Upgrade from the note 5? - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers

Anyone coming from the note 5? Was it worth it? Any input would be appreciated.
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I did. I like the screen better and this fits in my hand better. Havnt noticed speed difference my note was smooth and fast also. I kinda miss the pen but i am living without it.
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same here. i really didnt notice any difference except how great the fingerprint scanner worked on the nkte 5.its pure garbage on this phone
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same here. i really didnt notice any difference except how great the fingerprint scanner worked on the nkte 5.its pure garbage on this phone
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I agree I just came from the iPhone 6s plus and the fingerprint scanner was beyond great.
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My wife has the Note 5 and between the two, I still like mine better. Its just a better footprint overall.

I've got both. I don't see any difference in performance except when I compared them in Gear VR. The Note 5 was way much smoother for some reason (maybe something dragging down the S7E in the background..?) picture quality is slightly better on S7E but it feels like the Note 5 has slightly larger field of view.
Otherwise it's up to everyone personal preference design-wise.

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I did. I like the screen better and this fits in my hand better. Havnt noticed speed difference my note was smooth and fast also. I kinda miss the pen but i am living without it.
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This. I couldn't of said it better myself. The screen is super nice. ?
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[Q] Second thoughts about a Note 3

I just ordered a new Note 3 from Amazon and it was darned expensive.
I have a note I which I have used consistently for the last year and a half and I have used it daily. There are signs it might be wearing. I even have some small scratches on the screen. I expect to use the 3 the same way. I loved my 1 but thought I should upgrade before it falls apart.
The question is will I see a significant difference in the 1 and the 3? Is the 3 worth the price
I will appricate any thought you have on this subject
Wait until you get the note 3 use it for a few days and decide for yourself amazon is quite relaxed on returns
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Really? Man The note 3 is like comparing the play station to the ps4
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I had my doubts about getting it as I was really happy with my note 2. As it turns out the difference is night and day. This thing is the greatest phone ever built. You won't be disappointed.
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I had my doubts about getting it as I was really happy with my note 2. As it turns out the difference is night and day. This thing is the greatest phone ever built. You won't be disappointed.
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I'm coming from note 2 what do you think of the battery I don't find it any better what settings do you have regards sync brightness apps disabled?
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craigels said:
I'm coming from note 2 what do you think of the battery I don't find it any better what settings do you have regards sync brightness apps disabled?
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I'm coming from Note 2 as well, only thing that's better is the screen, some other important things like battery life is worse for me. As well as stupid speaker placement, and KNOX. I'm not doing heavy tasks, so I don't notice any difference with the new CPU, RAM etc.
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yulet said:
I'm coming from Note 2 as well, only thing that's better is the screen, some other important things like battery life is worse for me. As well as stupid speaker placement, and KNOX. I'm not doing heavy tasks, so I don't notice any difference with the new CPU, RAM etc.
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I find the speaker placement annoying also especially when holding the phone landscape my index finger on my left hand covers it
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craigels said:
I'm coming from note 2 what do you think of the battery I don't find it any better what settings do you have regards sync brightness apps disabled?
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The battery life isn't much better than My N7100. However it's a 4g phone which up until now should have meant worse battery life than it's 3g counterpart. It's also a much faster processor and the screen has a much higher ppi and is significantly brighter. All these improvements and no sacrifices so far as battery life is concerned are pretty amazing to me.
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Go for it I got mine last Tuesday, and can't let it go from my hands...
One think that annoy the hell of of me is that if you try to use pattern or password for lock screen you will lose lock screen widgets, and voice commands.... Those only work with swipe option... Hopefully Sammy will get this fixed ASAP. By enough whining, that's the best phone since Nokia 6310i
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If I had a Note1 and wanted to buy a new phone it would be the Note2. Nice specs, no auto-dimming of the screen like on the N3 and better speaker compared to the N3.
Brgds...
I am coming from S2, I like my N3 especially s-pen. my typing has reduced getting my hand writing practice again
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if the note2 was the beast, and you're coming from a note1, the note3 is the incredible hulk. my first couple of days, i was kind of like, meh, it's just an incremental upgrade, and honestly it is, but it has a lot going for it and i am liking it more and more and more. this might be the first phone i keep much longer than 12 months. i upgrade once a year, and i am not too enthused about the first generation of 64bit phones that will hit in the near future. between google keeping mum on 64bit android, oem's still keeping hush about their 64bit plans, the initial bugs from android aaaaand the vendors overlays, i wanted a phone that would hold me over. but who am i kidding? i'll probably still get another phone next year.
I had a Note 1 and I have a Note 3 it is the best decision I made.
Bigger screen.
Better pen
Faster processor
Been playing with it all day long and I am sure the battery will do another day.
BUY ONE!
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How are you getting 2 days have you disabled apps or what I can't get anything near that
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Once you have finished playing with your new toy and downloaded lots useless or hardly used apps do a factory restore and only load what you use everyday.
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I'm hating my Note 3 for one reason; the bluetooth music stutter glitch. This is the third device I get, I returned the first 2, and it still has the same problem! I did a factory reset and it didn't help
Yes, buy it!
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Wait until you get the note 3 use it for a few days and decide for yourself amazon is quite relaxed on returns
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dr.m0x said:
I had my doubts about getting it as I was really happy with my note 2. As it turns out the difference is night and day. This thing is the greatest phone ever built. You won't be disappointed.
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dr.m0x said:
The battery life isn't much better than My N7100. However it's a 4g phone which up until now should have meant worse battery life than it's 3g counterpart. It's also a much faster processor and the screen has a much higher ppi and is significantly brighter. All these improvements and no sacrifices so far as battery life is concerned are pretty amazing to me.
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marecki12 said:
Go for it I got mine last Tuesday, and can't let it go from my hands...
One think that annoy the hell of of me is that if you try to use pattern or password for lock screen you will lose lock screen widgets, and voice commands.... Those only work with swipe option... Hopefully Sammy will get this fixed ASAP. By enough whining, that's the best phone since Nokia 6310i
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@rbiter said:
if the note2 was the beast, and you're coming from a note1, the note3 is the incredible hulk. my first couple of days, i was kind of like, meh, it's just an incremental upgrade, and honestly it is, but it has a lot going for it and i am liking it more and more and more. this might be the first phone i keep much longer than 12 months. i upgrade once a year, and i am not too enthused about the first generation of 64bit phones that will hit in the near future. between google keeping mum on 64bit android, oem's still keeping hush about their 64bit plans, the initial bugs from android aaaaand the vendors overlays, i wanted a phone that would hold me over. but who am i kidding? i'll probably still get another phone next year.
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samcory said:
I had a Note 1 and I have a Note 3 it is the best decision I made.
Bigger screen.
Better pen
Faster processor
Been playing with it all day long and I am sure the battery will do another day.
BUY ONE!
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What all these people said.
It is a great phone, streets ahead of my Note 1.

How is the lag and scrolling?

How is the lag and smooth scrolling speed on the phone? Is there any lag that anyone notices? Do the menus and websites scroll really smoothly like the iPhone 5S?
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I don't don't have an iPhone but seams pretty fast with Chrome
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I have only been using s5 in ART mode and its butter smooth everywhere. But sometimes the phone doesn't come out of sleep (the screen remains dark/off) only the capacitive buttons light up and i have to toggle the power button several times for it to work (no power off required). another issue i face is that the camera takes a solid 5 seconds or more to start up from lock screen. May be i should switch back to DALVIK.
Tw launcher lag a bit. To overcome this u should enabled developer option and set each animation by 0.5x. I'm using nova launcher and it's fly
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I remember having this conversation about the GS 2 years ago. Back then it was hard to argue that the phone had lagging issues. And today coming from an s2 the only lag I'm experiencing is in my own mental processing power trying to keep up with this phone
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And I use holo launcher. Its always been good to me.
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Yes there is lag. Especially when comparing to New modern phones like the HTC One M8.
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Let's be serious once and for all.
TouchWiz will ALWAYS be slower than stock Android, so please stop asking if the S5, S6, S7 lag.
Don't expect TouchWiz to be as fast! Ever! That simple.
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Yes there is lag. Especially when comparing to New modern phones like the HTC One M8.
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How is the lag compared to the m8?
I've noticed lag on the s5 while sifting through the camera settings during the camera mode. I think the scrolling on the s5 seems to be a little smoother compared to the m8 based on my testing both phones at a store, but I could be wrong. I also think the iPhone is still somewhat smoother than both phones. I'm hoping for find an android that beats out the iPhone in terms of lag and smooth scrolling.
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I do use Nova but generally the phone feels like it's finally shaken off some of the slow S4 shackles.
My experience so far is that it is a big improvement over the S4. Bone stock so far.
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How is the lag compared to the m8?
I've noticed lag on the s5 while sifting through the camera settings during the camera mode. I think the scrolling on the s5 seems to be a little smoother compared to the m8 based on my testing both phones at a store, but I could be wrong. I also think the iPhone is still somewhat smoother than both phones. I'm hoping for find an android that beats out the iPhone in terms of lag and smooth scrolling.
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If you look on YouTube, there's a video comparison of the lag. The S5 loses every time, but it's microseconds, nothing major.
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AMoosa said:
If you look on YouTube, there's a video comparison of the lag. The S5 loses every time, but it's microseconds, nothing major.
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So it is microseconds but you still notice it? O.O

Android 6.0......CRAPPY?

I came from a GS6 Edge plus. That phone was smooth as ice , NEVER a hitch or stutter. This S7 Edge seems to be full of hutches or stutters.... It's bizarre. Anyone agree or am I a moron?
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I found that me 1st day with this phone I was second guessing my decision to sell my Nexus 6P. After a few days I found this phone to be really smooth. I would give it some time
Chrome is the only app I've seen stutter, so I replaced it with lightning+.
squallz506 said:
Chrome is the only app I've seen stutter, so I replaced it with lightning+.
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That browser isn't supported anymore.
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Lol check their github. It's active.
I really just can't believe that after a few generations of the galaxy s line after I continue to support the brand. I always expect more. I still get lag once in a while. I hate lag
On well I still have my Nexus 6p for back up
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I also came from a 6P, and was surprised by the amount of lag when using the S7 Edge

S6 edge plus display inherently not as good as other "regular" AMOLEDs?

Just an observation coming from Note 3 , Note 4 and last phone LG V10 which was IPS display.
The current handset T Mobile Edge S6+ does not seem to be as sharp per se in image quality, meaning its not as crisp of an image ( notable when reading ) compared to what I was expecting. I'm guessing this is normal, anyone come from a Note 3 or 4 and care to chime in?
I came from note 3 and before that i had s4.
I feel s6 edge+ is better than them.
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thahim said:
I came from note 3 and before that i had s4.
I feel s6 edge+ is better than them.
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True, i think it was my eyes getting used to amoled again. One before was LG v10 IPS.
Only thing i don't like is the tiny system fonts example LTE icon and so forth.
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True, i think it was my eyes getting used to amoled again. One before was LG v10 IPS.
Only thing i don't like is the tiny system fonts example LTE icon and so forth.
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Status bar icons?
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thahim said:
Status bar icons?
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Yes, its smaller than what I'm used to also notification are smaller. Increasing font size doesn't effect it.
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Limeybastard said:
Yes, its smaller than what I'm used to also notification are smaller. Increasing font size doesn't effect it.
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Thats how it is supposed to be on samsung
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thahim said:
Thats how it is supposed to be on samsung
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Wasnt like that on note 3 or 4 or S7
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Short answer - My best friend buy S7E and we compared this two devices. The conclusion is S6E+ is better in screen, camera, overall beauty.

Winning....LG V20 has IR blaster

So while I'm not a huge fan of our phone the fact that it has an IR blaster is a win... downloaded Peel and it worked flawless, Super excited
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What do you not like about the phone?
techpreneur said:
What do you not like about the phone?
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Probably turned in his Note 7 for it
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shook187 said:
Probably turned in his Note 7 for it
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I did too. I like the V20 better.
I did trade in my Note 7 for device, my only gripe with the phone after using it for an extended period of time is the size. I think had LG taken .5 inches off of it the device would be really close to perfect. Just havent had to use two hands for a phone in a while. IR blaster big +
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