Samsung Galaxy S8 edge features and specifications

Samsung’s new addition to their ever growing line up, the Galaxy S8 edge is rumoured to be a phabletcoming out this year. It will have the curved screen at the edges and resembles last year’s galaxy S7 edge. The fans of Samsung and android will be delighted to know this as it will be a revolutionary design from the smartphone maker. There are tons of rumors floating around and let’s address some of them here today.

Let us have a look at the features it is speculated to pack.

Android Nougat : It is supposed to pack Android Nougat and it makes sense as Android O is not available widely till now.

Display : Super Amoled Display with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel.

The usual Touchwiz : Samsung always packs their android phones with Touchwiz, the UI from Samsung that runs over Android. It gives Samsung phones a unique interface and sets it apart from other android mobiles. Few people prefer Pure android experience from google as they say UI’s like touchwizadd lag to the OS and slow down the phones over time. It’s a personal preference at the end of the day.

Specifications :

CPU

Octa-core (4×2.35 GHz Kryo& 4×1.9 GHz Kryo) – US model Octa-core (4×2.3 GHz & 4×1.7 GHz) – EMEA

GPU : Adreno 540

Chipset : Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 – US model Exynos 8895 Octa – EMEA

STORAGE

Internal Storage : 64 GB Storage

RAM : 6 gigs of RAM

External Storage :  Expandable up to 2 TB

Card Slot : microSD Card

Phonebook : Unlimited

Messaging formats : SMS, MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS

Call Records : Unlimited

CAMERA

Primary camera : 16 Megapixels Camera

Front Camera : 8 MP Camera

Video Recording : Yes

Camera Features : Geo Tagging

MULTIMEDIA

Audio Player types supported:  WAV, AAC+, AC3, OGG, FLAC, WMA, MP3, AMR, AAC, MXMF, eAAC+

Video Player formats supported:  3GP, ASF, M4V, H.263, H.264, MKV, 3G2, DivX, AVI, WMV, FLV, MPEG.

Speakers : Yes

Audio Jack : The usual 3.5mm Audio Jack

BATTERY

Type : Non-removable Li-Ion 4200 mAh battery which is great as it can store more juice.

CONNECTIVITY

GPRS : Supported

Edge : Yes

WLAN : Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot

Bluetooth : Yes, v5.0

Infrared Port : Yes

USB : Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB Host

GPS Facility : Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS

Browser : Yes, HTML5

3G Speed : Yes

NETWORK SUPPORT

3G : HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz

2G : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz

4G : VoLTE, Voice over LTE is supported

OTHER FEATURES

Sensors : Fingerprint Sensor, NFC, Waterproof, Qi Wireless Chargingis rumoured to be supported.

Verdict : Take this with a grain of salt as these are just rumours not yet confirmed by Samsung. All in all, the galaxy S8 edge with little to no bezels would be a delight to experience.