This is a superior smartphone with market-leading performance, stunning display, knock-out design, and a world-class camera that will make iPhone owners envious. The returning microSD card slot and waterproofing add to its utility, and its top-of-the-line spec sheet guarantee a bit of futureproofing...

The most attractive smartphone design; hands down; Best smartphone camera on the market; Stunning display; Market-leading performance

Glass and metal build slippery; Fingerprint sensor finicky; New edge and display features still need work

So that's the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. It's just as stunning as last year's S6 Edge and packs in some genuinely useful features to go with its Fancy Dan visage. Chief among these is a whopping great battery life that can withstand even the most demanding of smartphone users.

That gorgeous curved screen; Immense battery life; Incredibly powerful

Edge apps still mostly superfluous

In this Age of Instagram, a great camera is one of the few reasons to pay $650 (roughly Rs. 43,500) or more for the latest smartphone, instead of $200 or $300 (roughly Rs. 13,400 or Rs. 20,100) for a budget phone that does texting, Facebook and Web surfing just as well.

The Galaxy S6 family of smartphones was a big step forward for Samsung. The company changed tack and emphasised camera and design over just making devices with an ever expanding (but not necessarily useful) list of features. The S6 and (especially) S6 Edge were devices you could genuinely lust over.

Svelte design; Fantastic camera; Snappy performance

Slight software issues; TouchWiz; Fingerprint magnet

There's little doubt that Samsung has been on to a good thing with its Galaxy range of smartphones. For a number of years now the Galaxy S range has been incredibly popular with consumers and reviewers alike, starting with the original Galaxy S in 2010 and most recently in 2015 with the Galaxy S6.

Great battery life; Amazing f/1.7 camera captures great photos effortlessly; Fast & efficient Exynos processor with 4GB of RAM; Water resistance and MicroSD support is back

Wallet pain: These phones are very expensive, The Always On display is neat, but could be way more useful, The IR blaster is gone; no more controlling the TV, MicroSD support is great, but there's no adoptable storage here

Samsung hasn't reinvented itself with the Samsung Galaxy S7 or Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, but it has produced a pair of very fine handsets, even if Australia doesn't get the fastest possible models. Over at finder.com.au, I've reviewed both handsets prior to their 11 March official release.

That gorgeous curved screen; Immense battery life; Incredibly powerful;

Edge apps still mostly superfluous;

Whether you value the premium glass and aluminium chassis, the high-end specs, or the outstanding camera. This smartphone has it all. Expandable storage and waterproofing, back from the S5, are also big bonuses, and all of this shows that Samsung has really listened to customer complaints about the...

Premium glass and metal design; microSD and waterproofing; Large battery and great camera

Fingerprints; Fingerprints everywhere; Cartoonish looking UI

Of all the phones announced at Mobile World Congress 2016, Samsung's Galaxy S7 Edge was the one that impressed me the most. It's clear Samsung has listened to complaints leveled at last year's flagship and have endeavored to address every one.

Refined design is stunningly beautiful; Camera is uber fast and delivers excellent image quality; Exynos 8890 SoC is powerful; Fantastic battery life and display; The microSD slot is back as a must-have, water resistance as a differentiating feature

TouchWiz still lacks polish, should be made optional; Glass body is slippery and attracts fingerprints; No USB Type-C

Whilst first impressions might lump the S7 and S7 Edge into the same camp as Apple's iterative ‘s' handsets, they're more an example of a massive electronics behemoth actually listening to its consumers without going out of its way to push ‘innovative' new features that barely see use after the...

Stunning design; Class-leading display; Impressive performance; Excellent all-round cameras