[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Accessories] GigaSPX:
Hello all and welcome to my first ever review topic I'm posting on XDA. I'm here to discuss and review the first ever "Smartcase" that won CES 2017 for our phone, the Galaxy S7 Edge. I bought into hype about how interesting it is for a Smartcase to be able to read air quality, surrounding temperature, humidity, and pressure. Not only does the case does this, but there is also an extra accessory attachment called the "Smartblade" (which you have to buy separately​ or bundled) that is its own battery pack but also an external storage that has its own built in micro SD card reader!

First thing you'll see here is the box packaging for the case alone. It did not have the smartblade accessory unfortunately as the company rep informed me they are finalizing the product and will be shipped out in two weeks. Anyhow, the packaging is very colorful and solid. The plastic surrounding the case heavily seals it off for protection to the air sensor so it would not malfunction before it's first used.

The case itself feels very nice to hold on have as it's soft TPU material that's built for shock absorbing standards. As you would see in the back, there are three magnet jacks for the Smartblade to be attached to and can be stacked for extra storage capacity as well as battery. The sides are pretty revealing but the phone is pretty secure to the case.

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Now for software side of things. The company developed an app to use in conjunction with the hardware, and it's called "I-blades" as you can guess that can be downloaded from the Play Store. Having used the app for most of the day since I got the case in the mail, the app has access to your music, pictures, and videos on storage to count up the total memory you have along with the external storage. Then there's a special section called "Environmental" that does the actual readings of the sensor. Now it could be because this is the run of the mill first production model I'm able to get my hands on, but the sensor readings are a real hit or miss.

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The Air Quality sensor reads the surrounding air quality around you and has a scale from 0 (very clean) to the maximum of 500 (Hazardous). This has only worked for me about 25% of the time since most of the time I do start it up, it reads the air around me being 500, which apparently I should be dying from anyway. And the time it probably did work was when I was inside the doctor's office awaiting to see the doctor, the sensor reads 0 (which it better be LOL) until I went outside which went up to about 20 or so.

The Temperature readings are definitely not what it is as an actual thermometer because most of the day, it reads the temperature that's as close to my phone's own heat with some margin of error. Very unreliable for what I thought it was intended for.

The Humidity sensor seems correct. I don't know what else to say about it since being in south Georgia where it's been raining for the past month, it's pretty damn humid. :laugh:

I'm unsure how the Barometer is since it remains constant. I can't say too much about this yet.

Finally to conclude this review, I preordered this case since February and I finally received it today on June 19th. I have some odd amount of patience for this case since I was expecting it to be released back in March, but it kept getting pushed back. The app itself is a major battery hogger since the entire time I've had my phone connected to the case, it never went into Doze mode. This right here is a big no-no and the case was actually delayed from last month since the rep told me that they were working out the kinks that caused an issue like this around that time. I guess it didn't work as intended. So far though, I'm generally leaning towards not liking this purchase due to the fact the case's main features are inaccurate and the battery drains awfully. The Smartblades are about 1800 mAh and I don't think I can really see it improving my battery life from the daily usage I've been doing. I may return this case for a refund since it really did not live to the expectations I had for it and I've waited too long already for just more delays in what I spent my $100 for.

So to have a tl;dr with pros and cons of what I have so far with just the Smartcase:

Pros:

-Premium build

-Innovative features

Cons:

-App is a huge battery drainer

-Sensor readings are off

-Very experimental

-Long delay time since preorder (personal case)

Do I recommend this? Right now, no. I'm very much on the fence about returning and getting a refund for it to grab a Zero Lemon case for extra battery life. The smartblade attachment has it along with easy removable storage, but a built in expandable storage to the phone already does this and really not too much of a hassle to take out. Thanks for reading my review. :D