Samsung Galaxy S7: Specs, Price And Release Date [Rumor Roundup]

By Vijaykumar

| Published: Saturday, October 10, 2015, 11:02 [IST]

Following the huge launch of Samsung Galaxy Note 5, we have seen many leaks and rumors about the company's next flagship smartphone - the Galaxy S7. Well, the unveiling of Galaxy S7 is still several months from now, but the rumors mill have already started hinting few thing about Samsung's next flagship.

Samsung's Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge came up with a fresh design and some brand new features that made the South Korean giant to hold back its top position in the smartphone market.

Samsung usually announces its flagships smartphone at MWC in Barcelona, so we expect it to be the same for Samsung Galaxy S7. However, we came across many rumors about the upcoming smartphone, so here are all the leaks and rumors. Take a look at the slider below to know more.

Processor

It was earlier reported that, Samsung to use two different processing chipsets. One to sell in U.S. and China market and another to be sold in the rest of the world.

Now a recent report by SamMobile says that Samsung is actually planning to use three different chipset for Galaxy S7. The company to use its own Exynos 7422 chip for the Indian market. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset for U.S. and Chian and the Exynos 8890 for Korea, Japan and Europe.

Display

Rumor mills are pointing out that Samsung could come up with two Galaxy S7 models with different screen size. One with a 5.2 inch display and another with 5.8 inch display and one among two models will have a 4K display resolution.

Design

The current flagship Galaxy S6 has a overhauled design changes and we are not expecting much changes in the upcoming Galaxy S7. Well, there is no specific hint whether the next flagship will come with slim metal form factor or glass build.

Camera

A new report from a Korean publication, the Galaxy S7 will come with a dual camera setup. Samsung will take the advantage of dual-camera setup, something like HTC One M8 and Huawei Honor 6 Plus. The AnTuTu benchmark shows that the next flagship will features a 16 megapixel rear camera with a 5 megapixel front-facing camera.

Battery

Well, there is no word about the battery size, but according to a rumor the battery will be non-removable similar to the Galaxy S6.

OS

The next smartphone will likely to run on the Google's latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow along with TouchWiz user interface on top

Storage

There is also a rumor that Samsung will add a microSD card slot in its next flagship smartphone, and also comes in two storage models: 32GB and 64GB.

Price

The Galaxy S7 price will be pretty high, however, there is no official word about the Galaxy S7 in making or in any other details. We expect that the next flagship will be very expensive and we guess that the price could start around Rs. 60,000.

Release Date

Samsung usually unveil its flagship smartphone at the MWC in Barcelona, but rumors suggest that the Galaxy S7 will be unveiled ahead of MWC just like the Galaxy Note 5. According to the new information, the Galaxy S7 will arrive in late-February or early-March.

Edge Design

The creation of Mesut G Designs, Samsung Galaxy S7 render features a glass front and back, as well as small bits of rounded glass on all the edges. They can display notifications, news and more and circle around the device

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