Aug 17, 2016 09:44 AM
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. The phone looks magnificent and is very light.
Pros:
1) Camera: Best smartphone camera in the market right now. The autofocus is crazy fast and the pictures clear. Though what samsung claims it is good at low lighting, the low lighting photos taken on my friends Nexus 6p was better. Maybe I am doing something wrong.
2) Battery life: For once this stat is moved to Pros for a Samsung phone. I know this phone is still new and yet I could get 19 hours of battery life with 6 hours Screen on time and soundcloud, youtube, redditting and basic gaming.
3) Micro SD is back - The slot holds a sim card+ a memory card or 2 sim cards. Though I wish they had given an option exclusively for dual sim option.
4) IP68 - Water resistant and dust proof. Though I dont want to test against sand and scratch the glass, the water resistant feature I liked. I tested it out and it works great.
Cons:
1) Touchwiz - The one thing that is actually stopping Samsung from being a great phone. Though now you can disable pre-installed apps and this touchwiz is better, it is still not as good as the stock android.
2) Battery - Removable battery would have been the perfect option. But I guess we have to sacrifice this for the water resistant feature.
3) Hardware - This phone(Black Onyx) looks gorgeous but a fingerprint magnet. 10 minutes of using this phone, the back looked like a sticky table you usually find in local bars.
Neutral:
1) Edge Display - I am coming from a LG G3 and the Edge display takes some time getting used to. I accidentally swipe the screen when I am scrolling through pages and stuff. It is useful to access some quick shortcuts and the colours bouncing when you get a call is nice. Is this a gimmick feature or of true help, I will only get to know in a few days.
2) Game launcher - This neatly arranges all the games in a folder and while playing games you can set a DND mode where all the notifications are disabled. you can record the screen while playing games. I am not much into hardcore gaming, so I really did not find this feature useful.
3) Always ON display - This should have been in the Pro section. The display sits neatly on the screen and will not consume much battery.The display is completely switched off when its in your pocket. The reason I am putting this here is because the AOD is not interactive i.e. if I have notifications, I HAVE TO unlock the phone to view the missed calls and messages. The notifications is only for stock apps from Samsung, though I feel this will change when developers include this in the future updates in their apps.
Verdict: Should you buy this phone? If you are in the market for the best android smartphone - GO FOR IT. You can wait until LG G5 is released, but the modular design of G5(I feel) will be more of a gimmick than of actual use. The other modules will be expensive and by the time it comes to India, they would have released G6.
Flipkart as usual - great service. The status read "Tentative release on Mar 18 and Tentative delivery by Mar 21". The phone was delivered on Mar 18th at 12:31 PM. Now that's good
