Exclusive: Two Samsung Galaxy S7 models confirmed

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Samsung launched the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+ last month, and the company is now putting all its efforts on its next-generation Galaxy S series device, the Galaxy S7. It appears that the South Korean smartphone giant will continue to release two variants of its flagship smartphone for at least one more year. The SM-G930 and the SM-G935 are the variants of the Galaxy S7, the former with a flat display and the latter with a dual-edge curved display. It is confirmed that the two variants will be heading to Canada, China, Europe, Korea, and the US. This isn't a full list and the S7 will no doubt launch in all of Samsung's existing markets, but at this point we don't have more information on the matter. Here are the carriers that are said to be currently on-board:

Canada – Bell Mobility
Korea – KT, LG Uplus, SKTelecom
USA – Cricket, AT&T, MetroPCS, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular, and Verizon

The Galaxy S7 is codenamed Project Lucky internally, but the company is referring to these devices as Hero and Hero2. It is expected to be released in two variants, one with an Exynos 8890 processor and the other with the Snapdragon 820 SoC. Qualcomm has already shipped a newer prototype of the Snapdragon 820 chipset to Samsung, and it appears that this new chipset has better performance than the previous prototype. These devices will feature UFS 2.0 storage that is already being used in the Galaxy S6 and other recently released high-end smartphones from the company. Moreover, we have received information that Samsung might have found a way to make microSD card slots work in conjunction with UFS 2.0 storage, but you should take this information with a pinch of salt. In terms of imaging, the company is testing various prototypes, some with a dual camera setup and some with a 20-megapixel ISOCELL camera sensor.

Code Name	Region	Provider	Model
Hero	CA	BELL MOBILITY	SM-G930W8_NA_BMC
Hero	CN	CHINA	SM-G9300_CHN_CHC
Hero	EUR	OPEN EUROPE	SM-G930F_EUR_XX
Hero	KR	KT	SM-G930K_KOR_KTC
Hero	KR	LGT	SM-G930L_KOR_LUC
Hero	KR	SKT	SM-G930S_KOR_SKC
Hero	US	CRICKET	SM-G930AZ_NA_AIO
Hero	US	AT&T	SM-G930A_NA_ATT
Hero	US	METROPCS	SM-G930T1_NA_TMB
Hero	US	LTE RURAL VERIZON	SM-G930R6_NA_LRA
Hero	US	C SPIRE WIRELESS	SM-G930R7_NA_ACG
Hero	US	SPRINT PCS	SM-G930P_NA_SPR
Hero	US	T-MOBILE	SM-G930T_NA_TMB
Hero	US	US CELLULAR	SM-G930R4_NA_USC
Hero	US	VERIZON	SM-G930V_NA_VZW

Hero2	CA	BELL MOBILITY	SM-G935W8_NA_BMC
Hero2	CN	CHINA	SM-G9350_CHN_CHC
Hero2	EUR	OPEN EUROPE	SM-G935F_EUR_XX
Hero2	KR	KT	SM-G935K_KOR_KTC
Hero2	KR	LGT	SM-G935L_KOR_LUC
Hero2	KR	SKT	SM-G935S_KOR_SKC
Hero2	US	CRICKET	SM-G935AZ_NA_AIO
Hero2	US	AT&T	SM-G935A_NA_ATT
Hero2	US	METROPCS	SM-G935T1_NA_TMB
Hero2	US	LTE RURAL VERIZON	SM-G935R6_NA_LRA
Hero2	US	C SPIRE WIRELESS	SM-G935R7_NA_ACG
Hero2	US	SPRINT PCS	SM-G935P_NA_SPR
Hero2	US	T-MOBILE	SM-G935T_NA_TMB
Hero2	US	US CELLULAR	SM-G935R4_NA_USC
Hero2	US	VERIZON	SM-G935V_NA_VZW

Asif Iqbal Shaik - Senior Editor

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First Samsung device: T100

Asif is a computer engineer turned technology journalist. He has been using Samsung phones since 2004, and his current smartphone is the Galaxy S21 Ultra. He loves headphones, mechanical keyboards, and PC hardware. When not writing about technology, he likes watching crime and science fiction movies and TV shows.

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Exclusive: Two Samsung Galaxy S7 models confirmed

Asif Iqbal Shaik - Senior Editor

[email protected]

First Samsung device: T100

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