First impressions of the Galaxy S7? This may be a bold statement, but I truly believe this will hands down be the phone in 2016. I have always been a fan of Samsung, and they really knocked it out of the park this year. The S7 is like a polished S6, and in many ways, it is.
It offers two different processing packages, with one variant supporting Samsung’s in house Exynos 8890, and Snapdragon returning with its 820 chip after it’s tragic 2015 year. Both variants come with 6gb of RAM, and the MicroSD card slot returns, but not with the removable back. It seems that Samsung is taking the Nexus approach, with fewer pixels but the pixel size is larger overall.
Full specs listed below.
| Body | Dimensions | 142.4 x 69.6 x 7.9 mm (5.61 x 2.74 x 0.31 in) |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 152 g (5.36 oz) | |
| Build | Corning Gorilla Glass back panel (unspecified version) | |
| 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 | 5.1 inches (~72.1% screen-to-body ratio) | |
| Resolution | 1440 x 2560 pixels (~577 ppi pixel density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes | |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version) | |
| – Always-on display – TouchWiz UI |
| PLATFORM | OS | Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 Exynos 8890 Octa |
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| CPU | Dual-core 2.15 GHz Kryo & dual-core 1.6 GHz Kryo Quad-core 2.3 GHz Cortex-A53 + quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 |
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| 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, touch focus, face 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 |
Overall, I am very excited for the S7 release and Full review coming soon! Lemme know what you think of the device on the comment sections below! 🙂 Stay Tuned!
