Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Battery Revealed Through FCC Filing
Though the Galaxy S6 series of phones from Samsung were great devices, they did have their obvious shortcomings. One of the major issues that crippled the S6, and S6 edge was the fact that these phones came with inadequate battery packs. Samsung, as FCC listing reveals plans to fix that with its latest phones.
Samsung in its latest disclosure to the FCC has revealed better battery capacity and the included connectivity features for the S7 and S7 edge. The filing has taken the lid off on what will be a 3600 mAh battery on the S7 edge. This will come as great news for Galaxy S series fans who were disappointed by the inadequate 3000mAh battery provided on the S6 edge.
The specific filing which is for the South Korean version, will come in SK Telecom, KT and LG U+ flavors, and will have LTE, Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth and NFC.
This year’s S7 edge is rumoured to come equipped with a microSD slot and waterproofing feature missing from last year’s phone. Additionally, it is also rumoured to come with an Always-On display.
On the specs front, the Galax S7 edge will feature a 5.5-inch QHD AMOLED display, and will be powered by a Samsung Exynos 8890/Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC. It will be paired with 4GB of RAM, and a 12 MP rear camera with f/1.7 aperture. A 8 MP selfie camera is expected at the front of the phone. The phone will come in two storage variants, 32GB and 64GB.