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Good luck finding a better phone than this today. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Android

Good luck finding a better phone than this today. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Android

Building a smartphone that beats the Galaxy S6 has likely been Samsung’s biggest challenge so far. How do you improve upon an already stellar design and one of the best smartphone cameras on the market? You build the Galaxy S7.

With its curved glass back, larger battery, Dual Pixel camera and even more powerful internals, the Galaxy S7 is the smartphone to beat in 2016. 

Yup, water-resistance is one of them. Photo: Samsung

Yup, water-resistance is one of them. Photo: Samsung

As the iPhone’s biggest rivals, Samsung’s latest Galaxy smartphones have to be good enough to convince consumers that they’re a better buy. None do that better than the new Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge.

According to the overwhelmingly positive reviews published today, the duo have a number of big advantages over the iPhone 6s. Here are 7 of them.

The OnePlus 2 was the first Android device with USB-C. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

The OnePlus 2 was the first Android device with USB-C. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Just because that USB-C cable you bought fits your new smartphone, it doesn’t make it a good USB-C cable. As Googler Benson Leung points out, there are a lot of bad USB-C cables out there that not only cause your devices to exhibit “weird behavior,” but are also “downright dangerous.”

To help users buy better USB-C cables, Leung has begun reviewing those available on Amazon to help you decide which you should buy, and which you should avoid.

OnePlus 2 is faster and prettier than its predecessor. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

The new OnePlus 2 is faster and prettier than its predecessor. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

The latest “flagship killer” from Chinese startup OnePlus is getting even more attention that its predecessor. And rightly so: The OnePlus 2 is better looking and more advanced than the OnePlus One, with a faster Snapdragon 810 processor, up to twice as much RAM, and a new 13-megapixel camera sensor.

The device also comes with OnePlus’ latest OxygenOS software pre-installed, which offers a pure Android experience with some added extras.

All these things come in a pretty package that costs just $329 with 16GB of storage and 3GB of RAM. (You can bump up to 64GB of storage and 4GB of RAM for $389.) But is this a great smartphone that’s worth waiting for?

Image: Killian Bell/Cult of Android.

Image: Killian Bell/Cult of Android.

Google has made a small amendment to its Play Store guidelines for developers, banning them from using customer testimonials in their app and game descriptions. The rule is designed to prevent the manipulation of ranking or relevancy by removing potentially irrelevant or misleading keywords or phrases.

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