Samsung’s Galaxy S8 is one of the company’s 2017 flagship smartphones. With its massive 5.8-inch display, it’ll most likely be the smallest. Because of its near-invisible bezel and lack of a physical home button, the Samsung Galaxy S8 is more compact than 5.5-inch smartphones like the OnePlus 3T, despite its large screen.
Samsung Galaxy S8 Key Specs & Features
- 5.8-inch Super AMOLED Display, 1440 x 2960 pixels (570ppi)
- Octa-core 10nm-class chipset (Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 or Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa)
- Bixby Intelligent Digital Assistant with dedicated launch button
- Android 7.0 (Nougat) with 4GB RAM
- 64GB Storage with support for memory card up to 256GB
- 12MP Rear Camera and 8MP Front Camera
- Fingerprint Sensor (Rear), Iris Scan, Face Unlock
- Gigabit LTE (up to 1024 Mbps download)
- 3000 mAh Battery with Fast Charging
The Design and Display
The glass and metal design of the Samsung Galaxy S8 is stunning. Corning Gorilla Glass 5 covers the full front of the device. The back is as well.
The removal of the home button is one of the most significant design changes. As a result, the fingerprint sensor has been relocated to the back, next to the rear camera.
The removal of the home button freed up space on the Samsung Galaxy S8 screen, allowing it to be expanded downwards. Samsung was able to fit a large screen into a compact shell, making the phone more manageable.
The Display
Despite having a larger screen, the Samsung Galaxy S8 is smaller than the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. The fact that the Samsung Galaxy S8 is practically bezeless also contributed significantly to its compactness.
The stunning 5.8-inch Super AMOLED display has a 1440 x 2960 pixel resolution. Corning Gorilla Glass 5 is used to protect the display. The glass’s left and right ends, as well as its four corners, are all curved.
The Samsung Galaxy S8 has an onscreen home button in place of the physical home button (with haptic feedback). When the home button disappears while using certain programs, simply tap and hold the bottom of the screen to bring it back to life.
At the bottom of the Samsung Galaxy S8, there is a USB Type C port as well as a 3.5mm audio socket. On the right side of the phone is a power button that, when double-clicked, also launches the camera.
The Camera
As with the Galaxy S7, the Samsung Galaxy S8 has a single 12 megapixel camera on the back. Unlike the LG G6 and the iPhone 7 Plus, it lacks dual rear cameras.
Optical Image Stabilization is still available on the back camera. Though the camera appears to be identical to that of the S7, Samsung claims that the software has been improved significantly.
However, the front-facing camera on the Samsung Galaxy S8 has been upgraded from 5 megapixels to 8 megapixels. Autofocus and HDR are also included in the camera.
Hardware
Samsung Galaxy S8 will come with either an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 or an octa-core Samsung Exynos chipset, depending on your country. Both chips are 10nm, which means they will be more energy efficient.
The Samsung Galaxy S8 has 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. It can take up to a 256GB microSD card.
Gigabit LTE is available on the Samsung Galaxy S8. This means that, once network capacity is built, the smartphone will be future-proof, supporting download speeds of up to 1024 Mbps.
In most countries, including Nigeria, the smartphone will feature 4G LTE. Glo Mobile, MTN, Etisalat, NTel, Smile, and InterC are among the major LTE networks in Nigeria that are supported.
Bluetooth 5.0 (first phone to support), USB Type C (USB 3.1), dual-band Wi-Fi, wireless charging, and NFC are all available on the Android phone. Face unlock is a feature on the Samsung Galaxy S8 that makes unlocking your phone very simple and quick. The Android phablet, on the other hand, will need an iris scanner or a fingerprint sensor to do more sensitive duties.
Software
The Samsung Galaxy S8 runs Android 7.0 (Nougat) with the firm’s standard Samsung UI shell, however it appears like the company has tidied things up a touch. As previously stated, the smartphone will include Bixby, a new digital assistant.
Bixby will help you complete things on your phone using voice commands, such as editing images or making a call. It can also read QR codes, extract text from a label or document (OCR), and use the camera and optical image recognition to recognize real-world objects.
Bixby uses Google Translate to translate a foreign language into your favorite language when it extracts it. On the left side of the Galaxy S8, there is a dedicated button for activating Bixby.