The rumored Samsung Galaxy S8 Lite has finally gone official. However, the smartphone has made its debut as the Galaxy S Lite Luxury Edition and carries the model number SM-G8750. As expected, the smartphone does share a few features in common with the standard Galaxy S8. Samsung Galaxy S Lite Luxury Edition: Price, Availability The…
The rumored Samsung Galaxy S8 Lite has finally gone official. However, the smartphone has made its debut as the Galaxy S Lite Luxury Edition and carries the model number SM-G8750. As expected, the smartphone does share a few features in common with the standard Galaxy S8.
The Samsung Galaxy S Lite Luxury Edition has been announced only for the Chinese market for now, where the smartphone will go on sale for 4,000 yuan (Rs.42.690 approx.). That’s only slightly lower than what consumers in China pay for a Galaxy S9.
The Galaxy S Lite Luxury Edition features a 5.8-inch sized Super AMOLED Infinity Display with 1080 x 2220 Full HD+ resolution and 18.5:9 aspect ratio. Powering the smartphone is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 660 octa-core processor clocked at 1.8 GHz with an Adreno 512 GPU. In terms of memory, the variant launched in China includes 4GB of RAM and comes with 64GB of expandable storage.
In the camera department, Galaxy S Lite Luxury Edition is equipped with a 16-megapixel rear camera with an f/1.7 aperture lens and optical image stabilization. The selfie camera on the front of the handset is an 8MP unit with an f/1.7 aperture. Connectivity features include Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac dual-band, Bluetooth 5.0 Low Energy, GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS, USB 3.1 Type-C port, NFC, and 4G VoLTE. The Galaxy S Lite Luxury Edition packs a 3000mAh capacity battery, identical to the Galaxy S8. It supports both wired as well as wireless (WPC + PMA) fast charging. Samsung Galaxy S Lite Luxury Edition also includes all the sensors present on the Galaxy S8, including an iris sensor and a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. The smartphone is water and dust resistant as well with an IP68 certification. It measures 148.9 68.1 x 8mm in terms of dimensions and weighs in at 150 grams. As for software, the handset runs on the Android 8.0 Oreo operating system with the Samsung Experience custom UX layer on top.
