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Samsung says the Galaxy S7 isn’t a phone so it shouldn’t be taxed as one

Samsung has apparently tried to reclassify the Galaxy S7 as anything but a telephone for cellular networks in South Africa in an attempt to convince the South Africa Revenue Service (SARS) to lower import tariffs and get a tax refund. The company failed in its endeavor because, well, the Galaxy S7 is a phone after all, […]

By Mihai Matei
4 years ago

Samsung is looking to put an end to Galaxy S7 waterproof-related lawsuits

Samsung has been facing accusations of misleading marketing for the Galaxy S7 not only in Australia but also in the US where the company has recently asked a New Jersey court to dismiss a proposed class action suit that was filed by a Galaxy S7 owner earlier this year. The company argues that the plaintiff […]

By Mihai Matei
4 years ago

Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge start receiving September 2020 security patch

Samsung has upped its game when it comes to rolling out software updates to its smartphones and tablets. The company has started rolling out a new software update to the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge, which were released close to five years ago, and the updates bring along a new security patch. The […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
4 years ago

Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge stop receiving updates four years after launch

The Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge were launched in 2016 with Android 6.0. Samsung released two major Android version updates to the phones over the years. Both the phones received the Android 8.0 update in 2018, and the company continued to roll out security patches until last month. Now, Samsung has removed the […]

By Asif Iqbal Shaik
5 years ago

Galaxy S7 and S7 edge are still getting security updates

It was almost exactly four years ago that the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge went on sale in markets around the world. The S7 and S7 edge stopped getting major Android updates with Android 8.0 Oreo, in keeping with Samsung's software update policy for Galaxy devices. However, the Korean giant continues to support the […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
5 years ago

Samsung Galaxy S7 gets January 2020 security update

January is already over, and Samsung is already sending the February security update to its devices. But plenty of the company's smartphones and tablets are still getting the January security update as well, and the latest one to receive is the Galaxy S7. Come March, the Galaxy S7 will have completed four years on the […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
5 years ago

Galaxy A80, Galaxy S7, and more get December security update

Samsung continues to expand the list of devices updated with the December 2019 Android patch with both recent and not-so-recent phones and tablets. The December security update is now rolling out to the Galaxy A80, Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, and the Galaxy Tab A 10.5 (2018). The Tab A 10.5 is getting the update in […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
5 years ago

Galaxy S7 gets another security update (September 2019)

Samsung’s software support for the Galaxy S7 continues to impress us, as the company has released yet another security update for its 2016 flagship. The September security update is rolling out for the Galaxy S7 in Puerto Rico and Uruguay right now, with software version G930FXXS6ESI5 in tow. The Galaxy S7 edge doesn’t seem to have […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
5 years ago

Samsung releases August security patch for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge

Samsung has released the August 2019 security patch for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge in more than a dozen markets yesterday. Both these devices were removed from the list of eligible models for quarterly security updates in June this year, but they are now back on the same list again. Though there is no […]

By Naresh
5 years ago

Remember how you could buy wide-angle/telephoto camera lenses for the Galaxy S7?

Here in 2019, it's not hard to find a Galaxy smartphone that has an ultra-wide camera on the back. In fact, Samsung has launched numerous smartphones with ultra-wide cameras in the last year or so at all price points. The company has also been equipping its flagship phones with telephoto lenses for a while, and […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
5 years ago

July security patch now available for the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge in Korea

Samsung is quickly expanding the rollout of the July 2019 security patch to more devices and regions every day. The latest devices to join the list are the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge – both of which seem to have started receiving the July monthly update over the weekend. As of now, the rollout appears […]

By Naresh
5 years ago

Latest Galaxy S7 update brings June 2019 security patch

The Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge are getting a new software update that brings the latest Android security patch. The update for the Galaxy S7 is out in Austria and Poland and the Galaxy S7 edge is receiving the update in Greece, Bosnia, and Bulgaria. The new software version is G930FXXU5ESD2 and G935FXXS5ESF6 for the […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
5 years ago

Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge to no longer get quarterly security updates

Samsung has changed the security update schedule for the Galaxy S7. The device is now on the list of Galaxy phones that receive “other regular security updates,” a move that comes just two months after Samsung shifted the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge to a quarterly update schedule and stopped offering them monthly security updates. […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
5 years ago

Galaxy S7, Galaxy A5 (2017), and Galaxy A8 (2018) get May 2019 security update

Samsung has been rather quick and regular in releasing monthly security updates to many of its Galaxy devices, and the May 2019 update is no different. It started rolling out said update a week back, beginning with Galaxy A9 (2018) and Galaxy Note 8 and has been steadily adding more devices to the list since […]

By Naresh
5 years ago

Three-year-old Galaxy S7 will now get quarterly security updates

From now on, Samsung will update the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge with a new security patch every three months. Both devices were receiving monthly security updates up to this point, with the March 2019 security patch out for the S7 and S7 edge in some countries, and Samsung has now shifted them to […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
6 years ago

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