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Samsung Galaxy S7 edge - 5.0 / 5

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Samsung Galaxy S7 edge review: Familiar design

  • 150.9 x 72.6 x 7.7mm, 157g Dual curved display edges Glass back gives premium feel Blue coral, black, gold, white, silver, pink gold colours

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Samsung Galaxy S7 edge review: Hardware and performance

  • Exynos 8 Octa or Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM 32GB storage + microSD Fingerprint scanner

Samsung Galaxy S7 edge review: Battery life

  • 3600mAh battery Fast charging Micro-USB connection

Samsung Galaxy S7 edge review: Dazzling display

  • 5.5-inch, 2560 x 1440 pixels, 534ppi Dual curved AMOLED

Samsung Galaxy S7 edge review: Software

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Samsung Galaxy S7 edge review: Camera performance

To recap

The Samsung Galaxy S7 edge is an excellent smartphone, fusing together wonderful design and performance, with few weaknesses. The software could be tamed down a little more, but the Galaxy S7 edge is a star and one of the hottest handsets of 2016, showing strength going into 2017.