Samsung Galaxy S7 UK release date, price, specification, features, leaked images and rumours: Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge launching 21 February at Unpacked 2016

When is the Samsung Galaxy S7 coming out and what can we expect from the next Galaxy? Here's everything we know so far, including the Galaxy S7 UK release date, price, specification and feature rumours.

 The Samsung Galaxy S6 is still one of the best Android phones you can buy, but it's time to look ahead to the next flagship smartphone - it (along with the Galaxy S7 edge) could be here within weeks. Based on internet rumours, here's what we know so far about the Galaxy S7 UK release date, price, specifications, features and more. See: 26 best new upcoming phones 2015.
Latest rumours: The Galaxy S7 will be unveiled at a Samsung press event on 21 February 2016, and go on sale on 11 March. It will be unveiled alongside the Galaxy S7 Edge. It will also come with a pressure sensitive screen and a feature similar to Apple's Live Photos. Waterproofing and a Micro-SD card slot with both return. Samsung may launch an upgrade program similar to Apple's. Battery life is touted at a whopping 17 hours thanks in part to bigger batteries.

This is our complete guide to the Galaxy S7 and will be updated regularly all the way up to its launch with news and rumours as and when they become available. We'll also add our own thoughts and expert predictions since we've been writing about the Galaxy range since the very beginning.
On this page you can read about the rumoured Galaxy S7 UK release date, how much it might cost, and what's the difference between S6 and S7 in terms of design, hardware, specifications and features. You can also see leaked images and vote in our polls to tell us what you'd most like to see from the Galaxy S7.

 Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge UK release date: When is the Galaxy S7 coming out?
The cat is finally out of the bag, Samsung has announced its Unpacked event for 2016 will take place on 21 February - the rumoured launch date for the Galaxy S7.

The price of the Galaxy S7 is always going to be debatable and the cost of a smartphone rarely gets leaked before its announced. Samsung, and other phone makers, tend not to announce prices for phone anyway, so we normally get the price from retailers which is how much you'll have to pay anyway.

With the Galaxy S6 hitting the market at £599 we'd be surprised if the Galaxy S7 is priced dramatically different - unless it does have curved screen technology as standard (see below) then it might be more like £649. In fact, our money is on the exact same price so we'll have to wait and see if we're right.

Update: SamMobile has pricing from the supply chain. The 32GB models of the S7 and S7 edge will be priced at Euro 699 and 799 respectively. The site expects the 64GB version to be around 70-80 more but this is an estimate.

You can pre-register your interest in the Galaxy S7 at Carphone Warehouse already.

Samsung Galaxy S7 upgrade program

There's not much detail but according to Reuters, which sources Korea's Electronic Times, Samsung is supposedly going to launch a Galaxy S7 upgrade program similar to the one Apple launched last year.

The program could begin in March when the phone is tipped to go on sale and will allow customers to upgrade every year to the new model. It might expand to other countries later, says the report.

Samsung Galaxy S7 models - S7 Edge, S7 Edge+ and S7 Plus?

Evan Blass, the notorious tipster of soon-to-launch products that goes under the Twitter handle @evleaks, on 12 January produced 'evidence' that not only would we see an S7 but also a Galaxy S7 Edge (the curved-screen model) and an S7 Edge+ (the curved-screen phablet version). We don't know where the screenshot of the phone model names used in his tweet came from, but @evleaks is known for being very reliable with product leaks.