Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
The phone's new features and design include the curved display around the screen’s edges, batteries with more capacity and improved water and dust resistance
Some cool facts about the S7 Edge:
- It was released by Samsung Electronics in February 2016 and is one of the top selling Android phones, with global sales sitting at 13.3 million units for the first half of 2016
- In 2017, the model was named the "best phone” at the Global Mobile Awards
- A used Samsung S7 Edge averages around R6,000 - R7,000. A new one sits at about R15,000 - R16,000, making a secondhand one about 60% cheaper
- The model has a good resale value depending on its condition, it’s able to maintain 40% of its value if its sold within a year to two years
Camera
12MP Rear Camera
Dual Pixel
Saving in RAW
Flash
Low Light Performance
Hyperlapse
Optical Zoom
Spotlight Mode
Video
Screen and Display
- 2560 x 1440 pixel QHD resolution
- The S7 Edge has a 5.5in Super AMOLED capacitive multi-touch, curved edge display
- 76.1% of the phone is covered by the screen so you get a much larger, fuller display experience, edge to edge
- The screen has 534 pixels-per-inch (ppi) density, which means more clarity and detail per inch on your screen.
- The display offers 16 million colours, giving a more realistic representation of colour in life
- The screen is made of Gorilla Glass 4 and has been chemically strengthened, making it much tougher than earlier smartphones
- The model has Always On Display (AOD) functionality, meaning you won’t have to touch your phone in any way to check the time and date as it’s always shown on the screen. If you’re worried that AOD will drain your battery, don’t be - The feature only takes about 1% of battery life per day.
Battery Performance
- The phone has a 3,600 mAh battery
- The battery lasts up to 17 hours
- Internet browsing over WiFi: Up to 8 hours
- Video playback: Up to 18 hours and Standby time: Up to 11 days
Dimensions
- The Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge weighs 157 grams
- It's height is 15 cm
- It's length is 7.2 cm
- It's width is 0.76 cm
Audio
Music and Sound
The Samsung S7 Edge gives you more control over your music’s sound with an equalizer feature. Letting you adjust the bass, treble as well as instruments and vocals.
Adapt Sound is a feature where the phone adjusts the sound to your perceptible hearing range. It does this by creating a listening experience based on your own unique hearing. Once activated, you’ll get a distinctly better listening experience.
Specifications
Display
OS
Primary Camera
CPU
Resolution
Battery
Dimensions
Sim Type
Secondary camera
Video
RAM
Operating System
Android Oreo is the 8th major update and the 15th version from Google. Samsung Mobile has adopted Android’s mobile operating systems for their Galaxy phones. The S7 Edge was released with the Android 6.0 Marshmallow but can be upgraded to 8.0 Oero and Samsung Experience 9.0.
Faster App Launches
Your home screen and apps launch 2x faster than with Android 7.0 Nougat.
Background Limits
Android 8.0 Oreo minimises background activity of apps when they’re not being used as well as the ones you use the least.
Google Play Protect
This new safety feature focuses on keeping your personal information and settings safe from data-stealing apps, scanning over 50 billion apps per day.
Picture-in-Picture
When you’re watching a video in an app like Netflix or youtube you can now exit the video to access your home screen without fully closing the app.Simply tap the home button and the picture will minimise into a small window on the side of your screen so that you can access your other apps.
Password Auto-fill
If you use Chrome on our PC, you’ll notice Google’s auto-saving feature for your log ins. Android 8.0 has now extended that feature to your smartphone. You can now choose to let Google autosave your passwords and logins for your apps.
Notification Channels
This feature helps you sort your notifications based on importance. In your settings, you can label notifications from a particular app, such as Facebook or your email, as ‘low’, ‘medium’, ‘high’ and ‘urgent’ importance. An urgent notification will make a noise and appear in the notifications bar and a not so important notification will remain quiet and will not appear in the notifications bar.
Notification Dots
See multiple notifications at one time by tapping the notification dots, then easily clear them by swiping away. When a notification comes up on your homescreen, you can now snooze it. Swipe left on the notification, tap the gearbox and select ‘snooze’ for one hour. You can change the time allocation per notification as well.
Smart Text Selection
Smart text selection makes it easier for you to save or call a number if you’ve Googled it and need to select it. Once a number has been highlighted on Google, your phone will automatically copy paste it to your phone app for calling or saving.
Auto-Enable WiFi
When you’re close to your home or office network, your phone will automatically enable WiFi for you.