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Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge go 1080P after update
Okay it's a bit of a weird title, but as many of you know Samsung started updating and rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat towards the the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. The screen on this smart-phone series is 1440 x 2560 pixels. However after the update (users report) the phone starts in a 1080 x 1920 resolution.
It's sounded like a small goof up of some kind, but apparantly it is intentional. Samsung apparantly thinks that running the phone at 1080P will improve battery life. Not a bad idea, but I doubt if you spend 700~800 USD on a phone you expcected a 1080P screen reolution. As an S7 Edge owner myself, heck no. Battery life is fine already + Samung .. you are selling a phone with a native 1440 x 2560 pixel resolution.
If this happens to you, you can easily fix it by changing towards 1440 x 2560 pixels in your preferences for Nougat:
- Open Settings on your Galaxy S7.
- Select Display » Screen resolution.
- Move the slider to set your preffered display size between HD, FHD and WQHD.
- Select APPLY from the top-bar to set your changes.
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#5383524 Posted on: 01/21/2017 02:17 AM
The S7 has been pretty good when it comes to updates, alot better than they used to be.
All the companies have, Android phones are not as neglected as they used to be when it comes to supporting updates.
The S7 has been pretty good when it comes to updates, alot better than they used to be.
All the companies have, Android phones are not as neglected as they used to be when it comes to supporting updates.
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#5383533 Posted on: 01/21/2017 03:53 AM
I'd love to have an easy option to scale down resolution for battery savings. QHD is stupid at this size.
I'd love to have an easy option to scale down resolution for battery savings. QHD is stupid at this size.
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#5383563 Posted on: 01/21/2017 11:09 AM
Before writing such comments maybe first look up what you're talking about.
The S7 is getting 7.1, but they've been working on and testing 7.0 for longer so that's rolling out first.
Lol 7.0, too much effort for 7.1?
Before writing such comments maybe first look up what you're talking about.
The S7 is getting 7.1, but they've been working on and testing 7.0 for longer so that's rolling out first.
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#5383566 Posted on: 01/21/2017 11:50 AM
Wouldn't you just buy a 1080p phone in that case?
Personally I can see the difference in clarity between 1080 and 1440, 1080 looks slightly blurred / less sharp for text, the size of the content changes too obviously so things look too big compared to 1440
The same number of pixels are used at 1080 or 1440, the only place I can see it saving power would be gaming, but throughout beta testing, and I haven't seen anyone mention it is any better in the final, dropping resolution and trying to game resulted in horrible stutters and worse performance
We already have power saving modes separate to these performance/rez throttling options, max power saving giving 140+ hours estimated battery time, these throttling/resolution lowering options don't do much/anything to improve that
The phone already parks unused cores, keeps low clocks for normal use/idle, and if you're gaming you're gonna be in high performance mode anyway, so in reality it's a useless gimmick IMO
I'd love to have an easy option to scale down resolution for battery savings. QHD is stupid at this size.
Wouldn't you just buy a 1080p phone in that case?
Personally I can see the difference in clarity between 1080 and 1440, 1080 looks slightly blurred / less sharp for text, the size of the content changes too obviously so things look too big compared to 1440
The same number of pixels are used at 1080 or 1440, the only place I can see it saving power would be gaming, but throughout beta testing, and I haven't seen anyone mention it is any better in the final, dropping resolution and trying to game resulted in horrible stutters and worse performance
We already have power saving modes separate to these performance/rez throttling options, max power saving giving 140+ hours estimated battery time, these throttling/resolution lowering options don't do much/anything to improve that
The phone already parks unused cores, keeps low clocks for normal use/idle, and if you're gaming you're gonna be in high performance mode anyway, so in reality it's a useless gimmick IMO
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Oh how I don't miss Samsung phones.
After my S4, I have not gone back. Surprised Samsung even did 7.0 for any phones already released.