Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Full A to Z Review

Samsung Galaxy S7

Launch

Announced- 2016, February

Status- Available. Released 2016, March

Network

Technology

GSM / HSPA / LTE

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 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 5.1 inches (~72.1% screen-to-body ratio)

Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (~577 ppi pixel density)

Multitouch Yes

Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4

- Always-on display

- TouchWiz UI

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 3000 mAh battery

Stand-by

Talk time

Misc

Colors Black, White, Gold, Silver

SAR US 1.40 W/kg (head) 1.59 W/kg (body)

SAR EU 0.41 W/kg (head) 0.62 W/kg (body)

Price group 9/10

Tests

Performance Basemark OS II: 2004 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 2128
Basemark X: 32345
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.376 (sunlight)
Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 66dB / Noise 62dB / Ring 66dB
Audio quality Noise -92.5dB / Crosstalk -92.7dB
Battery life
Endurance rating 80h

Samsung Galaxy S6 Full A to Z Review

Samsung Galaxy S6

Launch
Announced     2015, March
Status     Available. Released 2015, April
Network
Technology
GSM / HSPA / LTE
Body
Dimensions     143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8 mm (5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
Weight     138 g (4.87 oz)
Build     Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
SIM     Nano-SIM
     - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
Display
Type     Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size     5.1 inches (~70.7% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution     1440 x 2560 pixels (~577 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch     Yes
Protection     Corning Gorilla Glass 4
     - TouchWiz UI
Platform
OS     Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop), upgradable to v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Chipset     Exynos 7420 Octa
CPU     Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57
GPU     Mali-T760MP8
Memory
Card slot     No
Internal     32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM
Sound
Alert types     Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker     Yes
3.5mm jack     Yes
Camera Primary     16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm, OIS, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
Features     1/2.6" sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, Auto HDR, panorama
Video     2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec., check quality
Secondary     5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto HDR
Comms
WLAN     Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth     v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X
GPS     Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC     Yes
Infrared port     Yes
Radio     No
USB     microUSB v2.0, USB Host
Battery Non-removable Li-Ion 2550 mAh battery
Stand-by
Talk time     Up to 17 h (3G)
Music play     Up to 49 h
Features
Sensors     Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
Messaging     SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser     HTML5
Java     No
- 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
Misc