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Interface
Samsung Galaxy S7 edge running the operating system Android 6.0 Marshmallow with a proprietary interface TouchWiz. On the desktop by default is the widget "Google search», a folder with Google apps and the main Samsung Apps.
Note that on the desktop, you can select multiple mesh screen sizes: 4x4, 4x5 and 5x5.
Swipe to the left turns the screen can be called Briefing, allowing to read the latest news on a given subject. In addition to Google apps and programs branded Samsung, the device pre-installed application WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram (we all have one owner), Microsoft Apps and Papergarden application for reading magazines.
On the unlock screen, everything is familiar: a large clock on the top center of the active notification labels and grown in size quick launch icon "Phone" and "Camera".
Notifications panel also looks familiar to TouchWiz: top five icons quick settings, adjust the display brightness, fast connection and active notification. Pulling the second time, open all quick settings - you can change their order.
"Dialer" has not changed and is familiar to users of Android with TouchWiz - classic sans serif font.
Keyboard appearance remained unchanged, but it now appears a lot of options. For example, the fifth row of numeric keys can be disabled, but we think it is extremely convenient. You can also change the keyboard height. Continuous input is included in a separate menu.
But the story about the device interface is not complete, since there are two interesting "chips". The first - always on display. Through the use of Super AMOLED, can be displayed on the screen of the monochrome image with the clock, missed calls and SMS and hardly spend the battery. The user can choose what to display on the screen - a clock, calendar or a picture, choose a style of hours (a total of seven) and even display the background image (there are four).
When the screen is locked, the clock appears, and no longer need to unlock it to check the time or see if anyone called.
The second "trick" - a curved display. In S7 edge he received more applications: added Yahoo News.
Tasks edge is designed for quick access to certain functions or applications easy to communicate with your favorite contacts.
Basic, little has changed. Visually, it appeared in the side panels of the second row. Well, in general, third-party applications, edge-ground under the screen, it became more. For example, there was a panel of friends online game League Of Legends. The most interesting side of the widget allows you to open a compass, a ruler, or turn on and adjust the brightness of the flashlight.
When the screen is off in the same way as before, you can call the information panels, including notification, weather, Twitter trends, and numerous applications Yahoo.
In short it should be said about the gesture control. It is still there, just not particularly Samsung focus on it the attention of users. All that was in the past generation, and remain there, but added, very interesting and useful "chips". For example - an intelligent capture: as soon as a screenshot, the bottom there is a small menu that allows you to crop images quickly and send it to someone else. All this makes the device a little more convenient.
Apparatus in
The Samsung Galaxy S7 edge mounted eight-processor Exynos 8890 processor with a clock frequency of 2.3 GHz. The market will also be presented with the option quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, which will be in a version with a SIM-card and a dedicated slot for a microSD card. Last, most likely, will not appear in Russia in the official retail. In our country, will be officially on sale a version with support for two SIM-cards and a universal slot, which is based on Exynos chipset.
Graphics Accelerator - Mali-T880. Resources Memory - 4 GB RAM and 32/64 GB internal. The latter can be expanded using microSD cards up to 200 GB, but will have to decide whether the second SIM-card memory or more.
The smartphone runs quickly and smoothly. Work tables are turned over without any problems, the browser does not slow down anything. Minor delays occur when you open the image in the gallery. Rather, it is an early feature of the software version.
Before the start of the game test it is important to mention about one more innovation in the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge - Annex Game Tools. It allows you to turn off notifications on the game, as well as lock the touch buttons "Menu" and "Back". Game can be minimized, make a screenshot and record video from the screen. Moreover, you can display an image with the front camera when broadcast and use a microphone. It is also possible to choose the video quality and bitrate. In fact, with the Galaxy S7 edge can be "Stream" mobile games.
GameTools present as small red spot in the corner and does not interfere with play.
Synthetic tests showed the following results:
Online video is played without any problems. With movies in HD and Full HD resolution, loadable from the device memory, they are also there.
The sound from the speaker quality and loud. But location is not the best - it is very easy to close, if you hold the smartphone horizontally.
Camera
The Samsung Galaxy S7 edge set the main camera sensor c 12 megapixel with LED-flash and auto focus. Camera compared to S6 edge lost megapixels - a generation ago was a sensor 16 megapixels. In fact, in Korea's actions there is some trick. The fact that the image size M 16 are achieved by the aspect ratio 16: 9, while 12 and Mn were present in the past year at a ratio of 4: 3. In fact, in the S7 edge user is obliged to take in the proportions of 4: 3 (which, by the way, is a more traditional format for classical photography).
Starting the camera application is possible from the desktop and from the lock screen, but the fastest way to enable application - double-tap the home button.
On camera, we'll talk in more detail in a separate article. Now briefly say that almost the best camera to date on the market Samsung Galaxy S7 edge. It focuses very quickly and is able to produce excellent results in all conditions. Especially impressive are the results of night shooting. Make it easy to shoot while viewing examples.
Main camera:
Wireless interfaces
The device supports data networking in 2G, 3G and LTE (4G). During the test the speed of LTE could disperse to near 87 Mbit / s for reception and release rate reached during the daytime to 36 Mbit / s. Excellent.
The gadget is equipped with a module Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac and accordingly supports dual-band connection. There is also Bluetooth 4.2 module installed. Available also NFC-module that is located under the camera unit to the manufacturer's logo area.
navigation module supports the GPS network, the GLONASS and BeiDou. The satellites are determined by fairly quickly, on a "cold" start out from 5 to 10 seconds.
Autonomy
The Samsung Galaxy S7 edge set non-removable battery capacity of 3600 mAh. You can count on the operation of the device throughout the day in a fairly active usage mode (3-3.5 hours of web surfing, social networking and chatting, half an hour of voice calls, shooting photos and video recording).
In one hour of the game about a third of the brightness and Wi-Fi enabled spent about 15-16% of the battery charge. But when viewing the video in the "flight" at full brightness per hour takes only about 5% of the battery. As part of testing, we continuously twisted video in Full HD quality and 10 hours battery sat less than half - 49% charge.
Remember that the kit includes an adapter for fast charging, maintaining the amperage 2 A at 5 V and current of 1.67 A at 9 V with him the device is fully charged from scratch a little less than 2 hours. But the essence of the fast charging is not even that - just half an hour of the smartphone battery can be recharged to 60%. By the way, Samsung Galaxy S7 edge supports wireless charging, and more.
results
Samsung Galaxy S7 edge, without a doubt - one of the best devices ever produced a Korean company. Last year, Samsung engineers were given an excellent flagship, but in 2016 they took the imaginary file and needle file and "trate 'curved smartphone to perfection. In fact, S7 edge - this machine without obvious drawbacks: someone may not like the combo slot, but the company has returned microSD support. There are no USB Type-C, but, at first, not the fact that it is vital, and, secondly, connectors device without plugs are not afraid of dust and water (protection class IP68 on). Someone does not like shell TouchWiz, but it has changed a lot last year, for the better. And if the absolute cons the device is not present, the pros - a lot. Large battery and excellent charge flow optimization, high quality display and brilliant camera, the presence of all modern communications and uncompromising performance - all new Samsung Galaxy S7 edge.
Pros:
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Interface
Samsung Galaxy S7 edge running the operating system Android 6.0 Marshmallow with a proprietary interface TouchWiz. On the desktop by default is the widget "Google search», a folder with Google apps and the main Samsung Apps.
On the unlock screen, everything is familiar: a large clock on the top center of the active notification labels and grown in size quick launch icon "Phone" and "Camera".
Notifications panel also looks familiar to TouchWiz: top five icons quick settings, adjust the display brightness, fast connection and active notification. Pulling the second time, open all quick settings - you can change their order.
The second "trick" - a curved display. In S7 edge he received more applications: added Yahoo News.
In short it should be said about the gesture control. It is still there, just not particularly Samsung focus on it the attention of users. All that was in the past generation, and remain there, but added, very interesting and useful "chips". For example - an intelligent capture: as soon as a screenshot, the bottom there is a small menu that allows you to crop images quickly and send it to someone else. All this makes the device a little more convenient.
Apparatus in
The Samsung Galaxy S7 edge mounted eight-processor Exynos 8890 processor with a clock frequency of 2.3 GHz. The market will also be presented with the option quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, which will be in a version with a SIM-card and a dedicated slot for a microSD card. Last, most likely, will not appear in Russia in the official retail. In our country, will be officially on sale a version with support for two SIM-cards and a universal slot, which is based on Exynos chipset.
Graphics Accelerator - Mali-T880. Resources Memory - 4 GB RAM and 32/64 GB internal. The latter can be expanded using microSD cards up to 200 GB, but will have to decide whether the second SIM-card memory or more.
The smartphone runs quickly and smoothly. Work tables are turned over without any problems, the browser does not slow down anything. Minor delays occur when you open the image in the gallery. Rather, it is an early feature of the software version.
Before the start of the game test it is important to mention about one more innovation in the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge - Annex Game Tools. It allows you to turn off notifications on the game, as well as lock the touch buttons "Menu" and "Back". Game can be minimized, make a screenshot and record video from the screen. Moreover, you can display an image with the front camera when broadcast and use a microphone. It is also possible to choose the video quality and bitrate. In fact, with the Galaxy S7 edge can be "Stream" mobile games.
GameTools present as small red spot in the corner and does not interfere with play.
The sound from the speaker quality and loud. But location is not the best - it is very easy to close, if you hold the smartphone horizontally.
Camera
The Samsung Galaxy S7 edge set the main camera sensor c 12 megapixel with LED-flash and auto focus. Camera compared to S6 edge lost megapixels - a generation ago was a sensor 16 megapixels. In fact, in Korea's actions there is some trick. The fact that the image size M 16 are achieved by the aspect ratio 16: 9, while 12 and Mn were present in the past year at a ratio of 4: 3. In fact, in the S7 edge user is obliged to take in the proportions of 4: 3 (which, by the way, is a more traditional format for classical photography).
Starting the camera application is possible from the desktop and from the lock screen, but the fastest way to enable application - double-tap the home button.
On camera, we'll talk in more detail in a separate article. Now briefly say that almost the best camera to date on the market Samsung Galaxy S7 edge. It focuses very quickly and is able to produce excellent results in all conditions. Especially impressive are the results of night shooting. Make it easy to shoot while viewing examples.
Main camera:
Wireless interfaces
The device supports data networking in 2G, 3G and LTE (4G). During the test the speed of LTE could disperse to near 87 Mbit / s for reception and release rate reached during the daytime to 36 Mbit / s. Excellent.
navigation module supports the GPS network, the GLONASS and BeiDou. The satellites are determined by fairly quickly, on a "cold" start out from 5 to 10 seconds.
Autonomy
The Samsung Galaxy S7 edge set non-removable battery capacity of 3600 mAh. You can count on the operation of the device throughout the day in a fairly active usage mode (3-3.5 hours of web surfing, social networking and chatting, half an hour of voice calls, shooting photos and video recording).
In one hour of the game about a third of the brightness and Wi-Fi enabled spent about 15-16% of the battery charge. But when viewing the video in the "flight" at full brightness per hour takes only about 5% of the battery. As part of testing, we continuously twisted video in Full HD quality and 10 hours battery sat less than half - 49% charge.
Remember that the kit includes an adapter for fast charging, maintaining the amperage 2 A at 5 V and current of 1.67 A at 9 V with him the device is fully charged from scratch a little less than 2 hours. But the essence of the fast charging is not even that - just half an hour of the smartphone battery can be recharged to 60%. By the way, Samsung Galaxy S7 edge supports wireless charging, and more.
results
Samsung Galaxy S7 edge, without a doubt - one of the best devices ever produced a Korean company. Last year, Samsung engineers were given an excellent flagship, but in 2016 they took the imaginary file and needle file and "trate 'curved smartphone to perfection. In fact, S7 edge - this machine without obvious drawbacks: someone may not like the combo slot, but the company has returned microSD support. There are no USB Type-C, but, at first, not the fact that it is vital, and, secondly, connectors device without plugs are not afraid of dust and water (protection class IP68 on). Someone does not like shell TouchWiz, but it has changed a lot last year, for the better. And if the absolute cons the device is not present, the pros - a lot. Large battery and excellent charge flow optimization, high quality display and brilliant camera, the presence of all modern communications and uncompromising performance - all new Samsung Galaxy S7 edge.
Pros:
- one of the best cameras on smartphones;
- long battery life;
- curved Super AMOLED display of high quality;
- microSD card support up to 200 GB;
- dust and moisture protection class IP68 without caps;
- support fast and wireless charges.
- combo slot for nano-SIM / microSD;
- easily soiled case.
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