SamsungsmartphoneLast featured Aug 2019
Samsung Galaxy S7
Worth it if…Worth it, with caveats.
Average durability, good in the hammer test but hurt by the reverse hammer hit.
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- Price when I covered it
- $100
- Featured in
- 4 videos · 2017–2019
- Category
- Phones · Flagship
What I liked
- Good hammer test
- Good side resistance
- faster camera launch than S6 and earlier
- Very cheap second-hand at about $100
- Supports RAW shooting
- Edited photos preferred by 80% of people
What I didn't
- Cracking when bent
- Reverse hammer cracked the screen and back
- lower box quality
- accessories not snugly packed
- earphones not as good as AKG
- Blows out highlights in the sky
In my words
Straight from the video. Tap a timestamp to hear me say it.
“the quality of the box is a little lower the accessories inside are not quite as snugly packed together”
“the difference is night and day”
“you can get a very capable camera phone for not a lot of money”
“there would have to be some serious damage to the body of the pre-owned phone for me to say that it wasn't better value”
“functionally speaking they're both are pretty much identical”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
10:20are smartphones getting weaker?Average durability, good in the hammer test but hurt by the reverse hammer hit.
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1:08The Ultimate Samsung Galaxy Comparison.Box quality is a little lower and the earphones are not as good as the AKG ones, but it was much faster than older models.
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0:00Can a $100 Smartphone Camera beat $900 Flagships?A cheap second-hand S7 can produce photos that are almost indistinguishable from a Pixel 3 XL once edited in Lightroom.
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2:36Should you buy your Smartphones Refurbished!?The refurbished Galaxy S7 is better value than new, with only minor micro scratches and a slower Android update.
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Why it's on these shelves
- Value king
“you can get a very capable camera phone for not a lot of money”
▶ 4:31 - Value king
“there would have to be some serious damage to the body of the pre-owned phone for me to say that it wasn't better value”
▶ 3:12
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