SAMSUNG GALAXY S8 ROUMOR AND RELEASE DATE IN 2017
A next-generation follow-up to the Galaxy S7 that was released last March, the Galaxy S8 will be the first phone to help redirect Samsung's efforts to gain new buyers who don't already have a Samsung phone. The Galaxy S8 gives Samsung a chance to lure gunshy buyers back to the brand with exceptional technology or lower-than-usual prices. And Samsung has the power to make a truly great phone. After all, reviewers like me had initially lauded the Note 7 as one of the most impressive phones Samsung had ever made. The question is, will the Galaxy S8 have enough of the goods to refocus shoppers who bolted?
The Galaxy S8 is still weeks away from making its debut (it won't launch as usual at the Mobile World Congress show), but the leaks and rumors have are getting hot and heavy.
At one point, some suggested that the Galaxy S8 would attempt to kickstart Samsung's rebound earlier than its usual late February/early March cycle that's tied to the giant Mobile World Congress (MWC) event in Spain. But Samsung has confirmed that the Galaxy S8 won't launch at the show.
"Samsung can confirm the company will not unveil its flagship product at Mobile World Congress this year," a company spokeswoman said in a statement.
The latest scuttlebutt puts the Galaxy S8 launch date at an event in New York on March 29. Another rumor pegs the sale date as April 14...although another suggests that the phone will really start to sell on April 18.
The face of next year's Galaxy S8 could be 85 percent or 90 percent screen, according to one report out of South Korea, up from an average ratio of 80 percent screen to bezels. That's supported by another, more recent report that the phone will be all-screen, and a suggestion that the Galaxy S8 could toss out its whole home button -- including the fingerprint reader -- and use an optical sensor that lives beneath the display.
Samsung partner Synaptics just released its own optical fingerprint scanner that fits the bill. It's quite possible that the two are one and the same.
One rumor says that Samsung will be able to fit a 5.8-inch display into the S8 and a 6.2-inch screen on the S8 Edge, both larger than the Note 7's 5.7-inch screen real estate.
The Galaxy S8 is still weeks away from making its debut (it won't launch as usual at the Mobile World Congress show), but the leaks and rumors have are getting hot and heavy.
At one point, some suggested that the Galaxy S8 would attempt to kickstart Samsung's rebound earlier than its usual late February/early March cycle that's tied to the giant Mobile World Congress (MWC) event in Spain. But Samsung has confirmed that the Galaxy S8 won't launch at the show.
"Samsung can confirm the company will not unveil its flagship product at Mobile World Congress this year," a company spokeswoman said in a statement.
The latest scuttlebutt puts the Galaxy S8 launch date at an event in New York on March 29. Another rumor pegs the sale date as April 14...although another suggests that the phone will really start to sell on April 18.
The face of next year's Galaxy S8 could be 85 percent or 90 percent screen, according to one report out of South Korea, up from an average ratio of 80 percent screen to bezels. That's supported by another, more recent report that the phone will be all-screen, and a suggestion that the Galaxy S8 could toss out its whole home button -- including the fingerprint reader -- and use an optical sensor that lives beneath the display.
Samsung partner Synaptics just released its own optical fingerprint scanner that fits the bill. It's quite possible that the two are one and the same.
One rumor says that Samsung will be able to fit a 5.8-inch display into the S8 and a 6.2-inch screen on the S8 Edge, both larger than the Note 7's 5.7-inch screen real estate.
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