As it stands now, Samsung's Galaxy S7 is both a critical and commercial success. Tech experts have declared that the S7 is the best Android flagship around, perhaps eclipsed only the sexier Galaxy S7 Edge, and buyers around the world seem to agree. High sales numbers of the GS7 propelled Samsung to the top of U.S. smartphone market as of March 2016 and that is one solid proof that the device is doing extremely well.
But in a new report, Tech Insider said that powers users will in the end get disappointed with the Galaxy S7, forcing them to switch to Apple's iPhone 6S Plus.
The report is not countering the perception by many that hands-down the GS7 is the best Android there is. And apart from its solid build and gorgeous, there are many reasons to love the handset, which in numerous reviews has been described as the near-perfection that was not seen with the Galaxy S6 in 2015.
The S7 camera, for starters, is a killer. Experts said the S6 was already insanely good in the shooting department but Samsung thought to jump a notch higher by packing the 2016 refresh with superfast autofocus and dual-pixels that only capture top-notch pictures. As a result, camera experts concluded that the Galaxy S7 got the better of the iPhone 6S Plus, which to many was the smartphone camera king of last year.
And the Galaxy S7 boasts of up more than 200GB of local memory thanks to the on-board microSD slot that can take in that much of extra storage space. Not possible for the iPhone 6S Plus. The device has a 128GB configuration but that's just about as there is no provision at all for memory expansion except for the still unreliable iCloud (that comes at extra cost for space higher than 5GB).
Notwithstanding the numerous advantages enjoyed by the Galaxy S7 over its Apple phablet rival, Tech Insider still picked the iPhone 6S Plus as the better daily driver. And Samsung can blame Android for that.
No thanks to Android, the GS7 runs out of juice before the end of the day despite having a bigger battery at 3000mAh (compared to the 2750mAh on the 6S Plus. Extensive daily use that involves massive amount of picture taking, media playback and heavy browsing will squeeze the life out of the S7 at around the same time that the sun starts to set, Tech Insider said.
But not the case with the 6S Plus and the credit goes to iOS 9.xx. The same report has one simple explanation: "The iPhone's operating system and software are much better optimized for its hardware, and allow the handset to chug along much longer."
So if it will be a toss between the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Apple iPhone 6S Plus, the choice should be easy for most power users. That's because for the more important reasons, iOS remains the better operating system over Android.