Specifications of the S8
| LAUNCH | |
|---|---|
| Announced | 2017, March |
| Status | Available. Released 2017, April |
| BODY | |
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| Dimensions | 159.5 x 73.4 x 8.1 mm (6.28 x 2.89 x 0.32 in) |
| Weight | 173 g (6.10 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 | 6.2 inches, 98.3 cm2 (~84.0% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~529 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 - EMEA Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 - 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 | |
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| Card slot | microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only |
| Internal | 128 GB, 6 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM |
| CAMERA | |
|---|---|
| Primary | 12 MP (f/1.7, 26mm, 1/2.5", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF), OIS, LED flash, check quality |
| Features | Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama |
| Video | 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec.check quality |
| Secondary | 8 MP (f/1.7, 25mm, 1/3.6", 1.22µm), autofocus, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto HDR |
| 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 | |
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| 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 3500 mAh battery (13.48 Wh) | |
| MISC | |
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| Colors | Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Rose Pink |
| SAR | 0.67 W/kg (head) 0.97 W/kg (body) |
| SAR EU | 0.27 W/kg (head) 1.00 W/kg (body) |
| Price | About 620 EUR |