Regular users will easily see out a day on this battery and we think most power users could too – an hour of Netflix over wi-fi on half brightness drained the battery by 8 per cent. It’s a subtle upgrade, but one we welcome. The S7’s battery also gets a boost over its predecessor, up from a 2550mAh battery in the S6 to a 3000mAh one (though it’s still not removable). This is thanks to the S7’s built-in thermal spreader, which works in a similar way to liquid cooling in a PC to keep heat at bay.
With all this power, the S7 manages to run remarkably cool, even under pressure, barely warming our palms during an intense blast through Asphalt 8 or a Netflix marathon.
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We stick to 1080p for the perfect balance of detail and file size, but there’s also slo-mo and hyperlapse recording to hand should you wish. Video is also available all the way up to 4K resolution.
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We stick to the auto setting for the most part, but the Pro mode opens up a whole host of manual controls for the budding photographer, including ISO, white balance and shutter speed. Most importantly, the app is well thought out and easy to use, with all the controls you’ll need, including HDR, to hand on the main screen. There’s maybe a little too much sharpness than is realistic, thanks perhaps to a touch of overprocessing, but it’s only really noticeable when you zoom in on an image – it’s far from distracting. Colours are bright and vivid, contrast is strong and edges are well defined – all things we’ve come to expect from Samsung in recent years. Well-lit photos are more closely matched though, and performance is good. The iPhone’s flash creates a warmer, more natural result too. We do find the S7 can occasionally overdo highlights in its quest for brighter shots though, while the iPhone manages to stay a little more balanced, if noisier. We’re still waiting on Samsung Pay to launch in the UK, so for now the scanner is just for security – though you can authenticate Google Play purchases with it too.
Samsung’s excellent fingerprint scanner returns here too, as part of the home button – and it’s as responsive as the best of them. It still doesn’t quite manage to sit completely flush, but at 0.46mm away from the back casing, it’s close enough to make for a much cleaner line. While the rear camera module jutted out someway from the slim body of the S6, Samsung has managed to get it much closer to the body of the S7. The final design tweak is another subtle one, but one that will please the nitpickers. You’ll now be able to boost the 32GB internal storage by up to another 200GB. It was one of our only major criticisms of last year’s handset, so it’s good to see Samsung has worked around the hardware restraints to squeeze it back in as part of the SIM tray. Another welcome return is the microSD card slot, which was nixed last year in place of a more premium design.