It is now official; Samsung is going to reveal the Galaxy S7 Edge Olympic Edition on this Thursday, July 7. In case you are not aware of how it looks exactly, take a look at the picture above as we are pretty sure this is the final version that we are going to see on Thursday. The differences in between the standard Galaxy S7 Edge and the S7 Edge Olympic Edition are however not in the internal hardware. As you can see, there will be some obvious cosmetic changes to the smartphone's standard design. Additionally, there should also be some Olympic themes and wallpapers inside.

The entire phone sports five different colors to match the five colors of the Olympic Rings. There's blue encircling the camera and the flash at the back, while the earpiece is yellow and the Home button has a yellow encircling around it. The entire body is black, whereas green and red are the chosen colors for the volume rockers and the power button respectively. In order to know about the pricing and the availability of the S7 Edge Olympic Edition, you may have to wait till July 7 though.

Author: Saikat Kar (tech-enthusiast)

As August 2 draws ever so close, we prepare ourselves for Samsung's most powerful smartphone this year, in the form of the Galaxy Note 7. Olixar had given away a lot when it first listed the covers for the Galaxy Note 7 just a while ago, but just recently, even more was revealed when they uploaded images while listing a tempered glass for the upcoming Note 7. The image clearly shows an USB Type-C port on the smartphone, as we had been reporting all along.

The images also show us the Galaxy Note 7's iris scanner, regular headphone jack, bottom firing speaker, ambient light sensor and the selfie cam. The S-Pen can be seen tucked away into its slot at the bottom right. The general consensus is that Samsung will unveil a brand new iteration of their Gear VR headset and that will use USB Type-C top connect to the Note 7. The new VR headset is also rumoured to be unveiled at the press conference on August 2, along with the next Note. Do you like the new USB Type-C port or would you have preferred the older micro-USB port instead?

Author: Saikat Kar (tech-enthusiast)

According to Mel Wells, who is popular as a writer for fitness and health in the UK, the selfies taken from a Samsung Galaxy S7 may make you prettier by removing original blemishes from your face in the photo. It removed her freckles from the selfie she took as the S7 has the Beauty mode turned on by default. Apparently, she did not appreciate the little airbrushing that the camera app did automatically and had this to say.

"This means everyone who gets a new Samsung phone and flicks the front camera on is automatically being told ‘Hi, we're Samsung and we think you look way better when we automatically airbrush your selfies for you."

This have hurt the sentiments of a few who are against the worldwide marketing ploy to trap customers into thinking that they don't look good enough and need some sort of a product to look better. However, since it is just a setting that you can turn off at will, many may fail to see the point of turning such trivial matters into issues. What do you think? Do you like it when selfies look prettier than you actually are or do you think it's just better if they reflect your original self as closely as possible?

Author: Saikat Kar (tech-enthusiast)

Evan Blass from @evleaks has just released a few renders online via Twitter and they show the three colors of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in full flurry. The colors are Black Onyx, Silver Titanium and Blue Coral, as supposedly named by Samsung. However, they have raised some eyebrows as the almost confirmed iris scanner we had seen before in the leaked photo of the Note 7's front panel, is missing here. The three circular lenses necessary for the iris scanner to work (as per a recent patent filed by Samsung) are nowhere to be seen in these alleged press renders of the next Note.

It should be noted that Evan Blass himself had declared that the Note 7 will have the much anticipated iris scanner, yet his own leak counters that theory now. Nonetheless, we can see a slightly curved back over here in this render, as well as an even lesser camera protrusion that seen on the S7. The S-Pen and its placement looks identical to that of the Note 5 and the dual Edge display can be clearly observed. Whether this is indeed the final render that will be seen on August 2 is something that we will find out in about a month's time from now.

Author: Saikat Kar (tech-enthusiast)

Smartphones are a major part of our lives, and even though we know them well they often hold secrets. The Samsung S7 which is an Android device is powerful to do everything you need, though you may not know what all of these things are. In this article we're looking at some of the little secrets that are held within the phone which you may find useful.


Personalising your Home Screen


Your home screen is your first destination on your phone so it is important to have everything you need on it; you also want to find that perfect wallpaper for it. Did you know it was possible to personalise it to fit your needs quickly? Simple press the image for a few seconds and you'll be able to change not only the wallpaper but also the theme as well. If you want to fit more widgets and shortcuts on your screen, you can also change the grid size meaning you can have up to 25 items on the screen at the same time.


Block Swearing


There are times you may need to censor swear words off your phone, and there is an actual way to do this with a simple trick. Go to Settings, then click on Language and Input. From this point go to Google Voice Typing, and choose Block Offensive Words. This should help relieve any problems you have with swearing on your phone.


Creating New and Customising Folders


When your screen starts to get cluttered, the way to fix this is through the creation of folders. While it may not be obvious how to create these on the fly, all you actually have to do is hold your finger on one app then slide it over another and release. You can then drag any other apps into that folder. To remove one, hold your finger on an app until it is selected, then drag it out.


Setting up Notifications


Anybody who uses a smartphone will know the annoying nature of notifications. On the Samsung Galaxy S7 it is possible to handle how the notifications will appear and how they are handled. To make them more easy to handle go to Settings, Notifications and then you will have access to all App notifications, as well as the ability to turn them off or on again. It's not hard to make a few changes that will make your smartphone life a lot less annoying, and may even help with the battery life of your phone.


There are some other secrets hidden away on your Samsung Galaxy S7 so be sure to hunt them out. Once you have your phone working as you want it, you'll be able to get back to a game of Candy Crush Saga, or even a game of Rainbow Riches if that is your game of choice. The important thing is to gain control of your phone and make it work for you, rather than having it control your life.