**** The Official Samsung Galaxy S7/Edge Thread ****

[Cosimo]

Pre-orders on 21st with a free Gear VR in the Netherlands:

http://www.sammobile.com/2016/02/11...go-live-on-february-21-free-gear-vr-included/

 

[Cosimo]

It looks likely that Samsung Pay will also get a UK launch on February 21st:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/136...k-very-soon-to-coincide-with-galaxy-s7-launch

 

[Warp279]

It looks likely that Samsung Pay will also get a UK launch on February 21st:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/136...k-very-soon-to-coincide-with-galaxy-s7-launch

About time. This will probably be my next phone.

 

[mrk]

Finally. So Samsung Pay works anywhere that standard contactless payments work right?

 

[Captain]

Finally. So Samsung Pay works anywhere that standard contactless payments work right?

What about the shops that have rolled out Apple Pay? Will those new machines work with Samsung pay too?

 

[mrk]

Apple Pay uses existing contactless payments anyway doesn't it, so would be universally usable on the same platform.

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

In the USA, Samsung Pay has the advantage of allowing swipe payments. Not used in the UK much, if at all.

Is it possible that Samsung could emulate chip and pin transactions with Samsung Pay?

 

[mrk]

I think that's the whole idea behind Samsung Pay, to work with your existing credit and debit cards as chip and pin transactions.

Samsung say as such: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.android.spay

Works anywhere you would normally swipe or hover pay with your Amex, Visa or Mastercard.

Greenbot says Android Pay might be better still though, as it won't be limited to just Samsung devices?

http://www.greenbot.com/article/298...nd-why-android-pay-might-still-be-better.html

Edit*
Ah, Android Pay uses NFC only, Samsung Pay uses magnetic coil, so emulates existing cards.

 

[Silly Goose On The Loose]

Yes but Samsung Pay doesn't currently emulate chip and pin, it only emulates magnetic swipes, that was my point.

In the UK, it will work anywhere Apple Pay works, which is anywhere with an NFC reader.

 

[kefan77]

the only 2 things that bother me on S6 are battery life and protruding lens.

Seems like they only fixed one and I don't think it's worth £300 extra (got S6 for £260)

 

[Mobius 1]

AFAIK they've addressed the battery and the protruding lens?

 

[kona786]

AFAIK they've addressed the battery and the protruding lens?

Lens still slightly protrudes. They should have just made it flush and thicker.

 

[Mobius 1]

Isn't it like 0.8mm? If so, that's good enough for me. The s6 lens protruding didn't really bother me anyways. I really want the silver version but so does the Mrs. We can't have the same, that'd be lame.

 

[Ravster]

I never do this.... but i might just pay retail for this... real all day battery and the usuall camera/screen/build from samsung... as long as touchwiz is ok like the builds from last year... I think I'll just drop the bomb.

 

[Cosimo]

S7 and Edge supposed to cost Euro 700 (£544) and Euro 800 (£622) for 32GB:

http://www.sammobile.com/2016/02/12...e-said-to-cost-euro-700-and-800-respectively/

 

[Ravster]

S7 and Edge supposed to cost Euro 700 (£544) and Euro 800 (£622) for 32GB:

http://www.sammobile.com/2016/02/12...e-said-to-cost-euro-700-and-800-respectively/

Hmm... £600... maybe I'll be a bit patient... but then, the Gear VR is about £80 so might be ok value overall... the price of being an early adopter!

 

[Mobius 1]

Gulp. Better start putting a little money aside now I guess.

 

[this_is_gav]

The price will drop like a stone like all of Samsung's phones do in H2.

 

[marshalex]

The price will drop like a stone like all of Samsung's phones do in H2.

Usually do. I picked up my S6 32GB for £360 in July last year so happy to wait a few months.
Does strike me that Samsung could do a number on the rest of the market with this handset if they didn't price it so high at launch. The Nexus handsets are no longer squarely aimed at developers and they come out pretty well priced

 

[gareth170]

going by this the battery isn't removeable.

The Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge are also expected to come with large batteries – 3,000 mAh on the regular S7 and 3,600 mAh on the 5.5-inch S7 edge, with the S7 quoted to be able to last more than 17 hours of video playback on maximum brightness. The battery won’t be removable, but with such endurance most consumers shouldn’t rue the fact that the battery will be fixed and inaccessible. The Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge were great phones, and it would be great to see their successors fix the almost abysmal battery life that was offered by the original S6 duo.

http://www.sammobile.com/2016/02/03/what-to-expect-from-the-samsung-galaxy-s7-and-galaxy-s7-edge/