Samsung introduced the flagship Galaxy S8 and S8 +

Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus shown at today's presentation in New York. Layfhaker shares details about the new flagship, announced at the Galaxy UNPACKED.

Yes, Samsung Galaxy S8 boasts some cool innovations.

Design and Display

Samsung has announced that the S8 is a new type of smartphone, and this is primarily reflected in its design. The display covers almost the entire front surface: at Samsung Galaxy S8 the largest display area ratio and housing among smartphones ever released brand (if not among all smartphones in general).

The main advantages of such a huge screen: Multitasking (two windows) and comfortable viewing HDR-video, rich colors and crisp. A major innovation - the invisible button "Home", placed under the display.

The smartphone will be available in five colors: black, blue, purple, silver and gold.

camera

About Chambers spoke little: improved main camera of the previous model S7, well shoot in any light. Its main feature - the seizure of several frames and then combining for better results.

Selfie camera is equipped with an intelligent auto focus and waterproof casing allows you to take pictures anywhere, even in the water.

Performance

Instead of the expected Snapdragon 835 appeared in the flagship new 10-nanometer processor made by Samsung, which promises to increase the computing power.

In this case, two versions of the smartphone equipped with batteries at 3000 mAh and 3500 mAh, which seems to be not enough.

5 authentication methods

By the iris scanner added face recognition, which is also useful if the user is wearing gloves. Fingerprint scanner is moved to the rear panel. Plus unlock and password - a total of 5 modes of data protection and rapid access to them.

Biometric sensors can be used, not to be entered each time passwords to access different services. To do this once is enough to bring them into the Samsung Pass application.

Intelligent Assistant Bixby

As said at the presentation, he was so smart that he can find the necessary information and offer several options to choose from.

Bixby understands what the camera sees: you can bring it to an object, and the assistant will tell you where to buy it, or to the location, and Bixby find information about everything that is around.

Assistant can also be asked to remind you about what you like or start a playlist.

apps

Announced Samsung Health - application function "Ask the Expert": you can apply for online advice of a professional doctor. Already launched in China in the future it will be distributed worldwide.

Also paid attention internet of things: Samsung Connect through the app, you can combine all the home devices and manage them from your phone, including voice.

And one more feature - feature Samsung DeX, which allows you to use your smartphone as a computer by connecting it to an external display, keyboard and mouse.

accessories

Together with Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus on presentation revealed a new controller Gear VR and Gear chamber 360. Latest portable version of last year, is equipped with a comfortable handle, takes a 360-degree 4K video to cast filming on YouTube and social networks.

Features Samsung Galaxy S8 / S8 Plus

Samsung Galaxy S8 will be supplied in the box with the headphones AKG, sales start on April 21. Galaxy S8 will cost 799 dollars, and the Galaxy S8 Plus - 899 dollars.

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