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SamsungGalaxyS8
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SamsungGalaxyS8andGalaxyS8+areAndroid
smartphonesproducedbySamsungElectronicsaspartofthe SamsungGalaxyS8
SamsungGalaxySseries.Unveiledon29March2017 SamsungGalaxyS8+
duringamediaeventinNewYorkCity,theywillbereleased
inlateApril2017,withU.S.availabilityscheduledfor21
April2017.[4]

TheS8containsupgradedhardwareandmajordesign
changesovertheirpredecessors,theGalaxyS7andS7Edge, Codename ProjectDream
includinglargerscreenswithatalleraspectratioandcurved Brand SamsungGalaxy
sidesonboththesmallerandlargermodels,irisrecognition,
Manufacturer SamsungElectronics
anewsuiteofvirtualassistantfeaturesknownasBixby,and
adockingstationaccessory,SamsungDeX,thatallowsthe Slogan UnboxYourPhone
phonestobeusedwithapersonalcomputerstyleddesktop Series GalaxyS
interfacewithkeyboardandmouseinputsupport.
Firstreleased April21,2017
Predecessor SamsungGalaxyS7

Contents Related SamsungGalaxyNote7

Type Smartphone
1 Specifications
Formfactor Slate
1.1 Hardware
1.2 Software Dimensions GalaxyS8
2 Seealso 148.9mm(5.86in)H
3 References 68.1mm(2.68in)W
4 Externallinks 8.0mm(0.31in)D
GalaxyS8+
159.5mm(6.28in)H
Specifications 73.4mm(2.89in)W
8.1mm(0.32in)D
Hardware Weight 152g(5.4oz)

TheGalaxyS8andS8+bothfeature1440pSuperAMOLED Operating Original:Android7.0"Nougat"

displays,withan18.5:9aspectratiotallerthanthe16:9ratio system
usedbythemajorityofsmartphonestheS8hasa5.8inch Systemon International:Exynos8895
panel,whiletheS8+usesalarger6.2inchpanel.The chip NorthAmerica:Qualcomm
displaysarebothcurvedalongthesidebezelsofthedevice, Snapdragon835
withminimalbezelsthatSamsungmarketsasanInfinity
Memory 4GBLPDDR4RAM
Display,andthedisplaypanelitselfhasroundededges.[4]
TheS8featuresanoctacoreExynossystemonchipand Storage 64GBUFS2.1
4GBofRAMmodelsinNorthAmericanmarketsutilizethe Removable microSDXC,expandableupto
QualcommSnapdragon835instead.Bothchipsare storage 256GB
manufacturedbySamsungwitha10nmprocess.[4][5]They
Battery S8:3000mAh
contain64GBofinternalstorage,expandableviamicroSD
S8+:3500mAh
card.[4]TheGalaxyS8isoneofthefirstsmartphonesto
supportBluetooth5,supportingnewcapabilitiessuchas Datainputs
Sensors:
connectingtwowirelessheadphonestothedeviceatonce.[6]
ItisalsobundledwithHarmanAKGearbuds.[7] Accelerometer
Barometer

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UnlikepastGalaxySseriesmodels,theS8doesnotfeature Fingerprintscanner
physicalnavigationkeys,electingtouseonscreenkeys Irisscanner
instead.[4]However,unlikeotherimplementations,thehome Geomagneticsensor
buttoncanstillbeactivatedifitishiddenorthescreenisoff. Gyroscope
TheS8'sdisplayfeaturespressuresensitivitylimitedtothe Hallsensor
homebutton.[8]TheS8featuresthesame12megapixel Proximitysensor
"DualPixel"rearcameraastheS7,withsoftware
improvements.Thefrontfacingcamerawasupgradedtoan Other:
8megapixelsensorwithautofocus.[4][9]TheS8features
Physicalvolumekeys
fingerprintandirisscannersthefingerprintreaderwas
Bixbydedicatedkey
locatedtotherearofthedevice,nexttothecamera,dueto
theremovalofthephysicalhomebutton.[4] Display 296014401440pSuper
AMOLED,
TheS8andS8+usenonremovable3000and3500mAh S8:5.8in(150mm),
batteriesrespectivelySamsungstatedthatithadengineered 225ppcm(572ppi)
thebatteriestoretaintheircapacityforalongerperiodof S8+:6.2in(160mm),
timethanpreviousmodels.[9]TheS8supportsAirFuel 208ppcm(529ppi)
Inductive(formerlyPMA)[10]andQiwirelesscharging Rearcamera 12MP(1.4m),f/1.7aperture,4K
standards.[4]DuetotherecallsoftheSamsungGalaxyNote at30fps,1080pat60fps,720pat
7,Samsungcommittedtostricterqualitycontrolandsafety 240fps
testingproceduresonallofthecompany'sfuture
Frontcamera 8MP,autofocus
products.[11]
Website www.samsung.com/global/galaxy
Software /galaxys8/(http://www.samsung.co
m/global/galaxy/galaxys8/)
TheGalaxyS8runsAndroid7.0"Nougat"withthe References [1] [2] [3]
proprietarySamsungExperience(formerlyTouchWiz)user
interfaceandsoftwaresuite.[9]Thesoftwarefeaturesasuite
ofassistantfunctionsknownas"Bixby",whichisdesignedprimarilytointeractwithSamsung'sbundled
applicationsandothersupportedservices.Thefeatureallowstheuseofvoicecommandstoperformphone
functions,cangeneratecardsshownonahomescreenpage(replacingtheFlipboardintegrationformerly
featured)basedonauser'sinteractions,andperformsearchesutilizingobjectrecognitionviathecamera.[4]
BixbywillsupportthirdpartyintegrationviaanSDK.[9]TheS8supportstheuseofadockingstationknownas
SamsungDeXtoaccessaPClikedesktopenvironmentonanexternaldisplay,withsupportformouseand
keyboardinput.[12]

Seealso
Comparisonofsmartphones

References
1."SamsungGalaxyS8Specifications".Samsung.RetrievedMarch30,2017.
2."SeetheSamsungGalaxyS7cameraanditsblazingfastautofocusinaction".PhoneArena.RetrievedJuly28,2016.
3."GalaxyS8andGalaxyS8+:Thefullspecs".RetrievedMarch30,2017.
4.Bohn,Dieter(March29,2017)."ThisistheSamsungGalaxyS8,comingApril21st".TheVerge.VoxMedia.
RetrievedMarch30,2017.
5.Simon,Michael(January24,2017)."Report:Snapdragon835willlaunchfirstinGalaxyS8,othershavetowait".
PCWorld.InternationalDataGroup.RetrievedMarch30,2017.
6.O'Kane,Sean(March29,2017)."TheSamsungGalaxyS8isthefirstphonewithBluetooth5.0".TheVerge.Vox
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7.Gartenberg,Chaim(March29,2017)."TheGalaxyS8willcomebundledwithapairof$99wiredHarmanAKG
headphones".TheVerge.VoxMedia.RetrievedMarch30,2017.
8.Kastrenakes,Jacob(March29,2017)."Samsung'sGalaxyS8hasapressuresensitivehomebuttonbuiltintothe
screen".TheVerge.VoxMedia.RetrievedMarch30,2017.
9.Segan,Sascha(March29,2017)."SamsungGalaxyS8".PCMagazine.ZiffDavis.RetrievedMarch30,2017.
10.Walter,Derek(September2,2016)."Everythingyouneedtoknowaboutwirelesscharging".TechHive.International
DataGroup.RetrievedMarch30,2017.
11.Goode,Lauren(January22,2017)."ThisishowSamsungplanstopreventfuturephonesfromcatchingfire".The
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12.Warren,Tom(March29,2017)."Samsung'sGalaxyS8canturnintoaPCwithitsDeXdock".TheVerge.Vox
Media.RetrievedMarch30,2017.

Externallinks
Officialwebsite(http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxys8/)

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