![]() ![]() The sole difference between the Galaxy S7 edge and the S7 under the hood is battery capacity, and the edge comes with a 3,600mAh power pack. You could learn to live with the less than ideal handling and fingerprints, or stick it a case, which may be the reasonable path, but is it worth it? Half a star down for that dilemma. In summary, the Galaxy S7 edge suffers precisely from what makes it so beautiful - the curves and the glass. There's a fingerprint reader in the Home button, which is activated when you wake up the device - it's not always on. ![]() There's no IR emitter, for those that care, but storage expansion is possible, and controls are in their familiar locations. It's equally prone to collecting fingerprints - an inherent downside to the glass design. It will on occasion annoy us by ignoring tapping on the screen because it thinks that palms touching it on the side are the intended interaction.Īmong the properties shared with the S7, the Galaxy S7 edge has an IP68 rating for water resistance (up to 1.5m for 30 minutes) and is also dust tight. Palm rejection around the edges isn't perfect and the phone does register touch input from the sides a little more often than we would have liked. The S7 edge is also easier to pick up from a table. Yes, it is basically a curved screen on the front, and two sheets of Gorilla Glass 4 with an aluminum frame on the sides, but it's about the details.Īnd the details, in this case, include the slight curve on the back that helps with in-hand feel - where the S6 edge was sharp and pointy at the sides, the S7 edge is smooth and pleasing to hold. At a quick glance, you might dismiss it as a just a large S6 edge, but it is more than that. ![]() Number crunching aside, the Galaxy S7 edge is one seriously good-looking smartphone. That said, if you're comparing to the S6 edge, the new model is 25g heavier and has grown a bit in every dimension to fit the larger screen. It weighs just 157g - 5 grams more than the S7 gets you 20% more battery and 0.4 inches larger diagonal. The S7 edge measures 150.9 x 72.6 x 7.7mm, making it thinner than the plain S7. In our book, that makes a potential S7 edge+ fairly unlikely to happen. In 2016 so far we have the S7 edge splitting the difference between the two, but leaning towards the Plus. Last year's Galaxy S6 edge stood at 5.1 inches, and there was the 5.7-inch Galaxy S6 edge+. And it's that display, that gorgeous 5.5-inch Super AMOLED spilling over the sides, that's the real difference between the two, and the sole reason why one would pay the premium and pick the S7 edge and not the S7. Which is another way of saying that the edge has a bigger battery, and that's it. If that's the case I'd keep the phone apart until you get the parts, make sure you put both the screen and parts in an ESD bag to prevent any damage.Flagships come in pairs, that's the recent trend and in the case of the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge they share a good bit of the internals. If you tore them, then you'll have to replace that PCB board, they are about a $20 part or so. When you take the screen back off you're going to notice two thing flaps on either side at the bottom that wrap around the housing and are attached to a PCB board at the bottom of the phone, where the USB port is. I doubt you have a press to press cellphones with, so taking the stuff back apart should be easy, just be very careful and take your time when removing the screen again. I would be very careful and just remove the screen and see what's up, even post pictures if you want. You could have also potentially tore or damaged the soft keys themselves when removing the old screen. Now, there is the small chance you left some adhesive plastics over the bottom of the glass the screen is attached to not allowing the light from the soft keys to shine through the glass. Just to be clear, do they still functionally work when touched? Or do they just not light up anymore? Or both? First off, if you have a display and the touch screen works then the screen is all good. ![]()
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