Samsung, LG focus on better cameras, VR to help reignite smartphone sales

Feb 22, 2016, 11:28
Samsung, LG focus on better cameras, VR to help reignite smartphone sales

Company executive Jean-Daniel Ayme said Samsung was still innovating in areas like gaming and photography, and in new products, even as the smartphone market reached maturity.

To get the free Gear VR with the Samsung Galaxy S7 pre-order, customers must be 18+ and a resident of 50 US/DC/PR states. Both display have always-on features that let users see information such as the time and date without having to turn on the devices.

Water resistance: The phones can be submerged in 1.5 metres of water for up to 30 minutes, according to Samsung.

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What makes the Gear 360 particularly clever is the way you can "stitch" images and video from the two cameras together - all on your Samsung smartphone. In addition to being offered at Cricket's retail locations, the handset will be offered on the pre-paid carrier's online store.

Samsung is clearly gunning for GoPro - as the Gear 360 is IP53 certified, meaning it is water and dust resistant, and the company says that it is compatible with a number of common stands and mounts.

The Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 Edge will be available in mid-March of this year.

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Samsung believes users are taking smartphones for granted. To that end, Samsung even has the attention of Mark Zuckerberg, a surprise guest at today's Galaxy Unpacked event.

Continuing the trend of selective downgrades, Samsung is lowering the S7 camera's resolution from 16MP to 12MP - however, it's also replacing the S6's f/1.9 aperture with the faster f/1.7, allowing for better action shots and improved low light performance. This, Samsung says, will enable the Galaxy S7 to take better images in low lighting conditions.

U.S. Cellular - U.S. Cellular will begin offering pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge starting on February 23, 2016.

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Samsung also waterproofed the two new phones and brought back the microSD card slot that it eliminated a year ago, which was something that consumers were not happy about. It's part of LG's new modular approach to design; you'll be able to pop out the phone's bottom and swap in new hardware features. With the increase in battery capacity to 3000mAh and 3600mAh for the S7 and S7 Edge respectively, that shouldn't have much of an impact on power consumption.

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