Samsung unveils the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge – Clubic

On the eve of the official opening of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ​​it’s in a packed Samsung held its press conference on Sunday evening to officially unveil its new spearhead: the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge Galaxy.

This year, the Samsung conference is a bit special. Each has actually found a Gear VR headset in his seat to place a half-real, half-virtual. Samsung puts us right in the mood

Last year, Samsung had created the surprise by unveiling the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. For the first time, the terminals wore not chassis plastic but aluminum. The Edge model has for its part a curved display. This year, the Korean manufacturer unveils its new models, the Galaxy S7 S7et Galaxy Edge, who adopt a very similar to the previous generation design.

Side features, the Galaxy S7 displays same slab 5.1 inches AMOLED quad HD the S6 with a definition stored at 2560 x 1440 pixels. However, the device is powered by a SoC with eight cores developed internally: the Exynos 8890 against a 7420 Exynos for S6.Samsung explained having added a system “liquid cooling” (actually, a base device heat pipes) to prevent overheating of the unit. Depending on the country, the S7 can also be equipped with a Snapdragon S820 supplied by Qualcomm.

Graphic Side S7 is the first smartphone shipping programming interface Vulkan (successor OpenGL), resulting from a partnership with Khronos and Google consortium, which should eventually improve performance in terms of 3D rendering.

the strong password memory 3GB to 4GB while storage options remains unchanged (32 GB, 64 GB or 128 GB), but the microSD card slot is back. For its part the battery provides more capacity: 3000 mAh against 2550 mAh for the Galaxy S6. If the latter is still removable, it offers a quick charge (1h) and induction.

choices Samsung worn on the camera are interesting. If the Galaxy S6 has a 16 megapixel sensor, the S7 goes down to 12.2 megapixels. He does however call for larger photosites, as well as a brighter lens (f / 1.7 on the S7 against f / 1.9 on the S6), so as to capture more light and thus offer brighter images in a shady environment. Additionally the camera has the technology device dual pixel (operated by Canon on its 70D), which enables a single pixel to capture an image and to focus at the same time. The autofocus should be particularly efficace.Notons finally that, like the Galaxy S5, the Galaxy S7 is waterproof and comes with IP68 certification (not IP67). It can remain submerged in 1 meter of water for one hour. This little more absent from the Galaxy S6 and therefore is back.

For its part the Edge declination exchange positioning. The new model features this time, not a screen the same size but larger (5.5 inches) but with a similar definition. Of course, the slab retains its curves. The Galaxy S7 Edge has technical characteristics identical to S7 retail near the battery is 3600 mAh.Le side panel has been redesigned and its SDK was recently opened. According to Samsung, the curved screen should actually be of some use

Both S7 equip themselves also display a always on . The screen can permanently keep time and notifications, visible without the need to actuate a button. LG has also announced a similar feature on its Sunday LG G5.

Comes with Android 6.0, the Galaxy S7 and S7 Galaxy Edge will be available on March 11, with prices that start at 699 euros. Samsung promises a pre-order campaign, which should offer buyers the first time a Gear VR headset offered.