Samsung Galaxy S7

[robsa]

I think it's too early to say what the accurate picture is, the Snapdragon hardly 'trounces' it in the brief comparisons so far. Anandtech show it's close between the S7 and G5 SOCs; if I get an S7 edge I will be perfectly happy with the Exynos chip - my S6 is fast enough so the CPU is not an issue for me. I will be interested in the G5 reviews, but the amazing screen, superb camera and waterproofing will take some beating for me.

[Tycho]

robsa said:

lionelf said:

My only gripe about the spec is that you can't make the sd card the default storage device for your pictures etc...you'll still have to transfer them to it.

They should have made the external storage adoptable by now.

Of course you can make the SD default for photos etc. in the usual way. What I think you might mean is Samsung haven't enabled 'adoptable' storage for SD card, supposedly because they think users will screw their phones up if they are given it. Adoptable storage is a new feature of Marshmallow and basically integrates the SD card into the phones main memory so it all looks like one contiguous block (as opposed to the split we see now with phones with SD cards). This means you can properly install apps onto the SD card (not the crappy half-arsed method they do now) but if you take the SD card out it can potentially corrupt your OS. Also, you need to get the fastest SD card as the S7 uses UFS 2.0 internally. So by making the SD card adoptable it could slow the phone down a bit during access. It also means you can't remove and swap SD cards.

I expect Samsung will bow to pressure and enable it eventually, it's ridiculous of them not to.

I used the adoptable SD card on my Xperia Z3 and found that there were still a lot of apps which didn't use it correctly. Play music was one. All the music went on the phone rather and I kept on getting low memory errors and "cannot install app" so I reformatted back to external SD and changed the default locations for the camera and Play music and it is fine.

[lionelf]

robsa said:

Of course you can make the SD default for photos etc. in the usual way.

Can you tell me how please - I have an S5 running Android v5 (Lollipop).

[GreigM]

lionelf said:

Can you tell me how please - I have an S5 running Android v5 (Lollipop).

If you open the camera, click settings and look for the box which says "Storage Location" - you may have to scroll through the settings to find it.

[Zato]

Have to wait for final release results but from what I have seen an SD820 is approx 30% faster than Samsung SOC.

[lionelf]

GreigM said:

lionelf said:

Can you tell me how please - I have an S5 running Android v5 (Lollipop).

If you open the camera, click settings and look for the box which says "Storage Location" - you may have to scroll through the settings to find it.

Found it. Thank you very much.

[Matt600]

Zato said:

Have to wait for final release results but from what I have seen an SD820 is approx 30% faster than Samsung SOC.

In some benchmarks for single core performance yes. Not that that is really relevant to every day performance. I think you'll struggle to find any difference in real world tests (app launching, page loading etc)

[Zato]

Fully agree. Just do not like MWC headlines of S7 with SD820 then in smaller print it will not be included in Europe

[robsa]

Tycho said:

I used the adoptable SD card on my Xperia Z3 and found that there were still a lot of apps which didn't use it correctly. Play music was one. All the music went on the phone rather and I kept on getting low memory errors and "cannot install app" so I reformatted back to external SD and changed the default locations for the camera and Play music and it is fine.

Your Z3 is running marshmallow? Still waiting on my S6....

[Tycho]

robsa said:

Tycho said:

I used the adoptable SD card on my Xperia Z3 and found that there were still a lot of apps which didn't use it correctly. Play music was one. All the music went on the phone rather and I kept on getting low memory errors and "cannot install app" so I reformatted back to external SD and changed the default locations for the camera and Play music and it is fine.

Your Z3 is running marshmallow? Still waiting on my S6....

It has the Sony Concept Rom on it. It's a beta program where you get surveys about what you like and want. It's great even as a daily driver and I've had no issues at all. There is no bloat on it as Sony haven't even put their own apps on apart from the bare minimum.

[andrewrob]

Anyone ordered direct from Samsung? Mine is still showing as not processed

[gr1340]

andrewrob said:

Anyone ordered direct from Samsung? Mine is still showing as not processed

Same here but I guess they wont show processed until next week when they are released.

[andrewrob]

Mine switched from awaiting stock to shipped and now have the parcel force tracking info, so all looking good!

[gr1340]

andrewrob said:

Mine switched from awaiting stock to shipped and now have the parcel force tracking info, so all looking good!

Same here. Looking forward to some VR action tomorrow!

[XFRFred]

Does anyone have their new phone yet?

I'm having to "work" with the Carphonewehouse, as it seems that my pre-order from the 24th Feb has not been allocated to the store.
bks

[lionelf]

My DPD driver, Toby, is apparently 2 deliveries away an e-mail I've just received informs me.

[Zippee]

NEVER trust vodafone to get an order right. 1 hour on the phone this morning and I'm still not convinced. Hopefully should have it this afternoon.

[Ste1987]

Parcelforce delivered mine, currently transferring everything across from my S5

[Zippee]

Out interest, is there an easy way to transfer apps across or do I need to download everything again?

[XFRFred]

Just had a chat with the store.
I'm not getting mine until tomorrow - going to setup a twitter account to vent on the CPWH page.
Last time i'm buying from them again.