unlocked) looks so much like the Galaxy S6 that you'd be excused for thinking it's not a major upgrade. The devices were sold in limited quantities in selected markets, and were given to athletes participating in the 2016 Summer Olympics. For me, this is a plus – it feels better pressing the Galaxy S7’s home button than the iPhone 6S’s – but a couple of the TrustedReviews team think otherwise.

I couldn't perform any tests that pushed the limits of LTE performance, but I could check Wi-Fi and weak signal conditions. In the United States the S7 uses the quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820; unlike Exynos, this SoC supports older CDMA networks that are extensively used by carriers in these markets. It's not totally flat, which is something Huawei CEO Richard Yu was more than happy to tell us about at the launch of the P9 - a phone which has, as Yu put it, "no bump, no bump! Some say AMOLED screens produce colours that are too oversaturated, so reds will look way brighter than they should, but that isn’t much of an issue here.

It’s become a cliche that phones get thinner and thinner each year, but that isn’t the case with the S7. Some S7 Edge units have an irremovable vertical pink line on the display, which seems to appear at random. Today, we have millions of users a month from around the world, and assess more than 1,000 products a year. In fact, it now plays second fiddle to not only the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, but also the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus. m2 blacks and a super-high contrast ratio makes it lovely to look at, regardless of whether you’re watching a video or scrolling through web pages.

This lets you build on the 32GB of internal storage by up to a further 200GB, giving you plenty of space. It’s also not particularly useful for anything other than just looking at the date, as it doesn’t pull in any events from Samsung’s S Planner app, which is in turn linked to your Google Calendar, or highlight upcoming appointments.It's less of a 'let's take our phone scuba diving to get some amazing pictures' feature, and more of a safety feature – and the phone will even refuse to charge if the port is too wet, such is its ability to manage moisture. A range of sensors (including a heart rate monitor and fingerprint sensor), digital compass and GPS/GLONASS location services round out the package.

Pro Mode offers a host of fine settings to play with, including shutter speed, white balance, ISO, brightness and contrast. Gareth has written over 4,000 articles for TechRadar, has contributed expert insight to a number of other publications, chaired panels on zeitgeist technologies, presented at the Gadget Show Live as well as representing the brand on TV and radio for multiple channels including Sky, BBC, ITV and Al-Jazeera. inch Quad HD Super AMOLED screen, Qualcomm's most powerful Snapdragon 820 system chip under the hood and a brand new 12-megapixel camera with low light superpowers. Adding a hybrid SIM tray to the new Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, these smartphones can now be expanded up to 200GB of memory, ensuring there is plenty of room for the photos, videos, music and other content that users want to carry with them. com is a leading authority on technology, delivering lab-based, independent reviews of the latest products and services.

That means there is less metal against your skin, which initially makes the S7 feel a little less premium than the S6, but once you've got used to it you'll find it's still a stylish presence in the hand. If you've taken the phone for a plunge in the bath, you'll need to dry the charging port before plugging in.

In addition, the front-facing camera of the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge lets you take selfies using your heart rate monitor sensor. The user interface of the multi windowing feature which allows showing multiple supported applications simultaneously on the screen, both as flexible split screen, as well as floating pop-up, is similar to the preceding Galaxy S6. That difference is minimal, though, and something you would only notice if you had the two side by side.Both the sensor and the lens allow the camera to capture sharper images faster, even in lower-light conditions, making it the most versatile smartphone camera yet. iPhones und Android-Smartphones drahtlos aufladen: Mit diesen Ladestationen sagt ihr Kabeln gute Nacht". After the massive, and much needed, change in design direction Samsung took with the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge in 2015, all rumours pointed to things staying pretty much the same for the Galaxy S7. It doesn't really help or harm the device; it's just one of those "because we can" features that Android OEMs are always so fond of. The camera bump on the back has been slimmed down considerably, but it still isn't flush with the back of the device.