The Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ are now official! Both devices are sporting huge display sizes, with the Galaxy S8 now at 5.8-inches and the Galaxy S8+ at a whopping 6.2-inches. The Galaxy S8/S8+ managed to do this by maximizing the front panel with almost an all-screen design.
Samsung Galaxy S8 specs:
5.8-inch Super AMOLED Quad-HD+ Infinity display @ 2960×1440 pixels, 568ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Samsung Exynos 8895 64-bit 10nm octa-core CPU (4 ARM Cortex A53 1.7GHz + 4 Exynos M1 2.3GHz)
Mali G71MP20 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB internal storage
Expandable up to 256GB via microSD (uses SIM 2 slot)
12MP Dual Pixel rear camera dual-tone, dual LED flash, f/1.7 aperture
8 megapixel front-facing auto-focus camera with f/1.7 aperture
Dual SIM (hybrid), dual LTE
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth 5.0
NFC
GPS with aGPS support, Galileo, Glonass, BeiDou
Fast Wireless Charging
Fingerprint Scanner
Heart-Rate Sensor
Iris Scanner
IP68 rating
Android 7.0 Nougat with TouchWiz
Samsung Bixby, Bixby Vision
3,000mAh Li-Ion non-removable battery
Colors: Midnight Black, Maple Gold, Orchid Grey, Coral Blue, Arctic Silver
Each box of the Galaxy S8 will come with an AKG earphones. In the Philippines, only the black and gold will be initially released to be followed by the grey.
Unlike the S7 and S7 Edge, this time around Samsung made the design of the Galaxy S8 and S8+ exactly the same with only the size being different. Both handsets now feature a curved display, much like the Note7.
Samsung Galaxy S8+ specs:
6.2-inch Super AMOLED Quad-HD+ Infinity display @ 2960×1440 resolution, 531ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Samsung Exynos 8895 64-bit 10nm octa-core chip
4 x ARM Cortex A53 1.7GHz + 4 x Exynos M1 2.3GHz
Mali G71MP20 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB internal storage
Expandable up to 256GB via microSD (uses SIM 2 slot)
12MP Dual Pixel rear camera dual-tone, dual LED flash, f/1.7 aperture
8 megapixel front-facing auto-focus camera with f/1.7 aperture
Dual SIM (hybrid), dual LTE
WiFi
Bluetooth 5.0
NFC
GPS with aGPS support, Galileo, Glonass, BeiDou
Fast Wireless Charging
Fingerprint Scanner
Heart-Rate Sensor
Iris Scanner
IP68 rating
Android 7.0 Nougat with TouchWiz
Samsung Bixby, Bixby Vision
3,500mAh Li-Ion non-removable battery
Colors: Midnight Black, Maple Gold, Orchid Grey, Coral Blue, Arctic Silver
Each box of the Galaxy S8 will come with an AKG earphones. In the Philippines, only the black and gold will be initially released to be followed by the grey. For the Philippines, the variant that will be available is the 4GB RAM and 64GB storage.
Both the Galaxy S8 and S8+ will have an unusual 18.5:9 aspect ratio which brings the maximum resolution at 2960×1440 (WQHD+). However, the resolution can be adjusted to either HD+ (1480 x 720 pixels) or full HD+ (2220 x 1080 pixels).
Samsung is has set the local media launch on April 20, 2017. You can read our Samsung Galaxy S8 Review here.
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If it uses the same battery for s7 edge then no problem as I have unit for more than than a year and still works flawlessly