Samsung S7 and S7 Edge Performance Review

Processor

Now a days the battle for smartphone supremacy mainly depends on the processing power, features and capabilities, that’s why all of the phone manufacturers are investing for the mobile processor of their flagship phones. Samsung is one of the brand that outshines the rest of the big brands including Apple, no doubt because they have been producing performance microchips for mobile devices for more than 15 years.

Every flagship phone they launched was one of the best mobile processor when it comes to speed, power saving and graphics category. And once again this 2016 they launched their latest mobile phone which is the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge with the most powerful chip for mobile phone today, their very own Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa Processor. Currently it is the best mobile processor in most category and this is specially made for their newest smartphone, it consist of 8 cores which are divided for two different tasks. The 1^st quad-core 2.6 GHz Mongoose which are the high performance cores for more demanding apps like high powered graphics game or when you are using the Samsung VR, then the 2^nd quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 medium performance cores are for less processing power demand tasks that can save battery at the same time, the system will decide on which set of processors to be use according to the task.

Display

Before the release of this smartphone there are plenty of leaks about the design and features which end up most of it are true, and one of those is the screen resolution. The same with Galaxy S6 it has a Quad High Definition display (2560 x 1440 pixel) Super AMOLED displays with 577ppi in 5.1 inches for the Galaxy S7 and 5.5 inches with a lower 534ppi for the Galaxy S7 Edge. 

And Samsung include the feature “Always On”, this functionality applies to both models which selectively lighting up a certain pixels of the screen that will display the time, date and your notification for a quick glance without powering on the entire screen which can also save your battery juice for more important task.

RAM

From a 3GB of RAM on the previous of Galaxy S6, now Samsung has improved this and it is one of the leader of harnessing a 4GB RAM on a smartphone together with a powerful 8 Core of processors and a high performance GPU using its own Exynos 8890 chipset.
 It shows this flagship phone dominated most of the category from processing speed up to graphics benchmark tests against any other android competitor or even to iPhones 6s Plus.

Storage

One of the feature that this brand took away from the previous model is the expandable storage using microSD card, which is most of the consumer are in favour of compare with iPhones which is it never had an external storage from the first up to the latest model and also a disadvantage to the user after a few months of continues usage the device is noticeably experiencing slower performance. 

This time Samsung has brought back the microSD storage to their latest masterpiece the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge with the whopping capacity of up to 200GB, which previously gave the user a dilemma of which internal storage capacity of each model to choose from and for an extra cost. On this category Samsung is always took an advantage over iPhone.

Battery 

Our life today is incomplete without having our smartphone, tablet or even our laptop. However, having our devices with a low capacity battery that can’t survive even for 8 hours of usage especially when outside, it’s almost the same as not having it at all.  For you to be able to get connected to digital world, do most of your task and be updated online, you need a device that can last at least a day before we can go back home to recharge. 


Battery capacity is one of the most important factor in choosing a mobile device, and most of the manufacturer are focusing on this area to make their product more appealing and attract their target market. One of this is the Samsung which succeeded to boost the battery volume of their latest smartphone from 2,550 mAh in Galaxy S6 to 3,000 mAh in the Galaxy S7 and 3,600 mAh for Galaxy S7 Edge that would last far much longer than before, after a whole day of normal usage you still have another half day left of battery juice for the next day. For the company to achieved this result they had to optimized very well its hardware and software to came up with the most power saving mobile device.

Samsung S6 Design Review

Samsung started their mobile phone business as one of the small player compare to its big competitor brands like Nokia, BlackBerry and Apple that dominates its consumer most especially in business side. And since Samsung introduced their first Galaxy S smartphone it turns out just like a shockwave hitting directly to the big names in the industry and immediately captures the attention of their target market in the business side and all types of consumer because of its ingenious design and lightning speed performance processor of their phones. In just only six years this small brand player established a position from minor manufacturer that transformed to become the biggest name of smartphone in the world.

And now they released the Samsung Galaxy S6 4G+ in Singapore this is their 6^th version of their Galaxy S series, every flagship phone they launched played a very significant role that reshaping the industry, consumer and the smartphone race.

Samsung Galaxy S6 ingenious design is a combination of high grade light-weight aluminium metal and the 4^th generation of Gorilla Glass on its front and back of the phone, this design currently is one of the best in the market that makes it more durable and scratch resistant with its premium, elegant and sophisticated built.

The design team was finally succeed to deliver the look and feel of the full pledge flagship smartphone which they gone courageous about their Galaxy S6 in a high grade smooth front and rear glass and aluminium alloy unibody, eliminating their traditional plastic design from the previous models that looks so cheap if you compare it and made other phone brand stood out more especially iPhone.

The company is trying so hard for quite long to revert the declining sales of its smartphone, armed with its innovative design and no doubt Samsung is never stop improving camera strengths and serves it as their one of the selling point and other powerful features which its current android rivals still lock of. The only disadvantage in this design is might losing their long time fans of SD cards for expandable storage and removable batteries for extra backup power which made them stood out against iPhone for several years.

Pros:

  ü  Glass and Meta Design

  ü  Fast and Wireless Charging

  ü  Excellent Screen

  ü  Revitalization of TouchWiz UI

  ü  Exemplary Low-Light Camera Performance

  ü  Strong Processing Power

Cons:

 x No MicroSD Card

 x Not Waterproof

 x Protruding Back Camera Lens

 x Bottom-Mounted Speaker

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge Physical Design Review

Samsung’s research and development is all that matters to lead in the race for the most advance products, this is also the bread and butter for the company’s business. Never ending investment in its collaborative global research network serves as a vital role of creating an innovative product that makes them a market leader in electronics and microchip industry. In 2015 was one of the biggest milestone were they launched their flagship smartphone which is the most improvement, made of high grade aluminium and durable glass away from its traditional plastic design. 

This was came together with a very tough decision to eliminate the micro sd card support and water resistance from the previous model, however disregarding these features doesn’t hinder to the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge to outshines most of the competitors and also one of the best-selling smartphone last year.

And now for the year 2016, Samsung has stepped up their game one more time and announced the comeback of the features that keeping them ahead of iPhone for years which are water resistance and micro sd card support that makes the crowd so excited about.

Design

The front physical design of Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge is almost the same compare to the previous model Samsung Galaxy S6 from the earpiece, front camera, led indicator, proximity sensor and button below the screen that serves as a home button and finger print reader at the same time and the volume rocker on the left side and power/lock button on the right. 

But now this fingerprint reader is more fast, sensitive and accurate. This only means that Samsung is listening to its consumer, addressing the problem that most of the users are getting frustrated unlocking the device. 

On the top where one of the microphone is located together with the hybrid sim tray, unlike last year's model. Now the tray is consist of sim card and an expandable external storage up to whopping 200 GB of capacity. And the company is planning to release a Dual-Sim support option of Samsung Galaxy S7 and  S7 edge in some selected places and Singapore is one of the country in that list.

At the bottom side of the phone just like the previous model where 3.5mm jack socket, charging port, speaker grill and the 2^nd microphone are located, although some critics are expected Samsung to improve the speaker of their flagship model for a dual or maybe front facing speaker just like in the  HTC and Sony. One of the disadvantage of the downward facing is can easily block by your hand while playing games or watching videos on a landscape mode that may reduce the sound.

When it comes to camera, the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge has improved the camera significantly compare to the previous version. They were successfully flatten the main shooter from a protruding camera of Galaxy S6 and its now down to just 0.46mm, even though they lower the pixel capacity from 16 megapixel to 12 megapixel it comes with some remarkable features that noticeably enhanced the quality of the image especially in a low light environment condition. Its wide f1.7 aperture, fast auto focus and optical stabilizer that results a well-balanced images better results compare with much higher megapixel cameras.