The Galaxy S7 and the LG G5 are now available in the UK and the US. Once again the launch can see the South Korean giant fighting for the premium segment. Let's get our hands on both the smartphones.

Samsung went for a familiar design to the S6 and S6 edge with the S7 and S7 Edge, making a couple of refinements, while LG opted for a redesign for the G5. But which should you choose?

The Galaxy S7 has a very similar metal-glass  body, but slightly refined slim, metal build as its predecessor. It comes with dust and waterproofing. 

The G5 offers a full metal body complete with a fingerprint sensor on the rear within the power button, although the fingerprint sensor is a little slower than the S7 and the metal build feels a little plasticky.

In terms of display, the Samsung Galaxy S7 features a 5.1-inch Super AMOLED screen with a Quad HD resolution, while the LG G5 has a 5.3-inch IPS LCD display, also featuring a 2560 x 1440 resolution. Both the Samsung and the LG phones have what the companies are calling always-on displays.

When it comes to camera, the Galaxy S7 has a 12-megapixel rear snapper with wider aperture on board at f/1.7 and dual pixel technology, which is also found in DSLRs, for quicker auto focusing. Its front-facing camera is 5-megapixels, and both perform very well.

The LG G5 has a 16-megapixel rear camera, along with a secondary 8-megapixel 135-degree wide-angle sensor for a wider field of view that is said to be closer to a human eye than a regular camera.  The G5 has super-fast and super-accurate autofocus whatever you point it at, aided by a bright f/1.8 aperture for low-light shooting. It also has an 8-megapixel front-facing camera.

Samsung offers two versions of the Galaxy S7 depending on the region, with one offering a quad-core chip and the other an octa-core chip. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 will be the quad-core model and the octa-core model will be Exynos 8 Octa. The LG G5 opts for the Snapdragon 820. They are powerful, slick and fast in operation and neither overheats when you throw harder tasks at them.

LG has 4GB of RAM on board, as well as 32GB of internal storage, supported by microSD for storage expansion. Samsung also offers 4GB of RAM along with 32GB and 64GB storage options with microSD support reintroduced for this device.

The Samsung Galaxy S7 comes with 3000mAh battery under the hood, charged via Micro-USB, while the LG G5 has a slightly smaller 2800mAh capacity that is charged via USB Type-C.

G5 does offer a removable battery thanks to its modular nature, as well as the addition of other modules, such as a Hi-Fi DAC and amp.

The Samsung Galaxy S7 and the LG G5 both launch on Android Marshmallow from the box. Though, both companies add their own software overlays.

Summing up both the Samsung Galaxy S7 and the LG G5 are great smartphones. Which is the winner between these two handsets? That depends entirely on whether your spec needs.