Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsTHE REAL DEAL
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2016
As soon as i got this i have yet to put it down, SUPER FAST, AMAZING SCREEN, its the dream phone i have been waiting for. Easy to transfer my data to the new phone, very thing and light, when i first held it i was like "omg this thing is super light" like i would drop it forgetting about the weight of it lol Only thing i was "eh" on about getting it was the seal was detached from the box(wasn't broken but the adhesive was rubbed off from shipping/warehouse), and the branding that usually says "S7 Edge" on the back is not on this model which i think is a good thing but made me feel for about an hour "man i got a fake" but it was not the case at all, it felt like the real deal. I checked the settings and the software is super snappy and easy to use, in the "about phone" section of settings it does say model number and the phone type as what it was advertised.
PRO:
~Amazing screen
~Great build
~Wireless Charging/Water Resistant(i have tried the water resistance and i say it works, had residue from the stickers and so i ran under tap water and cleaned that right off)(i have yet to try wireless charging yet)
NEUTRAL:
~Battery(it seems great but at the same time not so great. I woke up at 7am with 100% and then by 8:45am its at 85% so i still great but i feel by the end of the night ill have 10% left or less. I am a heavy user when it comes to my phone)
CON:
~Charger it comes with is foreign(my seller gave me an adapter with my phone, but i don't know if that's every purchase so be well aware it MAY NOT come with an American Adapter)
As far as i can tell that's about it so far, i will update my review when and if anything changes. Yet to test wireless charging but plan on picking one up soon and will add an edit to this.
UPDATE 1/25/18: SNAPDRAGON VARIANT
It was good while it lasted. Thing is i had a change of phone from this exact phone to an iphone 6s plus and back to another s7 edge but this time a snapdragon variant. The Exynos version did wonders for me, it gave little to no issues but now i have a snapdragon model i notice a real issue. Performance is lacking so hard. Its so laggy, unresponsive and just simply useless at times. It becomes a brick. I notice a major different between the snapdragon and exynos. Its suppose to be a little difference but not THIS much. IF you are considering picking one up in 2018 be sure to get the International model(Exynos) it is much better.
Now lets get into storage. One factor of possible lag i am experiencing is the storage nearly full, that usually slows down your phone since it has no data to spare to keep it running fluidly. There is only 32gb(about 27-28gb of usable storage) Thats not a whole lot, but good news this has expandable storage, but the con is you cant store apps on your sd card and thats why if your a person like myself that has a ton of apps, its very limiting.
Touchwiz is still a thing on this machine, it is laggy, dull and i would not want to use it. A 3rd party launcher like Nova, Lawnchair or some other launcher can fix this problem...KINDA. It may not be used, but its still there taking up space and its also still running in the background which slows down the phone. Sadly there is nothing you can do about this.
SUMMERY: I would recommend either getting the Exynos variant of the S7 Edge or save up a little bit extra and get a S8 or S8+ depending on which size screen and how much battery you need. They dropped in price if you look around on other sites. If it was me? Id save up for the S8+ i heard its a whole lot better, the design is much cleaner and overall its a solid phone.
