You can now buy Samsung's Galaxy S7 Edge Olympic Edition for $850
Good guy Samsung has gifted 12,500 Olympic athletes, competing in the Olympic Summer Games in Brazil this year, a special "Olympic Games" variant of the Galaxy S7 Edge. But what about the rest of us?
Well, starting today, anyone can get in on the action as the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Olympic Games Edition (keeping the names short and sweet, eh Samsung?), is now available at Best Buy for $849.99.
Specs-wise, the phone is the same as the regular Galaxy S7 Edge, but it does come with a lot of Olympic-themed goodies and details, which might make the price worth it (the regular, unlocked S7 Edge costs $749.99).
The phone itself is a 32GB variant, with a black metal frame and Olympic rings on the back, as well as colored buttons, speaker grille, camera and fingerprint sensor and a matching software theme. You also get a special pouch adorned with the words "Olympic Games Edition."
An Olympic rings-adorned VR headset would be nice — remember the cool one that came with the Batman edition of the S7 Edge? — but unfortunately, it's not included.
You can get a good overview of this limited edition phone in Samsung's unboxing video, above.
The Galaxy S7's hardware design is largely identical to that of the S6; it retains its metal and glass chassis, but with refinements such as a squarer home button, and a thinner protrusion for the camera. Both models are available in black and gold colors; a white, pink, and silver version will be available depending on the market.The S7 and S7 Edge are IP68-certified for dust and water resistance; unlike the Galaxy S5, the S7's ports are sealed and therefore it does not have protective flaps.[3][4] Moisture in the charging port prevents the phone from charging.
Galaxy S7 devices are equipped with a Samsung Exynos 8890 system on a chip and 4 GB of RAM. In the United States and China, the S7 uses the quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, as unlike Exynos, it supports the CDMA2000 networks which are still extensively used by some U.S. and China carriers.[8][9] The heat from the processor is transferred with a 0.4mm thick water-to-steamheat pipe cooling system.[10] The S7 includes either 32 or 64 GB of internal storage (in most markets only the 32 GB model will be available). The micro SD card slot was restored, enabling expansion of storage capacity. As well as accepting a multitude of micro SD cards, to top it off, with the unveiling of the Sandisk 200 GB micro SDXC the Samsung Galaxy S7 has a significant data storage capability.
Both the S7 and S7 Edge feature a 1440p Super AMOLED display; the S7 has a 5.1-inch panel, while the S7 Edge (succeeding the S6 Edge+, as there is no longer a 5.1-inch curved-screen in the S7 lineup unlike the S6 Edge) now uses a larger 5.5-inch panel. As with the prior model, the S7 Edge's screen is curved along the side bezels of the device.[3][4] Both models also have larger batteries in comparison to the S6, with 3000 mAh and 3600 mAh capacity respectively and support for wireless charging.They also feature a 12-megapixel rear-facing camera with a "Dual Pixel"image sensor and f/1.7 aperture lens.
Some carriers like T-Mobile provide the device with a locked bootloader, preventing rooting the device or installing third party system software.
Initially released in Black Onyx, Gold Platinum and Silver Titanium,[12] it was revealed in April 2016 that Samsung has added a Rose Pink option.
You can now buy Samsung's Galaxy S7 Edge Olympic Edition for $850
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