The South Korean smartphone manufacturer,Samsung , is currently working on what appears to be one of the most advanced smartphones that they have ever made and is also expected to be one of the best smartphones of the year 2017.Galaxy S8 smartphones will significantly be different from past models, according to someone familiar with the company’s plans. Because they lack the traditional navigation buttons found on handsets in this line’s first seven years, they will both feature displays even larger than Samsung’s traditionally oversized second-half flagship, the Galaxy Note.Having said so let us find out what so special about this coming flagship from Samsung from the little knowledge we know about the Galaxy S8 till now.
One of the first thing that comes to most people’s mind is the design of the smartphone more than anything else. And as far as the Galaxy S8’s design is concerned, it looks like we are going to see a very unusual design from Samsung. Here, unusual being the removal of the capacitive buttons on the front and going for onscreen buttons. We will be seeing a huge display on the front to make room for the on-screen buttons and secondly a bezel-less approach.Another major change which we will be seeing this year is that the fingerprint scanner will be moving to the back of the device from the front again to make room for the display. The two models, with 5.8- and 6.2-inch QHD Super AMOLED screens that cover 83 percent of their front panels, were first detailed by The Guardian. Because of their unusual size, their aspect ratio — at 18.5:9 — deviates slightly from the industry-standard 16:9. As The Guardian noted, both models sport Samsung’s “edge” display, which curves downward on both sides of the handset.While all these seems like major sacrifices, the bezel-less, curved display will make room for ever-larger display sizes for better user experience.
Samsung Galaxy S8 is expected to new benchmark in terms of performance. But before we dive into the specs, it is worth knowing that two S8 variants are expected, i.e. one is S8 and the other one is S8 Plus. The S8 is expected to ship with 5.8″ display whereas the S8 Plus is expected to ship with 6.2″ QHD display and both of them we will be Super AMOLED as usual.Both the handsets will have curved edge display with an unusual aspect ratio of 18.5:9.That improved power consumption will be critical, because despite the vastly increased display sizes, battery capacity is said to be a relatively conservative 3000mAh and 3500mAh for the 5.8-inch and 6.2-inch designs, respectively. And while internally the 4GB of RAM remains unchanged from the past few models, 64GB is the new baseline when it comes to internal storage (supplemented by a 256GB-capable microSD slot).These smartphones will either come powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC or an Exynos processor depending on the region of purchase.Performance-wise, this is said to make them 11 percent faster than the Galaxy S7 overall, with 23 percent faster graphics processing, but still 20 percent more energy efficient.Charging is said to happen via a USB Type-C port and it looks like Samsung is keeping the 3.5mm headphone jack alive.
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The Samsung Galaxy S8 & the S8 Plus are expected to sport the same exact 12MP rear facing shooter and 8MP in the front both of whose lenses possess f1.7 focal ratios, will see resolution improvements compared to the Galaxy S7.We will be seeing an 8MP camera along with an Iris scanner by the side just like the one found on the late Galaxy Note 7.The main camera allegedly possesses a new visual search functionality, with icons appearing on screen that allow the user to indicate the type of search to be performed (OCR-enabled web search on photographed text, for instance, or a shopping-site search for products of interest).
As The Guardian noted, one value-added feature is the ability to connect the handsets to a monitor for a desktop view of Android that can be controlled via keyboard and mouse, like Microsoft Continuum, called Samsung DeX — though it requires an optional, HDMI-equipped dock.
Another one of the most talked about feature that is expected to debut with this device is the new AI called Bixby.It’s said to be able to handle more complex commands than its competitors, such as multi-part instructions, and is launched by a dedicated button on the side of the devices.
Now the most important thing would be that when it is launching and what would be the price.There are lots of speculation about the launch date from various sources but judging by the previous time of the launch of S7 we can presume the launch would be after MWC 2017 at Barcelona.However, now it is expected that the Unpacked event where the Galaxy S8 will be unveiled will happen on March 29th in New York City.Following the painful Note7 recall and eventual cancellation, Samsung is taking extra time to test the critical models,before it goes for sale.
Lastly the price of the smartphones are expected to cost a €100 more than last year’s models. The S8 regular variant is expected to retail for about €799, whereas the S8 Plus is expected to cost €899 and both of them will go on sale on April 21st.So guys if the above mention specs of the S8 do features in reality i think the above mention prices are worth and have really blown your techymind then let us know whether you would go for it.Keep tune to Techymindplay for updates.
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