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.

A OnePlus 2 in House of Cards season 4. Photo: Netflix

What better way to market your latest products than to get them into the hands of the most powerful people in America… or at least actors pretending to be the most powerful people in America.

That’s exactly what Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus did when it coughed up $300,000 to get the OnePlus One, OnePlus 2, and OnePlus X on hit Netflix show House of Cards.

Amazon has changed its mind. Photo: TechSmart/Flickr (CC-licensed)

Amazon has promised to bring back encryption for its own Fire OS operating system after removing it in its latest update. The retail giant’s decision was met with anger and confusion by Fire tablet owners when Fire OS 5 rolled out last week.

Nexus 5X is $150 cheaper on Project Fi. Photo: Google

The price tag of Nexus 5X has been dropping like a lead balloon since the handset launched last fall, and it has finally reached the sub-$200 mark.

If you buy the device on Google’s own Project Fi network over the next month, it’ll cost you just $199. And to make it even more accessible, Google is dropping the Project Fi invites system.

Xperia Z5 gets a sweet taste of Marshmallow. Photo: Sony

Sony has begun rolling out its Android 6.0 update for the Xperia Z5 series. The update packs all of the features you’d expect from a Marshmallow upgrade, in addition to Android’s February security patch.