Samsung Galaxy S8 Release on 2017 – While the Galaxy Note 6 is not yet unveiled, we have reports of upcoming Galaxy S flagship phone as road to 2017 Samsung phones is briefly leaked. A total of five flagship phones will be launched, we know few of them (anybody can predict) Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8 Edge, Galaxy Note 7 and Galaxy Note 7 Edge. One Smartphone that the Korean giant is likely to introduce is the Galaxy X which might be a super value nudget phone.
Reports about all these smartphones comes from confirmed source i.e and atleas you got to trust that. But why are we talking about 2017 flagship phone so early ? The galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 7 will feature 2.5K Super Amoled display with an RGB subpixel arrangement. Apart from just being flagship phones, all these phones are rumored to include foldable display. That doesn't even suprise us at all as the Samsung's foldable phones are rumored since a long time and the company has several foldable technology related patents under their name. LG has already show projection into bendable Smartphone with LG G Flex and G Flex 2.
Furthermore BGR has also reported that Samsung is a working on foldable Smartphones and we weren't so much that the device will be actually coming out so early in 2017.
Samsung Galaxy S8 Specifications
Here is what we can expect in Galaxy S8 from the specifications :
| NETWORK | Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
|---|
| LAUNCH | Announced | Not announced yet |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Rumored |
| BODY | Dimensions | - |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | - | |
| Build | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel | |
| SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) | |
| - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) - IP68 certified - dust proof and water resistant over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes |
| DISPLAY | Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 5.1 inches | |
| Resolution | 1440 x 2560 pixels (~576 ppi pixel density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes | |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | |
| - Always-on display - TouchWiz UI |
| PLATFORM | OS | Android OS, v7.0 |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 830 Exynos 8895 Octa |
| MEMORY | Card slot | microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) - single-SIM model microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual-SIM model |
|---|---|---|
| Internal | 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM |
| CAMERA | Primary | Dual 12 MP, phase detection autofocus, OIS, dual-LED (dual tone) flash |
|---|---|---|
| Features | Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama | |
| Video | 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. | |
| Secondary | 8 MP |
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
|---|---|---|
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes | |
| - 24-bit/192kHz audio - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
| COMMS | WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
|---|---|---|
| Bluetooth | v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS | |
| NFC | Yes | |
| Radio | No | |
| USB | v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector |
| FEATURES | Sensors | Iris scanner, fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 |
|---|---|---|
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM | |
| Browser | HTML5 | |
| Java | No | |
| - Fast battery charging - Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) - ANT+ support - S-Voice natural language commands and dictation - MP4/DivX/XviD/H.265 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player - Photo/video editor - Document editor |
| BATTERY | Non-removable Li-Ion battery |
|---|
| MISC | Colors | Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold |
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