Samsung Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+ smartphones will launch today at the company’s Unpacked Event in New York and London. The event will streamed live as well. So how can you watch the Galaxy S8 launched live, and what time does the event begin for India users? What will Samsung be unveiling today? Here are the top questions answered around the Galaxy S8, S8+.
What time is the Samsung Galaxy S8 event? Is there a live stream for it?
Samsung Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+ launch is taking place today in New York and London simultaneously. In New York, the event is being held at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center and the phone will be unveiled around 11am EDT. In London, it is taking place at Here East (2012 Olympic Press and Broadcast Centre) and starts at 4pm BST. If you convert this to IST which is Indian Standard Time, the event starts at 8.30pm.
Samsung will have a livestream on its Galaxy Unpacked event website, there’s even an app on iOS and Android for those who are interested to know more about the phones. Samsung Mobile YouTube channel will also have a livestream of the event.
What will Samsung be launching today at the event?
For starters, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ are coming for sure. A new Gear VR headset, and a Gear 360 camera are also expected. Samsung will also unveil a dock station for the Galaxy S8, S8+ which will be called DeX.
So what’s going to be new in the Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+ on the design front?
Well, the display size has changed, and Samsung is going for a bezel-less display in the upcoming smartphones. Galaxy S8 starts at 5.8-inches, according to leaks, and S8+ is at a humongous 6.2-inches. Both will have dual-edge curved display with 2K resolution and the SAMOLED screen from the company. Samsung is sticking to the metal and glass design seen over the past two years, but this time the phones won’t have a home button on the front. The phone will come in Gold, Grey, and Black colour options, though a Blue colour might also be on the cards. Galaxy 8’s fingerprint scanner will be on the back, next to the rear camera; there will also be a dedicated button for Samsung Bixby, the company’s new digital voice assistant powered by artificial intelligence.
What will be the specifications of the Galaxy S8, S8+?
Samsung Galaxy S8 series will run the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor. However, markets like India will get Samsung’s own Exynos processor. The phone will have 4GB RAM, 128GB base storage, according to some leaks. Samsung will be sticking to the dual pixel camera technology it introduced with S7, and the S8 will also have a 12MP camera on the back. If you go by the press renders leaked online, there is no dual rear camera setup on Samsung.
Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+ will have an 8MP front camera, and there’s also going to be an iris scanner on the front. Galaxy S8 will sport a 3000 mAh battery, while S8+ will getting a 3500 mAh battery. Of course, both phones will run Android Nougat with Samsung’s own TouchWiz UI on top.
What is Bixby?
Bixby is Samsung’s artificial intelligence-powered voice assistant. Samsung claims it is not using the technology of Viv, a company it acquired last year. Bixby, it seems, will be contextually aware, and any app that is Bixby-enabled can then be controlled entirely by voice. Samsung is promising in these cases Bixby will be able to do all the tasks that you would normally do in the app. S-Voice, Samsung’s previous digital assistant, didn’t really have much of an impact. Whether Bixby fares better or not, we’ll have to wait and see. Also it’s not clear if the new Samsung phones will have the Google Assistant like other Android phones with Marshmallow and above.
What is the Samsung DeX dock?
DeX is Samsung’s rumoured dock for the S8, S8+ that could turn the phone into a full fledged PC with extra ports like Type-C USB, HDMI, etc. It will even have a cooling fan to make sure S8 doesn’t get too hot, and we’re pretty sure Samsung doesn’t want that at all.
So, what will be the price of the Galaxy S8? When will it come to India?
If the leaks are to be believed, Samsung Galaxy S8 will start at Euros 799, which is around Rs 56,000, the S8+ at around Euros 899, which is around Rs 63,000. This is a lot more than what the Galaxy S7 launched at in India, and we’ll have to see how the phone is priced when it launches in the market.
Samsung is already asking interested India users to register on their website for the S8, so an April launch in India is highly likely. The phone could go on sale in April end or early May for India.
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