The Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge is a bit of an awkward phone for Samsung. Nothing in reference to it's actual shape or wizzy personality, but more in reference to the legacy the S6 left behind. Basically what I'm saying is, The S7 has some pretty big shoes to fill.

Quality build; Buttery smooth performance; Battery is significantly improved

Fingerprint magnet; Always-on screen is basic; Expensive

I had an old S5 that was getting slower by the minute, and I couldn't afford a new S9. So I ordered this S7 and I am very pleased with the phone. The storage, the life of the battery, the new features, everything is great. Really happy I made this purchase.

Great camera

Some of the features are useless to me or just gimmicks

The latest Samsung Galaxy smartphones are here! Dave Rees and I have each been lucky enough to score eval units of the S7 Edge and the Gear VR headset (we'll post a separate review of the VR headset soon) from Verizon Wireless.

micro SD card slot; Samsung Pay; Gorgeous display; Excellent camera

Expensive; Massive delay for OS updates; Accidental screen taps from palm touching curved sides

The phones look and feel fantastic, and that wasn't something we could truthfully say about a Samsung phone 18 months ago. It also seems Samsung have listened to some of the criticisms levelled at the S6 , and done their best to resolve them.

Both phones cost a pretty penny and each have beautiful 5.5in QHD screens, so it's going to be hard to pick a winner. The Galaxy S7 Edge is the S7's curvier, sexier sibling, enough for us to proclaim it 'the most beautiful Android smartphone of 2016 so far' at the time of The end of the year is fast...

Got an update today (12-04-2016) that fixes some camera big (minor distortion – wide angle lens), fixes other bugs, improves haptic vibrations and added mobile print plugin.

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.

When you pull everything on offer in the Galaxy S7 edge together, it's pretty darn impressive. Don't let the physical similarities to the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge turn you away - there is so much to like about this year's flagship.

Excellent screen; Solid performance; Great camera; Waterproofing is a big bonus

Pre-installed software still bothersome; Back glass a fingerprint magnet; Only 32GB models available; Edge screen software not super useful

The Galaxy S7 and S7 edge will invite controversy by their very existence. Samsung could serve up the S7 at half the price and with half the bloat and people would still be making TouchWiz jokes like it was 2012. That's life when you're the most popular Android smartphone maker on the planet.

Display Samsung has had the best smartphone displays in the business since, give or take, the Galaxy Note 3; They still do, even if you don't hear that praise being sung so often these days (mostly because it's just a given), Quality Samsung's phones still feel and look the nicest of any Android OEM...

Speed The Snapdragon 820 version of the S7 feels no quicker than an S6 on Marshmallow; Really; It's noticeable; It's also noticeably slower than the Exynos variant; I have my suspicions about this, see them in the performance section, Camera It has greatly improved low-light performance, but this...