Fiasco flagship phablet Galaxy Note 7 has forced Samsung to show care, and new high-end smartphone Galaxy S8 will be equipped with a display 4K, but only 2K-resolution. In addition, the release device may be delayed for three months. This was told by network sources, with reference to the informant among suppliers the South Korean manufacturer.
Novelty, as stated, will be the first Samsung smartphone equipped with a frameless display. The resolution will remain the same as the previous model (2K), but for display you will use other materials. The sources did not specify what material it is.
Providers Samsung has not yet received orders for components for the mechanical home button Galaxy S8. And this may be the most explicit confirmation of the rumors about the refusal from the one in Samsung’s new flagship and the use of the display is “edge to edge”, which, according to rumors, will occupy more than 90% of the area of the front panel.
The previous screen resolution Galaxy S8, here Samsung has clearly decided to exercise caution. Displays with 4K resolution have a huge load on the batteries of smartphones and the shift to their use would have forced Koreans to dramatically increase the capacity of the battery in the Galaxy S8.
In light of recent events with the Galaxy Note 7, a solution is questionable. After all, Samsung still don’t know what caused the explosions Galaxy Note 7, although the fact that this is connected with the battery of the smartphone is not in doubt.
It became known yesterday that the Galaxy S8 will be equipped with artificial intelligence (AI). We are talking about the application in the smartphone virtual assistant Viv, which was developed by the creators of Siri Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer. “S8 will be our first smartphone with the technology of the AI-agent”, — said the Vice-President of Samsung Electronics Ri In-ena. He noted that the company implements the vision of the future, where devices intelligently interact with users and among themselves, making people’s lives easier.
Existing prototypes of the Galaxy S8, used for internal testing, will contain an additional button on the side of the smartphone, which is used to launch virtual assistant. But this is not the final version of the prototypes, and the time of release, the situation may change.
As for the timing of the release of the Galaxy S8, in recent years, the release of the new Samsung flagships was carried out during the exhibition Mobile World Congress, which takes place in February. But in 2017, the display apparatus can be transferred in April. The reason for this was the desire of Samsung to double-check and make sure that the new smartphone will not be a failure, as with the Galaxy Note 7.
