
As with previous Samsung handsets, though, that all changes when you enable auto-brightness. With auto-brightness disabled, brightness peaks at 354cd/m2, which doesn’t look all that great. With the phone strapped into a pair of VR goggles, the screen mere centimeters from your eyes and split in two (one-half per eye), the resolution you need for a crisp display skyrockets, and every additional pixel counts.


It’s for use in a VR headset such as the Samsung Gear VR however, such high resolutions come into their own. At least not without reverting to a magnifying glass.
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Some might say such a high resolution is pointless after all, from typical viewing distances, most people wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between the S7’s screen and a 1080p one of the same size. The S7 has a 5.1in Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1,440 x 2,560 – the same as the Samsung Galaxy S6 – and it’s as sharp as sharp can be. Smaller camera “hump” protrudes only 0.46mm Octa-core Samsung Exynos 8890 processor (2 x quad-core CPUs running at 2.3GHz and 1.6GHz)ġ2-megapixel rear camera with f/1.7 aperture, dual-pixel phase-detect autofocus Samsung Galaxy S7 Review: Specification and Price 5.1in Super AMOLED display, Quad HD resolution, always-on From that perspective, it’s well worth having.

With the Galaxy S7, you don’t have to worry about getting your phone out when it’s raining. Technically, this means it’s possible to completely submerge the phone in up to 1.5 meters of water for up to 30 minutes, so you could use it to take pictures of hermit crabs in rock pools – if that’s what floats your boat.
