This week, a comprehensive report revealed key information about Samsung’s new Galaxy S8 flagship phones , apparently confirming several major details about the new handsets. Today, much of that information has been independently verified by VentureBeat ’s Evan Blass (better known as serial leakster @evleaks ), along with a few other tidbits.
Significantly, Evan has also revealed an image of the Galaxy S8, which shows a fairly ’safe‘ evolution of the Galaxy S7 edge design.
With some of the details from the article earlier this week, combined with the additional insights from Evan’s coverage today, here’s a summary of what we now know – with some degree of certainty, at least – about the Galaxy S8:
Intriguingly, Evan also pointed out that the Galaxy S8 will have a dedicated button to launch Samsung’s new ‚Bixby‘ digital assistant , which is „said to be able to handle more complex commands than its competitors, such as multi-part instructions“.
Evan also confirmed a major new feature that was originally revealed earlier this month, and independently verified by The Guardian this week.
The Galaxy S8 will support ‚DeX‘, Samsung’s new PC-style desktop experience , similar to the Continuum mode on Microsoft’s Windows 10 Mobile OS. Through an optional desktop dock, the S8 will be able to connect to an external monitor via HDMI, with support for mouse and keyboard inputs, and a PC-like user interface appearing on the secondary display.
Samsung confirmed this week that – unlike in recent years – the Galaxy S8 won’t launch at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month. However, the company didn’t comment on exactly when the new handsets will launch.
According to Evan, Samsung will unveil the Galaxy S8 at a standalone event in New York City on March 29, with availability from April 21. However, it seems that the new devices will come at a higher price than their predecessors. The 5.8-inch model will reportedly cost \u20ac799 in Europe, while the 6.2-inch model will be priced at \u20ac899 – around \u20ac100 more than the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge.
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