The main competitor of the seventh iPhone, which entered the market a bit earlier - the Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphone - is very often cited by opponents of the “apple technology” as a reference. But is he really that good? And the authors of articles on well-known testers portal, and many users in the review do not agree with this. Let's listen to their arguments, brought together in our review.
The disadvantages of the Samsung Galaxy S7, which are written in reviews and tests
Marky and fragile body
New design of Samsung Galaxy S7,in addition to the visual advantages, as it turned out, it also has disadvantages. The back panel is made of glass, which makes any falling of the smartphone into a potential headache with serious spending. And if the device falls on the asphalt screen down, get ready for a very large expenditure: the repair of the screen can cost half the cost of the gadget.
In this case, the glass case is constantly caught by the fingers, which also does not add a good mood.
Non-removable battery
New "Samsung" will not take with you on a journey to the edge, where there is no electricity. In the mountains, for example, or in a long hike through the woods. Rather, it is possible to take something, but charging will be enough only for one time, a replaceable battery is not provided here. You can not urgently reboot the device in which case, it will not work and increase the charge by installing a more capacious battery.
Lack of Dual SIM
A common disease of all the top smartphones of our time. The owner has to choose: either a lot of memory, or two SIM cards. A common slot for SIM cards and microSD significantly saves space inside the gadget, but such savings can hardly be considered justified.
Cannot use microSD as internal memory
It would seem, well, pairing two slots, so let the user enjoy the expansion of the memory of the smartphone! But no. In Galaxy 7 there is no possibility to use microSD-cards as internal memory. This function was used in Android 6.0 Marshmallow, but for some reason they did not want to insert it into the seventh Samsung model. Alas, you can not install games on a microSD card. And this significantly limits the functionality of the basic models, where only 24 GB of the modest 32 GB of internal memory is available to the user, the rest is occupied by the operating system and God knows what else.
MicroUSB connector instead of USB-C
Immediately make a reservation that this is a disadvantage only for fans of new technologies. USB-C, as well as Lightning-connector at the "iPhone", allows you to insert the plug by either side and transmits data with infernal speed. But in the new model, the Koreans decided to remain conservative in this sense. The reason is simple: too many accessories produced by Samsung are tied to the microUSB, and users are not yet ready to just drop everything and start using the new interface.
Overly energy-consuming Always On feature
This function looks beautiful, nothing can be said. The essence of it is that in sleep mode part of the display is active - notifications and a clock or calendar are displayed on it. This is both convenient and functional. In press releases from Samsung, it was stated that the technology takes no more than 1% of the battery capacity per hour. As it turned out, it was a marketing ploy. Reviewed by hi-tech.mail.ru calculated: in various conditions the failure of the function Always On saves from 20% to 30% of the charge of the smartphone.
Restrictions on fast charging
Compared with the seventh "iPhone", fast charging for the Galaxy S7 is available. However, when compared to the Galaxy S6, no major breakthroughs are noted. All the same Quick Charge 2.0 Qualcomm. Meanwhile, after the release of Quick Charge 3.0 (charging up to 80% in just 35 minutes), it was logical to assume that Samsung uses this technology in the Galaxy S7. But that did not happen. Fast charging is still intended only for emergency situations, and not for full-fledged work if necessary.
Disadvantages Samsung Galaxy S7, which they write in a review
Scratchable glass
Gorilla Glass does not delight users.And most of the claims - to exposure to scratches. The owners of the new Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphone compare it with previous models and come to a disappointing conclusion: S7 loses two or more times in terms of resistance to external influences. And in the case of the "seven" looks poor.
Fingerprint scanner errors
Apple, having suffered, still brought to mind the fingerprint scanner Touch ID. But Samsung decided not to strain and used last year’s module in the new Galaxy S7. Users immediately noticed that the unlock speed was no different from the Galaxy S6, and the number of errors when scanning a print even increased. In some cases, the smartphone takes significantly more time to process biometric information.
Bad headphones included
“Falling out of your ears”, “it’s impossible to move with them”, “cheap and unreliable”, “disgustingly transmit sound” - these are just a few of the complaints about the standard headphones that come with the Galaxy S7, which customers indicate in the Samsung Galaxy reviews S7. The marketers of the Korean company should think: maybe it's better than none?
Inconvenient SIM Card Switching Interface
In cases when users use not a microSD, but a second SIM card, they are simply indignant: why, well, why did the manufacturer decide to change the convenient algorithm for switching SIMs used in S6? Now, to go from one SIM card to another, you have to dig into the menu and constantly remind yourself and Korean engineers that the best is the enemy of the good.
Is it all bad?
A reader who did not have a Galaxy S7 in his hands may have the impression that this is some kind of awfully awkward unit. Of course not. The G7 has a lot of advantages. The Super AMOLED screen is getting better with every generation. In S7, its resolution reached 2560x1440 pixels. A 12 megapixel camera is good because the size of each point in it is 1.4 microns (the S6 had 1.2 microns). Consequently, the luminosity increased significantly, and the improved optics further enhanced this effect.
Add to this the fresh eight-core Exynos 8890 processor, the Mali T880 M12 graphics, and as many as 4 GB of RAM, of which 1.5 GB are always available to the user.
The battery capacity has noticeably increased: in the usual Galaxy S7, it is 3000 mAh (as much as in the top 5.7 diagonal!), In the Edge - 3600 mAh.
And just the huge advantage of a new smartphone from a Korean company was the minimum of third-party software.
