Some perhaps interesting perspective from a Moto fan boy. I have an S7 which I bought just to play with. I still have my Droid Turbo 2 and have been hopping back and fourth (Swype spelling error)...even during the same sitting. I'm using both my router's WiFi and wireless tether off the T2 as the Internet connection on the S7.
Some observations...
First, I both like and don't the hardware button and accompanying capacitance buttons and their placements but not necessarily for the same reasons. I like the ability to both wake and unlock it with just my thumb, so that agrees with some things said here. I also like the tactile feel and satisfying click of the button, an assurance of the system getting the command. That said, I don't like the placement as it then dictates that the capacitive back and running apps buttons are immediately to the right and left. Since they are low on the phone, there is little area that I can hold the phone by on the bottom without accidentally hitting those capacitive buttons, something I find myself doing often, both with my fingers and even with just the folds of my palm as I cup the phone.
In contrast, the Turbo 2 with its speaker and microphone on the bottom front facing, essentially prevents that area from housing either a hardware or capacitive button arrangement. This then leaves that area as a place that can be held onto without risk of triggering an undesirable response.
This is I'm sure, based on the intent to keep the phone small while still having a relatively decent sized screen. This is further evidenced by the very narrow side bezels as well. And for me, just like the capacitive buttons I find myself accidentally making selections on the screen sides with my palm.
Again in contrast I've never had a similar issue with the T2. The bezel is significantly wider on the sides of the T2 which gives me plenty of touch-sensitive-free area to hold the phone by.
There are other things I like about the S7 but there are also things I am completely in the T2 camp on. For instance, I like the screen capture process on the S7, including being able to capture the full length of a web page, almost no matter how long it is. I've used this to capture a Tumblr blog that is a few dozen posts long in one jpg. There are apps that can simulate this on the T2 but not as seamlessly.
The S7 Swype keyboard is FAR less accurate than on my T2, where just above there when I swyped "keyboard", it was interpreted as "leukaemia" (and yes, misspelled like that). There are LOTS of mistakes with Swype which cause me to stop and correct, as well as proofread fat (correction, far) more than I ever have to do with the T2. This could be due to the button sizes and the devoted numerical row (something else I do like). It could also be due to how incredibly slippery the screen is, IMHO far too slippery and causing my finger to slide past target letters on the screen. I can't finish one sentence without at least one word being completely destroyed.
I don't like the capacitive buttons being so brightly lit that when in total darkness I'm blinded by them due to my eyes having grown accustomed to the auto dimmed screen. I've opted to turning the buttons off with a third party app (
Galaxy Button Lights - Android Apps on Google Play), and then having capacitive buttons added to the main screen, semi-transparent but accessible at all times (
Back Button (No root) - Android Apps on Google Play).
It also adds a convenient status bar drop down access button. The buttons are customizable and repositionable.
There are other issues but I'll stop there and let others comment.
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