Samsung may ape iPhone's 3D Touch in its next smartphone

With its new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, Apple introduced a new way of communicating with the iPhones with 3D Touch- a feature that basically aims at reducing the number of taps and swipes that one would require to execute a function on their device.

Now, the rumour mill is abuzz that rival Samsung might include the feature in its next flagship Galaxy smartphone, possibly dubbed the Galaxy S7.However, the claim by a Weibo user, a known leaker, is that Samsung won’t be using the exact technology used in iPhone 6s or even developing its own version. The South Korean giant could instead partner with a company called Synaptics, which launched its own pressure-sensitive touchscreen sensors called Clearforce earlier this month. The new technology, as Synaptics says, will be ready by early next year, Business Insider notes.

The Samsung Galaxy S7, codenamed Project Lucky, is rumoured to come with a new 20 megapixel rear camera, a powerful Exynos 8890 chipset and feature a faster flash storage called UFS 2.0.