one ui 7 from the pov of a z flip5 user

one ui 7 had some of the biggest hype for a one ui release in a long, long time. partly (mostly) because they took so damn long to release it. android 15 released publicly around september 2024. one ui 7 didn't start rolling out until APRIL 2025.

two hundred and twenty days behind android 15's general release. tack on another 4 days because us Z5 series users wouldn't get it until april 15, 4 days later. one could defend samsung for delaying one ui 7 to "iron out the bugs," but one ui always has bugs. it has never been stable. hell, android 15 itself was pretty buggy on release. one ui 7 would be buggy no matter what.

as for me, i'm pretty sure my device still hasn't gotten it yet. i've got NO updates OTA and no odin-flashable firmware have surfaced. i have the SM-F731U1 XAA model. i ended up flashing the same model, but XAR for the CSC instead no issues for me so far, it works fine on t-mobile/tello's network as far as i can tell.

i'll be posting more as i use this phone more throughout the day, probably.

update: it wiped my face unlock data. woohoo!