Samsung Galaxy S7: Check out these S7 renders based on actual design patents

Seeing as the Galaxy S6 was widely lauded for its gorgeous design, it makes sense that one of the most intriguing questions hanging over Samsung’s next flagship handset is “what will it look like?”

A team at 3DFuture has taken the question into its own hands and created a series of 3D renders for the Galaxy S7 Edge, based on Samsung design patents.

The first thing you’ll notice about the concept images for the Galaxy S7 Edge is the way the display extends around the top and bottom of the device rather than the sides. This gives it a somewhat pointy appearance, with a trapezoidal body and two sharp edges.

Having the display wrap around vertically, rather than horizontally, would allow Samsung to put the volume rocker and other buttons on the sides of the handset, although I’m not sure how comfortable it would feel in my pocket. 

Images: 3DFuture

Read our detailed breakdown of Samsung’s Galaxy S7 specs, release date and price here.

Samsung Galaxy S7: The basics

The Galaxy S6 represented a major shift in approach from Samsung. Gone was the plasticy feel of the Galaxy S5 – replaced with a handset that was full of features and incredibly easy on the eyes. With rumours spreading thick and fast about Samsung’s experiments with different processor and display variants for its new handset, attention is now fixed on the Korean manufacturer’s next move in the Galaxy S series, the Samsung Galaxy S7.

While firm specs are thin on the ground, a growing number about the Galaxy S7 are emerging. Here’s the basic information we have about Samsung Galaxy S7’s release date, price and technical specs. For a more in-depth look, head here.

Samsung Galaxy S7 at a glance

• Samsung’s next Galaxy S handset

• February 2016

• Around £599

• Two variants, and two different processors

Samsung Galaxy S7 release date

Following the pattern laid out by the Samsung Galaxy S4, S5 and S6, we’d expected to see the next flagship Galaxy device around March or April. However, rumours are now spreading that the Galaxy S7 will be making its public debut as soon as February.

Korean media outlets are pinning the release date of the Samsung Galaxy S7 to late February. This looks likely, seeing as Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) runs from 22-25 February, and that the past two main iterations of Samsung’s Galaxy flagship were both announced at MWC. It would also give Samsung a chance to extinguish Apple’s iPhone 6s fire as soon as it can.