Samsung Galaxy S8 : Everything you need to know about the new Samsung flagship smartphone
We've already heard a fair amount of rumours about the Galaxy S8, and more rumours and leaks surface every day. Samsung is expected to go all out with the S8 after its failure to launch the Note 7 successfully.
Launching a safe, buyable Galaxy S8 is the South Korean company's chance to get its phone business back on track, and to pick up momentum from a giant mobile show where Samsung characteristically launches its Galaxy S phones. Instead, we saw pressure from LG, Huawei and BlackBerry.
After apologizing to fans yet again for its disastrous drama of recalling 3 million fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 phones. The Korean electronics giant Samsung initially unveiled to launch its next flagship smartphone on March 29, 2017 at a dedicated launch event in New York.
The company made the announcement after launching the Galaxy Tab S3 and the Galaxy book two-in-one device at a press conference in Mobile World Congress in Barcelona 2017.
We obviously still don’t have any firm availability details as of yet, though rumours have been pointing to a release date sometime in April, with Forbes citing April 14, South Korea’s ETNews suggesting April 21, and Venture Beats’ Evan Blass claiming April 28.
Samsung Galaxy S8 Rumors & Specs Information:
Display:
We’ve all heard the claim that the Galaxy S8 will feature a 90 percent screen-to-body ratio and some of the latest leaked images and schematics certainly seem to confirm that claim, with very thin bezels above and below the display.
The Galaxy S8 was originally rumoured to stick with the same diagonal screen size found on the Galaxy S7 family: 5.1 and 5.5 inches.
However, following an earlier report that the Galaxy S8 screen size would be increased to attract Note 7 fans looking for a larger screened device, we’re now looking at increasing evidence for a 5.8- and 6.2-inch diagonal.
Galaxy S8 will supposedly have a 5.8-inch (full rectangle)/5.6-inch (rounded corners) Quad HD+ Super AMOLED display, while the S8+ will have a 6.2-inch (full rectangle)/6.1-inch (rounded corners) display. These are certainly some of the more credible display rumours we’ve received thus far.
The Galaxy S8 is expected to feature an 18.5:9 aspect ratio (rather than the standard 16:9), which will become something closer to the 2:1 aspect ratio on the LG G6 if your account for on-screen buttons.
Note that the display diagonal measurements given in the schematics (above) seem to be for the flat part of the screen though, with the curved part making up the difference. This obviously affects screen-to-body ratio calculations, which, for the given values, are closer to 85 percent rather than 90 percent.
Camera:
The Galaxy S8 had previously been rumoured to feature an improved dual-lens camera with reports out of South Korea claiming Samsung was opting for two 16MP cameras on the back with an 8MP front-facing camera.
Other claims put dual 12MP cameras on the back. However, since then, Bloomberg reports that the dual camera setup has been scrapped due to high manufacturing costs. The same seems confirmed by the leaked images and schematics.
The Bloomberg report seems to clash with the leaked spec sheets from TechnoBuffalo and @evleaks, though. Those leaks point to both devices sporting 12MP “Dual Pixel” main cameras. It’s possible those leaked spec sheets are outdated, which could explain the reason for the conflicting rumors.
Samsung is, however, said to be working on a new camera with a super-wide f/1.4 aperture but we’ll just have to wait and see if that’s what makes it into the Galaxy S8 or if we get a 12 MP f/1.7 camera.
Storage:
The Samsung s8 is expected to have an internal storage capacity of 64/128 GB and the memory can also be extended by a dual external memory card slot provided to the device, it can be extended up to 256GB so this gives a huge mass storage device for the user.
The interesting features are that the smartphone has an internal storage read and write speed up to 500mpbs so the transferring of data from the external devices through the device makes much faster.
Processor:
Rumoured Galaxy S8 specs include a Snapdragon 835 or Exynos 8895 chipset, depending on region, and Android 7.1 Nougat out of the box (for more on the SD 835, read this and this).
Earlier reports put 6GB of RAM in the S8, but it now looks more likely that we’ll only be getting 4GB of RAM (at least in the base model, there might still be a 6GB version, if this report is to be believed).
Fortunately, most reports claim the base model storage will be bumped up to 64GB and some claim there will be a 128GB and even a 256GB model available.
The Galaxy S8 will likely feature the new hybrid slot that supports both micro SD expansion and Samsung’s new UFS memory cards.
Security:
The Samsung S8 also has the key feature of the fingerprint sensor, iris scanner so the device is highly safe and protected.
This also has a 3D force touch similar to that of iPhone. The device touch response is quite realistic and responsive, which is much comforting to the user.
Battery:
In terms of battery capacity, that’s still up for debate. Blass and others have claimed a 3,000mAh and 3,500mAh battery for the Galaxy S8.
But recent news from South Korea suggests the Galaxy S8 battery will be slightly larger at 3,250mAh. This claim is backed up by a report from The Investor, which claims the same 3,250 size.
AI features:
Samsung’s VP of mobile communications went on record a while back, promising an “enhanced artificial intelligence service” for the Galaxy S8.
Following Samsung’s recent acquisition of AI firm Viv Labs, the company admitted that it was bringing a new AI digital assistant to the Galaxy S8 and other Samsung products.
Since then, we’ve heard more reports about Bixby and Kestra, the male and female voices Samsung trademarked for its new voice assistant.
A recent report from The Wall Street Journal claims that the new Bixby assistant will be based on Samsung’s S Voice, not Viv Labs.
The Bixby software was previously speculated to be built by Viv Labs, but according to the report, the virtual assistant has instead been upgraded from S Voice by Samsung engineers over the past few months.
Samsung’s S Voice is the personal assistant preloaded on its devices since the Galaxy S3; the software hasn’t been able to stay toe-to-toe with the likes of Siri and Google Now in recent years (if it ever could) and Samsung is expected to deliver a more competitive assistant with Bixby.
Bixby is expected to:
• Handle payments.
• Control native apps.
• Identify object and text through the camera app.
• Feature its own launch button (on the phone's right side).
• Launch in seven or eight languages (that's more than Google Assistant).
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