In the previous generation Galaxy S6, Samsung introduced several very original solutions that users did not take very warmly. Fortunately for the latter, the brand has listened to numerous reviews and suggestions, returning the memory card slot to the new model and increasing the RAM. In addition, the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge camera specifications are significantly superior to previous generations of models in many respects. And this is only a small part of all the innovations prepared by the company for admirers of its products.
So, the subject of today's review is the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge: specifications, reviews, as well as the advantages of the smartphone along with its shortcomings.
Package set
The device comes in a box familiar to the brand - high-quality, strong and quite informative. It contains the most interesting characteristics of the gadget, awards received, quality standards and other useful information that may be useful at first acquaintance.
Inside the box you will see:
- Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge smartphone itself;
- reviews and photos on booklets and promotional brochures;
- power supply;
- micro USB cable;
- earplugs;
- OTG interfaces for connecting third-party peripherals;
- detailed instruction manual in Russian.
The equipment can be called standard. Maybe it's for the best that the company did not equip its flagship with additional chips, such as a case or a portable base. Many admirers of the brand's flagship, and therefore expensive and high-quality products, prefer to choose their own related accessories, and the extra thing in the box adds a rather big price to the Samsung Galaxy S7 (Age). The reviews of the owners regarding the completeness are mostly neutral, although some users, either by accident or by some incomprehensible idea of the company, come across a distinctive color scheme for the power supply and cables. In one box they are white, and in the same box next to them they are black.
Appearance
If you put the S6 model in one palm and our respondent in the other, you will hardly see any difference between the previous flagship and the brand new Samsung Galaxy S7. Feedback from the owners played an important role in this. Users appreciated the successful design and ergonomics of its predecessor, so the brand listened to the opinions of its fans and practically did not change the appearance of the gadget.
The new flagship still hasglass front and back panels, and a nice metal frame runs around the entire perimeter. The most distinctive innovation is the beveled edges on the rear panel - the smartphone has now become a little more ergonomic, and just holding the gadget in your hand is noticeably more pleasant.
Design Features
The eye of the rear camera sticks out a little less, and on the right you can see the familiar LED flash, coupled with a pulse sensor (determines blood oxygen saturation). On top of the front of the device is a speaker, a little to the right of the front camera eye, as well as indicators of illumination and proximity. At the bottom you can see the already familiar functional button "Home", which is also responsible for the fingerprint scanner.
On the right side there is a power off button, and on the left side there are volume control buttons, and without any rockers, which can be called a distinctive feature of the Samsung Galaxy S7. The feedback from the owners on this matter is ambiguous: someone is used to working with the “swing” and, out of habit, is looking for places to focus on one of the buttons, while someone is quite satisfied with the separate functionality.
The upper end of the device is reserved for a SIM card slot (nano-SIM), a microphone and a place for micro-SD memory cards. On the bottom you will see a micro-USB interface for recharging the device and synchronizing with a computer, a 3.5mm audio output, a main speaker and a backup microphone.
Both the rear and front panels are protected by high-quality glasses of the fourthgenerations from the Corning series from the eminent Gorilla brand. The front of the smartphone is additionally equipped with an oleophobic coating, due to which there are practically no fingerprints on the “face”, unlike the back panel of the Samsung Galaxy S7. Owner reviews have repeatedly noted that the company could equip the rear of the smartphone with similar protection, because in real life the back of the device is just some kind of dirt and dust collector. But the brand was apparently guided by some of its own, perhaps not always clear, considerations.
Screen
The "Samsung Galaxy" S7 Edge screen characteristics are very impressive: AMOLED display with a luxurious scan of 2560x1440 QHD pixels, as well as a high pixel density of 577 ppi. Trying to see individual points is simply useless - the picture is as realistic as possible for a smartphone. In addition, the brightness, contrast and overall quality of the transmission have earned praise not only from users, but also from numerous experts in the field.
However, the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge's display performance is saddled with its fly in the ointment. It's all about the specificity of AMOLED technologies, where when the viewing angle is shifted, the gamma immediately goes into colder color spectra. Of course, the ordinary use of the device does not spoil the impression of this shortcoming, but if you buy a gadget for some of your narrowly focused graphic needs, then keep this in mind.
Performance
Company launched on the marketseveral variable models differing from each other in processors. We will not consider the version with the Qualcomm chipset, because it is less popular in Russia, unlike the proprietary Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa set. The chipset runs on 64 bits with the ARM big. LITTLE architecture. Four cores from Mongoose and the same number from Cortex are responsible for the speed. The first set operates at frequencies of 2.4 GHz, the second - 1.3 GHz. A rather smart chipset from Mali from the T-880 series is responsible for the graphic component.
On board there are 4 gigabytes of RAM, as well as 64 GB of internal memory (variably 32 GB). Moreover, the bars are very nimble, because they are made using UHS 2.0 technology, and today this is the fastest standard that can be available to the average user of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. The description of the model tells in some detail where, and specifically why, each kilobyte of memory is used. But in any case, if you are not satisfied with the built-in volume, then you can always expand the space to fit your needs with a third-party SD card (up to 200 GB). In addition, due to the OTG interface, it is possible to connect a third-party external drive to the gadget, and this is already terabytes of data.
Device in operation
As for performance, the model has absolutely no problems with this - the smartphone copes with everything, even the most “heavy” applications and games, including. Any, even the most difficult task, will be on the shoulder of the Samsung Galaxy S7. Owner reviews are full of laudatory epithets about performance, soa more detailed analysis would be redundant - everything works and "flies".
Work offline
The smartphone received a 3000 mAh non-removable battery. Quick Charge 2.0 technology, which has already taken root in “noble” models, allows you to recharge the phone by 60% in just half an hour. In addition, the gadget received the ability to wirelessly charge according to PMA and Qi standards, which will surely please many fans of “eating on the go.”
Also, the already familiar extreme power saving modes have not gone away, where at some two percent charge, you can more or less tolerably work with the phone for several hours. To be specific, watching videos in Full HD resolution and at maximum brightness will drain the battery in 14 hours, and the most demanding games will drain the battery in 10 hours.
Summing up
The company continues to confidently lead among other manufacturers of mobile gadgets on Android platforms. Like other flagships of the brand, the S7 model has the latest technology and an enviable performance margin in its arsenal. In addition, it can easily take more than one day to explore all the capabilities of the device.
We can safely say that our respondent is intended for those who want to get the most out of their Android device and are not ready to make any compromises.
Estimated price is about 50,000 rubles.
