Samsung Galaxy S7 announced

Samsung has finally announced its long-anticipated Samsung Galaxy S7, & its almost exactly as predicted in these pages.

And yes, the S7 & S7 Edge do have a microSD slot.

Android Marshmallow (6.0) has a new feature which makes memory in a microSD card contiguous with internal flash memory. “Adoptable” in Android Marshmallow parlance. E.g. if the user adds a 128GB microSD card to a 32GB Marshmallow phone, it will effectively become a 128+32 = 160GB phone. All of that 160GB can be used as a single flash storage to store apps, music, video or any other type of data, without the user having to be concerned with whether any item is actually in the internal flash or the microSD.

Unless it’s a Galaxy S7!

Samsung has decided to disable adoptable microSD flash :( Apparently the brilliant minds that came up with the, “internal SD card”, in earlier Samsung phones, have struck again.

Samsung’s implementation of microSD memory may be even more of a limitation than expected, because S7s will have only 32GB internal flash memory in many markets, including USA.

Grey market?



The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/21/11077956/samsung-galaxy-s7-edge-smartphone-announced-specs-mwc-2016

Detailed specs from GSM Arena
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s7-7821.php

Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2016/02/22/samsung-galaxy-s7-problems/#49f7abc32ebe

Techradar
http://www.techradar.com/au/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-s7-what-we-want-to-see-1293401

Cases
http://appgameblog.com/top-10-best-cases-for-samsung-galaxy-s7/ / Samsung Galaxy S7 lead-up launch new flagship phone Samsung Galaxy S line February 21 pre-orders live release date 11 March cost most expensive mainstream Samsung phone ever hands-on review Samsung Galaxy S7 best Samsung Galaxy S7 deals Samsung Galaxy S7 release date pre-orders new phone announced retailers deliver phone earlier pre-order hands-on first impressions Galaxy S7 video price pricing information Samsung Galaxy S7 two-year contract carriers phasing out subsidized agreements about $27 a month handset 24 months 30 months pricing plan monthly Samsung Galaxy S7 SIM-free price carriers monthly fees up front price bump unlocked premium people paid Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge design design Galaxy S7 Edge Galaxy S6 phone very similar look metal edges rounded corners rear of the phone rounded away S6 Edge back Galaxy Note 5 IP68 rating dunk it in 1.5 meters of water 30 minutes Galaxy S5 more premium design glass metal chunkier feels good in the hand mix of glass and metal screen Samsung 5.1-inch QHD Super AMOLED display Galaxy S7 Super AMOLED tech great color reproduction brilliant differences between the light and dark elements of the screen QHD resolution is pin-sharp too 1,440 x 2,560 pixels resolution sharp eye can't ever see the pixels pictures web pages look smooth and clear OLED technology self-emitting display sits closer to the glass too Galaxy S7 brighter optimised the tech resolution always on display display technology Samsung Galaxy S7 hasn't altered much headline feature Always On Display standby show a clock your calendar some weird pattern gloss look of the phone draw power less than 1% per hour still adds up over the course of a day some users check phones 150 times a day check the time wake up the phone power people look at the clock save power leaving the display on screen API open for developers new display choices near future storage
internal storage sizes Samsung S7 32GB in most territories Samsung offered 64GB 128GB variants microSD card SIM tray Samsung Samsung performance card slowed down gallery photos adoptable Android Marshmallow on board Galaxy S7 Adoptable Storage feature encrypt make it part of the internal storage built-in storage camera Galaxy S7 12MP camera down from the 16MP Galaxy S6 downgrade big change for the better letting in more light 25% more 56% large pixels being used /