Each phone also boosts longer battery life, as Samsung has bumped the S7 Edge up to 3,600 mAh while the S7 will have 3,000 mAh.
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Both the S7 and the S7 Edge are due to be released on March 11th and preorders begin today.
Meanwhile, the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge unlocked versions in the U.S. are now getting the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update, while it will soon be available for Galaxy Note 5 users around the world.
The company, which analyzes screens on a wide range of devices including smartphones, gave the Galaxy S7’s display a grade of “Excellent A”, adding that it was the “best-performing smartphone display that we have ever tested”.
As with the previous years, the new LG G5 and Samsung Galaxy S7 will go head-to-head this 2016.
With this new camera you will also be able to focus faster so you don’t miss as many photos when the moment you want to capture is only there for a second. Adoptable Storage would solve this problem for many users. On the camera front, they come with a 12MP dual pixel f/1.7 rear camera with smart OIS and a 5MP selfie shooter. However, the default Marshmallow implementation does allow users the option to treat microSD cards either in “portable” mode, allowing them to operate as regular removable storage, or the “internal storage” mode, and some users would surely have appreciated the choice.
Samsung’s latest Galaxy S7 is starting to look like an iPhone. The company also thinks that the model of using microSD for mass storage is more in-line with Samsung owners’ desires and expectations for how microSD should behave. He leads the joint effort between Samsung and Oculus to design the Gear VR.
Software wise, it will be launching with the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Samsung’s traditional Touchwiz over the top.
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One explanation smartphone makers have offered for ending microSD support from flagship devices concerns performance. It is engineered with a 2.1GHz processor paired with 4GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage.
