OUR VERDICT
Samsung has tweaked the winning design from the S6, righted the wrongs of its previous flagships, and made a phone you don't want to put down. The Samsung Galaxy S7 is iterative perfection.
FOR
- Improved, waterproof design
- Fantastic screen and power
- Superb camera
AGAINST
- High price
- Only 32GB internal space
- Fingerprint magnet
Update: Android Nougat is now rolling out to the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge around the world - we'll be updating our devices very soon to see how the phone handles the new software. Plus the upcoming release of the Samsung Galaxy S8 may mean the price of the S7 will drop.
We won't beat around the bush: needing to improve upon a stellar phone, the Samsung Galaxy S7 is a handset that packs great battery smarts, excellent camera abilities and loads of raw power into an increasingly affordable package.
In short the Samsung Galaxy S7 is an excellent phone, but we're just days away now from the Samsung Galaxy S8 being launched, and early sightings have it as one of the most impressively-made flagship phones of all time - so check out our dedicated hub of all the key information to see if that's going to be the phone for you.
The design is similar to 2015's Galaxy S6 - meaning some have said the Galaxy S7 should be called the Galaxy S6S - but this in-depth review shows there's a lot more going on under the hood to supplement the improved design.
If you're looking for the curved phone variant of this design, the Galaxy S7 isn't competing as closely with the Galaxy S7 Edge as the S6 did with the S6 Edge, with the curved display variant getting a bump in screen size this time round, taking it more into phablet territory.
Be sure to watch our video review of the Samsung Galaxy S7
SAMSUNG GALAXY S7 EDGE – DESIGN
Metal and glass build, curved display, IP68 water resistant, available in black or gold
Design hasn't always been Samsung's strong suit. Just two years ago, Samsung released the Galaxy S5. The handset was the most powerful phone available at the time, but it wasn’t a looker. Last year’s Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge signalled a much needed change for Samsung, and the change is only more obvious with the S7 Edge.









