S7 Edge

[Leg_Licker]

Is the S7 Edge still good in 2017.

[Jurrunio]

Performance wise, yes.

 

Reliability is an issue though. My cousin's S7 Edge has got a purple line on the screen but he didnt damage it. Also, Samsung phones (as a tradition) gets hotter than other flagships (seems to be high thermal throttling point?)

[W-L]

-Moved to Phones and Tablets- 

[Leg_Licker]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

Performance wise, yes.

 

Reliability is an issue though. My cousin's S7 Edge has got a purple line on the screen but he didnt damage it. Also, Samsung phones (as a tradition) gets hotter than other flagships (seems to be high thermal throttling point?)

Same I was in school and then noticed a couple of dead pixels on the phone but not too bad tho, but otherwise I took it to the at&t store and told me it was my fault. so wtf I don't really care it's really small.

[dexT]

Epic user name. That's all I got

[Leg_Licker]

1 minute ago, dexT said:

Epic user name. That's all I got

Thanks lol

 

[Angry Badger]

The objective truth behind this question is that the Galaxy S7 is still one of the better phones on the market today, and with a lot of stores dropping prices due to the S8 and other new phones, the potential for a good value deal is big.

 

Claiming that it isn't a good phone today would just be plain stupid. The SoC is still great, the build quality is among the best on the market and the battery life is generally quite impressive. People with "defect" phones are the exception, and when some claim that there are "reliability issues" you should take that with a grain of salt. There aren't many known major "reliability issues" with the Galaxy S7 that can't happen to other phones, and Samsung screens are among the better ones right now. They're much sturdier and nicer than a lot of people claim they are, and just because someone some random guy on the internet knows had some anomaly on his screen (or his old Galaxy phone) doesn't mean that you will.

And just like any other flagship phone, it gets hot while doing its job. The iPhone 7 I borrowed for a project got about as hot under substained workloads (but the battery drained considerably faster). There's nothing wrong with the phone getting hot while doing demanding work, and while browsing or watching video it will usually stay cool.

 

It's definitely still a good phone. That's the absolute answer. A more interesting question would be how much it costs compared to the newer flagships, because that's what matters here. I'd check whether or not it's a lot cheaper than the S8, and if the price difference isn't huge, I'd consider just saving up for the newer flagship.