Samsung has finally unveiled its long-awaited iphone killer of 2017 at its Galaxy unpacked event today. There have been a lot of rumors and leaks that will all be now put to rest, at least for the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. the current Galaxy flagships are an excellent combination of glass, metal and a enormous screen in a much smaller size than you’d expect. Although, thanks to Xiaomi’s Mi mix and LG G6, that’s no a lot more a reason enough to stand out.
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Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 plus crucial specs
Feature
S8
S8+
Screen size
5.8 inches
6.2 inches
Dimensions
148.9 x 68.1 x 8mm, 155g
159.5 x 73.4 x 8.1mm, 173g
Camera
12MP main, 8MP front
12MP main, 8MP front
Storage
64GB + MicroSD
64GB + MicroSD
Software
Android 7.0
Android 7.0
Release date
April 28 or April 20 for pre-orders
April 28 or April 20 for pre-orders
Price
£689
£779
The smaller of the siblings, Galaxy S8 packs in a enormous 5.8 inch (570ppi) screen while the S8 plus has a 6.2 inch (529ppi) Quad HD+ screens at a resolution of 2960 x 1440. The super tall 18.5:9 aspect ratio is a bit peculiar, however. It will be interesting to see how apps work on it. considering the popularity of the Galaxy flagships, though, that shouldn’t be a problem. The S8 is also IP68 water-resistant, so it can deal with a lot of day to day liquid accidents.
The us variants will be powered by the Snapdragon 835 while the international variant will feature Samsung’s own Exynos 8895. Both the processors are manufactured by Samsung using the company’s own 10nm manufacturing tech. Samsung has also made a decision to stick with 4 gigs of RAM for both the S8 models using 64 GB of storage on the base models. Expandable storage by means of a micro SD card is also supported. There is a fingerprint reader on the back, but it’s placed to the ideal of the camera, which is not an optimal placement.
Samsung Galaxy S8 Camera
Other than the screen sizes, there’s not much to set apart the two devices. Both sport a 12MP rear cam and a 8 MP selfie shooter. Samsung has chosen not to go down the dual cam route like a lot of other smartphone makers, but maybe they’re keeping it for the Galaxy note 8. The company is touting its “multi-frame image processing”. What this indicates is when you click a photo, the cam takes three and uses two of them to sharpen the first one. It’s not possible to say anything about how nicely that will work, but Samsung’s cameras are normally among the top.
Samsung Galaxy S8 Battery
You will probably remember how things went down the last time Samsung released a phone this big and beautiful. Not surprisingly, Samsung has made a decision to not push the envelope this time relating to battery sizes. The S8 has a 3000mAh battery while the larger S8 plus has a 3500mAh battery. The company claims they’ve tweaked the battery chemistry to make them last long even after a year or two of use.
Qualcomm quick charge 4.0 is present on the Qualcomm variants, and both variants support major wireless charging standards. I can’t help but wonder how long a 3000mAh battery would last under a 5.8 inch Quad HD+ display, however.
Samsung Galaxy S8 Software
Samsung makes some of the greatest hardware on smartphones, and nobody can argue about it. but it is the software that lots of have a problem with. considering that the good old days of Android, Samsung has had a track record among Android fans, and the company has been trying hard to get away from that. The software on the Galaxy S8 and S8 plus continues that trend. Samsung’s own skin runs atop Android 7.0 Nougat, but there aren’t as lots of bloatware apps as skeptics would expect.
There’s the always on display we have seen before, except it also shows notifications this time. The phones also have what seems to be quick facial recognition along with Iris scanning which was a bit clunky the last time it appeared on the note 7. considering the awkward placement of the fingerprint reader on the device, this might come in handy. Although, Samsung admits this is not as safe as the other solutions. for this reason if you want to make payments, showing up your pretty face is not going to work, you will still need the fingerprint or Iris scanners.
The Galaxy S8 (and the S8 Plus) also have DeX. It’s a feature like Windows 10’s continuum. You can get a specialized dock and use it to plug your device to a larger screen, possibly connected to a keyboard and a mouse to get a full desktop like experience. This is a lot more or less a gimmick, but it’s a gimmick lots of people would be ecstatic to try out, at least once. keep in mind though this is nothing like a Remix OS, and does not offer any desktop like browser windows.
Samsung Bixby
And finally, there is also Bixby, the rumored virtual assistant that is finally as official as the devices it is on. Samsung’s assistant, thenull