Claimed Galaxy S7 Plus CAD renders leak, feature a rectangular home key again (video)
posted by Daniel P.
/ Dec 10, 2015, 8:14 AM
A claimed 3D render of the S7 leaked from such a second tier case maker not long ago, pegging its dimensions as 143.37 x 70.8 x 6.94 mm, which makes it slightly thicker than the S6. So far so good, pretty believable size and shape, given the rumor that the S7's exterior will stay largely the same as the S6's, with the exception of a more rectangular home button.
There was another part of that render rumor, however, that tipped a Galaxy S7 Plus to be announced alongside the S7, and be as large as 163.32 x 82.01 x 7.82 mm, hinting at a giant 6" display. Today's CAD-based renders are said to be precisely of that large S7 Plus, keeping Samsung's design language, but adding a rectangular, instead of an elliptic home key at the front. The source now claims that the new home button in the S7 Plus is 18mm x 5mm in size, whereas the one on the Galaxy S6 comes at 16mm x 6.7mm, though that might be simply because the S6 is much smaller than the S7 Plus phablet's dimensions claimed here.
This gigantic size smells a bit fishy, though, as even the S6 edge+ and Note 5 are 5.7-inchers, so it's hard to fathom why would Samsung release its most popular line in a niche 6" version, too. Alternatively, this could be the rumored Galaxy A9, which is said to arrive with a 6" display, and that makes more sense. Samsung trademarked Galaxy A9 back in the spring, along with an A6 moniker, so it might have plans to introduce new screen sizes in the 2016 A-series, of which three handsets already got announced last week. The new series doesn't sport a rectangular home key, though, so go figure. Whatever the story turns out to be, check out the alleged Galaxy S7 Plus renders here, and tell us what you think about them.
51 Comments
1. bubbadoes
Posts: 1225; Member since: May 03, 2012
a year in making for project 0 for Samsung and the final product was a S6 which Samsung was already looking for an successor 3 months after release. Now here comes the S7 looking like an iphone 6 with a rectangular home buttom-even copying the antennae lines that were so downplayed by Samsung fans when the iphone first displayed them
posted on Dec 10, 2015, 8:22 AM 11
4. banglazbless
Posts: 114; Member since: Feb 05, 2014
You mean the same antenna lines that apple copied from the htc m7, m8 and m9? Plus there's no way that Samsung slick antenna lines looks like those hideous crap on the back of the icrap.
posted on Dec 10, 2015, 8:34 AM 27
12. maherk
Posts: 6632; Member since: Feb 10, 2012
1-The Galaxy Alpha had exactly the same antenna bands as these, and was released 2 months before the Apple iPhone 6.
2-This is the ativ S, a Samsung phone that looks like a complete rip off from the iPhone 6, and the scary part is that Samsung copied that design 2 years before Apple announced the iPhone 6. So not only Samsung are copycats, but they can predict the future as well.
cdn2.gsmarena.com/vv/pics/samsung/samsung-ativ-s-new1.jpg
posted on Dec 10, 2015, 8:53 AM 19
34. FluffyBled unregistered
It's pointless to tell these guys about the Ativ S ... they appear to weaken their memory when the new Galaxy is about to get released!
posted on Dec 10, 2015, 11:37 AM 6
24. engineer-1701d unregistered
dont like it its done that the s and note liine look needs to change and needs a usb type c
posted on Dec 10, 2015, 9:54 AM 1
46. engineer-1701d unregistered
http://www.radartechno.com/leaked-samsung-galaxy-s7-with-specifications/
just found this gs7 different look same rectangle home key
posted on Dec 10, 2015, 11:57 PM 0
2. Kumar123 unregistered
Great. S7 Plus will be a little bit uglier than S6.
posted on Dec 10, 2015, 8:26 AM 10
3. cncrim
Posts: 1530; Member since: Aug 15, 2011
Come on Samsung the hinge butto, need to be flush or lower than the screen. The phone get hot in my pocket because the phone wake up so long from home button.
posted on Dec 10, 2015, 8:28 AM 3
6. tonyv
Posts: 54; Member since: Mar 12, 2014
i'm baffled as to why samsung hasn't adopted a non-physical clicking home button ala OnePlus 2. you would think that less mechanical parts would mean savings.
regardless, looks just like an S6 sans the rectangular home button. i like that they're keeping the design mostly.
posted on Dec 10, 2015, 8:41 AM 1
10. Landon
Posts: 1226; Member since: May 07, 2015
I personally like the physical home button instead of software buttons. There's more room for activities!
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Heres-why-on-screen-navigation-buttons-on-Android-are-bad-for-you_id67350
posted on Dec 10, 2015, 8:48 AM 4
30. Landon
Posts: 1226; Member since: May 07, 2015
Ohhhh I see what you were getting at...the actual clicking part of the button versus the OnePlus 2 that doesn't move.
Thinking about it, that would still be satisfying to just touch the home button instead of having to push it in to get to the home screen. That might take a while for me to get used to, though, since every phone I've ever owned has a clickable home button. First world problems.
posted on Dec 10, 2015, 10:22 AM 3
15. maherk
Posts: 6632; Member since: Feb 10, 2012
Because that's one of the main selling points for both Apple and Samsung.
You might like it, but the regular costumer still finds it a lot easier and less complicated to use compared to the on screen buttons. Plus it is a waste of space of you ask me.
posted on Dec 10, 2015, 9:02 AM 3
9. Landon
Posts: 1226; Member since: May 07, 2015
Looks like the IR blaster and SD card slot is back. Good job, Samsung. You were dumb for removing them in the first place but this will be well received for most of us geeks.
I'm guessing one of the reasons they're keeping the same footprint so it can be used with the Gear VR (which is flipping awesome btw).
posted on Dec 10, 2015, 8:42 AM 5
31. artixine
Posts: 22; Member since: Nov 18, 2015
Where do you see a sd slot ??
posted on Dec 10, 2015, 10:28 AM 0
35. Landon
Posts: 1226; Member since: May 07, 2015
There's a SIM card slot on the top (there are two holes...one for a SIM slot and one for an IR blaster) and also a visually similar slot on the right side of the phone when you play the video.
A non-removable battery will pretty much be the norm for Samsung's flagship phones.
