had one of my teenagers switch from the iPhone 6s to the Samsung 6 active and they are hooked. With the VR capabilities, screen graphics, and durability of the phone it is perfect for him. We have no complaints.
I upgraded from a S5 and the upgraded features on this are outstanding. It is slimmer and a little easier to navigate the apps, which I'm sure will get easier.(still in the new phone transition) my only complaint so far is the S5 ringtone would take the highlight of a song if you wanted it to, and the S5 had a higher megapixel camera(I actually won twice in a company calendar contest with my S5) But the pictures on this phone are outstanding. Overall I am very happy with this phone.
Samsung phones are kind of like a person with plastic surgery. They may be pretty but sometimes they're just adding unnecessary features.
I haven't had a Samsung Galaxy phone since the S3. I didn't care for that device. The amount of bloatware already on it slowed down the general experience for me and toward the end of my 2nd year with it the battery life slowed down significantly.
I switched a different android phone during the time of the Galaxy S4 thru S6. I enjoyed the experience, but, part of me still had a desire for the flash of a Samsung device.
I had heard of the rave reviews for the S6 and heard that the S7 was just an improvement upon that and decided to give it a shot.
So far I have been very impressed with the S7. It is a gorgeous looking device, but, I never really cared much about that. I'd use a phone shaped like a foot if it had cool features and operated well. Luckily, the S7 looks great and operates great as well.
Yeah, it still has bloatware but with an improved processor it doesn't slow down the phone. Some of the 32 gigabits is already going to be taken up by Samsung apps but unless you have a ton of music and/or videos your still going to have plenty of room to play with. Also, with the return additional micro SD storage you can always add more. My other big issue with my old S3 was the battery life wasn't very good. They've answered this by adding a bigger battery and including a lightning charger for a fast recharge.
The always on display is a nice addition for those of us that use our smartphones as an alarm clock. The water resistance will take away your anxiety of dropping the phone in the toilet (how does that happen anyway? What are you doing in there?)
Speaking of private things. The fingerprint unlock gives you security but is way quicker than using a PIN or trace pattern. I've really been enjoying the Samsung pay as well. It doesn't work with everyone's debit/credit machines but I've had about a 90% success rate and since using NFC payment isn't used that much where I live I get looks from cashiers like I may a sorcerer when it does work...so I got that going for me.
There's a few minor things about the phone I don't like. The speaker being on the bottom I feel was a bad choice. If your holding the phone vertically you're likely to accidentally cover it with your hand a couple of times and generally the speaker isn't that good. Sufficient? Yes. An improvement? No. I'm probably a little spoiled from having a device in the past, which, had two speakers. I also don't like the choice to put the volume keys on the left side of the phone. I have a kickstand case and when it's sitting on it's side it's on the volume keys it makes adjusting the volume a little inconvenient.
Like I said earlier these are such minor things that shouldn't scare you away from the Galaxy S7. Probably the best Andriod phone on the market right now.