Samsung
Galaxy S7 Review Buzz: It’s the Bee's Knees.
Reviews of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge came out last time,
and they were formidably positive. Geoffrey
Fowler in The Wall Street Journal concluded, "Head of the Smartphone Class."Dan
Seifert for The Verge summed up as 'on the edge of perfection'."Inching
toward perfection," suggested Darren Orf on Gizmodo.
Samsung last month popularized the S7 line at the Mobile World
Congress in Barcelona, and Wayne Lame, a principal analyst at IHS Technology
recalled that there was a lot of talk about how amiable folks were during the
introduction. Still, "I've been really affected at the added design advancement
Samsung has made with the S7,” he told to Tech News World.
What
Reviewers Like About It:
The S7 camera was liked highly by the reviewers. It beats the iPhone
6s plus. In every low light condition is being tested by him, says Fowler
enthused. The 12MP camera is lower resolution than its S6 counterpart, but each
pixel can capture 95% more light. The Verge’s Seifert wrote Samsung’s camera
app is one of the best available for Android. He liked the camera’s launch
speed, and said that the camera produced brighter, sharper images than the iPhone
6s Plus and was one of the faster to autofocus, especially in the poor lighting.
Fowler also wrote that the S7 screen is a looker, packing in more
than three times as many pixels as the iPhone 6s. And its flaming fast
processor is well suited for the new world of the virtual reality. The S7’s SD
card slot also won kudos, as did the return of the water opposing capability,
which was available on the Galaxy S5 but was removed from the S6. Battery life
of it is always a problem for Samsung smart phones which has improved appreciably,
and it is a huge plus.
Reviewers also liked the S7’s design, look and also felt it. Ramon
Llamas, a research manager at IDC remarked that the past several versions of the
Galaxy S series before left something of a bitter taste in users’ mouths for
multiple reasons. What the S7 line does smartly is it comes back to the basic
and does all the basics well. He told to the Tech News World that Samsung is hitting
the right notes with enhanced battery life, external storage capacity and the
quality of the camera also.
What Bugged
the Reviewer:
Gizmodo's Orf noted that the freezing clip at which Touch Wiz
receives official Android advancements continues to make it difficult to whole
heartedly suggest software that wills one, be late to update its device with
the latest build of Android and next, not even appliance some of Android’s best
features, like adaptable storage. It’s not a deal breaker overall for the S7,
but is definitely a check mark in the deception column. The S7 doesn’t allow third
party apps to be used, including some of the built in Android apps for always on
the notification, he pointed out. Also, it can’t quite match the load speeds of
the ios when it comes to the opening of big apps and the detailed documents.
Carrier bloat ware is another issue, for example, the Verizon adds
13 apps. The phone Seifert tested had two emails, two photos and two text messaging
apps; 3 music players; 2 voice control systems; and 2 app stores. The apps can
be disabled but not totally removed. Orf also said that the edge feature that
gives the Galaxy S7 edge its name doesn’t feel necessary.
No. 1 with a
bullet?
Samsung is taking another page out of Apple’s playbook IHS Lam sharp
out, with the S7 being one of a similar product strategy to the iPhone 6 and 6s
emphasis. The S6 was a brand new design philosophy and the S7 a further
clarification. However, the iPhone is still much the leader and in the demand,
maintained Susan Schreiner, an accountant at C4 Trends.
That said, the S7 appears to have been advanced for Samsung’s mobile
Gear VR ecosystem, she told to Tech News World. And they expect that the Gear
360 camera let the users finesse VR content creation and limited editing on the
device.