Samsung Galaxy S7 release date, specs, features, price [rumor round-up]

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Samsung Galaxy S7 impending release is allegedly scheduled to be next year. The latest phone in the series comes with advanced features according to alleged leaked details.

According to Venture Capital Post, the newest Samsung Galaxy S7 is scheduled to be released on March 2016 and will be sold at the retail price of $650 to $700 per piece.

As for the specification of the new smartphone, Christian Today reports that the S7 will have 4GB RAM, a computing memory capacity not unlike many other notebooks and some laptops in the market. For its processor, S7 will allegedly have a 64-bit Exynos processor and according to the outlet, if the rumors are true, S7 will the first Android phone to have that feature.

For storage, the S7 will have an internal memory of at least 128 GB, since the S6 already has the same capacity. According to the website, Samsung is working hard to upgrade the specs of the Galaxy because of rumors that an iPhone 7 will outdo the S6.

For display and design, the Galaxy S7 is expected to be bigger than the S6 and will be 5.5 inches long with SUPER AMOLED display in 4K resolution, according to iGalaxyS7.com.

For the phone's camera, since S6 already have a 16 MP rear cam and a 5.1 MP front cam, the S7 might have a 20 MP back camera and more than 8 MP for the front camera. It is also rumored that the S7's back camera can be turned on both sides of the screen.

According to Tech Times, Samsung will also be reportedly making two types of Galaxy S7 where the first one will run on the Snapdragon 820 and the second one will be running on Samsung's own Exynos M1.

Samsung stopped using Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810 for Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, however, Samsung Chief J.K. Shin said that they might still be using Qualcomm's chipsets in the future.

"We have to use the best engines to make our products competitive, which is why we opted our own chips," Shin said, according to the report. "But we may very well end up using products from Qualcomm again in the next Galaxy phone."

The outlet added that Qualcomm's chipset tended to overheat in the long run but the company is aiming to overcome the overheating issues.

According to galaxyS6Samsung.com, the new Galaxy S7 will also be waterproof and dustproof. In addition, it will also have a 5G Network and a "super fast" Wi-Fi connection to help bridge users to the internet faster.