A basic users review of the X coming from a Galaxy S7 Edge

Thought I would give a review of a basic users experience with the X. I am not pro Apple or Pro Samsung. I simply want what works best for me. 99% of my experience revolves around Email, Camera, Social Media Apps, Integration with computers at home, Messaging, Video Chat, Managing Boarding Passes, Making Calls, Checking Messages, Calendar, Playing Music, Managing Content, and Watching Videos.

Here are my issues with the S7 Edge which is the worst phone I have ever owned by far:
1) Battery life is atrocious. Was great for about the first 6 months. I am not a power user. I use email, a few apps, internet, music (a little). I will be below 50% by noon. Unplugged my phone at 7AM today. Have spent maybe 30 minutes total on phone overall. 9:24AM I am at 70%.
2) Internet experience is horrible. Constantly on a few forums and espn and webpages are constantly choppy or missing buttons, or the button simply don't work. There are constant situations where you get the "wait or close option" because the page freezes.
3) Message app is garbage. If I send a video or picture it is downgraded in quality (almost unwatchable).
4) No facetime. Almost every person i would want to facetime with has an iphone but of course I can't do it.
5) Choppy , choppy, choppy. The whole experience is not smooth at all.
6) Many times when I get a phone call and try to swipe answer the swipe does not register. After swiping about the 8th time it finally works.
7) Search function. With apple I can swipe down and search for an app. Very simple.
8) Music app is garbage compared to ios. So much so I don't even use it very often.
9) Getting to visual voicemail is such a pain compared to ios when in the phone app. i.e. Get out of phone app, find the visual voicemail icon and select it compared to having the icon at the bottom of the actual phone app in ios
10) One thing I thought I would love is wireless charging. I have a case on and it works less than 50% of the time. Yes I realize this will be an issue with the X as well.
11) . Keyboard is terrible compared to the iphone keyboard. I rarely make mistakes on the iphone yet make tons of mistakes on the galaxy.
12) . Integration with mac doesn't come close to the experience with an iphone.
13) . Weather app is garbage on main screen. It does not update automatically. I have to refresh anytime I want to know weather.

To my feeling on the X:

1) . Battery life is great. I have not dropped below 50% using the phone as much as I did the Galaxy. 2 hours in I might be down to 95%.
2) Internet Experience is great. Webpages render perfectly, no missing buttons, no crashes.
3) Nice to be back to Imessage. It is weird to be able to send video files that are not down graded to the point of being unwatchable. Nice to not have to tell everyone to switch to a new message app which will not happen.
4) I can actually video chat again. Since 95% of people I would want to video chat with have iphones this was a no brainer when it came to this.
5) Smooth as butter. No hiccups or lag at all
6) No situations where swiping or hitting a button does not register
7) Much easier to search with a simple swipe down from middle of screen
8) Nice to be back to a decent default music app
9) Totally makes sense that no matter which call screen you are on visual voicemail is on the bottom right.
10) Don't know about wireless charging yet. Only have the Samsung wireless charging pad (EP-PG920A) and that does not work
11) Keyboard is so much better and so much less frustrating. Very few mistakes.
12) Much better integration to the point where I actually put more on it now because it is so much easier.
13) Simply like the weather app better on IOS.
14) Managing boarding passes is much better. In IOS there is a shortcut to the boarding pass on the lock screen. On the Samsung I have to be in the App itself.

Hope this helps people if they are thinking about comparing an Android experience to an IOS experience from a basic user who would not customize much no matter what phone I had.

Anything I like better about the S7 Edge:
1) I actually like the screen more- More vibrant. Doesn't mean I think the X is bad though.
2) I like the Edge. Pretty useful

 

I got it a year ago and tried it out for a year. When I found out the X was coming out I got decided I would keep Samsung until it was released. Samsung is gone now

 

Certain things you can change, like the keyboard,, swipe to answer not working some of the time you can't. The battery being atrocious a year later you can't. Integration with computer you can't.

Web pages not being able to function correctly is unacceptable. While a workaround is a compromise my expectations from a flagship product are that the browser supplied works. It didn't. So many times I get the wait or close option.

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No doubt my needs are pretty basic, but many things I listed would be unacceptable on an iphone. Not being able to answer calls, cumbersome access to visual voicemail, handling of boarding passes, choppiness beyond belief, web pages not functioning like they should. Keyboard alternative would be acceptable. Searching on the phone was fine, but easier to do on an iphone. You telling me I did not spend a ton of time tweaking every little aspect is certainly true. With an iphone it just works. I can't think of one actual app in Android I prefer over the IOS counterpart whether it is Music, weather, phoen call, voicemail, internet browser, messages, video chat, calendar,etc. Actually I can maps. I prefer maps in Android as I use google maps and I think that is better.

As I posted I am a basic user as the majority of iphone users are which is why IMO the appeal of the iphone is greater than Android counterparts unless costs come into play. When the S7 edge came out many on this forum described an incredible experience and said give it a try. I did and it was crap.

 

That may be. I can't argue against that. Maybe that would have been a better experience for me.

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No what they gave me were workarounds. A workaround where I can change answering calls by tapping a button still does not fix the problem of swiping not working sometimes. As I said to you before If I have a car that has volume control buttons on the steering wheel and the center console and I tell you my steering wheel buttons do not work you can absolutely tell me I can turn the volume down by using the middle console and you would be correct but the dealership telling me don't worry about the steering wheel buttons not working because I can adjust with center console knobs would not be acceptable. What I argued is I expect things to work as they should.

 

In other words flaws for existing issues are acceptable because there are workarounds. You settle, I don't. I stand by what I wrote.

 

Choppiness is a flaw.
Web pages not rendering correctly is a flaw.
Swipes not working on the touch screen is a flaw
Poor battery is a flaw.
Crashing web pages is a flaw.

Not liking their message system is not a flaw. It is a preference.
Not liking their music app is not a flaw. It is a preference.
Not liking how one accesses visual voicemail is not a flaw. it is a preference.
Not liking about compressing videos is a flaw of MMS (not of Samsung).

Liking the S7 Edge Screen more is not a flaw. It is a preference.

for you - Flaw Definition - a mark, fault, or other imperfection that mars a substance or object.

 

Actually I reset the phone back to factory default to send back out in about 7 days and there are still battery issues. Another poster had similar issues as he posted. I know. It is a conspiracy.

Again. Learn what flaws mean. Why would I fix flaws in a phone I am going to get rid of now?

 

A few more flaws so to speak.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/new-iphone-user-from-8-years-of-android-wall-of-text.2086564/

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Like I said. My iphones have always just worked

 

It is why I titled my thread basic user.

That means I want to pick up an Android phone and expect the calling app to work.
That means I want to open default browser and be able to go to pages on ESPN and have them render correctly.
I expect the keyboard to work fairly well.
I expect the battery to last all day.
I expect no choppiness.

Again basic expectations. I see people here nitpick how Apple does notifications better or Android does them better. Both are fine to me. Both camera are fine to me. Both photo apps are fine to me. Almost all 3rd party apps are fine to me. Visual voicemail itself is fine to me. My expectations are lower than most I believe. It was a poor experience.