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

[Cosimo]

Galaxy Unpacked 2016...

Sunday, February 21 (18:00 GMT) in Barcelona.

 

[Richdog]

The standard S7 model looks lovely from those screens... metal housing?

 

[Cosimo]

The standard S7 model looks lovely from those screens... metal housing?

That's what all the rumours are saying.

 

[Cosimo]

Three variants certified in China:

http://www.gizmochina.com/2016/01/31/three-galaxy-s7-variants-certified-in-china/

 

[Cosimo]

The coming Gear 360 VR camera will be compatibly with the S7:

http://www.sammobile.com/2016/02/01...l-reality-camera-is-real-accompany-galaxy-s7/

 

[glenimp617]

I think the lowest you'd be looking at for an S7 is ~£600 at launch.

Yep, and then £300 about two months later

I've never experienced phone depreciation like I did with the s6

That thing dropped like a stone

 

[mattyg]

weve always skipped a generation and been happy s2-s4-s6
A mate went s3-s5 he's never been happy


I may wait for the S8.......

 

[Cosimo]

Now we have a leak of the back:

http://www.gsmarena.com/leaked_samsung_galaxy_s7_photo_shows_the_flagship_back_design-news-16377.php

 

[Christmas themed thank]

Will it actually be black this time or will it still be blue really?

 

[Cosimo]

Will it actually be black this time or will it still be blue really?

Wouldn't surprise me if it continued to be Black Sapphire.

 

[Omar]

Hard to tell from the pic, but it would be great if the camera was completely flat against the back, I suspect there will still be a bump though

 

[Mr_Cool]

Hard to tell from the pic, but it would be great if the camera was completely flat against the back, I suspect there will still be a bump though

 

[Omar]

Aha, thanks for that pic, I guess that's an improvement.

I still have no idea why Samsung won't just extend the thickness of the phone to the make the camera sit flat against the back and use the extra space for more battery capacity.

 

[Cosimo]

S7 Edge confirmed and Edge features shown:

http://www.sammobile.com/2016/02/02...samsungs-own-website-new-edge-features-shown/

 

[Cosimo]

Galaxy S7 curve design more pronounced than the Galaxy Note 5:

 

[mikeyaj]

i'm glad i didn't get the s6 as my s5 annoys me with the camera bump and i have to make sure to buy a case that keeps it from being flush to a surface.

this is an improvement

i'm also getting tired of thin phones. phones need some bulk

not sure i'm liking the idea of the glass back though.

i'd rather have a plastic back that i can remove to add a battery.

 

[Warp279]

i'm also getting tired of thin phones. phones need some bulk

not sure i'm liking the idea of the glass back though.

i'd rather have a plastic back that i can remove to add a battery.

Agreed, the glass picks up smudges in no time & so slippery. I really liked the textured back they used with the Note series.

 

[jjgreenwood]

these look pretty good. I'm hoping s7 edge will be a good upgrade from my note 4 which has been excellent. Vodafone says I can upgrade on 11th of feb so should be all set.

 

[mrk]

No news on Samsung going the Xperia/Moto route and toning down the "skinning" they have done up until now.

 

[Phoenix211]

Not had a Samsung since the D500, I've had HTC's for my last 3 phones, But I'm due an upgrade at the end of Feb so I'm thinking of going the S7 Route, Be interesting to see what's what.

exactly this, like exactly