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everyone Jimmy with Jim's review Burma when formula for Coke changed back in the day people were outraged and less than three months later coke reintroduced coke classic essentially what we know of today now this is not an identical story but Samsung's radical change from the s6 from the s5 caused consumers to voice their opinion simply people weren't happy no Samsung listen to their customers and brought back much of what was desired with the new s7 but is it everything that we want though not 100% but we'll see how close now I personally pay for the s7 you see here in this video coming in titanium gold and I'll place several links in the video description as prices will of course fluctuate throughout the year that way you can check for the most up-to-date prices so without further ado my channel is here to help you make a purchase decision welcome everyone to Jay's review going over the physical features this looks almost identical to the s6 but with some subtle changes this thing looks gorgeous in my opinion and I've always been okay with plastic phones I love my v10 from LG but the titanium look under the glass front and back panels just makes this phone stand out now of course looks are subjective so you can beat a judge on that the s7 comes with a 5.1 inch screen while it's bigger brother comes in at a medium size of 5.5 if you guys have been following me for a while you know I like big phones and my daily driver has been the Nexus 6p since it was released and before that was a note for now jumping to a quote small phone now I was completely shocked here that it did it in mind the smaller size at all matter of fact using this phone felt natural then jumping back onto my 6p or v10 those felt huge not an issue I still love big screens but I'm just explaining the s7 did it feel small to me personally regarding the other side of the coin though the phone did slightly increase in thickness to accommodate the new battery and other features which I'll go over but I've always experienced anything within a 7 millimeter range is just the right size for my hands there's enough meat to hold the phone confidently but it's not too thin yet it doesn't feel bulky now getting a bit technical the front panel comes equipment gorilla glass for making this up to two times more drop resistant than other glass panel competitors what we also have that's new and are technically making a return but improved from the s5 the s7 is ip68 certified making this phone water-resistant up to 30 minutes in a maximum depth of 5 feet of water now during my testing and unfortunately the pools haven't opened yet to throw those 5 feet down and left this in shallow water for 30 minutes and pulling it out later it worked perfectly fine now moving on to a quick walk around and going over the new features the tap has your SIM tray but if the 32 gigs built into the phone is it enough making a return is the use of a micro SD card and Samsung allows expanding your memory up to a maximum of 200 gigs rotating to the right is your power button to the very bottom there's your 3 and 1/2 millimeter port no USB type-c which is perfectly fine forming since the world is still predominantly using the current standard you see on the s7 and to the right is a little speaker that sounds like a tiny and tinny speaker head full volume phone calls sounds like most other smartphones these days so there wasn't really anything to start or speak about and finally to the left are your volume controls not before talking about the front of the display though the rear also make some subtle changes a glass back makes a return which for the most part has been very durable from everyday use but it's not impervious to scratches I 100% owned up to this while putting my phone down my pocket my makeshift money clip sled against the back and has caused a slight scratch but again my fault on that one there but indeed tossing this into my car's cup holder tossing this on my desk just everyday use it's been very durable also in the rear and for those who are not too familiar with Samsung products the LED flash is also a heartrate reader using Samsung's as health and comparing to my chest strap which has always been very accurate these Samson provides very accurate results themselves by getting back to the rear the camera has slimmed down pretty dramatically almost becoming flush which at first just seems like an aesthetic fix but beyond Lux physically tapping and typing on the s7 on a table it does feel like a reduction in the phone rocking jumping into camera performance I'll put up some photos here on screen for your review keep in mind all photos are unedited and I did my best to align with photos here now at first it sounds like Samsung took a step backwards with their spec sheet I'm speaking of the megapixel count being reduced from 6 tene - now 12 for the average consumer a high megapixel count doesn't really mean much though it's more so about the sensor and its performance now with the lower megapixel concept and not being too technical with less pixels to jam into one space or answer the sensor basically the larger each pixel can be in turn each pixel can capture more light in the end this means better low-light performance so first looking at some outdoor photos not a direct comparison but just having these phones laying around these sampson provided the richest and most contrasting photos looking at this first photo these s7s photo is sharp and just has this image pop out at you before any editing is performed the v10 from LG provided a slightly more washed out look and the Nexus 6p felt right in the middle with providing some contrast but not as applied as a Samsung now moving on to the next photo I notice Samsung sometimes has a little issue with blow out essentially any area where it's bright and dark at the same time the s7 tries to brighten the entire photo and at times the brighter parts are just on the edge of being blown out however looking at the Nexus again it's a bit dull although it's not over bright and last if you look at LG similar results but if you're nitpicky Samsung again comes in with slightly more contrast which makes the image just pop more than the v10 but also find the Samsung is the sharper image once again and just for the hell of it also carried my samsung note 5 thank you for minding note 5 has a higher megapixel count but both performed nearly identical with each other now moving on to the next photo the 6p proved or provided again this dark image and it's just not as sharp and looking at the s7 the Samsung auto white balance went with a warmer tone making the cement and the stone in the wall that you see on the right here just pop and then looking at the v10 the sharpness in detail is about the same but the white balance appears to be less appealing in my opinion a lot of last test years with low-light performance starting with a photo indoors you can see the s7 still reveals noise in low light but pay close attention to the details in the dark and the colors the v10 and you'll see this pattern with the next several photos LG overcompensates and causes this white or slightly washed out look there's more detail visible but the entire image isn't as vibrant at again with the Nexus on all the low-light photos you'll see the Nexus seems to keep the most accurate photos without popping up brightness but then there's errors where it's just too dark looking at several other photos real quick here you can see it's the same in every scenario that I put these cameras through now with the Samsung cameras providing exceptional quality another new feature here with the s7 lineup is what they call dual pixel autofocus now a Samsung is claiming much faster autofocus and performing a similar test of what Samsung performed at their press conference it is such a dramatic difference than any other camera that I've tested before you can see how much faster the s7 is compared to what's currently out there now the last feature which I'm shocked Samsung doesn't promote more is the pro mode essentially it's manual mode just like the LG G series of phones for the pro photographer in you or if you want that perfect shot in dark areas and auto mode can't figure it out for you you can manually control shutter speed ISO levels I can control white balance and manually focus on your subject now you also get this the inner feature of panorama selective focus and there's a food mode that focuses on the center but then everything around your plate or dish here is blurred out in the last feature I want to show real quick is the virtual shop allowing you to spin around an object and once done you can tilt your phone set aside to get a nice walk around pretty cool but once you share it with somebody it's only a video file your friend can't tilt the phone like you can to control the camera angle and the last bit here is the camera image stabilization works really well in keeping your shots from being shaky and the options of 4k or quad HD is indeed nice I noticed again LG does provide slightly smoother image stabilization over the Samsung however is Samsung dual pixel technology the Samsung focuses that much faster alright enough about cameras let's start looking at the display screen comes with a flagship standard 2560 by 1440 resolution the same Super AMOLED display makes a return offering that rich and vibrant look though not every panel is the same but to show you what my phones look like with my color test the Samsung Note 5 produced the best and widest screen with the SN producing just a slightly warmer tone for some reason and the LG here produced that cooler tone was subtle hints of blue and the Nexus 6p offered the warmest out of the 4 now looking at blacks the Nexus in both Samsung's produced the deepest blacks available with the v10 offering a dark yet glowing screen now what you want to look for are the deepest blacks available to help contrast other colors being displayed and you have the display look less artificial in a sense so there's no obvious backlighting and there's no screen bleeding now the same results with blues all looked rich and more vibrant than the LG v10 with greens the s7 and no.5 looked the best with the Nexus coming in slightly dimmer but still a nice contrasting shade though and the LG would be worse I believe with a more faded green and last to finish the RGB colors reds on samsung has always looked more orange to me and the LG gave a nice shade though for a change that looked more accurate from my assessment now what is also important and worth taking into consideration is Samsung's performed great in direct sunlight and was for the most part visible the Nexus did struggle the worst here and trying to see the screen when compared to the s7 either way both Samsung phones provided some of the best viewing experiences to date compared to many other phones on the market now moving on to performance I'll throw up some specs on the screen here the most notable is the latest processor from Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 making a debut claiming a 40% increase in performance over the last year's 810 and about a 30% increase in being energy efficient sounds great but in the real world really is that a significant improvement that the average consumer can actually see or especially feel now regarding gaming this is where you'll see the biggest improvement over last year's model games load that much faster consistently time and time again across most gaming applications now while playing them is not much of a difference most games already run well with last year's phones and this year is really no exception there's no frames being skipped and there's really no lagging experience for everyday applications twitter facebook instagram loading netflix music files etc they felt very similar to my older phones and really didn't exhibit a substantial difference in speed to make it big impact or even really notice now as we're using the phone in general samsung's touchwiz overlay of course makes it return here and it isn't much different from last year I do admit last year's was much better than the year before so it could be if it's not broken don't fix it right but I gotta say there's still room for optimization overall for the average consumer it's still a great experience don't get me wrong especially if you decide to use the abundant amount of features Samsung usually offers but there are times though when opening up apps or switching from the camera to an app there's a minor stutter evident not every time but when it does happen though you'd take a slight pause and subconsciously find it unusual not for the most part it won't be an issue at all but if you're coming from let's say these six P or the LG G series of phones because that's what I experience you'll find that those two phones at least would be consistently zippy over time containing the last round of important features the fingerprint scanner makes a return and works very well once you register your fingers the only thing I didn't find a way to unlock the screen from the new always-on display so I had to press the home or power button first before using the fingerprint scanner now there's something that I'm missing here please let me know in the comment section below but regarding the new always-on display I loved it you have several options to display either just a clock or one with the time and the calendar here and it is always on and I'm shocked it doesn't appear to turn off when you place the phone in your pocket now it doesn't seem to use the proximity sensor to turn off the display when the phone is stowed away but Samsung claims it takes very minimal battery life away now for my test overnight leaving it on I drained about 12% of battery over six and a half hours of sleep which is worse than my LG v10 which only got a 5% reduction of power overnight regarding battery life Samsung has included a bigger battery bumping it up to a 3000 milliamp battery from 2500 on the s6 my screen on time has been averaging around 3 hours and 15 minutes with my worst performance around 3 hours and best under normal use that is about 3 hours and 30 minutes so overall I'm needing to recharge the phone every day and a half quick charger remains the same and takes an hour and a half to get back up to full from a dead bed from my test here my video proves that and Samsung does keep the wireless charging intact but to wrap up this review the SM has dramatically improved the physical side of things and the camera performance is still one of the best that's clear the software side has been taming improvements but the new features like always on the waterproofing ashlee card really makes up for some of the biggest gripes of last year's model I do admit having a removable bedroom would have been nice but the styling on this is really a head-turner to lose my only hope though if the phone ever needs to be opened up hopefully the internal waterproofing won't be affected now I would have loved the IR blaster to make a return but again in my personal opinion everything else almost makes up for its shortcomings to make this one the best phones on the market currently hopefully next year TouchWiz will once again be refined and you never know maybe USB type-c will be more mainstream and then will be featured on more phones for the time being and as I said earlier or in the beginning of this video it's not 100% but the overall experience for the average consumer the peace of mind of waterproofing the elimination of worrying about storage space and of course you'd get one good-looking phone I think Samsung did very well by offering just a overall well rounded package so that's it for this review be sure to LIKE and subscribe if you haven't already if you found this video helpful please help me by sharing my work and last be sure to follow me on Facebook Twitter and or Instagram I'm Jimmy with 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