It wont be too long till Samsung release the Galaxy S7. Its is expected to be unveiled at MWC on 22nd February 2016 and will be available in March 2016.

The S7 is likely to be similar to the disappointing S6 however a few details have advisedly leaked. The S7 will have a pressure sensitive display, feature a USB C port, improved fast charging, LTE Cat. 12, retina scanner, improved camera, Exynos 8890 processor (or a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC in some variants), and 4GB RAM.


http://www.sammobile.com/2015/12/14/...a-scanner-wsj/

http://www.engadget.com/2015/12/14/samsung-galaxy-s7/

Has the S6 been disappointing? Several gadget mags (Stuff for a start) have given it phone of the year!

I've also read things in Techaradar about a possible January announcement, but either way not long to go until we find out......

Sales have been disappointing even Samsung will admit that. The S6 has many short comings compared to its predecessors. No user changeable battery, no SD Card support, not water resistant, poor signal reception, no IR blaster.

Actually, it does have an IR blaster. As someone who's long been used to the core staple Samsung features, I've not missed the expandable storage or replaceable battery. Both wireless / fast charging is great, cloud service or OTG USB largely solves my storage issues. And from some YouTube tests, it can survive a dunking in liquid.

The S6 is fast, looks great, fab screen, exemplary performance and great value now on/off contract. The S7 will see incremental upgrades only. I won't be changing until the S8 at the earliest....

What a surprise, or is it just coincidence Apple did that a couple of months ago


Does anyone really want to be holding a phone up to one's eyes to unlock it - I haven't seen an awful lot of use of facial recognition either for that matter.

Good for you but many many people do use expandable memory and battery.. Even apple have just realised a albeit expensive battery add on case as it is important to a sizeable amount of people..
And if not, unless your deeply into android you'd just get a iPhone 6 as they are a much better phone for the money..
The other thing which Samsung might not have fully taken into account when trying to turn themselves into apple is the shear size the android operating system is these days, that along with the crap Samsung still insist on bundling in with the phone puts a serious dent in that storage.
I sure couldn't have just spent 2 weeks happy snapping and videoing everything I wanted on holiday like I did with my LG G4 with its 64gb memory card, running out of storage never enters my mind, give me an S6 with what's left of the storage in that and I'd be struggling by end of week 1.

My S6 32gb, had 26gb available out of the box. Expect the 64gb to have c59gb, available.

If the S6 had expandable memory, all the better. But I doubt Samsung will be having a change of heart on their flagship series, as (supposedly), SD cards have attributed to the lag experience historically suffered on the S series. If you need memory expansion, then Samsungs A3, A5 models and budget options offer this. So it's not all doom and gloom; the choice is there.

Like I said, there are solutions for what the S6 lacks. But for me, the S6 is the first Samsung phone which has no lag at all; lighter Touchwiz, on board memory and in-house processor all working perfectly.

STEREO SPEAKERS.

Please?

That's exactly it. Ive been using Android and Samsung phones since 2011 but if I were to choose between a Galaxy S6 and iPhone 6/6S I would go with the iPhone.

Another huge problem with Android manufacturers lack of updates. As far as Samsung are concerned their top of the range phones only get 2 years updates at most and then they it gets abandoned. The iPhone 4S released in 2011 is still getting updates.

The elephant in the room for the Android platform is VoLTE support or rather lack of it. Three customers will be aware of this issue. Google have been resting on their laurels im afraid and not been thinking ahead. VoLTE has been added for all iPhone customers with iPhone 6 and newer devices. What have Google been playing at?

Marshmallow supports VoLTE. Networks just aren't using the new profiles, preferring custom firmware. Which sucks.

But yes, Google slow.

That appears to be the case however it doesn't work properly on the Nexus devices that have Marshmallow.

I won't even consider it if it does not have expandable memory or at least a decent size (128gb) for a decent price (under £550), but can't see that happening.

Looks like the S7 may have a larger capacity battery this time.


http://venturebeat.com/2016/01/04/sa...ger-batteries/

The battery issues don't really bother me as everyone has chargers and portable chargers these days. Buses and trains have usb ports and plugs.

The issue for me is memory, if it doesn't have expandable memory...I won't get it. As I didn't with the s6 edge . I've had every version since the s2 and I love them, but won't be going back if they don't change.

Same here - or at least if they priced the 128gb version at around £500, but I don't see that happening.

I would prefer the option of a battery that I can swap so that I have a spare though as I don't want to have to be carrying around USB battery charging packs like some of my friends with iPhones (a battery is so much lighter and don't have to have the phone connected by a cable whilst it's recharging).

I'm guessing the battery will not be so much of an issue if some of these newer phones have fast charging capability though.

I was going to be tempted by the Honor 7 when I'll be looking for a new phone in the near future, but the only thing that lets it down is it does not have NFC (something I've been waiting years to be made useful for payment on my Samsung phones).

Well presumably if you wanted to take as much content you would have got the 128gb model and had plenty of room left.

I hope Samsung stick to their guns and leave sd cards and removable batteries in the past were they belong.

The S6 was a vast improvement over any previous S device.

I would not mind if they did not take the Micky on the prices with the larger capacity phones (say the 128gb model for £500/£550) as on other phones you would buy a 16gb phone for £500 and then bung a £30 64gb card in it for photos/films/music etc.

I can understand leaving out removable batteries because that does give Samsung the ability to make the device thinner / the battery bigger and basically not have to worry about the mechanics of a removable battery.

But as a consumer I have no clue at all why any other consumer would think SD cards "belong in the past". If you don't use it then it literally makes no difference to you so why should it matter if it is there or not?

This. Built in storage makes more sense, but the premium charged by Apple and Samsung and others for larger capacity devices is extracting the urine.

Personally I could live without SD card slot if the capacity was 64gb or more. I can't see me ever going over that. 32gb would probably be enough, although I'd rather have 64.

But I wouldn't buy a mobile phone without a removable battery. The lack of a removable battery was one of the reasons I changed my mind from a Moto G to Galaxy Core Prime when I brought my last phone.

The ufs internal storage in the S6 is a lot faster and more reliable than an SD card. I would rather have the option of having adequate internal storage e.g. 128GB than having an SD card.

Well that's the going price. If you want more storage you have to pay. It's the same with the iPhone/ipad so I don't see why it shouldn't be any different for Samsung.

I have the S6 Edge and the battery life is pathetic.

I think this is probably my last Galaxy. No removable battery and the fixed one is very poor. No SD card facility.
Reception is poor compared with previous Galaxy's. I have had them all except for the S5.

it would be really interesting how this upcoming device will fare with their other siblings... looking forward

The S7 has been pushed back to at least August it seems. ...

You didnt answer the question, that faster storage doesnt need there to be no sdcard socket. They can do both.

Also a slimmer device = bad, its harder to pick up and hold.

I have a plastic back cover on my S5 as without it it was way too hard to grip properly.

Seems too many people now days only care about how stylish a phone looks.

Saying something belongs in the past you need a good technical reason, been out of fashion isnt a reason.

Really What I want is this.

New models every 2-3 years instead of annually, means they put more focus on supporting their products longer and there is a larger technical gap between each product.

More modular, so more things are swappable. So batteries, sdcards, ram, more sockets for addon devices such as portable keyboards etc.

Thicker phones, so they easier to pick up and hold, as well as the side of the phones been wider so there is protection for the screen (this one is hard to explain), e.g. my galaxy ace which is now a 5+ year old budget model phone from samsung has the highest build quality of any samsung phone I have seen, yes including the s6. It has a metal edge, quite thick, the edge overlaps the screen so e.g. if placed upside down the screen doesnt make contact with the surface as is raised, this also prevents accidental contact with edge of touchscreen when holding, usb socket has slide cover.

Front high quality speakers. Its a sad state of affairs when my 7 year old nokia 6420 has a better speaker than my £500 galaxy s5.

Return of FM radio capability, I believe this only got removed at the carrier's request as they want people to use digital services instead.

More physical buttons, including a way to dial for emergency services without seeing what you doing (like could on old phones).

Optional resolution, there is no need for things like HD, quad HD etc. on a 5inch screen, its just marketing junk, let me lower the resolution to something sane like 720p or 480p.

5 year support of OS updates, specifically even better have the google updates sent directly to device bypassing carriers.