The Samsung Galaxy S7 and its curvier sister, the Galaxy S7 edge will be landing on our shores this Friday and rather than make you search high and low for the pricing, we have all the deals, across the networks, right here.
The Korean manufacturer has, among other things, added its Gear VR headset to every Samsung Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 edge sold before 20th March. To be clear this extends to handsets sold through contract deals and not just those that buy the handset outright.
While we won’t know until the handset is here in South Africa and people have had a chance to take a hard look at the S7 and S7 edge, the new flagship will more than likely use Samsung’s own Exynos chipset. Countries such as the US, China and Japan are likely to have the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset instead.
The battery has been upgraded from the S6 to now boast a 3 000mAh in the S7 and a 3 600mAh battery in the S7 edge. Sadly though, the camera has seen a reduction from 16MP to 12MP but does now boast phase detection for faster focus in action shots.
So what are the deals? Read on dear reader and plan your budget accordingly.
MTN
Samsung Galaxy S7 32GB
| Contract | Price | Data | Airtime/Minutes | SMS |
| My MTN Choice 100 | R599 | 500MB | 100 minutes | 200 |
| MTN AnyTime TopUp 200 | R609 | 0MB | R210 | 25 |
| My MTN Choice Flexi 200 | R599 | 0MB | R200 | 0 |
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge 32GB
| Contract | Price | Data | Airtime/Minutes | SMS |
| My MTN Choice 100 | R649 | 500MB | 100 minutes | 200 |
| MTN AnyTime TopUp 200 | R659 | 0MB | R210 | 25 |
| My MTN Choice Flexi 200 | R649 | 0MB | R200 | 0 |
Telkom Mobile
Samsung Galaxy S7 32GB
| Package | Minutes | Data | SMS | Price per month |
| SmartPlan 50 | 50 | 500MB | 5 For 50 SMS Promotion | R559 |
| SmartPlan 100 | 100 | 1GB | 5 For 50 SMS Promotion | R599 |
| SmartPlan 150 | 150 | 1GB | 5 For 50 SMS Promotion | R669 |
| Unlimited Lite | 800 minutes / Unlimited Telkom Mobile to Telkom Mobile | 1GB | Unlimited | R1119 |
Samsung Galaxy edge 32GB
| Package | Minutes | Data | SMS | Price per month |
| SmartPlan 50 | 50 | 500MB | 5 For 50 SMS Promotion | R629 |
| SmartPlan 100 | 100 | 1GB | 5 For 50 SMS Promotion | R679 |
| SmartPlan 150 | 150 | 1GB | 5 For 50 SMS Promotion | R729 |
| Unlimited Lite | 800 minutes / Unlimited Telkom Mobile to Telkom Mobile | 1GB | Unlimited | R1179 |
Vodacom
Samsung Galaxy S7 32GB
| Package | Data | Minutes/Airtime Value | SMS | Price per month |
| uChoose Smart S | 200MB | 75 | 200 | R619 |
| uChoose Smart M | 300MB | 120 | 300 | R739 |
| uChoose Smart L | 500MB | 250 | 500 | R879 |
| uChoose Smart XL | 800MB | 400 | 800 | R969 |
| uChoose Flexi 200 | 0 | R200 | 0 | R599 |
| uChoose Flexi 350 | 0 | R350 | 0 | R739 |
| uChoose Flexi 500 | 0 | R500 | 0 | R829 |
| uChoose Flexi 750 | 0 | R750 | 0 | R899 |
Samsung Galaxy S7 edge 32GB
| Package | Data | Minutes | SMS | Price per month |
| uChoose Smart S | 200MB | 75 | 200 | R719 |
| uChoose Smart M | 300MB | 120 | 300 | R839 |
| uChoose Smart L | 500MB | 250 | 500 | R979 |
| uChoose Smart XL | 800MB | 400 | 800 | R999 |
| uChoose Flexi 200 | 0 | R200 | 0 | R699 |
| uChoose Flexi 350 | 0 | R350 | 0 | R839 |
| uChoose Flexi 500 | 0 | R500 | 0 | R929 |
| uChoose Flexi 750 | 0 | R750 | 0 | R999 |
Cell C
Unfortunately by time of writing Cell C had not shared its pricing for Samsung’s Galaxy. Be sure to check back here soon though because its only a matter of time before we know.
All said and done, you’re looking at paying roughly R600 a month as a starting point which is both not that bad, and also not that great.
We’ll hold off our judgment on what improvements have been made to the S7 range until we’ve had a chance to use it and of course benchmark it to heaven and gone.
For those that really want an S7 but can’t quite justify the cost and that’s okay, take a look at what YouTuber, GradeAUnderA has to say about the latest smartphone, and indeed smartphones in general and perhaps that FOMO will subside.
