Samsung on Friday, April 28 start of official sales in Russia the new flagship smartphone Galaxy Galaxy S8 and S8+. Launch vehicles and dedicated to him show presentation scheduled at the TSUM in Moscow at 19 hours with the participation of singer Vera Brezhneva. The user is prompted to buy the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ autographed celebrity to take part in a photoshoot and win a free trip anywhere in the world.
If you managed to miraculously survive until the end of April, not knowing anything about Samsung innovations, here’s the bare facts. Galaxy S8 and S8+ externally in many respects similar to its predecessors, but the screen “stretched” in length (aspect ratio of 18:9 or 2:1 instead of the usual 16:9), occupying almost the entire front panel of the device.
Case “guglofonov” not very thin (8 and 8.1 mm), but sufficiently narrow for the screen diagonal. For example, the width of the 5.7-inch Galaxy S8 — 68,1 mm. It is 1.5 mm smaller than that of 5.15-inch Galaxy S7 and only 1 mm more than the iPhone 7 with a 4.7-inch display. In the case of c Galaxy S8+ in the case of a width of 73.4 mm fit screen diagonal of 6.2 inches. Home button and fingerprint scanner on the front panel is not fit — key is now virtual, and a scanner arranged atypically, the right of the main camera lens.
Inside smartphone 4 GB RAM, 64 GB flash drives and 8-core 64-bit processor Exynos 8895. Battery capacity Galaxy S8 is the same as S7 — 3000 mAh, and S8+ — 3500 mAh battery that is 100 mAh less than that of last year’s S7 edge. The main camera the same 12 megapixel, but Samsung modified the imaging algorithms, front — 8-megapixel.
The launch of the Galaxy S8 not without certain problems. So, for some smartphones distinctive red color of the display, there are problems with wireless chargers and the assistant Bixby, which does not work anywhere except South Korea.
The recommended retail price of Samsung Galaxy S8 in Russia amounts to 54 990 rubles, Galaxy S8+ will cost 59 900 rubles.
