{"id":86444,"date":"2016-02-22T16:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=86444"},"modified":"2016-02-24T09:55:40","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T07:55:40","slug":"pre-order-a-samsung-galaxy-s7-and-get-a-free-gear-vr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/86444-pre-order-a-samsung-galaxy-s7-and-get-a-free-gear-vr","title":{"rendered":"Pre-order a Samsung Galaxy S7 and get a free Gear VR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cellucity.co.za\/pre-order\/preorder-samsungs7.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cellucity<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.mtn.co.za\/crs\/siteInformation\/staticPage.jsp?breadcrumb=S7&amp;siteInformation=SamsungS7\" target=\"_blank\">MTN<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vodacom.co.za\/vodacom\/shopping\/devices\/samsung-s7-pre-order?dealId=preorder&amp;icmp=Internal\/Home\/R1\/Carousel\/PreOrder\/GalaxyS7PreOrder\" target=\"_blank\">Vodacom<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cellc.co.za\/s7-preorder\" target=\"_blank\">Cell C<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> have launched pre-registrations for the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Local prices have yet to be confirmed, but Samsung has revealed that South Africa will be among the first countries to receive the devices on 11 March 2016.<\/p>\n<p>South Africans will also benefit from Samsung\u2019s launch deal which includes a free <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/148447-new-samsung-gear-vr-price-for-south-africa-announced.html\">Gear VR headset<\/a><\/strong> with all pre-orders.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung has confirmed that our versions of the device will run on its Exynos 8 Octa 8890 processor, which has 4\u00d7 2.3GHz cores, and 4\u00d7 1.6GHz cores.<\/p>\n<p>They will also support all of South Africa\u2019s LTE networks, including Telkom\u2019s TD-LTE network.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-registrations for the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, with a Gear VR, are now live with the following resellers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vodacom.co.za\/vodacom\/shopping\/devices\/samsung-s7-pre-order?dealId=preorder&amp;icmp=Internal\/Home\/R1\/Carousel\/PreOrder\/GalaxyS7PreOrder\" target=\"_blank\">Vodacom<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cellucity.co.za\/pre-order\/preorder-samsungs7.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cellucity<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cellc.co.za\/s7-preorder\">Cell C<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.mtn.co.za\/crs\/siteInformation\/staticPage.jsp?breadcrumb=S7&amp;siteInformation=SamsungS7\">MTN<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Jan Vermeulen is a guest of Samsung at Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>This article originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/155997-samsung-galaxy-s7-pre-registrations-in-south-africa-open-everything-you-need-to-know.html\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband<\/a> and is republished with permission.<\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>More on virtual reality<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/86438-an-affordable-virtual-reality-ready-pc-will-cost-how-much.html\">An affordable virtual reality ready PC will cost how much?!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/86430-the-most-expensive-vr-system-yet-htc-vive-priced-at-r12300.html\">The most expensive VR system yet: HTC Vive priced at R12,300<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/86085-the-first-oculus-ready-pcs-the-pcs-powerful-enough-to-handle-oculus-rift.html\">The first Oculus Ready PCs: the PCs powerful enough to handle Oculus Rift<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/85045-more-than-we-expected-the-oculus-rift-is-priced-at-r9500.html\">More than we expected: the Oculus Rift is priced at R9,500<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/85209-foveated-rendering-may-drastically-reduce-the-minimum-requirements-for-vr-headsets.html\">Foveated rendering may drastically reduce the minimum requirements for VR headsets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africans will benefit from Samsung\u2019s Galaxy S7 launch deal which includes a free Gear VR headset on all 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