Samsung has launched its flagship smartphone for 2016, the Samsung Galaxy S7. Much like the previous years, the flagship device will arrive in two variants: the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 Edge. At the moment, it seems as if it would be arriving in South Africa around mid-March.
The Galaxy S7 comes with a 5.1-inch display, whereas the larger variant the Galaxy S7 Edge houses a 5.5-inch display panel. Both now come with an Always-On display, which much like the LG G5’s display, will let you check important notifications, time and date without having to wake up the device.
Unlike with the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge, Samsung has decided this time that both its devices will sport its home-grown Exynos SoC, and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 processor, depending on the region. Both the Galaxy S7 devices will now also offer expandable storage using a microSD card.
In terms of storage, The Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge will be arriving in two variants: 32GB and 64GB – both of which can be expanded via microSD card (up to 200GB).
The Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge are powered by an Exynos 8890 octa-core (2.3GHz quad-core + 1.6GHz quad-core) SoC or Qualcomm Snadragon 820 quad-core (2.15GHz dual-core + 1.6GHz dual-core) SoC, depending on the regions.
Both devices will be powered with 4GB of RAM and come equipped with 12-megapixel ‘Dual Pixel’ rear camera with an f/1.7 aperture and smart OIS feature. On the front side, there’s a 5-megapixel selfie sensor, also featuring a f/1.7 aperture.
With regards to battery life on the Galaxy S7, it will have a 3000mAh battery while the Galaxy S7 Edge will have a 3600mAh battery with support for fast charging both on wired and wireless. Both these models support NFC and MST payment technologies, featuring a fingerprint sensor and have IP68 rating for dust and water resistance.
Both models will be running Android 6.0 Marshmallow and will be supporting LTE with Category 9, offering 450Mbps download speeds, and 50Mbps uplink.
