Company Samsung Electronics has officially announced the date for the next Galaxy Unpacked event. It will be held March 29 in new York.
Note that at the Galaxy Unpacked events are traditionally announce the new flagship. In addition, Samsung has released a couple of teaser videos more than transparent hints at the upcoming debut of the flagship Samsung Galaxy S8 on this day.
According to earlier leaks, the Samsung Galaxy S8 will be released in two versions, one with a 5.8-inch display and a 6.2-inch display. Both of AMOLED screen will be curved, get the aspect ratio of 18.5:9 and a resolution of Quad HD (2560 x 1440 pixels) and will be able to recognize the pressing force as a function of 3D Touch from Apple. Signature home button, which has become one of the hallmarks of the Galaxy series, removed from the faceplate and moved to the rear, near the camera. It is equipped with a fingerprint scanner.
The main camera has a resolution of 12 MP, while the front — 8 megapixels, both with an aperture of f1.7. Next to the selfie camera is also a sensor for scanning the iris of the eye, like the infamous Galaxy Note 7. The rear camera also supports character recognition (OCR technology) with the new feature “visual search”.
The smartphone will be voice assistant called Bixby, able to recognize complex commands and a composite of the user and launch the special button on the edge of the smartphone.
The hardware basis be a Qualcomm Snapdragon or Samsung Exynos 835 8895, 4 or 6 GB RAM, 64 GB of internal flash memory UFS 2.1 with the possibility of expansion cards microSD up to 256 GB. The capacity of the battery will be 3250 mAh battery for a younger model, and 3600 mAh battery for the older model, you can have fast wireless charging. Provides protection from water. The work is produced under the Android operating system 7.1.1 Nougat. Supports 4G LTE, dual-band Wi-Fi (ac/b/g/n), Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC, 3.5 mm headphone Jack and a port USB Type-C.
The announcement of the Samsung Galaxy S8 is expected on March 29 in new York city at the Unpacked event. In Europe, the price of Samsung Galaxy S8 will be 799 euros for the 5.8-inch version and 899 euros for the 6.2-inch version, 100 Euro more expensive than last year’s Samsung Galaxy S7. The start of sales is scheduled on 21 April 2017.