Just picked it up last night from my local VZW store, coming off an S6 Edge. So far, my thoughts echo what I've read so far;
Overall, very happy, though I should've bought extra chargers.
- Lack of wireless charging out of the box, and slight vagueness as to what carrier versions will support it.
- Lack of headphones in the Verizon variant. Not sure about the other majors, and I know it's trivial but really? Couldn't throw a bone?
- Initial lack of accessories, but that's to be expected
- Lack of PdaNet compatibility *** Obviously this isn't a downfall of the phone. Nougat doesn't place nice, at least on Verizon. So it means that I no longer have the ability to fire up a HotSpot via PdaNet like I was able. Supposedly I can tether with USB to a laptop which can then act as a hotspot itself, or Bluetooth (never tried that so I dunno how that even works lol). Downfall though, is that driving in the car, if someone says "hey, can you turn on the internet?" the answer is now no.
- Subjective, but the inability to turn off a camera shutter sound without muting the phone first. Now, I understand the reasons, just like they were there back in my LG G2 days. However, my S6 had no qualms about giving people an option to turn off the shutter sound, so no reason why it can't be an option.
- USB-C port. This isn't a bad thing, but it is, in the sense that it's new enough that things like power bricks and such haven't adopted adapters and things for it yet.
Overall, very happy, though I should've bought extra chargers.
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