Samsung in the round here is the Galaxy S7 and the video camera 360 degrees – The Messenger

Design, power, camera. The refrain now, when it comes to smartphones, is always the same. No exception to the new Samsung Galaxy S7, whose presentation was one of the most anticipated events of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ​​the most important international trade show dedicated to mobile devices. The announcement of the Korean company in fact has not betrayed the expectations, indeed confirmed in a totally faithful to the rumors that had circulated before the presentation. But Samsung was also able to surprise. He not made with mobile phones, but with a completely new device that rides a trend that promises to expand a lot: the 360 ​​degree video. It is no coincidence that even the live streaming of the presentation (which you can follow in the window in the bottom of the article) was at 360 degrees, and that the stage in Barcelona was at the center of the auditorium. And above all that, surprisingly, the stage is gone Mark Zuckerberg , greeted by a standing ovation, to announce a partnership with Facebook, owner of Oculus VR technology. And so the birth of the Gear 360, the portable camera capable of recording movies in the round.

We tried to preview the new device, and here are the impressions after a first approach.

 
 

SAMSUNG GALAXY S7 and S7 EDGE

Design. We start with the new smartphone. As with the previous Galaxy S6, S7 also will be available in two versions: one with a 5.1-inch flat screen (size: 142.4 x 69.6 x 7.9 mm per 152 grams) and another “edge”, with display 5.5-inch curved (which measures 150.9 x 72.6 x 7.7 mm per 157 grams). The design of the latter, more polished, he also practical use: the “grip”, that is, taking the device in hand, has improved, and the ” soap effect “is less than their predecessors. This is because even the back of the device is slightly curved. The protrusion of the rear camera was instead reduced to 0.46 mm.

Expandable memory. The changes are more though, as often happens, even the less obvious ones. Starting from the fact that, after the vibrating of the public protests, the Korean mobile home, which have a 32 GB base memory, they return to have expandable memory, however, up to 200-gigabyte: But now (and here there another novelty) sim card and microSD are both housed in the same slot. As well as it had been announced, both phones are totally resistant to dust and water, up to a meter and a half deep.

Camera. That the quality of a camera is measured not only in megapixel now we know. Therefore Samsung designed to mount a that, in addition to having 12MP, is also “Dual Pixel”, and therefore has a particular focus system, much more precise, which increases the quality of the image (already very good in the Galaxy S6 ). The company staff claims that in this way you are able to get photos of the 95% brighter. The front camera is 5 megapixel instead. Remains the usual problem of the software, Android 6.0 Marshmallow, that being produced by external company (Google) allows integration with the lesser hardware than for example to Apple, which has its own operating system.

processor. a nice surplus of performance then comes from the cPU, 30% more powerful, which makes the S7 four times faster dell’S6. The device relies on a Exynos Octa core processor (2.3GHz Quad 1.6GHz Quad +) 64-bit and a 4 gig Ram. The battery is also wireless, and is from 3,000 mAh to 3600 mAh S7 and S7 for the edge, which should ensure a greater duration than that of the Galaxy S6.

Video Games. strong Points of both phones, including Samsung makes great pride, respect to videogames. The two new cell mount a special cooling system in miniature that prevents the device to overheat ensuring an extremely long game. A special mini-non invasive system allows notifications to never get distracted from the action and interact with the main features of your smartphone without leaving the screen of the game.

functions. Let’s face it: even if the hardware is excellent, Android continues to be a limit of the high range of Samsung devices. Now, however, the software interface has improved, and has been made even more practical (although always a little ‘redundant), thanks to the “Always-On Display” function: the information can be displayed on the phone’s lock screen, as time , calendar, and images can be combined and customized. In addition, the edge version, the side of the display curved bands now are much more useful: not only serve to display the time or favorite contacts, but also to more quickly access a number of functions such as flashlight (whose intensity is also adjustable) , the meter, compass and calculator.

Colours and prices. Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge will initially be available in three colors: black, white and gold, and in April will also come silver. They will cost, respectively, 729 and 829 euro (the launch price is 10 euro less than that of its predecessors) and will preordinabili from February 22 (to receive it will take about two weeks).

Samsung pay. With Galaxy S7 and S7edge is payment Samsung pay accepted in different countries, but not yet in Italy (where, however, is expected to arrive in the course of 2016). The service has reached five million records and transactions for $ 500 million in the first six months of operations in South Korea and the US. It will debut in other countries and at the end of the year in Spain and Great Britain.

SAMSUNG GEAR 360

But here’s the real ace up the sleeve of Samsung: the first camera that records video at 360 degrees. Now fact that Facebook has launched in the experience of video “in the round”, the Korean company wanted to develop a fun tool and extremely “social” to share their own.

Aesthetically looks like a small ball, which weighs 153 grams (and that reminds me ‘the “head” of R2-D2, the famous robot from Star Wars), with an equally small tripod, which if necessary can be closed turning into a handle for easily carry the device and create shots. How does it work? Simple: the sphere has two opposite cameras between them, each of which is from 15 megapixels and has a target. “Fisheye”

To use Gear 360 is required app (obviously native), via which establish a Bluetooth connection (not via wi-fi, so the camera can not be used at a distance, such as for video surveillance: to operate must be within range of the phone’s action). At that point, the frame can be chosen directly from the smartphone, which displays in real time what the camera is shooting. When shooting is finished you can decide whether to save the videos or photos taken on the phone or erase them. Movies can be directly published on social networks, including Facebook, YouTube and Google Street View. The device can be connected, and indeed it is actually designed especially for the viewer for virtual reality Samsung Gear Vr.

Gear 360 itself has no memory, but has a slot for the memory card (needed ), which can be up to 128 gigabytes.

Gear 360 is compatible with Galaxy S7 and S7 edge Galaxy, Galaxy S6 +, Note 5, Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge and includes many accessories. It will be available from March to April.

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