Waterproofing & Expandable Storage Returns To Samsung’s New Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge Flagships

Not much has changed with the external look of Samsung’s new S7 flagship line – but there’s a lot going on internally. At the launch today held at MWC Barcelona, the Korean company unveiled an improved flagship with a return of waterproofing, external storage, always on low-power display, and the world’s first DualPixel sensor camera on a smartphone. The latter features a 12MP 1.4um design with larger pixels supported by a bright f1.7 lens and fast autofocus achieved with the aforementioned DualPixel technology. Other than that, most of the features are bumped up from the S6 – larger battery, Marshmallow out of the box, more ram, and the obligatory upgrade to a faster processor.

	Brand	Device	Launch Date	Launch Price (SRP)	Lowest Price	Processor	Display	Version (At Launch)	Skin	Rear Camera	Front Camera	RAM / ROM / MicroSD	Battery	Telephony	Extra Connectivity	USB OTG / SD Install	Miscellaneous	Updates	Links	Buy Online	UI Smoothness	Antutu Score	Work Battery
	Samsung	Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge	2016-02-21 (Int.)	39990 (PHP)		2.2Ghz Quad-Core Snapdragon 820 OR 2.3Ghz Quad + 1.6Ghz Quad Exynos 8990	5.5" 2560x1440 Super AMOLED Gorilla Glass 5 Curved Edges	6.0 Android Marshmallow	TouchWiz	12MP OIS PDAF LED Flash	5MP	4GB / 32GB OR 64GB / Yes	3600 mAh Fast Charging, Fast Wireless Charging	Single or Dual SIM LTE	NFC, Fingerprint Scanner	Yes / ???	Water & Dustproof IP68
	Samsung	Samsung Galaxy S7	2016-02-21 (Int.)	34990 (PHP)		2.2Ghz Quad-Core Snapdragon 820 OR 2.3Ghz Quad + 1.6Ghz Quad Exynos 8990	5.1" 2560x1440 Super AMOLED Gorilla Glass 5	6.0 Android Marshmallow	TouchWiz	12MP OIS PDAF LED Flash	5MP	4GB / 32GB OR 64GB / Yes	3000 mAh Fast Charging, Fast Wireless Charging	Single or Dual SIM LTE	NFC, Fingerprint Scanner	Yes / ???	Water & Dustproof IP68

That’s not to say a souped up version of the S6 wouldn’t be good though. The previous flagship was an excellent phone with fast charging, fast wireless charging, fingerprint sensor, and that excellent Super AMOLED QuadHD display – all of which are present in the new S7 and S7 Edge.

Speaking of the Edge it’s got a larger battery and display compared to the non-Edge, and has those curved edge sides that allows you open shortcuts by swiping from the corners.

That said, users of last year’s S6 variants might not see enough new things to warrant an upgrade, or do they? Either way, props to Samsung for upping their game once again and bringing back some important features.