In collaboration with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Samsung gifted 12,500 Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition to all Rio 2016 Olympians, helping them to enhance their experiences in Rio and communicate with family and friends around the world more conveniently. For the first time ever, the Rio 2016-inspired device incorporates an Olympic Games design embedded into the phone itself, featuring a custom colorway pattern including the five official colors of the Olympic Rings.

Olympians from the France capture the spirit and excitement of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on the official Olympic Games phone, the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition, on Friday, August 5, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Olympians from France capture the spirit and excitement of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on the official Olympic Games phone, the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition, on Friday, August 5, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Olympians from Brazil capture the spirit and excitement of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on the official Olympic Games phone, the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition, on Friday, August 5, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Olympians from the United States of America capture the spirit and excitement of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on the official Olympic Games phone, the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition, on Friday, August 5, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Olympians from the United States of America capture the spirit and excitement of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on the official Olympic Games phone, the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition, on Friday, August 5, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Olympians from Korea capture the spirit and excitement of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on the official Olympic Games phone, the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition, on Friday, August 5, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Olympians capture the spirit and excitement of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on the official Olympic Games phone, the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition, on Friday, August 5, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

For more information about Samsung’s involvement in the Olympic Games, please visit www.samsungmobilepress.com/Olympics/

About Samsung’s Involvement in the Olympic Games

Samsung began its Olympic Games involvement as a local sponsor of the Seoul 1988 Olympic Games. Beginning with the Nagano 1998 Olympic Winter Games, the company extended its commitment to the Olympic Movement as the Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Wireless Communications Equipment category, providing its proprietary wireless communications platform, called Wireless Olympic Works (WOW), and mobile devices. These innovative mobile phone technologies provide the Olympic Family with real-time, user location-based information service, interactive communications, and Samsung Pay. Samsung hosts various Olympic campaigns to share the excitement of the Olympic Games with people around the world and enable everyone to participate in the Games through its innovative mobile technology. Samsung’s commitment as a Worldwide Olympic Partner continues through to Rio 2016, PyeongChang 2018, and Tokyo 2020.

Olympians from the Brazilian women’s water polo team receive their Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition at the Samsung Galaxy Studio in the Rio 2016 Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

U.S. Olympic gold medalist Kayla Harrison snaps a selfie on her new Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition, the official Olympic Games phone, during a visit to the Samsung Galaxy Studio in the Rio 2016 Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Team Great Britain synchronized divers Alicia Blagg and Rebecca Gallantree receive their Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition at the Samsung Galaxy Studio in the Rio 2016 Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

South Korea fencers Gu Bon-Gil, left, and Shin A-Lam receive their Samsung Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition at the Samsung Galaxy Studio in the Rio 2016 Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

For more information about Samsung’s involvement in the Olympic Games, please visit www.samsungmobilepress.com/Olympics/

Samsung Electronics announced that the Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition is available for purchase in selected regions including Brazil, the United States, China, Germany and Korea from today. In order to celebrate Rio 2016, Samsung made exactly 2,016 phones available in each nation.

As a Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Wireless Communications Equipment section, Samsung first introduced a limited Olympic Games edition device back in 1998, to tie in with the Nagano 1998 Olympic Winter Games. The Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition, however, represents the first time Samsung has released a device with a themed design and even a preloaded Olympic Games-related interface and application.

The Rio 2016-inspired Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition device incorporates Olympic Games-themed design into the phone’s design.

It features a custom-made colorway pattern that designed in blue, red, green, yellow and black – the five colors of the Olympic Rings. There is a blue theme in the rear camera, sensors and flash, red in the power button, green in the volume button and yellow in the receiver and home key – while the device itself is a distinctive black.

The colors of the Olympic Rings are also featured in the phone’s user interface in both the home and lock screens. These can also be found in the message, dial and contact screens, as well as the notification bar.

Users can also decorate their devices with Olympic motifs, choosing from a selection of pre-loaded Rio 2016-themed wallpapers.

Samsung has also developed the new 3D Flag application ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Users can launch the app, which comes pre-loaded on the device, to select their nation of choice. They can then display their country’s flag on the Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition’s radiant screen – ideal for proud sports fans the world over.

Not only is the limited edition itself unique, the packaging of the Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition is also worthy of note. Samsung has designed a practical pouch type carrier that can be used for a variety of purposes, and doubles as a memorable souvenir of Rio 2016. What is more, the practical re-usable pouch package is environmentally friendly by cutting down significantly on the kind of waste generated by many other smartphones’ packaging.

Samsung will provide a total of 12,500 Galaxy S7 edge Olympic Games Limited Edition and Gear IconX devices to athletes competing at Rio 2016 through partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).