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The announcement of Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge at the Mobile World Congress 2016 expectedly became one of the main IT-events of recent weeks. Although in general there is nothing revolutionary in these smartphones not – rather, it is the evolution towards the S6 and S6 the Edge, not revolution, however, the impression on first impressions and collectively articulated information about new products, it’s really unlikely not the best of the flagships of the first half of 2016. Now that we got the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge of testing, it’s time to test, so it or not.
On our first impressions of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge we are told in reportage from the presentation. Here we emphasize that although the Samsung, like a year ago, produces two smartphone at the same time retains the positioning of hardware differences between them is still greater than that between Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. Firstly, it displays two new products is not only the presence or absence of curvature, and a diagonal – 5.1 inches in the case of the Galaxy S7 and 5.5 inches in the case of S7 Edge. Secondly, the battery capacity is almost the same at the S6 and S6 the Edge, is now varies quite significantly: in S7, the figure is 3000 mAh, and at S7 Edge – already 3600 mAh
Over. apparently, the producer decided to more fully argue the price difference between the S7 and S7 Edge. According to pre-order in Russia smartphones are 49990 and 59990 rubles, respectively. 10,000 rubles only difference for a spectacular screen bending – too much, but if we add to this a more capacious battery, and a large area of the screen, it turns already much more interesting.
It should be stressed that when you make a pre-order the user receives a gift Samsung Gear VR helmet of the second generation, which alone is worth almost 8,000 rubles. A nice bonus!
Let’s look at the characteristics of Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.
Specifications Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
- SoC Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa
- CPU Mongoose @ 2,6 GHz (4 cores) + Cortex-A53 @ 1,6 GHz (4 cores)
- GPU Mali-T880
- The operating system is Android 6.0. 1
- Touch screen 5,5 “AMOLED, curved on both sides, 2560 × 1440, 424 ppi
- memory (RAM) 4 GB
- Permanent memory 32 GB
- Support for microSD memory cards of up to 200 GB
- SIM-card: 2 × Micro-SIM
- Communication GSM / GPRS / EDGE / 3G / LTE Cat.9
- Bluetooth 4.2 LE, NFC, ANT +
- Wi-Fi 802.11b / g / n / ac 2,4 GHz and 5 GHz
- GPS with a-GPS, Glonass
- sensors: accelerometer, a geomagnetic sensor, a gyroscope, light sensor, proximity sensor, a barometer, a Hall sensor, a fingerprint scanner, heart rate measurement sensor
- Cameras: 5 megapixel (front) and 12 megapixels (rear) Dual Pixel, with LED-flash, optical stabilization system and auto-focus, f / 1,7, video shooting 4K
- Battery: Rechargeable li-polymer 3600 mAh , fixed
- The dimensions of 150,9 × 72,6 × 7,7 mm
- Weight 157 g
For clarity, we decided to make a table features Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge and his immediate predecessor Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge +, as well as added to the table Moto X Force and iPhone 6S Plus – the most obvious competitors news
| Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge | Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge + | Moto X Force | Apple iPhone 6s Plus | |
| screen | 5,5 ” Super AMOLED, curved on both sides, 2560 × 1440, 534 ppi | 5,7 “Super AMOLED, curved on both sides, 2560 × 1440, 515 ppi | 5,4″ the AMOLED, 2560 × 1440, 540 ppi | 5,5 “IPS, 1920 × 1080 resolution, 401 ppi |
| SoC (CPU) | Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa (4 cores Mongoose @ 2,6 GHz + 4 Cortex-A53 core @ 1,6) | Samsung Exynos 7420 (4 core Cortex-A57 @ 2,1 GHz + 4 Cortex-A53 core @ 1.5GHz) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 (4 core Cortex-A57 @ 2,0 GHz + 4 core Cortex- A53 @ 1.5 GHz) | Apple A9 (2 cores @ 1.8 GHz, 64-bit architecture ARMv8-A) |
| Graphics processor | Mali-T880 | Mali-T760 | Adreno 430 | Apple A9 |
| flash memory | 32 GB | 32 GB | 32 GB | 16/64/128 GB |
| Connections | Micro-USB (with support for OTG), 3.5 mm jack for headset | Micro-USB (with support for OTG), 3.5 mm jack for headset | Micro-USB (with support for OTG), 3.5 mm jack for headset | dock connector Lightning, 3.5 mm jack for headset |
| memory card support | microSD (up to 200 GB) | no | microSD (up to 2TB) | no |
| RAM | 4 GB | 4 GB | 3 GB | 2 GB |
| Camera | rear (12MP; Video 4K), front (5MP) | rear (16 megapixels; 4K video), front (5MP) | rear (21 megapixels; 4K video), front (5MP ) | rear (12MP; 4K video), front (5MP) |
| LTE Support | has | has | has | has |
| battery capacity (mAh) | 3600 | 2600 | 3760 | 2750 |
| Operating system | Google Android 6.0.1 | Google Android 5.1 (upgraded to 6.0 .1) | Google Android 6.0.1 | Apple iOS 9.0 (updated to 9.2.1) |
| Dimensions (mm) * | 151 × 73 × 7,7 | 154 × 76 × 6,9 | 150 × 78 × 9,2 | 158 × 78 × 7,3 |
| Weight (g) | 157 | 153 | 170 | 190 |
* according to official data producers
As the table clearly shows what major changes have taken place at a novelty compared to the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge +. First of all, there is support for microSD memory cards. In addition, the smartphone is now equipped with the new SoC and much more capacious battery. However, two options can confuse those who choose between the Galaxy S7 Edge and S6 Edge +. At first, the novelty has become a little thicker, and secondly, the back camera now has a resolution of 12 megapixels instead of the previous 16 megapixel. However, both substantiated some of my technological features, which we describe below, so write it down immediately in the cons is not necessary.
As for the comparison with the Moto X Force, it is noteworthy a smaller amount of memory. And, of course, the screen is no bending (although, according to the Lenovo, which owns the Moto brand, it is plastic, too). As for other differences (SoC and camera settings), there need to be tested. The same is true of the iPhone 6s Plus, where the comparison of the characteristics directly at all meaningless because of the different operating systems. But it is worth to note that in comparison with the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge and Moto X Force in iPhone 6s Plus much less capacious battery, although the size is not less than (only the thickness).
However, let’s get down to the immediate testing and in the process we have to answer a number of questions that have arisen in the comparison of characteristics. In particular, the main:. A smartphone the most productive at this time
Options
Smartphone joined us in the test box, different from those that are on the counter. Alas, it was not a perfect suitcase, like his colleagues from Poland and a white carton. However, the equipment inside, apparently correspond to what will get customers in the store
This is a charger that supports Quick Charge, Micro-USB cable -. USB, key to retrieve the cradle SIM-card and memory card , OTG adapter (for connecting external USB-drives with full-size connector) and headphone in a separate plastic box with an additional set of rubber ear cushions.
the same headphones have been and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge +, and it should be admit knowingly manufacturer put them on again. They have a non-confusing wire flat section, a very convenient form of ear cushions, and most importantly – a decent sound. We tested it on FLAC-version of the new EP Massive Attack “Ritual Spirit” (by the way, a smartphone without any problems plays FLAC-Tracks), and were pleasantly surprised by the transfer of deep bass in songs Dead Editors and Take It There.
as for the charger – in more detail about all matters related to the battery and charging, we describe in the second part of the article, but for now let only one result: in 15 minutes using the included charger unit smartphone charge on 20%. ! Very good results
design
In terms of appearance differences Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge of the S6 Edge + and 6S Edge minimal – first of all, they concern a little to change the size. Nevertheless, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge can be called without any doubt one of the most beautiful modern smartphones.
Almost the entire front panel covers the screen, effectively wrapped on both faces of the long sides. And it is not enough in itself delights, so also creates the illusion of complete absence of the framework. In fact, the framework, of course, but they are so pretty and thin, and through the screen rounding seem quite insignificant.
And the front and rear panels are fully closed windows. They are quite Mark, especially if it is a black version of the smartphone (Sales will also be silver and “platinum” version), but it still looks great. Very narrow bands top and bottom of the screen – this is also a plus. Due to this the same size Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge screen is much more compact than the iPhone 6s Plus. True, iPhone quite a bit thinner, but it’s completely invisible. And thanks to the narrowing of the lateral faces of the smartphone Samsung seems to be even thinner than the Apple device.
In general, the size at the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge optimal. S6 Edge + was still too big, and lay not so comfortable in the hand. But S7 Edge – just right! Of course, because of the glass in front and behind it skolzkovat, afraid to drop it, but still kept his hand nice
All the faces, like its predecessor, made of metal, buttons -. Too. Pressed them with a pleasant elasticity. Location of buttons and connectors similar to the previous model. Right – the power button on the left – separate volume buttons
On the bottom -. Speaker connector Micro-USB with OTG support (strange that Samsung is not transferred to USB Type C, in contrast to many other manufacturers ), 3.5mm headset jack and built-in microphone hole. Curiously, the location of the hole has changed, ie inside Apparently, the internal layout of components has undergone significant changes. With regard to the dynamics, its maximum volume is quite sufficient, and in order not to miss a call / alarm clock, and for watching movies or videos, but for music it is, of course, should not be used because of the extra overtones and not very pleasant sound character in whole. However, it would be strange to expect from a device of this form factor is something else.
On the upper face, we see another hole-in microphone, and combined the SIM-card and microSD memory card. Yes, as we have said, the Samsung company has corrected one of the main drawbacks of Galaxy S6 Edge and S6 Edge +, adding to the Galaxy S7 Edge memory card support. And considering that the manufacturer is particularly proud of the camera of the smartphone, this is especially true since the internal memory of 32 GB for a camera phone, video shoot in 4K – it was a little
At the top of the front panel, next to the eyes front. cameras and sensors located LED indicator events. A large round dot of light of different colors depending on the charge status of the battery or incoming messages. This item has been before, but pleased that Samsung has not sacrificed them.
Lens rear camera is still considerably projects above the back of the glass level, but this is a serious drawback to consider is hardly possible.
Acts and the button “Home” on the front panel. But it’s even a plus, because so it is easier to find by touch. And to do this it will be necessary each time the smartphone is turned on, as this button – the fingerprint sensor. It works very fast frequency identification – very good, so no complaints there is no
Despite the fact that the exterior design has changed minimally, the new smartphone there was one very important quality: moisture protection standard IP68.. At the same time, there are no caps on the ports do not have here. That is, moisture protection is ensured by design and materials. This, of course, a wonderful and unexpected gift, a true feat of engineering!
In general, the design deserves the highest ratings. Of course, his subjective perception depends primarily on how much you like it, in principle, the screen is folded on the edge. There are people who do not like it. But even they are unlikely to argue with the fact that the design of Galaxy S7 Edge certainly original (except, of course, his predecessors), and thanks to the excellent relationship dimensions and screen size smartphone also very practical. It easily fits in any pocket and is comfortable to lie even in a small hand. As a huge plus, we note the emergence of a memory card slot, and one of the disadvantages is the lack of record of green options. At Galaxy S6 Edge is green ( “Emerald”) version was one of the most attractive, original and stylish.
The color versions of the new representative of the Edge family is also quite good. But there is a strange situation: only black, gold and silver options are available for pre-order in Russia. A white – no. Although we’ve seen at the show and to be honest, it was he liked us best. He has a very interesting pearl shade. Black machine that we are now in testing, it seems a little less attractive and practical (iz-za fingerprints), although the color is still interesting, deep, not banal.
Performance
The smartphone runs on the new SoC Exynos 8890 Octa, made on 14 nm process technology, improved by using FinFET LPP technology (Low-Power Plus). New Mongoose CPU-core are used here (quad-core 2.6 GHz) and is already familiar to us quad-core Cortex-A53 with a frequency of 1.6 GHz.
In the role of graphics accelerator performs Mali-T880.
First Samsung has not used this SoC, that is, now we have a first acquaintance with it. Consequently, it is necessary to compare it with the main competing solutions: Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 and Apple A9. Of course, it would be more interesting if compared participated Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, but with this SoC devices have not yet been. So we will be content with what is, and at the same time try to answer the burning question so exciting online community: who is more powerful – Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge or Apple iPhone S6 Plus?
begin with browser test: the SunSpider 1.0.2, Octane Benchmark, Kraken Benchmark and JetStream. All Android-devices, we used the Chrome browser on iOS – Safari. If the table field is blank, it means that the corresponding smartphone in this benchmark (or in this version of the benchmark) has not been tested.
| Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa) | Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge + (Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa) | Moto X Force (Qualcomm Snapdragon 810) | Apple iPhone 6s Plus (Apple A9) | |
| SunSpider 1.0.2 (less – better) | 494,9 ms | – | – | 216,9 ms |
| Octane 2.0 (more – better) | 11704 points | 7912 points | 3564 points | 16009 points |
| Kraken Benchmark 1.1 (less – better ) | 3035,6 ms | 6533,9 ms | 9182,0 ms | 1707,5 ms |
| JetStream (more – better) | 64,561 points | – | – | 115,30 points |
as you can see, All Android-competitor and its predecessor Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge ahead confidently, but in the overall standings ahead of the iPhone is still
Now, let’s see how the gadget will perform in the integrated benchmarks -. AnTuTu 6 and Geekbench 3.
Unfortunately, we do not have results AnTuTu 6 for the previous Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge +, because we tested it in the fifth version of the benchmark, and it differed radically on the scoring guidelines, so it is incorrect to compare the results. But the AnTuTu, finally earned a fine on iOS. So we have a table and the iPhone, too.
| Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (Samsung Exynos 8890 Octa) | Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge + (Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa) | Moto X Force (Qualcomm Snapdragon 810) | Apple iPhone 6s Plus (Apple A9) | |
| AnTuTu Benchmark 6.0 (more – better) | 127489 points | – | 74 274 points | 132141 score |
| Geekbench 3 Single-Core Score (more – better) | 2109 points | 1501 rating | 971 points | 2505 points |
| Geekbench 3 Multi-Core score (more – better) | 6173 points | 5081 points | 4290 points | 4396 points |
and the picture is repeated again, even though the iPhone superiority has less, and in multi-core mode Geekbench 3 smartphone Apple and Samsung did loses novelty.
in addition to our ongoing test procedure, we decided to compare the Galaxy S7 Edge and iPhone 6s Plus in cross-platform benchmark Basemark OS II. The results – in front of you. Screenshot Left – Samsung, the right -. Apple
As you can see, Samsung is lost. Although not in all subtests (see. Memory).
The last group is dedicated to testing the GPU benchmark performance. We use 3DMark, GFXBench and Bonsai Benchmark.
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