Samsung Galaxy S8 To Come with A Curved Bezelless Screen: Leak

[SherDil]

A new leak concerning the Samsung Galaxy S8 has given us a brief look at what the South Korean smartphone giant has in store for us.

The Infinity Display
Talking to undisclosed sources, the Guardian has published details that have left us swooning over the stunning, curved, and nearly bezel-less display on the Galaxy S8. Moreover, it is expected to come in two sizes; one in the 5-inch range while the other, bigger one in the 6-inch range.

Despite increasing the screen size, Samsung plans to keep the sizes of the phone almost the same by using a minimal amount of bezel around the screen. It is being referred to as the “infinity display” which will cover most of the front of the device. In fact, the company also seems to have done away with the logo on the front of the device due to the lack of space.

Design and Build

The design of the S8, while keeping the same premium build of its predecessor, seems to be further refined by Samsung. according to the report. The article also reveals that there will be a fingerprint sensor on the back of the phone, unlike the ones embedded in the home button in current-gen Samsung phones.

The Galaxy S8 will (reportedly) have a traditional 3.5 mm headphone socket.

Other details revealed by the Guardian point to the presence of an iris scanner (just like the Note 7), storage capacity starting from 64 GB (along with a microSD card slot), and also a dock and software capable of making the phone usable in a desktop environment.

Release Date
The announcement date for Samsung’s 2017 flagship is said to be in late March and they expect it to go on sale around the 21st of April.

2016 has been anything but uneventful for Samsung. After making some brilliant phones in the form of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy Note 7, the manufacturer’s hopes for the year were set on fire, thanks to the Note 7 fiasco. Now, it seems that they are ready to turn things around with their next flagship phone — the Samsung Galaxy S8.

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[KAL-EL]

http://venturebeat.com/2017/01/26/this-is-the-samsung-galaxy-s8-launching-march-29/

Really sweet specs including a 6.2 inch screen option. I was going to wait for the next note to come out, but I might just be too tempted to pick this one up instead.

 

[SoulSpokesman]

Hopefully with a non-exploding battery as well!

Regards

 

[Samee Ulhaq]

The Mother Lode of Galaxy S8 Leaks Just Landed
Philip Michaels Senior Editor
Tech Media Network (Tom's Guide)January 27, 2017
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Up until now, most of the leaked renders we've seen of the Galaxy S8 have either been speculative or based on cases and screen protectors reportedly designed for Samsung's upcoming phone. But we may have finally gotten a look at the real McCoy.

Why so confident? Consider the source of this latest leaked image — VentureBeat's Evan Blass, who has a pretty good track record when it comes to revealing details about unannounced smartphones. Blass posted the image to Twitter, along with a March 29 date for the Galaxy S8's unveiling.

Credit: Evan Blass/VentureBeatThe image pretty much matches what we've heard in all the rumors about the Galaxy S8 — namely that the front of the phone will feature an edge-to-edge screen with the curved display going down both sides of the S8. The navigational buttons found on the Galaxy S7 are gone, while the back of the phone features a fingerprint reader next to the rear camera.


We'll apparently know for sure if this really is what the Galaxy S8 looks like by the end of March. Blass says the phone will be unveiled at an event in New York on March 29, with the phone going on sale in April. Earlier rumors had Samsung waiting until April to unveil the phone. In either case, the S8 debuts later than previous models, which Blass attributes to Samsung taking its time in the wake of the botched Galaxy Note 7 launch.


There's more to Blass's report than just a leaked phone image. He also lists some of the purported specs on the Galaxy S8. As others have reported, the phone looks like it will run on the Snapdragon 835 processor, at least in markets where the phone doesn't use Samsung's own Exynos CPU instead. The Qualcomm chip reportedly consumes less power than the one in last year's Galaxy S7, which is important since the larger displays are going to need more power. Blass reports that Samsung will go with 3000 and 3500 mAh batteries in the 5.8- and 6.2-inch models of the phone, respectively.

Other features in the Galaxy S8, according to Blass's report: It will ship with 4GB of RAM, offer 64GB of storage (with a microSD slot letting you add another 256GB) and, yes, include a 3.5mm headphone jack.

The camera in the S8 apparently won't see any major improvements to its hardware, but Blass reports that software will let the camera do image recognition to help you with searches. He also expects the Galaxy line to feature pressure-sensitive touch screens similar to the 3D Touch feature Apple added to its smartphones starting with the iPhone 6s.

You might wind up paying more for all those features, though. Blass says that Galaxy S8 will cost €100 more than last year's models in Europe. It's unclear how that will translate to U.S. pricing, though.

 

[LeGenD]

Fantastic smartphone.

Hopefully with a non-exploding battery as well!

Regards

You make it sound as if Samsung smartphones are notorious for this issue. Note 7 had this issue, doesn't implies other models also.

Samsung has a reputation to maintain and it won't be careless next time.

 

[SoulSpokesman]

Legend sb,

Chill, it was all tongue in cheek ! My current mobile and my previous two ones were all Samsung. As are my wife's.

Regards

 

[Soofi1]

Indeed with customer experience, For frequent world traveler, better not to go with SAMSUNG, since its same model has different regional variants, which can frustrate you, when failing to latch on Access domain while Roaming. SAMSUNG require to produce one variant to work all over the World for 2G/3G/LTE Bands like-wise iPhone.

 

[Blue Marlin]

you do know that these "leaks" are done on purpose right?

 

[KAL-EL]

since its same model has different regional variants

Where I'm from (USA) Samsung uses Qualcomm Snapdragon processors in their galaxies and notes. Where as in just about every other part of the world, they use their in-house exynos processor variant.

Their exynos processor usually outperforms Qualcomm Snapdragon processors in almost every category. Which frustrates me as a Samsung consumer here in the States, because I much prefer their exynos versions.