With the official launch of the Samsung Galaxy S8 drawing closer, the rumoured news around the smartphone as well as the leaks are beginning to come in thick and fast! It’s absolutely difficult to turn your head away from all the speculation around the Samsung Galaxy S8. Here is a concept render… the first one of the upcoming flagship device!
It’s important to remind you that this image is not the official one, and is just inspired from one of the very strong leaks of the Samsung Galaxy S8 (by Twitter user Benjamin Geskin). The above image also shows the hardware Bixby button on the right edge, and the volume and power buttons on the left edge. The back has the fingerprint scanner and the camera sensor sitting side by side, and the Samsung logo is at the back as well.
The front is occupied mostly by the large dual-edge curved display with no sign of any Home or Navigation buttons seen at the bottom. The Galaxy S8 is tipped to come with an iris scanner in the front as well.
The smartphone is tipped to launch on March 29 at an Unpacked event in New York, and go on sale on April 21 around the world, including South Africa. The Samsung Galaxy S8 is expected to be priced at EUR 100 (approximately R1500) more than its predecessors – 5.8-inch model tipped to be priced at EUR 799 (apprxoimately R12 000) and the 6.2-inch Galaxy S8 Plus model tipped to be priced at EUR 899 (approximately R13 500).
What the rumours strongly suggest so far:
- Both Samsung Galaxy S8 variants will run on the latest Snapdragon 835 processor (or a 10nm in-house processor depending on regions)
- 4GB RAM, and offer 64GB of inbuilt storage that’s expandable via microSD card (up to 256GB)
- Galaxy S8’s front camera sensor will be at 8-megapixel, the rear camera at 12-megapixel, with both maintaining the f/1.7 aperture of their predecessors
- The battery capacity will be 3000mAh and 3500mAh for the two variants, but will come with other optimisations to improve on overall usage time.
