Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

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NETWORK	Technology	GSM / HSPA / LTE

LAUNCH	Announced	2016, February
LAUNCH	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 2.6 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,
	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.,
	Secondary	5 MP, f/1.7, 22mm, dual video call, Auto HDR

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

Observations

The screen is super sensitive to touches compared to many other devices
The fingerprint scanner is excellent
Don’t plug it in to charge it when it’s wet – it’s waterproof, but the ports need to dry before charging
The phone does not float
The LED notification light is useful (and a dying breed with modern smartphones)
Your palm touches the back and recently used apps buttons quite easily and takes a bit of getting used to
The camera app is one of the best available on Android – excellent in full auto, but with enough settings to do it all yourself too
Samsung Pay will come to the UK this year, including the S7 Edge
Ultra power saving mode more than doubles battery life, but only allows limited functionality when active. Great for long trips without a plug