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Samsung Galaxy S8

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Samsung Galaxy S8
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  • Released 2017, April
    155g, 8mm thickness
    Android 7.0, up to Android 8.0
    64GB storage, microSD card slot
  • 82% 31,499,368 hits
  • 2107 Become a fan
  • 5.8"
    1440x2960 pixels
  • 12MP
    2160p
  • 4GB RAM
    Exynos 8895 Octa
  • 3000mAh
    Li-Ion
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G950F

G950FD

G950U

G950A

G950P

G950T

G950V

G950R4

G950W

G9500

Versions: G950F (Europe, Global Single-SIM); G950FD (Global Dual-SIM); G950U (USA Unlocked); G950A (AT&T); G950P (Sprint); G950T (T-Mobile); G950V (Verizon); G950R4 (US Cellular); G950W (Canada); G950S/G950K/G950L (South Korea); G9500 (China)

Network Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 66(1700/2100), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
Launch Announced 2017, March
Status Available. Released 2017, April
Body Dimensions 148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm (5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz)
Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
 - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Display Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.8 inches, 84.8 cm2 (~83.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~570 ppi density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
 - HDR10 compliant
- 3D Touch (home button only)
- Always-on display
Platform OS Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Chipset Exynos 8895 Octa (10 nm) - EMEA
Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - USA & China
CPU Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose M2 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - EMEA
Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - USA & China
GPU Mali-G71 MP20 - EMEA
Adreno 540 - USA & China
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Main Camera Single 12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF
Features LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Selfie camera Single 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6", 1.22µm, AF
Features Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1440p@30fps
Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
 - 32-bit/384kHz audio
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes
Radio No
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Features Sensors Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5
 - Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
- Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
- ANT+ support
- Bixby natural language commands and dictation
- MP4/DivX/XviD/H.265 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player
- Photo/video editor
- Document editor
Battery   Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery (11.55 Wh)
Talk time Up to 20 h (3G)
Music play Up to 67 h
Misc Colors Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Rose Pink, Burgundy Red
SAR 0.44 W/kg (head)     0.75 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.32 W/kg (head)     1.27 W/kg (body)    
Price About 450 EUR
Tests Performance Basemark OS II: 3272 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 3376
Basemark X: 42370
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.768 (sunlight)
Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 66dB / Noise 70dB / Ring 72dB
Audio quality Noise -92.5dB / Crosstalk -92.8dB
Battery life
Endurance rating 84h

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Samsung Galaxy S8 - user opinions and reviews

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  • Sam799
  • GTe
  • 15 hours ago

None of the glass phones are unbreakable be it any. If you can buy an expensive phone you can also shed few bucks for it's protection, simple!!

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  • Anonymous
  • 043
  • 19 hours ago

This is really cheap on eBay, like € 200, but almost every S8 has a cracked screen because of that edge display. You would have to pay € 300 for one without screen damage :/ But for that, I would rather buy one for € 220 with a lightly cracked scr...

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  • Aldrine
  • Q5i
  • 20 hours ago

I currently have S6 and planning to have an upgrade due to battery problem. Any suggestion?

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