Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. They are both great handsets currently among the bestand you may be having a hard time trying to decide which one is worth your hard-earned cash. We are here to put these phones head-to-head and help you decide.
First things first: I want to let you know I will be approaching this comparison a little bit differently. Obviously, these smartphones share a lot of similarities, with only a few differences standing in between. For this reason, I will be discussing the similarities first, then I will move on to what sets them apart.
A lot of the similarities within these phones will lie within the actual hardware and internal specs. They both have microSD card support, which just so happens to be a returning feature Samsung had dropped in the Galaxy S6 and Note 5 families last year.
Samsung was made out to be a pariah for its decision to remove this feature so we know many of you will be happy about its return in the Galaxy S7 family. Both handsets are also resistant against water and dust IP68so you can totally dunk these phones into a toilet or use them during a storm.
Fingerprint sensors continue to be embedded into the home button. As expected, they work almost flawlessly and are super fast to recognize your digits: you really should have no issue with this fingerprint sensor. These phones sport a 12 MP sensor, which happens to be new and improved.
Throw in the fact that they have dual-pixel auto-focusing technology and this makes for an amazing camera. This is seriously the fastest auto-focusing I have ever seen on a smartphone, hands down. As far as actual photo quality goes, you should already know the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge take amazing photos under any lighting conditions.
Is it the best smartphone camera on the market? Some of these differences will have some similarities as well, but there is a reason why I put them in this section of the article and video. Both smartphones offer premium quality, made of glass and metal. But as it goes with anything made of glass, this also means they can be slippery and prone to keeping fingerprints around.
With a few colors to choose from, some are more prone to displaying fingerprints than others but whichever color you go for, we recommend keeping a cloth handy to help wipe those fingerprints away. The biggest difference is obviously the size of these gadgets.
The Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge is a slightly bigger phone, due to the bigger 5. If you want a phone that is easier to grab with one hand, you will probably want to go with the regular Samsung Galaxy S7, which sports a smaller 5. Those who want a phone with a large screen and that curved edge glass will likely gravitate towards the S7 Edge.
Both feel very comfortable in the hand, but Teknikfrågor, the Galaxy S7 is much simpler to handle. That brings me to the next topic, which is the actual screen.