Samsung Galaxy S7 edge

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge will start at euros 699 and 799 respectively, says a new report. Samsung will launch the new phones one day ahead of MWC 2016 on February 21, and has already sent out event invites for the same.

As usual, leaks around the new Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge show no signs of stopping. Apart from the price, press pictures of the new phones have also gotten leaked.

Noted tipster Evan Blass @evleaks put out two new tweets with detailed images of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge. We can see a grey, black and gold version of the S7 edge and a black and gold coloured version of the Galaxy S7.

Samsung Galaxy S7 is likely to retain the design of Galaxy S6 and S6 edge, but will come with microSD card slot and USB Type-C port. Rumours claims Samsung will also introduce Apple’s Force Touch display in the new phones with pressure-sensitive screens, although not too many details have leaked around this supposed feature

Samsung S7 is expected to come with two different chipset variants: the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC and its own Exynos chipset.

A new report on 9to5google also claims that Samsung Galaxy S7 will come with a huge 3,600mAh battery. The website also posted a screenshot from the smartphone containing FCC certification id and battery details. The Galaxy S6 had a comparatively smaller battery of 2,550mAh

NETWORK	Technology	GSM / HSPA / LTE

LAUNCH	Announced	2016, February
	Status	Available. Released 2016, March

BODY	Dimensions	150.9 x 72.6 x 7.7 mm (5.94 x 2.86 x 0.30 in)
	Weight	157 g (5.54 oz)
	Build	Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
	SIM	Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
		- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) - IP68 certified - dust proof and water resistant over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes

DISPLAY	Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	5.5 inches (~76.1% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	1440 x 2560 pixels (~534 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 4
		- Always-on display - TouchWiz UI - Curved edge screen

PLATFORM	OS	Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
	Chipset	Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 Exynos 8890 Octa
	CPU	Dual-core 2.15 GHz Kryo & dual-core 1.6 GHz Kryo Quad-core 2.3 GHz Mongoose + quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53
	GPU	Adreno 530 Mali-T880 MP12

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot) - single-SIM model microSD, up to 200 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual-SIM model
	Internal	32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM

CAMERA	Primary	12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm, phase detection autofocus, OIS, LED flash, check quality
	Features	1/2.6" sensor size, 1.4 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama
	Video	2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec., check quality
	Secondary	5 MP, f/1.7, 22mm, dual video call, Auto HDR

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

COMMS	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
	Bluetooth	v4.2, A2DP, LE, apt-X
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
	NFC	Yes
	Radio	No
	USB	microUSB v2.0, USB Host

FEATURES	Sensors	Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
	Browser	HTML5
	Java	No
		- Fast battery charging: 60% in 30 min (Quick Charge 2.0) - Wireless charging (Qi/PMA) - market dependent - ANT+ support - S-Voice natural language commands and dictation - OneDrive (115 GB cloud storage) - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264 player - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player - Photo/video editor - Document editor

BATTERY		Non-removable Li-Ion 3600 mAh battery
	Stand-by
	Talk time

MISC	Colors	Black, White, Gold, Silver
	SAR US	1.17 W/kg (head)     1.59 W/kg (body)
	SAR EU	0.26 W/kg (head)     0.51 W/kg (body)
	Price group	9/10

TESTS	Performance	Basemark OS II: 2107 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 2050 Basemark X: 28480
	Display	Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.439 (sunlight)
	Camera	Photo / Video
	Loudspeaker	Voice 66dB / Noise 62dB / Ring 66dB
	Audio quality	Noise -92.5dB / Crosstalk -92.2dB
	Battery life	Endurance rating 98h

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