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this is dan from the verge and I'm taking a look at the new Galaxy s7 and galaxy s7 edge from Samsung these are Samsung's flagship phones for this year and I'm very similar in looks and feel to last year's s6 and s6 edge but there are some key differences that Samsung's really improved in a number of ways for one the s7 is a 5.1 inch display so that's the same size as last year but the back has been curved so it's a little bit more comfortable to hold very similar to the note 5s design there but the bigger change is with the s7 edge it's now a 5.5 inch screen it still has that dual curved edge display but the back has a slight curve to it as well to make it more comfortable to hold and easier to pick up off a table the bigger screen is still in a compact size you can see there's a pretty small phone it's not much bigger than the 5.1 inch s7 it's significantly smaller than other phones with 5.5 inch screens like the iPhone 6 plus and it makes it a lot easier to use in one hand and to slip in and out of your pocket and yet still gives you a really big display the display itself is obviously Samsung Super AMOLED technology it's got a qHD resolution you can see here on the back the camera has been trimmed down a lot so it's not doesn't stick out as much as it used to it's a 12 megapixel camera this year so it's a new sensor and Samsung says that the autofocus system has been greatly improved as well as low-light capture so brighter lens larger pixels for better low-light capabilities and then a lot of the other details are very similar to last year's phones however the big change here is obviously you can now put a micro SD card slot in and these new phones are now also water resistant up to one and a half meters for 30 minutes so those are two big changes from last year's phone inside the devices that we sold here in the US are gonna be running Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 whereas Samsung it used its own Exynos processor elsewhere it's obviously a very high-end fast processor everything here is going to run really fast and quick it's running Android 6.0 marshmallow it's got Samsung's TouchWiz skin on top of it of course supports Samsung pay quick charge or fast charging Wireless fast charging all those features that have become kind of standard on Samsung devices the one thing that's been updated for the s7 edge is the new edge panel here it's larger you can see more detail you can get more information you can add more shortcuts to apps you can add direct shortcuts for various activities like taking a selfie is a bit more customization there as well the other one other feature that sensitives added is a new always-on display so you can see the time and date and you can set a picture or clock or notifications here that will always be accessible on the screen itself it's not a wake up or anything like that it's just always on the screen samsung says that the s7 and s7 edge will be available on all carriers here in the US and you can expect them to hit stores on March 11th and the pricing should be roughly about the same as last year's that's it for the Samsung Galaxy s7 s7 edge for more be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel