[Poll] Do you care for water resistance on your smartphone?

With the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge expected to be water resistant (well,the feature was pretty much confirmed by Samsung itself), we thought it would be a great time to ask you, our readers, whether water resistance is an important feature on a smartphone for you. For many, there rarely are instances where they need to use their device when it’s raining or somewhere underwater, and it’s not often a smartphone takes a dive/drops into the liquid element.

But when the rare occasion does present itself, water resistance can be great to have on your phone so that it doesn’t stop working or start acting up because of a few splashes of water. Most of us here at SamMobile are fine with a device without water resistance, but we aren’t going to complain if the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge are certified for protection against one of the elements.

What about you? Let us know through the poll below, and leave a comment with your thoughts!

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Samsung teams up with SEAT and SAP to develop future projects for connected cars

Samsung appears to be very interested in cars of the future particularly since it’s looking for new business avenues to sustain growth. The company has already created a team that is primarily tasked with working on autonomous or self-driving technologies and it has even started working with BMW to develop brains for cars of the future. Samsung is now coming together with SEAT and SAP to develop future projects for connected cars.

At Mobile World Congress 2016 the three companies will showcase concepts with cutting-edge technologies developed by pooling their expertise and innovation. The concepts include the ability to pay without leaving the car, authorizing the use of a digital key and an overall safe and seamless user experience. “Samsung’s partnership with SEAT and SAP signals our commitment to developing innovative solutions for the next level of the connected car,” said Injong Rhee, Executive Vice-President and Head of R&D, Software and Services at Samsung.

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Despite the leaks, I’m still very excited about the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge

No matter how hard companies try, leaks always manage to put the kibosh on any form of secrecy they might want to maintain around their upcoming devices. Some manufacturers find their flagships leak more than others before launch, and Samsung has always been among the top when it comes to keeping a lid on what information goes out through the rumor mill. It’s something the company has failed miserably at this time, and we pretty much know everything about the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge.

Many point out that these leaks simply ruin the surprise that the official announcement event can offer, and it’s certainly true that tomorrow’s Unpacked event will merely be repeating what is already known for the most part. Despite all that, I’m still extremely excited about the event, and there’s a simple reason.

I just want to see Samsung officially confirm everything the S7 and S7 edge are expected to offer.

While there were issues, the 2015 lineup of Samsung devices was near-perfect, especially the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ (read our reviews here and here). The only thing that really disappointed me was the small batteries the company had used. Both the Note 5 and S6 edge+ had great battery life despite the not-so-large batteries, but it was clear Samsung could have made things better by either maintaining the larger batteries from last year or putting in even bigger ones (instead of focusing everything on thin and sleek designs).

The Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, with their rumored 3,000 mAh and 3,6000 mAh batteries, are sure to be awesome at battery endurance, something that has been cited in a couple of leaks. Wireless charging is set to be on-board as well in addition to regular fast charging. Of course, there’s also the fact that the microSD slot is coming back, and both the S7 and S7 edge are expected to be water-resistant as well.

So what happens when you add big batteries, expandable storage, water-resistance, and maybe something like a pressure-sensitive display to devices that were already close to perfection? Well, perfection is what you get, and the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge could be the epitome of what a complete smartphone can be. After the Galaxy Note 5, that’s saying a lot, and it will be great to see Samsung announcing each of the rumored features one by one when the Unpacked event kicks off.

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Samsung Pay will launch in China next month

Samsung has today announced that it will be launching Samsung Pay in China next month. It will then go on to release the payment platform in Australia, Brazil, Singapore, Spain and the United Kingdom before the year’s out. Unfortunately, the company failed to supply a specific timeframe for the rollout, but it did reveal that it is planning to introduce functionality in Canada, after all.

The South Korean company also gave us a little insight into the statistics of the service by boasting that it has handled over $500-million in transactions from around 5-million users who registered to use the payment gateway during its first six months of existence. These are pretty astonishing figures when you take into account that the platform is currently only available in two countries — South Korea and the United States.

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