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Samsung took the hat off its latest Milky way S8 devices this morning, showcasing the Galaxy S8 and S8+. It'due south the starting time flagship device Samsung has launched since the disastrous Galaxy Note 7 (refurbs coming soon to a land probably not near you), and its starting time opportunity to showcase its premium smartphone that'll go upwardly against the iPhone 8 later this year.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 is a v.8-inch device with a Snapdragon 835 platform processor and a display that covers virtually the entire phone. The top and bottom bezels are extremely pocket-sized, while the screen curves over the left and right edges (Samsung is marketing this every bit an Infinity Display), and the feedback from sites like The Verge is positive. Samsung is also defended to moving past the Annotation 7 debacle. DJ Koh, president of Samsung's mobile business, told the audience "The Galaxy S8 is our testament to regaining your trust by redefining what'south possible in rubber."

The glass of both phones is Gorilla Glass 5, from Corning. We've grabbed a couple slides off their presentations to demonstrate how well it deals with various scratches compared to previous versions of GG, and i that shows relative strength compared to Gorilla Glass 4.

Scratch tests on Gorilla Drinking glass five compared to previous versions. Note that how stiff the phone's glass is depends on its thickness.

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There was business concern almost Gorilla Glass 5's strength with the Note 7; we'll accept to wait for testing to confirm if this is a problem with the S8/S8+. Click to enlarge.

Since there'southward no longer any room for a traditional habitation button, Samsung has switched to using software buttons and some haptic feedback, like Apple's newer iPhones practice. Unlike what before rumors suggested, Samsung did retain a three.5mm headphone jack for the S8 and S8+.

Differences and similarities betwixt the S8, S8+

The U.s. version of both phones uses the Snapdragon 835 on 10nm with a 2.35GHz high-end clock and a 1.7GHz depression-power clock (four cores in each cluster, eight cores total). The International version uses a Samsung Exynos 8895, clocked at 2.35GHz / 1.9GHz in a similar quad-cadre cluster configuration.

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The Galaxy S8, front end and back

The Galaxy S8 has a v.8-inch OLED with a resolution of 2960×1440, 570ppi. The S8+ has a half dozen.two-inch OLED at the same resolution, giving it a slightly lower (though still admittedly gorgeous) 529ppi. The rear photographic camera don't seem to have changed, but the front is at present an 8MP camera with support for autofocus.

The rear is a 12MP camera with optical prototype stabilization. The Verge reports that the camera is much faster than the S7 Border, despite having identical hardware specs. Picture quality may also exist amend thanks to software optimization.

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The rear camera and fingerprint sensor. Photo past PCMag.

Battery size is the other differentiation signal, with the S8 having a 3000 mAh bombardment and the S8+ is 3500mAh. Both devices charge via USB-C, both take a iii.5mm headphone jack, wireless charging, a Cat. xvi LTE modem, Bluetooth 5.0 with support for streaming to upward to 2 devices, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, and support Samsung Pay.

Both devices also send with 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage (microSD cards can add an boosted 256GB of space, and support for up to 2TB of storage is already programmed in). The S8 will offset at $720 (full retail); the S8 Plus will be $840 total retail. Preorders get-go on March xxx, with devices shipping on April 21. Boosted coverage and more photos are available at our sis site, PCMag. For more information on other aspects of the Galaxy S8, like its software and new digital assistant, check our companion piece, here.

*Feature image courtesy of PC Mag