The S7 and S7 Edge are IP68-certified for dust and water resistance; unlike the Galaxy S5, the ports are sealed and thus do not require protective flaps.[5][6] Both the S7 and S7 Edge feature a 1440p Quad HD Super AMOLED display; the S7 has a 5.1-inch panel, while the S7 Edge uses a larger 5.5-inch panel. As with the prior model, the S7 Edge’s screen is curved along the side bezels of the device.[5][6] Both models also have larger batteries in comparison to the S6, with 3000 mAh and 3600 mAh capacity respectively and support for wireless charging and the Qi open interface standard.[5][6][12] They also feature a 12-megapixel rear-facing camera with a Dual Pixel image sensor and f/1.7 aperture lens.[3][5][6]
Galaxy S7 devices are equipped with an octa-core Exynos 8890 system on a chip and 4GB of RAM. In China and the United States, the S7 uses the quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820; unlike Exynos, this SoC supports older CDMA networks that are extensively used by carriers in these markets.[13][14] The heat from the processor is transferred with a 0.4mm thick water-to-steam heat pipe cooling system.[15] The S7 includes either 32 or 64 GB of internal storage ( in most markets only the 32 GB model will be available) . Storage can be expanded using a microSD card.[5]
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Galaxy S7 Edge shows notifications on the edge
The Galaxy S7 ships with Android Marshmallow and Samsung’s proprietary TouchWiz software suite. The new TouchWiz also allows the user to disable the app drawer. A new Always On functionality displays a clock, calendar, and notifications on-screen when the device is in standby. The display is turned off completely if the device’s proximity sensor detects that it is in an enclosed space such as a pocket. Samsung claims this feature would only consume half a percentage of battery capacity per-hour.[5][6] New widget panes can be displayed on the edge of the S7 Edge, in Edge Single and wider Edge Single Plus sizes.[16] Android Marshmallow’s adopted storage feature was disabled by Samsung and is not usable.[17]
The Samsung Galaxy S7 was announced as having support for the Vulkan 1.0 low-level rendering API on launch day, [18] however support did not arrive until half a year later, [19] meaning it wasn’t the first phone with it as still claimed.