Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge to launch in India today

The recently unveiled Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge at the Unpacked event will arrive in India on March 8, according to a report by The Times of India. The report also adds that Samsung plans to invest about Rs 100 crore on marketing the new flagship devices in the bid to outdo arch rival Apple. The Galaxy S7 and S7 edge are expected to go on sale from the third week of March. There is no word on the India pricing, but it is likely to match iPhone 6s models. The pricing of Samsung models is speculated to start around Rs 45,000. The Times of India pegs prices between Rs 50,000 and Rs 60,000. (Also read: Samsung Galaxy S7 vs LG G5 and others ) Citing people related to the matter, an earlier report added that Samsung has planned additional consumer promotion as well. It is also planning to cut down prices of some of its older models. On the other hand, the report adds that Apple has also planned something ‘big’. It was just recently that Samsung announced Galaxy A5 and A7 2016 editions for the Indian market. On the other hand, Apple has planned a 4-inch iPhone model to be launched on March 21, and likely to hit emerging markets like China and India. [caption id=“attachment_297714” align=“aligncenter” width=“640”]  Image: Evan Blass[/caption] Unveiled recently at a pre-MWC2016 even t, the S7 comes with a 5.1-inch super AMOLED dispay with 2550 x 1440 pixels. Although the US market would get the Snapdragon 820 variant, global markets would find their Galaxy S7 powered by a Samsung Exynos chipset instead. In this year’s version of its flagship, Samsung has bumped up the RAM to 4GB.  Similar to the Galaxy S7, its curved sibling also boasts of 4GB RAM. However, it comes with a 5.5-inch display with 2550 x 1440 pixels as compared to the 5.1-inch in the Samsung Galaxy S7. The devices in most others areas are identical spec-to-spec.  The other difference being the 3600mAh battery in the S7 Edge compared to the 3000mAh battery in the S7.