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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] hlte:
I've seen benchmarks there you actually see very good singel core performance from the new Exynos. I think it's a powerhouse both CPU and GPU, and TW have become much better. With a launcher and a couple of small tweaks there is really no need for vanilla Android. Rooted TW with some flashed goodies will do good for me. It also takes time to get a custom CM rom working well on the phone like the camera etc so I would like to enjoy this phone fully from release. The camera is just a beast.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] AngioNicholai:
Heat shouldn't be a problem, the s7 (edge) comes with some type of water cooling system like they have in gaming PCs.

As for me, I would choose Snapdragon because of the development, aosp, cm, tw all in one. I believe Exynos is closed source.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Beefheart:
I'm aware it comes with a heat spreader, but given the size, I'm unsure how effective it will be. Hopefully very.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Ausboy 2011:
Exynos for me if i wanted cm i would buy nexus. As mentioned above tw has been getting better im running note 4 exynos 5.1.1 and it flies. Being nearly 2 years old i can only imagine the s7 edge performance for todays phones
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Beefheart:
It's also worth pointing out that one of the primary reasons to buy this phone is the camera. Well, if you put non-stock on it then you will never get the quality it's capable of.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] albireox:
[MENTION=723043]Beefheart[/MENTION], I don't want to start a heated debate here, but for me at least, it seems logical that people want the S820 variant because of the presumably better support from the development community. Touchwiz sucks in speed, no matter how you put it. I used many phones in the last year, including the Note5 and even if it's faster than previous Samsung devices, lag is still there : in multitasking, when launching various apps, etc. And you see it especially when compared with same generation phones that come with weaker hardware but (much) better optimized software : oneplus2, meizu pro5, even LG G4 which has similar "heavy" software on it. So I think it's logical to want a CM or AOSP rom on your S7 if you want your phone to have the speed and even some extra-customization. Because of the screen quality, battery, even camera (I know, Samsung camera app will always be better than on the CM, but I believe it will be bearable even on a non-Touchwiz ROM).

Just my 2 cents.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] andybelloasis:
s7 edge in asia region will get snapdragon?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Beefheart:
I don't believe anyone wants a heated debate, this is a forum and an expressing of opinions.

Touchwiz doesn't suck in speed, or at least not in recent models. There have still been a few issues, like the savagery of it's memory management, but from what I have read on this forum in the last few days that is far less of an issue on the S7. Touchwiz is now a very good OS regardless of what way you look at it, especially on powerful devices with a lot of RAM. Or 4gb in the case of the S7. I think a lot of people still judge it on the piece of s**t it was on the S2/S3 and to a lesser extent, the S4. But it's inevitable when something has a terrible rep it will take time to fix.

I simply find it a little strange that a fan of vanilla Android who doesn't like Touchwiz would buy a premium Samsung flagship device only to remove the very thing which provides most of the features that make it a premium flagship device in the first place. Especially given the numerous other options on the market which are more suitable. As someone said earlier, if they wanted CM or AOSP, they'd have bought a Nexus.

But to go back to the architecture, I myself would take the 820 over the Exynos if given a straight choice, I've already said that.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] albireox:
I always thought Android was about freedom. And you just can't say to anyone who wants a stripped down UI and a nice phone on the same time, to just go and buy a Nexus. First of all, the Nexus 6p is an ugly phone (subjective, I know...). Second, it's a big phone, which might be too much for some. Having had all the Samsung Note phones (and much of the S series) I can't find something really interesting in Touchwiz, something I can't live without or something I can't also have on CM. Maybe besides the camera app. I used the Note4 for more than half a year and most of the time it was with CM on it which was running great, miles ahead of TW regarding the speed and multitasking functionality. Of course, I can't talk about the S7, there are very few who have the device at this moment, but given my past experiences with TW (Note5 included) I'm not very optimistic.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Beefheart:
I'm not telling anyone to buy or not buy anything. I'm saying that in my opinion it makes no sense to pay a premium for a phone only to remove the features that made it premium in the first place. But if people want to spend £650 (or the equivalent via a network contract) to do that they're more than entitled to do that and it's obviously their money. But I'm going around in circles here so I'll bow out.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] albireox:
I understand you, anyone buys what he/she thinks it's right for a particular usage. I still don't see too many software features that make a Samsung phone "premium". You pay a ton of money mostly for its hardware, not software. Maybe you can enlighten me here.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] norti:
I would like the Snapdragon version, but it seems that we are getting the Exynos one in Hungary (even though Telekom states that it will come with an 8-core Snapdragon 820... :D).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] squallz506:
The edge features are the reason I'm keeping it stock, and it's basically one of the features (along with bigger battery and screen) that I chose the s7e over the s7. If I had an s7 it would be on a custom ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] albireox:
Yes, it seems there will be Exynos for most part of the Europe (except UK). The online stores write 8 cores by default, they imagine no-one dares to make an quad core mobile cpu in 2016 :p
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Beefheart:
UK is Exynos. Check this video, in which he says he's unboxing a UK model, and the power adapter reflects that. If you look on the back of the box it says Octa Core.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMrJMRd9QNQ
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] albireox:
You're right, my bad, Qualcomm S820 seems to be US and China only.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] fernando sor:
That's it for me. I would never put aosp on the edge as you would lose the camera app. Although I don't like TW it's not THAT big of a deal as to lose the positives it brings.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Dr. Fed:
Is it true that Qualcomm SOCs tend to have better reception/ signal management compared to Exynos?

One of the issues with the T Mobile S6 (Exynos), for example, was the incredible battery drain that occurred when VoLTE or WiFi Calling were enabled. The S5 (SD801), in comparison, was very power efficient when on Wifi Calling or VoLTE. Furthermore, the cell signals themselves (voice, LTE, HSPA+) seemed consistently stronger with the S5.

Maybe this was all in my head. Does anyone know if any of this could be true?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Kenishi99:
Wow, I'm really disappointed now... It's the first time I read about this. Thought the custom ROMs support for Samsung phones are great.

I want to be able to use custom ROMs on my phone. (At least after some years when we won't get any official updates anymore..)

Some questions:

How likely is it that the Exynos users won't be able to use CM / Vanilla Android ROMs?

Which disadvantages (or advantages) will I have in Europe when I import a phone with the S820? (LTE Bands?)

How easy/hard is it to (officially?) unlock the bootloader?

What about root?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] sswagonman:
In Australia the edge seems to have the exynos version and the normal s7 the snapdragon
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Ausboy 2011:
You sure? Telstra s7 and s7 edge are both exynos
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] MasK:
Hmm.. nobody here mentioned GPS.

I'm having pretty bad GPS on my Exynos S6edge. Fix times are quick, but once I am stationary, position tends to jump around. And many times when I move out, my position does not change after seconds later.

I never had any issues with any Qualcomm chips, no matter now low-end. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Samsung is aware of this and addressed this in the new Exynos8.. coz that's what's gonna be available here in my region.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Beefheart:
My experience is the opposite. My Note 3 and Galaxy S4 both had terrible GPS. Yet my old S2 based on Exynos was fantastic.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] AngioNicholai:
Same with my note 5, works 6/10 times
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Ausboy 2011:
Same here exynos note 4 and s3 gps was great s4 snapdragon not so much
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] elpindian:
From my experience, exynos fly when it comes to performance. When it comes too rooting and custom ROMs though, it is a closed platform so not much if any development ever occurs for thos devices that use them. The SD820 on the other hand will most likely have tons of support from the dev community see as how it's open sourced.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Beefheart:
Personally, I couldn't care less about rom development. Give me root on the Exynos S7 so I can run the likes of Viper4Android and Xposed plus the ability to debloat and freeze apps. I'll be happy.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] daLareid:
Same here, I honestly prefer SD820 but since I want an unlocked phone then I have to go for Exynos but doesn't seem to bother me anymore since I'm going with the S7 cause I don't feel like going ROM anymore otherwise I would have gone with the Nexus 6P.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Beefheart:
I've read the TMobile version in the US doesn't have a locked bootloader. I'm unsure if it will work on the UK networks though.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] yes_thisis_joey:
its samsung... do you really expect to get timely updates in 2 years anyway?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] daLareid:
Yeah but still T-Mobile doesn't sell unlocked phones either so you still have to go through the hassle of dealing with T-Mobile to unlock it for you, I'm currently on T-Mobile but I'm still not eligible for a new phone so that's why I need an unlocked phone, besides sometimes I use Straight Talk so I need the convenience for being able to swap the SIM, could go Dual but don't usually like the Dual sim phones and the S7 Dual from Asian might be a while till it's released.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Xileforce:
Galaxy phones have historically been some of the best phones for development. My GS1 for example had tons of development. The exynos versions will still feature custom kernels(Samsung has to release kernel source code by law) but I wouldn't expect to see aosp or cm within a year. S6 is only starting to get cm today and it's mostly broken. Probably won't be usable for several months. Unlocking bootloader on s6 was easy. Couple minute job. Root took a few minutes as well. Hope that helps.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] daLareid:
Snapdragon 820 - http://imgur.com/koXThaF.png

Single-core: 2321

Multicore: 5344

*Apparently user was still updating so here's a better score from the same user and same phone

Exynos

Single-core: 2158

Multicore: 6494

So I think it's finally safe to assume, S820 will always handle single-core performance better and Exynos multi-core, which irl probably won't really affect user in daily average phone use.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Xileforce:
That snapdragon bench is abnormally low. Ive seen some other benches where the single core was around 2500 which sounds more accurate. Especially considering I'm almost hitting that score on s6 with my kernel. Multithread should go to the exynos due to the 8 cores however. My guess is it was warm. But who knows. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] daLareid:
I just updated my post with new info, user ran it again after updates and what not, S820 better at single and Exynos better at multi like we had already heard.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] pokosik:
This is what I have got with my EU exynos
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Xileforce:
Good bench. So seems like 2200 single and 6400 multithread is around what the exynos scores. Hard to say with the SD yet as we only have one person running tests atm.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Beefheart:
Any heat issues when playing games/running benchmarks?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] pokosik:
I felt some heat when benchmarks where running and after about an 1h or more of using VR. But nothing special.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] viperblood:
Snapdragon by far tired of the limited documentation that Samsung has with their chips.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Ausboy 2011:
So what if they dont release all documents atleast we'll have custom kernels for our exynos model thats all that matters to me. Custom kernel with full access to the wolfson on board chip please!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Xileforce:
Pretty sure I read somewhere that this doesn't have a wolfson DAC. Has some custom one I believe. I would agree though. Custom kernels are probably more important to performance than custom Roms, however if there is problems within touchwiz, your stuck with them unless Sammy patches it :/
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] BWA80:
Hi!

So was the S6 edge exynos terrible with custom ROM's? I like flashing them, test them out. roughly how many ROM's are there for the S6 edge and how are they maintained with updates? is there xposed support for s6 edge?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Beefheart:
There will be less TW custom Roms on the S7 and S7 Edge than on the S6 purely because the S6 had a universal chipset worldwide. Still, I'll be happy with stock as long as it can be rooted, have Xposed and SE set to permissive for V4A.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Xileforce:
Well to answer that I feel the need to clarify the difference between custom Roms and modified stock Roms. On the exynos you get modified stock Roms. That means basically they are just modifying the zip file. Which requires no source code. Obviously what you can do here is pretty limited(debloat, maybe theme, battery icon mods,etc). There are a lot of these modified stock Roms on the s6. But they are all in essence the same software. Custom Roms are built from source code. Which means you can literally change everything. Even just small things like compiling the code with optimizations etc. There's still a small chance of the s7 exynos getting cm, especially if some of the s6 work can carry over. I just wouldn't count on it or depend on that for a decision. Oh and yes we have xposed on s6 too. Hope that helps some.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Toss3:
That's because Cirrus Logic bought Wolfson a while back, so the DAC will be from Cirrus Logic.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Xileforce:
Ah, cirrus logic sounds familiar from the article I read. Good to know. Samsung has always had great DACs so Im hopeful this one will impress.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Ausboy 2011:
Yes the dac in exynos will be from cl and sammy always deliver in audio quality we just need the devs to open up the full access to audio controls!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] daLareid:
I hope the DAC is really that good.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] AngioNicholai:
I was downloading all my apps and games while the phone was fast charging and my phone was hot, not burning hot but warmer than usual. After all apps finished downloading it cooled off. Then I started playing a game for about an hour, watched a couple YouTube videos and surprisingly it stayed cool the whole time, no heating or warmth.

Edit: This was all on Snapdragon 820 while fast charging.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Beefheart:
I assume that's on Snapdragon though looking at your location? The guy I quoted has the Exynos model I'll be getting, I was after the information on that more than anything. Cheers anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] ekaplan362:
How has no one mentioned battery life?!

Everyone in hear only cares about ROMs??? What about the difference in battery life? To me thats the most important question to ask.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Cst79:
+1 on this. Need battery life comparison (although I already pre-ordered the Exynos - the only one available in my country).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Semseddin:
I will get the exynos version.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] changlon1983:
which one is better ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Willyman:
Anyone know which processor will be used in the Hong Kong version?

---------- Post added at 01:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:46 PM ----------

I just found the info myself in the Samsung press release for HK and it's surprising...

S7 will be Exynos

S7 Edge will be SD
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] thunderroid:
Exynos is catching up, from what I read, Snapdragon's battery life is not so good, "Android System" battery drain is making making it worse.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Xileforce:
Battery life on my snapdragon variant is amazing. I'm consistently getting an hour of sot per 10%.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] FalconFX:
Im starting to think that Android OS drain is not as it seems, probably the way tha

---------- Post added at 09:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:27 PM ----------

Im starting to think that Android OS drain is not as it seems, probably the way that services eat battery are diffrently placed between SD & Exynos variant, probably more stuff cramped into the Android OS in SD than Exynos ?? or even wrong reading !!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Xileforce:
Yea it's hard to say right now. Once we get root we can use a more detailed tracking app like better battery stats to see all the details. Until then it's just guessing. But either way I'm very pleased.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] euphoriapt:
i'm from US where is the best place to get the SD820??? I have no rush
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Xileforce:
All US variants are snapdragon afaik. So any carrier.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] lvnatic:
I'm getting the exynos because that's what's available in romania. I don't know how it will perform, on my note 3 the exynos version is considered trash (and it is), but from what I read the past few days I understand that samsung have much improved on their socs.

As for aosp or cm based roms, I don't know how the other samsungs run on these roms, but on note 3 they are major battery drainers. They don't exactly have a battery drain, if you look at the battery stats there's nothing suspicious, but it's like the battery was literally cut in half, it's dead in 2 hours scree time if you're lucky. The camera also works much worse and on the note series particularly, you lose the spen function, which is basically what makes this phone.

I will never ever use an aosp rom on samsung, ever.

Stock rom with root functionality is all I need.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] splcfiya:
Many people buying the phone are buying it in spite of touchwhiz, The 3600 battery and the waterproof and the gorgeous display are reason enough for some ppl to get a device. I'm wouldnt root right away, id give TW a test drive, but I'd possibly consider tossing apex on it if its not to my liking.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] ngmic:
Yes quite surprised about the split, not sure why only the Edge will be using SD (Samsung expects more Edge users to go to mainland China?). My only concerns are 1) battery life, as the SD820 purportedly incurs more drain vs Exynos and 2) root and custom ROM support (latter, to a much lower extent)

I guess we'll see how this pans out on Friday when it officially goes on sale. I wonder if GSMArena, Phonearena etc would have reviews on both Exynos vs SD variants?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] derlino:
I am very happy with my Exynos S7 Edge

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] sekitaa:
You eased and calmed me down here. The nature of this thread made me doubt my decision. The general opinion is so one-sided in this thread, thanks for your post. That's exactly what I've waited to hear. :cowboy: I find the exynos to be better in many regards.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] johanbiff:
guys, just look at the difference in fluity in these reviews..

exynos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHW5nUbllAM

sd820: http://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-s7-unboxing-678553/

there must be something going on here, just look how the SD820 stutters and lags :\ are samsung that bad at optimizing the dragon? or they just did one hell of a job with the exynos?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] supercakefish:
Go go Exynos! Woo! But seriously, I hope Samsung sorts out the teething issues with Snapdragon asap for you Americans via software update. I'm sure they will.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] osmosizzz:
Thinking about getting the exynos variant.. Anyone know if Samsung pay is available for the 935f. I'm in the US and want to use Samsung pay but I'm not with any of the major Carriers so getting the device outright is tricky
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] insomnia:
Exynos it is for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Doctorhitch:
I would prefer the Snapdragon 820 due to the Dolphin emulator that runs better with Adreno GPU's. Could I ship it from the US and will network etc work?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Richard_10:
Exynos for me, because of the most important difference between s7 and s6, and it's : Battery life.

tests proved that sd820 variant drains battery on s7 and that it lasts less than s6 which has bad battery life ( check internet to verify my saying). the exynos architecture is Big.Little so it has the ability to trigger the low power cores in order to consume less energy, by that s7 edge exynos that was tested had more than 6 hours screen on time.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Xileforce:
Not sure what your source is but from all the actual ppl posting in here they seem equal in battery. I'm averaging ~10h sot on my SD version. Also the snapdragon uses a version of big little too. Two of the cores are clocked lower and have a different memory configuration to use less power. Here's a screen shot of my battery at 55% yesterday. I used it pretty hard and ran lots of benchmarks. The bottom line is that you should just get whichever version is sold where you live. The differences in day to day use should be unnoticeable. The only reason you should exert the effort to get the snapdragon version if you live in europe is for the dev community. Thats my opinion on it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] peachpuff:
Thats nuts, i get 3 hours on my nexus 5.