Samsung raises Curtain on Galaxy S7 models

Samsung on Sunday brought two new models of its flagship Galaxy smartphone line at the annual gala for the cellular global, the mobile world convention in Barcelona, Spain.

both phones have similar features, however one, the Galaxy S7 facet, has a five.5-inch display, the equal length because the iPhone 6s Plus.

The units have curved screens that assist quad HD decision, in addition to a slight curve on the back, making them less difficult to hold.

to soothe complaints about the battery life of the previous Galaxy technology, the units have received power boosts. The S7 area has a three,six hundred-mAh battery, a bounce from the S6 aspect's 2,600, and the S7 has a three,000-mAh energy supply, whilst the S6's battery was simplest 2,550.

similarly, the gadgets are water and dust resistant, aid microSD garage, and run on Android 6.0 Marshmallow.

Fewer Megapixels 

Samsung also has made a few adjustments inside the Galaxy's digital camera. It has decreased the wide variety of megapixels on the shooter's sensor to twelve from 16, but improved the size of the pixels, which need to enhance the digicam's overall performance in low light conditions.

The pixels within the new Galaxy fashions are 30 percent large than the ones within the iPhone 6s Plus, 1.four micron in comparison to at least one.22 micron for Apple.

both Apple and Google have gone the less-however-bigger-pixel route with some achievement, so Samsung's rivals already have accomplished a number of the purchaser training approximately the flow.

"it'll work as long as they body it in terms of bigger pixels get extra light," said Daniel Matte, an analyst with Canalys.

larger pixels also make it less difficult to include into each pixel autofocusing generation, which permits the digicam to take sharper pix faster.

"Autofocus is virtually speedy now -- nearly instant anywhere across the image," Matte instructed TechNewsWorld.

"that's been in DSLRs and great cameras for some time, and now it is migrated to the phone market," he delivered. "it is a big improvement." 

blended critiques

"they're a pleasant development over previous versions, however they may be now not groundbreaking," stated Bob O'Donnell, founder and leader analyst at Technalysis research.

"There isn't anyone function this is a killer and could massively flow the needle in the marketplace," Matte said.

"The great addition they made changed into adding Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820, which in sure use instances doubles the overall performance," Patrick Moorhead, major analyst at Moor Insights & strategy, told TechNewsWorld.

virtual truth

For customers who preorder both of the brand new smartphone fashions up to March 18, Samsung is imparting a candy deal: a free gear VR headset.

further, Oculus is imparting folks who preorder the phones six equipment VR games free of charge.

Will the lure of a unfastened VR headset help enhance initial income?

"there's now not that a good deal content material obtainable for VR, so it is more of a gimmick at this point," Technalysis' O'Donnell told TechNewsWorld.

"they are going to incent human beings to strive VR," said Gartner studies Director Brian Blau.

"it is a nice incentive if you're interested in doing VR with a Samsung telephone," he told TechNewsWorld. "beyond that, it's now not going to change the picture for typical phone sales."

Cooling marketplace

Samsung, as nicely other cellphone makers, could very just like to trade the contemporary photo for cellphone sales.

"we are seeing a lengthening of improve cycles for smartphones and boom is slowing. it will be tough for absolutely everyone to do properly inside the smartphone marketplace in the following couple of years in terms of growth," Canalys' Matte said.

"As phones mature," he persisted, "they come to be proper enough for the general public, so it is more hard to sell them."

inside the u.s., some other issue contributing to longer upgrade cycles is the phasing out of smartphone subsidies.

"Now that humans are paying complete rate for their telephones, they want them to closing longer," O'Donnell stated.

"Lifetimes are extending past  years, so simply as we noticed lifetimes expand for desktops, we're going to see them extended for telephones," he brought.

however, Canalys is predicting any other double-digit increase year for smartphones this yr. Globally, it predicts phone shipments will crack 1.five billion in 2016.

"regardless of turbulence for certain carriers and countries," it mentioned in a file released Monday, "the industry will still grow through over 10 percent this 12 months thanks to new possibilities."