Samsung Galaxy S7 launched at Rs 48,900, Galaxy S7 edge at Rs 56,900

Samsung has recently launched its latest flagship smartphones -- Galaxy S7 and S7 edge -- in India. The launch comes within a month of their global launch at MWC 2016 in Barcelona.

As speculated, Samsung will sell the Exynos 8890 chipset variant in the country and not the other one with Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC. The new S7 and S7 edge will cost Rs 48,900 and Rs 56,900 respectively. Both will be available starting March 18.

Samsung is continuing with its familiar 'glass and metal' design in both the new flagships, which was first introduced in the older S6 series. The company claims that its new smartphones offer superior performance and are IP68 waterproof.

Both Galaxy S7 and S7 edge smartphones sport similar hardware. While the Galaxy S7 offers a 5.1-inch display, weigh 152 gram and is powered by a 3,000mAh battery, on the other hand, the bigger S7 edge sports a 5.5-inch display, 3,600mAh battery and weighs 5 gram more. The two new high-end smartphones have a Quad HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels.

In terms of software, the major difference between S7 and S7 edge is in the new improved App Edge display on the right side. Both run the latest version of Google's Android operating system, Marshmallow.

Samsung has finally brought back the microSD card slot. They now support up to 200GB microSD cards.

Other specs of the new Galaxy smartphone include Exynos 8890 64-bit octa-core (2.3GHz quad-core + 1.6GHz quad-core) processor with with 4GB LPDDR4 RAM, 12MP dual pixel f/1.7rear camera with smart OIS, 5MP selfie shooter, 4G support (LTE Cat 9), Fast Charging along with other regular connectivity options. Samsung has incorporated liquid cooling technology to counter heating issues in these phones.