Samsung Galaxy S7 Specs

Released

Mar 11, 2016

Display

5.1-inch
2560 x 1440 px

Camera

12 MP Main
5 MP Selfie

Battery

3000 mAh

Storage

32GB

Hardware

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
4GB RAM

OS

Android 8.0 Oreo
Samsung TouchWiz UI

Description

The Samsung Galaxy S7 features a 5.1-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED screen, Qualcomm's most powerful Snapdragon 820 system chip under the hood and a brand new 12-megapixel camera with low light superpowers. All of that runs on a new edition of TouchWiz on top of Android 6 Marshmallow. And yes, the microSD card slot is back: you can use a card of up to 200GB onf the S7. The Galaxy S7 also has a very large, 3000mAh battery and it adds IP68 water resistance.

This device is also known as Samsung SM-G930V, Samsung SM-G930P, Samsung SM-G930R4, Samsung SM-G9300, Samsung SM-G930F, Samsung SM-G930T, Samsung SM-G930A, Samsung SM-G930W8, Samsung SM-G930, Samsung SM-G930FD

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Deals

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Specs

Display Benchmarks
Size	5.1-inch
Resolution	2560 x 1440 px, 16:9 ratio, 576 PPI
Technology	Super AMOLED
Refresh rate	60Hz
Screen-to-body	72.30 %
Peak brightness	855 cd/m2 (nit)
Features	Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware
System chip	Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 (14 nm)
Processor	Quad-core, 2200 MHz, Kryo, 64-bit
GPU	Adreno 530
RAM	4GB (LPDDR4)
Internal storage	32GB (UFS), available to use: 24.5 GB
Storage expansion	microSDXC up to 200 GB
OS	Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow), Samsung TouchWiz UI
Device type	Smartphone
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Battery
Capacity	3000 mAh
Type	Li - Ion, Not user replaceable
Charging	Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0, Qi and Powermat wireless charging
Max charge speed	Wired: 15.0W

Camera
Rear	Single camera
Main camera	12 MP (OIS, PDAF) Specifications: Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2.5" Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Flash	LED
Video recording	3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps), 1920x1080 (Full HD) (60 fps), 1280x720 (HD) (240 fps) Features: HDR, Picture-taking during video recording, Video calling, Video sharing
Front	5 MP (HDR)

Design
Dimensions	5.61 x 2.74 x 0.31 inches (142.4 x 69.6 x 7.9 mm)
Weight	5.36 oz(152.0 g)
Materials	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics	Fingerprint (touch)
Features	Touch sensitive control keys
Keys	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors	Black, Gold, Silver, Pink, White, Pink gold

Cellular
4G (FDD)	Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700 a), 18(800 Lower), 19(800 Upper), 20(800 DD), 29(700 d), 30(2300 WCS)
4G (TDD)	Bands 38(2600), 39(1900+), 40(2300), 41(2600+)
3G	Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850)
Data Speed	LTE-A Cat 9 (450/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
SIM type	Nano SIM
HD Voice	Yes
VoLTE	Yes
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Multimedia
Headphones	3.5mm jack
Speakers	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features	aptX-HD
Screen mirroring	DLNA,Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)	Noise cancellation

Connectivity & Features
Bluetooth	4.2
Wi-Fi	802.11 a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
USB	microUSB, USB 2.0, Features: Charging, OTG, Mass storage device
Hearing aid compatible	M4/T3
Location	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Sensors	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer
Other	NFC, ANT+, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Regulatory Approval
FCC approval	Date approved: Feb 12, 2016 FCC ID value: A3LSMG930F
Measured SAR	Head: 0.43 W/kg Body: 1.06 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.03 W/kg

Buyers information
MSRP	$ 699

Availability
Officially announced	Feb 21, 2016

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Alternative variants

International version

Differences from the main variant:
System chip	Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890 (14 nm)
Processor	Octa-core, 2300 MHz, Exynos M1 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit
GPU	Mali-T880 MP12
RAM	4GB (LPDDR4)

with 64 GB storage

Differences from the main variant:
Internal storage	64GB

for Verizon Wireless

Differences from the main variant:
4G (FDD)	Bands 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700 c), 18(800 Lower), 19(800 Upper), 20(800 DD)
3G	Bands 5(850), 8(900), 2(1900), 1(2100)

for Sprint

Differences from the main variant:
4G (FDD)	Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 8(900), 12(700 a), 25(1900+), 26(850+)
4G (TDD)	Bands 41(2600+)
3G	Bands 5(850), 8(900), 2(1900), 1(2100)

for U.S. Cellular

Differences from the main variant:
4G (FDD)	Bands 2(1900), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 8(900), 12(700 a), 13(700 c), 18(800 Lower), 19(800 Upper), 25(1900+)
4G (TDD)	Bands 38(2600), 39(1900+), 40(2300)
3G	Bands 5(850), 8(900), 2(1900), 1(2100)

Differences from the main variant:
Dual SIM	Yes

Carrier Availability

Discontinued

Verizon
AT&T
T-Mobile
U.S. Cellular
Metro by T-Mobile
Cricket
Boost Mobile
Xfinity Mobile
Tracfone

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