After a disastrous outing with Galaxy S7, Samsung now ensure the Galaxy S8 is definitely going to be one of 2017’s most exciting smartphones. It is also one Samsung has (unsuccessfully) tried to keep secret ahead of the release date - until now…
Perhaps sensing the cat is already out of the bag, Samsung has suddenly confirmed the larger of the two Galaxy S8 models: the ‘Galaxy S8 Plus’. It did this by putting the phone’s official support page live. Right now the page is blank and only carries the phone’s model number (SM-G955FD), but numerous consistent leaks have already pieced the handset together.
What we can expect is a monstrous 6.2-inch curved 2K AMOLED display crammed into the same size chassis as last year’s 5.5-inch Galaxy S7 Edge, a Exynos 8895 or a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset, 64GB of internal storage, iris and fingerprint scanners, a microSD slot, 4GB of RAM, a USB Type-C charging port, IP68 water resistance and - yes - a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Ooops..wait a minute, it's has 6GB RAM which is pretty disappointing (6GB is already available from some of its rivals) and an absurd positioned finger scanner. We also don’t know much about the camera yet and this is an important area given Samsung lost it's crown last year with Galaxy S7.
Well, an Ultra HD 4K display is also off the cards. Personally I’d argue this is unnecessary (though VR may change that) and it appears to be the highlight saved for the reinvented Galaxy Note 8.
Perhaps sensing the cat is already out of the bag, Samsung has suddenly confirmed the larger of the two Galaxy S8 models: the ‘Galaxy S8 Plus’. It did this by putting the phone’s official support page live. Right now the page is blank and only carries the phone’s model number (SM-G955FD), but numerous consistent leaks have already pieced the handset together.
What we can expect is a monstrous 6.2-inch curved 2K AMOLED display crammed into the same size chassis as last year’s 5.5-inch Galaxy S7 Edge, a Exynos 8895 or a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset, 64GB of internal storage, iris and fingerprint scanners, a microSD slot, 4GB of RAM, a USB Type-C charging port, IP68 water resistance and - yes - a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Ooops..wait a minute, it's has 6GB RAM which is pretty disappointing (6GB is already available from some of its rivals) and an absurd positioned finger scanner. We also don’t know much about the camera yet and this is an important area given Samsung lost it's crown last year with Galaxy S7.
Well, an Ultra HD 4K display is also off the cards. Personally I’d argue this is unnecessary (though VR may change that) and it appears to be the highlight saved for the reinvented Galaxy Note 8.
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