Dangerous curves ahead
Sold in the premium price bracket, the S7 Edge is available now, starting at $799, AU$1,249 or £639.
Marshmallow
The S7 Edge ships with the latest version of Android Marshmallow (6.0.1).
Edgy
Samsung's edge screen has gotten more sophisticated since it first appeared.
Generation Edge
In the beginning it looked a little like a gimmick.
Generation Edge
From left to right: Galaxy Note Edge, S6 Edge, S6 Edge Plus and the S7 Edge.
Edge sizing
Samsung has packed a lot of functionality into the Edge's erm...edge.
Contacts Edge
The Contacts Edge lets you group together your most called or messaged contacts.
Contacts Edge
Contacts can be pulled from the Contacts Edge for easy access to call, email or messaging details.
Edge notifications
A little more practically, you can also get your Calendar listings.
Apps Edge
Apps Edge is a handy, customisable secondary launcher.
Edge customisation
And yes, you can tell the S7 Edge which side you want to the edge function to appear on and even customise size and transparency.
Edge customisation
You can customise the order of the different Edges and what appears as you swipe.
Edge weather
You can call up local weather information...
Edge compass
...and a compass...
Edge measurements
...or even a ruler.
Ticker
Another Edge use scrolls a news ticker with headlines that display even when the screen is off. Notifications also appear here.
Bored by black?
If black is too sedate for you, you can get the Edge in gold or silver. Oh I'm sorry: that's "gold platinum" and "silver titanium".
Stand out
In fairness, that gold does stand out compared to the black.
Bright spot
Like the S7 pictured here, the Edge's rear camera has 12 megapixels and is terrific.
Sticking with Micro-USB
No upgrade to USB-C for either of the phones this time around, so if you're moving from a recent Lumia or Nexus, you can mothball that cable for a while.
Expandable memory
You might not be taking the battery out any time soon, but expandable memory makes a return to the S7 family with a microSD slot.
Biometrics
The fingerprint scanner is built into the home button, same as earlier Galaxy models.
Waterproof
And also returning is the waterproofing that made the S5 such a popular phone for being out and about.
Whip-quick autofocus
A super-quick autofocus makes capturing unexpected photo-ops even easier.
Grime doesn't pay
Both the S7 and the S7 Edge suffer from SSD: shiny surface disorder. The rear gets covered in fingerprints insanely quickly.
Shiny
But when clean, it's an impressively slick look.
Game Launcher
The Game Launcher brings all of your mobile games together.
Game Launcher
It also adds some battery saving features and allows you to easily switch off alerts while gaming.
Selfie shot
The 5-megapixel has enough beautification modes to ensure no one will ever recognise you from your online dating profile photo.
Selfie edits
You can edit and share the image immediately afterwards.
Future Edge
If Samsung follows last year's pattern, we should see another Note Edge this year and maybe an Edge Plus. Find out why the Edge is our number-one phone splurge.