Samsung is all set to unveil its next flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge, ahead of the 2016 Mobile World Congress in a Feb. 21 Unpacked event.
The official teaser video that Samsung attached to the invitations for the said event did not reveal much, only bearing the hashtag #TheNextGalaxy. It is a good thing then that the rumor mill is bursting with information regarding the upcoming and highly-anticipated Android-powered smartphone.
Ahead of the official unveiling, it has been discovered that Samsung is planning a March 11 release date for the smartphone. While tech journalist Shai Mizrachi confirmed that the March 11 date is for the European rollout of the Galaxy S7, Samsung usually launches its devices into the market on the same day worldwide. This means that once the smartphone is officially unveiled, it can be in the hands of users in as soon as less than three weeks.
But what is the Galaxy S7 all about anyway? What is up with all the hype? Being the next flagship smartphone of Samsung, users can expect the device to come packed with top-end specifications and components such as the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor. The chipset which will be the one powering the variants of the Galaxy S7 that will be sold in the United States.
A Snapdragon 820-powered Galaxy S7 appeared on AnTuTu early this month, with the benchmarking platform giving the smartphone a score of 125,288. For those that are wondering, the Galaxy S6 Edge+, a very capable smartphone in its own right, managed to score only around 82,000 on AnTuTu.
Other expected specifications for the Galaxy S7 include a 5.1-inch 2,560 x 1,440 Quad HD Super AMOLED display, with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 supported by an Adreno 530 GPU and 4GB of RAM. The smartphone will feature options of 32 GB or 64 GB for internal memory, and is tipped to be bringing back expandable memory through a microSD card slot.
These specifications could be enough to propel the Galaxy S7 to high sales figures upon its launch, but Samsung is apparently not taking any chances. A report claims that, for a limited time, customers that pre-order the smartphone after its unveiling on Feb. 21 will be receiving a free Gear VR headset.
The source of the report said that the offer has so far only been confirmed in the Netherlands, but it is highly unlikely that the inclusion of Samsung's virtual reality headset for pre-orders of the Galaxy S7 will be limited to just one country. If the report is true, the offer is an immensely attractive deal to get customers to purchase the new flagship smartphone, as virtual reality is all the rage these days.
Renders of the Galaxy S7 have also been leaked, hinting at the colors that the smartphone will have as options for users. The renders hint that the Galaxy S7 will only come in gold and black, while the Galaxy S7 Edge will come in gold, black and silver.
Excited fans of Samsung devices are now surely looking forward to the unveiling and release of the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge, though the price of the smartphone has not yet been confirmed.
A report claims that the Exynos-powered variants of the smartphones which will be coming to the United Kingdom will have a price tags equivalent to about $789 for the Galaxy S7 and about $902 for the Galaxy S7 Edge, but so far no information is known on the Snapdragon-820 powered variants for the United States.
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