Is it worth to upgrade S7 edge to Note7?

[jadaress1]

O and gorilla glass 5

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[Diaconescu_Tiberiu]

So I guess you will forever stay with note 4...Everything comes without removable now

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Neah just buy something else for far less money... i'll wait for new nexus, also considering OP3. If I can't get the most important thing in a phone (battery) than i wont give them my money

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[optimummind]

I have a GS7E and I'll be waiting for the GS8E.

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[Tungsten c]

I have a note 3 I just got a GS7E because there is a way to root the snapdragon now.

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[chavist]

Having had all of the Notes outside of the Note 1, I don't think there is another smartphone that really compares to what you get in these devices. I currently have an S7 edge but feel the note is superior for the functionality the spen brings to device; in my opinion you can't compare other devices to a note simply because no other device has a spen

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[bkeaver]

Form factor is much more pleasant on the note7 than the s7e. Only downside is the battery is 100mAh

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[Sharpshooterrr]

I do accidental taps on the edges of the S7 Edge, not so much on the Note7 demo unit. Not sure if it's a fair comparison being the Note7 is a demo unit. The far edges on the Note7 isn't responsive to touch, though, so maybe it's a step in the right direction for curved screen phones.

 

[cdm283813]

I have the smaller S7 and have been away from the Note series for a year. I expect a decent but not blowing jump.
The only thing I want ASAP is Android N. I only keep phones for 6 to 12 months so having Android N quickly would make me forget about the upcoming Nexus.

 

[kxhaz]

If this was going to cost me more than $3 on my monthly bill I am not sure it would be worth it. The S7 Edge is a great phone, best I have ever had. When I made the switch to T-mobile 7 months ago one of the huge selling points was the Jump on Demand as I like new phones, but hate the cost. I started with the Note 5, gave up my Nexus 6 for it. Then went to the S7 Edge and now waiting for my Note 7 to arrive. I have been thinking about other phones, but Samsung has me hooked with Samsung Pay, this has become part of my life style, pulling out my phone to pay for almost everything.

I had a hard time make the choice of getting the Note 7 over the S7 Edge (cost not really a factor). The camera is the same, the battery is not any larger (in fact slightly smaller) and I love the size and weight of the S7 Edge. The Note not being much bigger (received my case already and it is longer, about the same width and just about as deep) my S7 Edge fit in the case, just a little lose. The biggest reasons I got the Note 7 - 1) Because I could at relatively no cost. 2) Gorilla Glass 5, since with the curved screen there is no good tempered glass screen protectors this will be nice to have 3) The iris scanner seems cool 4) Getting the S-Pen back, I was surprised how much I actually did use it and missed it. 5) It has the Edge features as I have really grown to like these, in fact if the Note 7 did not have these features I would not have made the change.

To me if I was going to have to shell out more than $100 to upgrade I am not sure I would have done it.

 

[Tungsten c]

In my modest opinion the note its basically an S7 with a pen.

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[BarryH_GEG]

..also considering OP3. If I can't get the most important thing in a phone (battery) than i wont give them my money...

The OnePlus 3 gets worse battery life than the Note5 which has a 15% smaller battery than the Note7 and a less efficient SoC.

 

[Aeltar]

I'm going for it. Only because I got the BOGO deal for my S7E and sold the first one I got. I gave my current edge to my brother for $200 so I'm pretty much covered on the cost for the Note 7 anyways, cruising on an S5 until the phone is released. I'm honestly just interested in it for the IRIS scanner, and the S-Pen and Type-C port. Basically niche features that I enjoy experiencing. So yeah, it's not costing me anything out of pocket but if I were you, I probably would keep the S7E for now until the Note 8 comes out because they are literally the same spec phones as for internals.

I don't think I can call the S7E and N7 identical. Sure, they have the same CPU and RAM, but otherwise things have changed quite a bit.

The screen is better - much better. This is arguably the most important component for user experience, and it's the best display in any smartphone ever released. Part of this is because of the dual ambient light sensor, meaning automatic brightness will be more accurate to your actual lighting conditions. In every other aspect it's also a world-beating display. Read DisplayMate's review if you're unfamiliar.

The aluminum and glass used are better, which give it a more rigid, more premium in-hand feel. They also changed the geometry of the edges so there's less of a curve, and the back has a wonderful shape unlike the S7E.

The S7/S7E root experience is terrible, since it's a very non-optimized engineering boot. Battery life suffers, stuttering abounds... just generally not worth doing, IMO. The Note 7 is likely to suffer from this same flaw, which makes the new Grace UX particularly notable.

USB-C and USB 3.1 are also huge improvements. USB-C is what every flagship will have a year from now - it's already what most flagships have. It's more futureproof, more convenient, and better at transmitting both power and data. USB 3.1 is of course much faster for data transference.

4x4 MIMO is a pretty big benefit for the future, but currently not of much use to most people. 256QAM is in the same boat: neat a year or two from now, but not so useful right now.

In my opinion, the CPU and RAM, unless severely lacking (which the N7 is definitely not) are not the biggest reason to purchase one phone over another. This has been true in the past, but right now mobile processors are so powerful and RAM is so abundant that the focus should go to other aspects.