I'm loving this phone so far!! The only thing I'm a little worried about is the built in battery. So far so good though! This phone is a lot faster and loving the SD re-addition! The camera is amazing and although this phone is totally waterproof, I have to admit, I haven't tried soaking it in Champagne just yet.
I've had tons of Samsung phones (Note 3, Note 4, Note 5, S5, S6 and now the S7) and notice a huge difference when I went from the Note 5 to S6 in performance. The 4 GB of RAM makes a big deal IMO. After having the S6 for a few months, as soon as the S7 came out I jumped shipped and had to get it. I ended up with the S7 Edge and the performance so far has been better than any of the Notes I had (which the Note 4 and 5 were amazingly fast). The edge is a nice touch and allows me to easily open apps with just a quick swipe. Performance aside, I get tons of compliments on the picture quality on the display. It has a way of making a picture look 3 times better than it actually is. The vibrant color and the quality is top notch. This is definitely the best phone I've ever owned!
My previous smartphone was like a sleek sports car: the design was eye-catching and pleasing, the features were beyond expectations, the performance was over-the-top, but it has one problem - it had a 2 gallon gas tank! The battery life was terrible. You had all of these impressive attributes but couldn't use or display any of them because you were always tethered to an outlet somewhere. Very frustrating. With the Galaxy G7, I now have the complete smartphone package. It takes all of the great attributes of my previous smartphone to even greater heights AND has a sufficient size "gas tank" to boot. Finally, we have a balanced system that includes a battery that will take me through a normal day and at a fair price point It doesn't hurt that now I can even "drive" it in a rainstorm with it's improved water proofing! Great job, Samsung!!!
I upgraded to the S7 from the S5 and boy what a difference! While the phones are actually very close to being the same size, the screen on the S7 is far superior.
I am a little scared of the all glass back and it does show fingerprints horribly. While I used the S5 naked I bought a case for the S7.
Fingerprint reader on the S7 is amazing. Just place your finger in it for a second and it reads it and you're good to go.
Pros: Bright display, very responsive to touch, fast easy fingerprint reader
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
4
Good phone. Would be great if.....
on April 17, 2016
Posted by: RickMills
Expertise:Expert
It wouldn't shut itself off and restart a dozen times a day. All the reading I've done shows that a single app or a combination of apps is causing this. I would rather it be fixed on their end rather than me having to delete apps one at a time to find the culprit. In all honesty this is the only issue I have with this phone.
Right out of the box the phone looks amazing. As always it's very easy to set up and get your accounts up and running. It fits perfectly in the palm of your hand. Everything that you need is within thumb's reach. For those that have used an edge phone before you will still enjoy using the edge functions. Those that are new to it will love it.
Performance is amazing. There is nothing this thing can't handle. Except for certain apps.... see comment above. The camera is great during the day but absolutely amazing in low light conditions.
One of my favorite features is the Samsung Pay. Easy to set up and even easier to use.
All in all a good phone. Samsung needs to fix and major bug for me to consider it great.