Samsung Galaxy S7 for T-Mobile benchmarked
The smartphone may tout excellent battery life.
A near final unit of the Samsung Galaxy S7 for US carrier T-Mobile, benchmarked on GeekBench, outshines the AT&T variant. The handset with Snapdragon 820 chipset paired with 4GB of RAM is listed with the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow onboard. Additionally, a leaked pair of screenshots revealed that the dual-SIM model the Galaxy S7 may stay alive for two days on a single charge.
The impressive benchmark scores of the US variant of the Galaxy S7 listed on GeekBench with Snapdragon 820 SoC revealed excellent scores. Compared to the AT&T's variant, the purported Samsung Galaxy S7 with model number SM-G930T (for T-Mobile) performed better.
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The T-Mobile variant with Qualcomm’s latest chipset yields 2347 points in single-core and a whopping 5352 points in multi-core tests. In fact, there were three different results posted on the benchmarking website based on single and multi-thread tests . The top result shows a score of 2,158 and 5,428 points in single and multi-core tests respectively.
The benchmark also listed other hardware specifications of the Galaxy S7 which is slated to be unveiled on Feb. 21. The Galaxy S7 on T-Mobile will house 4 GB of RAM and the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, according to GeekBench databases.
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Last month, the Galaxy S7 containing model number SM-G930A (for AT&T) was spotted on Geekbench, as reported by GforGames. The listing suggested that the handset would sport the same Snapdragon 820 chipset which scored 2,282 points and 4,979 points in single and multi-core tests respectively.
As reported earlier, the Korean tech would pack the Samsung Galaxy S7 series of smartphones with improved battery cells as compared to its predecessors. The Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge will house 3,000 mAh and 3,600 mAh batteries, respectively. This is a big upgrade from the 2,550 mAh and 2,600 mAh battery units in the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge respectively.
According to recent leaks, thanks to Russian tech blogger Eldar Murtazin, the Galaxy S7 can play 17 hours of video at full brightness on a single charge, as reported by Phone Arena. The battery life is expected to improve further with the Doze mode in Marshmallow, which will help the apps remain in sleep mode until they are needed.
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