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Review and Features of Samsung Galaxy S8
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Samsung Galaxy S8 - More to See, Less to Hold!
Samsung stupefies everybody by announcing Galaxy S8 so soon as it's a very strong addition to galaxy family. Redefined with 5.8 inches Super AMOLED capacitive display it comes under the protection of corning gorilla glass 5. Samsung's Galaxy S8 is running on Android operating system v7.0 that runs the phone without a hitch. In single sim model, there is a dedicated slot for SD card while Samsung Galaxy S8 also assembled with dual sim slots. In the case of dual-sim, you can use second sim slot as the SD card slot. 64 GB or 128 GB built-in memory is provided to Samsung S8 but you can also expand the memory up to 256 GB with help SD card. This phone has many sensors which came handy in your daily routine. Newly born Galaxy S8 by Samsung brings fingerprint, proximity light sensor, accelerometer, gyro, and compass etc. HTML5 Browser is used as the built-in browser for this phone while Samsung Galaxy S8's Wi-Fi 802.11 is quite powerful that makes it easy to catch signals from a distance and will help you a lot while searching for Wi-Fi Networks at home or at work place. RAM of Samsung Galaxy's S8 is 4 GB that makes it go with blazing fast speed while multitasking or playing heavy games. Surf and enjoy every moment of excitement with powerful RAM. Samsung Galaxy S8 is very slim and smart phone and it available in Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Arctic Silver, Coral Blue and Maple Gold colors. Equipped with so much stuff that you cannot get bored while playing with it. Galaxy S8's back is equipped with a powerfully long lasting non removable 3000 mAh battery that will go on and on. 12 MP camera is taking care of photography while 8 MP front camera is taking care of selfies.
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General
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Support 2G
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GSM 850 - 900 - 1800 - 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
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Support 3G
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HSDPA 850 - 900 - 1700(AWS) - 1900 - 2100
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Support 4G
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LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700-2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700)
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Announced
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2017, March
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Status
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Available, Released in April, 2017
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Size
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Dimensions
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148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm (5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 in)
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Weight
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155 g (5.47 oz)
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Others
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Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel
Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
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Display
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Type
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Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
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Size
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5.8 inches - 1440 x 2960 pixels (~570 ppi pixel density)
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Multitouch
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Yes
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Protection
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Corning Gorilla Glass 5
- 3D Touch (home button only)
- Always-on display
- TouchWiz UI
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Sound
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Alert Types
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Vibration, Mp3, Wav
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Loudspeaker
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Yes
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3.5mm Jack
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Yes
- 32-bit/384kHz audio
- Active noise cancell
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Memory
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Phonebook
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-
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Internal
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64 GB, 4 GB RAM
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Card slot
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microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) - single-SIM model
microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) -
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Connectivity
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GPRS
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Yes
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Speed
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HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mb
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EDGE
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Yes
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NFC
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Yes
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WIFI
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Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct,
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Blutooth
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v5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
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Infrared port
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-
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USB
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v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
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Camera
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Back Camera
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12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm, phase detection autofocus, OIS, LED flash
1/2.5" sensor size, 1.4 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, t
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Video Recording
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2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
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Front Camera
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8 MP, f/1.7, autofocus, 1440p@30fps, dual video ca
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Features
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OS
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Android OS, v7.0
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Chipset
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Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 - US model
Exynos 8895 Octa - EMEA
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Processor
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Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - US model
Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz) - EMEA
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Messaging
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SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
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Browser
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HTML5
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Radio
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No
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GPU
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Adreno 540 - US model
Mali-G71 MP20 - EMEA
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Sensors
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Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart
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Colors
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Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold
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GPS
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Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
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JAVA
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No
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Others
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- Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
- Fast battery charging
- Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
- ANT+ support
- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- MP4/DivX/XviD/H.265 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player
- Photo/video editor
- Document editor
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Battery
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Battery Type
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Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery
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Stand by
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-
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Talk time
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-
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Price
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Samsung Galaxy S8 Price in Pakistan: Rs.79,999
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Samsung Galaxy S8 Price in United States of America: $762
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Samsung Galaxy S8 Price in Europe: €708
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Samsung Galaxy S8 Price in United Kingdom: £497
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Samsung Galaxy S8 Price in UAE: درہم2,768
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