After years of trafficking in plastic flagships, the glass-and-metal Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge proved Samsung still knew how to make jaw-dropping phones. Ah, but there was a rub -- a few of them, in fact. The expandable memory slots were gone. Neither phone was waterproof. The S6 Edge's flat back and slim sides felt awkward. Curvy screens aside, both phones were identical. The shortcomings were few, but they were notable.
For all their physical differences, the S7 ($650 and up without contract) and S7 Edge ($750-plus) share many of the same internals. Thrumming inside both US versions is one of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 chipsets, which matches a pair of 2.15GHz processor cores with two other 1.2GHz cores. You'd naturally assume the international versions of the phone, with an octa-core Exynos chipset, would run smoother, but Samsung insists that the performance differences between these variants are basically negligible. I can't confirm that until I get my hands on an international S7, but you needn't fret much: The Snapdragon 820 and 4GB of RAM we're getting in the US offers plenty of power to work with.
Samsung is particularly proud of its clever new 12-megapixel camera, which is featured in both the S7 and S7 Edge. Oh, and this time Samsung did a better job integrating those cameras into the phones' bodies; unsightly camera lumps are a thing of the past. Most important, Samsung took to heart our complaints about last year's models: The S7 and S7 Edge are IP68-rated water- and dust-resistant and accept microSD cards as large as 200GB to boot. That last spec is going to be especially important. While Samsung is indeed making versions of the S7 with 64GB of storage, you'll only be able to find 32GB models here in the States. It's a shame that the combination SIM and microSD card tray is so flimsy -- getting both cards in place often required as much luck as skill. And since security is more important than ever these days, both versions of the S7 come fitted with fingerprint sensors. All it takes to set them up is a surprisingly fast fingerprint registration process, and both of them do a reasonably good job recognizing my prints. Still, I think Huawei had the right idea with its rear-mounted sensor placement on the Nexus 6.
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