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Samsung Galaxy S7 is a powerful gaming machine

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During yesterday evening Samsung first showed its upcoming smartphone the Galaxy S7. Compared to existing competitors like the Sony Z5 and the Iphone 6S the S7 is a power house when it comes to gaming. Among other things the phone even contains a water cooling system for keepin the powerful main processor cool at all times.

"The sealed copper cooling system will still do its best to shift excess heat away from the S7's processor when games push things to the phone's thermal limits."

The tech site Cnet writes the following about the S7 in terms of a gaming plattform:

"Finally, Samsung also offers the ability to tweak graphics performance between three settings so you can dial things back a little if you want to put battery life ahead of gameplay. The standard setting will run games at maximum resolution and at 60 frames per second. The 'low power' setting reduces frame rate to 30 frames and dials down the resolution somewhat, while 'extreme low power' sticks with 30 frames but drops the resolution again."

• Android 6.0 Marshmallow software
• 5.1-inch screen with 2,560x1,440-pixel resolution
• Either 32 or 64GB of storage, depending on the region
• MicroSD card slot for extra storage up to 200GB
• 12-megapixel camera (get the story below)
• Water-resistant (IP68 rating)
• 3,000 mAh battery (versus 2,550 mAh on Galaxy S6)
• "Always-on" display shows time, calendar or images from the lock screen
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor (or Samsung's Exynos chipset in some regions)
• Dedicated gaming feature makes it easier to record sessions and screenshots; a do-not-disturb mode blocks incoming notifications
• Colors: black onyx, gold platinum

Samsung Galaxy S7 is a powerful gaming machine


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