I bought this shaver to replace my previous one, a Phillips Norelco wet and dry electric shaver 8000 series (specifically S8950), which had served me well for many years. Unfortunately, it was dropped and got broken (the head was out of alignment and noisy).I wanted to just buy another identical model to replace it, but I was disappointed to find that it's discontinued.This product, the Series 7000, appears to be the replacement model for that same tier of product.-I have more gripes than positive things to say, so I'll get the complaints out of the way first:There's noticeably more drag against my skin, sliding the shaver head across my face.Maybe it's because of the texture of the surface of the head; maybe it's because there's simply more physical surface area on this head than on the old one.On that topic, the marketing material promotes the "nano skin glide" texture on the bezels, to help reduce friction, but lemme tell you what - you wouldn't need to worry so much about reducing friction if you didn't add a ton of UNNECESSARY SURFACE AREA around the bezels!That extra surface area is pointless. The expanded bezels serve no utilitarian purpose and they get in the way when shaving your upper lip, making it harder to get a clean shave all the way up under the nose.The 8000 series had such a sensible bezel design, it might even have been possible to minimize them even more, but instead they went the opposite direction and tried to make it look like Optimus Prime.I'm also not really a fan of the fact that the head flips open on a hinge rather than just popping all the way off like my old model. If I tap it against the sink edge to shake out the stubble debris, the hinge pops out and the lid falls off into the sink. The flip-up feature isn't actually helpful for ease of cleaning.Furthermore, I do not want to connect my shaver to an app on my phone.The only thing I want to connect my shaver to is a power outlet when it needs to be recharged.I don't need to pay more for a shaver with a built-in accelerometer and a web-connected app that tells me whether I'm waving the shaver in circles hard enough. I've been shaving my face for over 35 years and I know the angles at which the hair grows out of my neck far better than an app programmed by someone who hasn't even been alive that long. I can discern the effectiveness of my shaving technique by feeling my face with my fingers. I don't need an app to tell me how to do it better.-That said, here's what good I can say about it:It delivers the best, smoothest electric shave I've ever had. Read more