After long rumors for next Samsung Galaxy S series flagships devices Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge, Samsung has now officially sent out the invites for its next Galaxy unpacked event to be held in Barcelona before the MWC event. Samsung has also shared the leaked video that has been shared previously by Evan Blass on his Twitter account and posted some of the images from the video. The company will surely unveil the next Galaxy flagships Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge in this event. The event will take place at CCIB (Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona) on 21st Feb starting at 19:00 CET with Doors Open at 18:00.
The invite video from Samsung shows a man wearing the Samsung VR headset and looking at the box followed by the #TheNextGalaxy and the Feb 21 announcement date. The live streaming of the event will be available on official Samsung YouTube account here. The recent rumors suggests that Samsung will announce two smartphones in this event with no Galaxy S7 edge+ announcement.
As we already discussed in previous posts, the Samsung Galaxy S7 is rumored to come with a 5.1-inch display and will be powered by the Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 SoC is some markets and the Exynos 8 Octa 8890 processor in others. It will have 4GB of RAM and will come in 32GB or 64GB inbuilt storage variants. It will run on Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS out of the box and will feature a 12-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front facing camera. It will be backed up by the 3000mAh battery with all necessary connectivity options.
The Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge has already made its appearance in the benchmark databases recently revealing its key specs. The device was spotted listed on AnTuTu and GeekBench databases. It comes with a 5.5-inch display with with 1440 x 2560 pixel resolution and a larger 3600mAh battery as compared to Galaxy S7’s battery. It will have the same other specs like the Galaxy S7 that includes Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 SoC or the Exynos 8 Octa 8890 processors, 4GB of RAM, 32GB or 64GB inbuilt storage variants, Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS out of the box, a 12-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front facing camera.
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