We're plenty happy with the Samsung Galaxy S6 , which
continues to dominate our list of the top smartphones in the
world months after release. But Samsung's declining
earnings might force a sooner launch for its successor.
That's what we heard last month, at least, with purportedly
leaked documents showing a rapid production cycle on the
seventh core Galaxy device - and a planned launch by
December . It's supposedly due to a new "Agile"
development methodology that pumps out phones at a
more rapid pace; maybe that's why the Galaxy Note 5
launched earlier than usual this year.
In any case, new details have popped up today on the
Galaxy S7 via SamMobile, which notes that a device named
"Lucky-LTE" popped up on Geekbench's benchmark
database. The site's sources say that the Galaxy S7 is
indeed called "Project Lucky" internally, given seven's
status as a lucky number and the company's need for a
bounce-back smash hit.
Supposedly, the test phone is packing an Exynos 8890 chip
(also known as the M1 Mongoose), which seems like a big
step up from the Exynos 7420 powering the current model.
Earlier tests showed a nearly 50% improvement in
benchmark scores for both single-core and multi-core
usage, but the recently tested model was apparently tuned
to a lower CPU frequency, and thus delivered less
impressive numbers.
SamMobile says that Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 could
power some international variants instead, so long as the
810's overheating issues don't reemerge, and that there's
some hint of Samsung exploring microSD card usage
again. However, that seems unlikely, given the success of
the closed-off Galaxy S6 design.
Finally, the site hears that a 20-megapixel ISOCELL camera
is being tested for the device, along with an "all lens cover"
- which it speculates could be a system for mounting
additional lenses, but that's purely a guess.
In any case, Samsung's recent devices have been its best
to date, and we're excited to see more. Then again, it's
only been five months since the release of the Galaxy S6.
Can't the S7 wait a bit longer?
continues to dominate our list of the top smartphones in the
world months after release. But Samsung's declining
earnings might force a sooner launch for its successor.
That's what we heard last month, at least, with purportedly
leaked documents showing a rapid production cycle on the
seventh core Galaxy device - and a planned launch by
December . It's supposedly due to a new "Agile"
development methodology that pumps out phones at a
more rapid pace; maybe that's why the Galaxy Note 5
launched earlier than usual this year.
In any case, new details have popped up today on the
Galaxy S7 via SamMobile, which notes that a device named
"Lucky-LTE" popped up on Geekbench's benchmark
database. The site's sources say that the Galaxy S7 is
indeed called "Project Lucky" internally, given seven's
status as a lucky number and the company's need for a
bounce-back smash hit.
Supposedly, the test phone is packing an Exynos 8890 chip
(also known as the M1 Mongoose), which seems like a big
step up from the Exynos 7420 powering the current model.
Earlier tests showed a nearly 50% improvement in
benchmark scores for both single-core and multi-core
usage, but the recently tested model was apparently tuned
to a lower CPU frequency, and thus delivered less
impressive numbers.
SamMobile says that Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 could
power some international variants instead, so long as the
810's overheating issues don't reemerge, and that there's
some hint of Samsung exploring microSD card usage
again. However, that seems unlikely, given the success of
the closed-off Galaxy S6 design.
Finally, the site hears that a 20-megapixel ISOCELL camera
is being tested for the device, along with an "all lens cover"
- which it speculates could be a system for mounting
additional lenses, but that's purely a guess.
In any case, Samsung's recent devices have been its best
to date, and we're excited to see more. Then again, it's
only been five months since the release of the Galaxy S6.
Can't the S7 wait a bit longer?
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