Samsung Galaxy S8 reportedly delayed; now expected to go on sale on April 28

Samsung has reportedly pushed back the official release date for its upcoming flagships the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8+. Both the flagships were earlier rumored to go on sale starting April 21. This increases the wait by a week which seems to be a cautionary move by Samsung after the whole Galaxy Note 7 fiasco. The official unveiling date of March 29 still remains intact and Samsung will hold its ‘Unpacked’ event in New York as scheduled. A source related to the matter is known to have informed about the change in date for the Galaxy S8’s official release.

While it has been confirmed that the Galaxy S8 will be unveiled on March 29, there are heavy rumors suggesting a Galaxy S8+ to be launched as well. In addition to this, Samsung could also launch a new Gear VR headset which will be compatible with the upcoming smartphones. Much has been rumored about the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8+ with their designs, specifications and features already revealed. The Galaxy S8’s design has been spotted again, and this time on the recently launched Beta version of Samsung Internet for Google Play Store.

Samsung Internet comes with features like an indicator for Progressive Web Apps, a QR code reader, and a Physical Web support. Samsung Internet also comes with compatibility for transactions through Samsung Pay. SamMobile, while checking out the app, came across a sketch of the Galaxy S8 in the same design as it has been rumored so far. The sketch shows the Galaxy S8 sporting thin bezels on the side without the Home button on the front. The consistency of this same design more or less confirms that this would be the final look of the Galaxy S8.

Samsung Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+ specifications

Not just renders, but even specifications of both the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8+ have also been leaked quite frequently. The Galaxy S8 is expected to feature a 5.8-inch Super AMOLED QHD display while the Galaxy S8+ could boast a 6.2-inch display. Under the hood of both the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 SoC or Samsung’s own Exynos 8895 SoC, is expected to run. The processors are said to differ according to the markets the smartphones are launched in. The Galaxy S8 is speculated to come with 4GB of RAM and 64GB internal storage, while the Galaxy S8+ variant is likely to include 6GB of RAM and 128GB internal storage.

In the photography department, both the smartphones are expected to sport a 12-megapixel dual pixel rear camera. Up front, the smartphones could house an 8-megapixel selfie camera with auto-focus feature. As said earlier, this year’s Samsung flagships will be the first smartphones to come powered with Samsung’s own Bixby voice assistant. On the software front, both the smartphones are likely to run on Android 7.1 Nougat out-of-the-box with a layer of TouchWiz UI on top.

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