Samsung Galaxy S8

SAMSUNG'S NEWEST FLAGSHIP; THE GALAXY S8.

Design

The Galaxy S8 is hands down the most beauteous smart phone on the market as of date. Like the G6 the front of the Samsung Galaxy S8 is almost all screen; 5.8 inches of screen to be exact. The S8 is thin, and incredibly light. It measures 148.9 x 68.1 x 8mm in dimension and weighs only 152g. Every corner and edge has been rounded on the Samsung Galaxy S8 to give the user a very pleasing feel in the hand. It packs in wireless charging and rated IP68 water- and dust-resistant; Hence, it can handle up to 30 minutes to a depth of 1.5 metres of water. It is said that the Galaxy S8 will come in three colours at launch Midnight, Orchid Gray, and Arctic Silver. 

Camera

In the Galaxy S8, all the camera specs tell the same story as its predecessor the Galaxy S7: same 12MP sensor on the rear with an f/1.7 aperture, fast autofocus etc. One of the biggest upgrade to the camera is the multi-frame image feature; When a picture is taken, the camera actually takes three shots and selects the best one for you, the camera does this with each picture you take. The auto mode is rapid and takes brilliantly sharp images every time, the pro mode is slick and fully-featured, and there are a host of other modes (included background defocus, just like in the iPhone 7 Plus). The front-facing camera has been upgraded to 8MP with a great low-light sensor. Samsung even added some face recognition effects to the front facing camera in attempt to mimic those found on Snapchat. 

Display

The Samsung Galaxy S8 display has taken the title of "Best smartphone screen" in DisplayMate's in-depth testing - putting it above all overs on the market. The 5.8-inch Super AMOLED display is clear, bright and colorful, with a QHD resolution. The S8 has a resolution of 1440 by 2960 pixels, a pixel density of approximately 570ppi. The phone has an 18.5:9 aspect ratio, similarly to the LG G6. It also features 3D touch, Always-on display and TouchWiz UI.

Performance

The Galaxy S8 is easily one of the most powerful phones in existence. This phone has an octa-core Exynos CPU running four cores at 1.7GHz and four at 2.3GHz. It 4GB of RAM works seamlessly well when you're multi-tasking, running intensive apps, or hooked into the DEX dock to use the phone as a computer, it is lightning fast. The S8 comes with 64GB internal storage with a microSD slop for expandable storage. The S8 stacks a 3000mAh battery with wireless charging. The biggest new addition to the Galaxy is Bixby. Bixby is an AI system that Samsung says was designed to make device interaction easier, specifically designed to avoid the complexity of increasingly fully-featured devices. It will make its debut on the Samsung Galaxy S8 devices, but is designed to work across a range of Samsung products.

Price

The introductory price of the base model (64GB) Galaxy S8 are as follows:

• $750 in the U.S. 

• 689 in the U.K.

• $1,199 in AU.

Pre-orders of the Galaxy S8 began on March 30, retail sales starts on April 21. They will be available by carrier for a monthly rate of $25 - $30 depending on your carrier (Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile).

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