Samsung announces the global availability of the Galaxy S7/S7 edge

Samsung Electronics today (March 11) announced the commercial launch of its new Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge around the globe including US, Europe, Singapore, Australia and Korea, starting from today.

The newest additions to the Galaxy family, Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge feature a refined design, more advanced camera, streamlined software functionality and unparalleled connectivity to an array of products, services, and experiences.

The 5.1-inch Galaxy S7 and 5.5-inch Galaxy S7 edge are constructed with 3D glass and metal – all in a sleek, durable design with ergonomic curves for a comfortable grip. Without compromising on design, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge both have increased utility with IP68 water and dust resistance, a microSD card slot and fast wired and wireless charging technology.

Thanks to the revolutionary Dual Pixel technology, a brighter lens with wider aperture and bigger pixels, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge deliver brighter and sharper images, even in low light. Samsung also made significant hardware and software updates to optimize gaming performance on the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge. The powerful processer and bigger battery capacity ensure longer playing time, while the internal cooling system keeps the device from overheating. Game Launcher, a new add-on for gamers, allows users to manage battery consumption and minimize notifications.

Beyond the smartphones, Samsung is redefining what is possible by introducing a constellation of seamless mobile experiences – whether it’s the seamless connection between the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge and the new Gear S2 Classic to monitor fitness, or the connection with Gear VR to “travel” the world. Additionally, Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge users can also get the best mobile payment service with Samsung Pay; it’s secured by Samsung KNOX, easy-to-use and accepted almost anywhere. As such, mobile payments are available to more merchants and consumers than ever before.

Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 edge Super AMOLED display surpassed the Note 5 Display performance.

Samsung unveiled its latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S7 with a 5.1" 2560x1440 (577 PPI) Super AMOLED and the S7 Edge that has a curved 5.5" 2560x1440 (535 PPI) flexibleSuper AMOLED display. According to DisplayMate, Samsung continues to improve its OLED displays, and its new Super AMOLED displays are the best ones ever tested on a mobile device, surpassing the Super AMOLED used in the Note 5.

"The GS7 display (5.1", 2560x1440, 577 PPI) is actually quite similar to the display used in the Galaxy S6, but with some significant improvements - the maximum brightness is 24% higher, and the contrast and contrast under high ambient light has also been significantly improved. 

The Galaxy S7 also introduces two important display enhancements. First us is a new personalized automatic brightness control that learns and remembers the display brightness settings that you set for various ambient light levels. 

The second improvement is the new Always-On Display mode that draws very little power and is quite useful. Finally, it turned out that this is one of the few displays that can be viewed with polarized sunglasses in both the portrait and landscape orientations. 

This is no surprise at this stage, but the performance of the flexible OLED display used in the GS7 edge is pretty much similar to the glass-based OLED of the GS7. Of course the GS7 offers a large display (5.5" vs 5.1") with the same resolution (lower PPI)."

Samsung have high hopes for the new phones, especially the S7 Edge, and According to reports from Korea, Samsung Display secured the capacity to produce 9 million flexible OLEDs per month for the S7 Edge at the A2 and A3 flexible OLED lines - which means that Samsung will pretty much use all its flexible OLED capacity for the new phones. Samsung seem to have learned from its mistake with the S6 and S6 Edge. 

Samsung estimated that most consumers will prefer the cheaper (by $100) regular S6, but in reality most consumers (75%) wanted to buy the prettier S6 Edge - and Samsung did not manage to supply enough phones. Samsung hurried to operate the new A3 flexible OLED line, but did not manage to do so in time.

New reports suggest that Samsung is discussing a large investment (around $3 billion US) into a new OLED TV panel fab, and Samsung Display recently confirmed that it is still developing large-sized OLED panels.

According to the reports, Samsung Electronics aims to release OLED TVs to the market by 2018. Samsung Display will start ordering equipment soon, if it wants to meet that deadline.

Samsung Galaxy S7 G930F 32GB Factory Unlocked GSM Smartphone International Version 

If you would like to read all the Galaxy S7/S7 edge OLED Display Technology Shoot-Out, please visit: DisplayMate

Displaymate via oledinfo

MWC 2016: Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 Edge official specs 4GB RAM 32GB + microSD IP67 Pressure sensitive. March 11.

Not leaving nothing to our imagination at this time, the Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 edge official specifications have been leaked on a Samsung Brochure from La Caixa a Spain Catalàn Bank, a Samsung partner.

Specifications:

Galaxy S7/ S7 Edge

Display: 5.1"/5.5" Quad HD

Platform: Android 6.0 with new TouchWiz skin.

SoC: Snapdragon 820

RAM: 4GB LPDDR4

Storage: from 32GB, support for micro SD cards.

Battery: 3000mAh/3600 mAh

Other features: Pressure sensitive (like Force Touch)

Display IP67 water protection

Offer includes a Free Gear VR, not confirmed is this model is a new one or a before model.

Introduction date February 21st at MWC2016, Release date March 11.

Rear camera and Front camera details , not included. Prices in Europe at least in Spain SGS7  700 euros and the SGS7 Edge  800 euros.

xataandroid via gsmarena

Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 edge in pictures. Latest specifications.

Above pictures might be the real official Samsung press renders of the upcoming Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge.

What we know about specifications of them at this time?

Samsung will launch versions with Qualcommn Snapdragon 820 SoC and Exynos 8 Octa 8890, a system-on-a-chip based partially on an ARM reference design, and offering four high-performance 2.3GHz cores along with four power-efficient 1.6GHz cores (as well as an integrated cellular baseband modem, which will enable alleged LTE Category 9 throughput).

Both models will have micro SD slot for additional memory, (compatible with cards up to 200GB) and possess IP67 dust- and water-resistance certifications,USB Type C port.

5.1  inch display for the S7 and 5.5 inch display for the S7 edge.

Batteries: 3000mAh and 3600mAh for the S7 and S7 edge.

4GB of RAM utilized, but only two storage options: 32GB or 64GB. for both models.

Rear camera: 12 megapixels  coupled with an f/1.7 lens aperture.

The front-facing selfie cam was said to remain unchanged, at least concerning its five-megapixel resolution.

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