We're going to unbox the smaller Galaxy S7. I've got the gold platinum version here.
And then we're going to unbox the larger one: the S7 Edge. We've got the black onyx.
So I'm gonna put this one aside and open up the gold platinum S7.
And it's out. Samsung's really done a great job this year with it's packaging.
It's pretty small, feels good in your hand,
has a 5.1-inch screen. Gonna put this one on the side while it boots up.
Documents. Junk.
Got a SIM card ejector tool. Wall charger and a USB cable.
Oh, what is this? Looks like a little micro USB extension.
Got the micro USB on one side and then you got the full size USB port on the other.
Headphones! There we go, just broke it apart with my nails.
Standard earbuds, got some ear tips, got a mic on it.
It looks like this one is actually a fast charger, so it's kind of like rapid charging
or quick charging and it will allow you to top off your phone really quickly.
I wish there was a wireless charger. Samsung, put a wireless charger inside of the box
if you want people to use it.
I mean, so far the phone feels really great.
Nice premium metal body, metal and glass. The back is just like the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge.
It's very reflective and tracks fingerprints very easily. I do really like the curved edges on the back.
It's kind of like the Galaxy Note 5. It just molds into your palm, makes it easier to grip.
Okay, here we go. The phone is on.
Right now this phone is running Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Samsung's own custom skin TouchWiz sits on top of that.
So all the icons, all the settings, all that is Samsung's design.
I personally like a stock Android experience, so I like not having all this bloatware.
Look at how much bloatware this is. They sorted an entire folder for it. Look at this. Verizon.
Eight Verizon apps in a Verizon folder. Amazon Kindle, Amazon Music.
You've got a bunch of more Samsung apps that you probably never use. Samsung Milk Music.
S Voice. S Health. I mean, just so much extra stuff.
Like this, this is a Verizon app: Go 90. Got a game launcher. I mean, what is this stuff?
You only get 32GB of internal storage and they fill it up with this crap.
The camera has a 12 megapixel sensor on the back with a f/1.7 aperture and it's pretty quick to fire off too.
Hear that burst?
100.
Wow, there's a burst on the front-facing camera as well. Impressive.
Also 100 shots. Just took 100 selfies, guys!
So right now we're going to pop open the SIM card tray which also stores the microSD card
for storage expansion. So this is a feature that Samsung didn't include in the Galaxy
S6 and they brought it back for the S7 due to popular demand.
This it looks like a micro USB extension, you can use it to transfer your content folder
from your old phone to your new phone, well that's nice and handy.
We've got both phones connected to each other. You can use the Smart Switch application to
transfer your old data into your new phone. We're not gonna test this right now, but we will in our full review.
We're gonna go and check out the larger S7 Edge.
This is the bigger brother. It's the larger model with a larger screen.
Internally it's identical to the Galaxy S7 so there won't be too much in terms of difference in performance.
Here's the phone.
Here's a smaller S7 and here's a larger S7 Edge.
Boot it up. Putting this down for now.
See what else is in the box, should be exactly the same as the smaller model.
I gotta say the box is really lovely. I'm a huge packaging guy.
Okay, we're gonna set this S7. "To enable accessibility mode continue holding
the screen with two fingers until you hear..." Oh, no, what did I do?
"Accessibility enabled. Voice assistant turned on."
I don't know what just happened. Guys, I have no idea what just happened. How do I stop this?
"Next button. Next button."
Oh my god, what did I do? "Screen turned, screen turned, screen turned on."
Okay.
"Power off button. Restart button. Restart button."
We're gonna restart this.
This year's edge model is larger.
Last year was the exact same size as the flat model. You know, I thought it was a gimmick, but it actually
feels really nice. The curve is actually curvier, I guess. It's softer on the edges.
Feels better in your hands, so it's not cutting into your palms. You'll notice the camera nub is flatter
and slimmer so when you place it on a surface, it won't wobble as much.
It runs the same version of Android 6.0 with Samsung's TouchWiz skin. It's got the same
processor inside. It's got the same 4GB of RAM, the same internal storage. It's got the same
SIM card tray with the slot for a microSD card.
So the larger model, the S7 Edge, does have a few special features that the smaller model
doesn't have, such as the apps edge features. So if you slide it in from the side, you'll
get some edge panels. Here we've got apps edge, which gives you shortcuts to your favorite apps.
Here we've got tasks edge, which lets you create shortcuts to access specific app functions.
So this one is to create a contact. This one is to take a selfie.
You can email specific people.
Got a compass. Got a ruler. Ha! I can measure things, guys. Let me measure the other S7.
I don't know why you would ever need a compass widget.
That's southwest. And I found north, guys. I found northwest.