Editor's Pick: Samsung Galaxy S7 Review Buzz: It's the Bee's Knees

Samsung Galaxy S7 Review Buzz: It's the Bee's Knees

Richard Adhikari Mar 9, 2016 5:00 AM PT
	Reviews of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge came out Tuesday, and they were overwhelmingly positive. "What the S7 line does, and does smartly, is it comes back to the basics and does the basics well," remarked Ramon Llamas, a research manager at IDC. Samsung is "hitting the right notes with improved battery life, external storage capacity and the quality of the camera." [More...]

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