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'Samsung Galaxy S7' News, Specs, Update, Features: New Samsung Phone To Come In Four Variants, All With Iris Scanner

The freshest rumor about the upcoming "Samsung Galaxy S7" is that it will come in four variants. Meaning, aside from the main star that is the "Samsung Galaxy S7", there is gonna be a "Samsung Galaxy S7+", alongside a "Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge" and a "Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge+" - all these according to the photos that surfaced online recently. If this news excites you, here's more: the new Samsung flagship batch will all sport an iris scanner!

For the "Samsung Galaxy S7", the expected screen size is 5.2 inch. However, the "Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge" that will come with it won't have the same display size, instead, the Edge unit will sport a 5.5 inch display. According to sources, the "Samsung Galaxy S7" will have dimensions similar to that of the "Samsung Galaxy S6", only that the S7 will have a larger screen that its predecessor. Meaning, the "Samsung Galaxy S7" will have a higher screen to body ratio of 73.94% compared to the "Galaxy S6" which only has a 70.7% ratio. The bigger "Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge" on the other hand, will come with a screen to body ratio of 76.62%.

Furthermore, there are also news about an even larger "Samsung Galaxy S7" which should be the "Samsung Galaxy S7+", and it will have a 6 inch display. This unit could arrive with the "Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge+" which will have a dual edge curved screen that is also 6 inch in size.

For the announcement date, it was said that the "Samsung Galaxy S7" batch will be unveiled February 20. As a conclusion, it looks like the best feature of the new Samsung flagships is its iris scanner, especially for the fact that the phones will also have a fingerprint scanner on top of it. Samsung really does its best to add new features to its flagship phones year after year. With this technology, it's interesting to imagine what the company has in mind for an S7 successor.


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