What is the New Samsung Flagship Like?

The Galaxy S8 is Samsung's new flagship. But how is this phone, and can it compensate for Samsung's failure with the Galaxy Note 7? Samsung has built its flagship with the latest version of its CPU, the Exynos 8895; however, this phone is also available in some markets, including the USA, with the Snapdragon 835 processor. This phone has four gigabytes of RAM and 64 gigabytes of internal storage. The microSD of this phone can support up to 256 gigabytes. The Exynos 8895 is manufactured using a 10-nanometer process, which results in lower energy consumption compared to conventional 14-nanometer processors. This factor allows the phone's brain to consume energy more efficiently, create smaller dimensions, and generate less heat. Samsung claims that its 10-nanometer processors consume about 40% less energy and have 27% higher efficiency compared to 14-nanometer ones. The Exynos 8895 has eight cores, with four cores operating at 1.7 GHz and the other four at 2.5 GHz. Samsung's new architecture enables more efficient access to cache memory for the CPU and GPU, allowing AI-related computations to be performed faster. In this phone, Samsung has utilized a 12-core graphics processor that provides 60% more processing power compared to the previous generation. The 8895 processor supports 4K streaming at 120 frames per second. This technology also helps to stream images with higher resolution and visual quality, improving the viewing or running of content-based applications on devices equipped with this processor. To enhance user information security, a dedicated section in the Exynos 8895 has been designed to process important information such as fingerprint patterns, faces, or irises, making it difficult to unlock the phone by hacking these sections. In the camera section, Samsung has used two different sensors for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, similar to previous generations. Although these two sensors are different, they have the same technical specifications, both being 12.2 megapixels. Both sensors support very fast focusing along with an f/1.7 lens. Additionally, the front camera of these phones is equipped with an eight-megapixel sensor. The presence of optical image stabilization in the Galaxy S8 has improved the phone's performance in low-light photography and reduced the negative impact of hand shake during video recording. This phone records 4K at 30 frames per second and full HD at 60 frames per second. In HD mode, this phone can capture images at up to 240 frames per second. Samsung has launched the Galaxy S8 smartphone with Android 7.0 Nougat. The company has also provided a software feature called Edge Panels to take advantage of the phone's curved edges. The main software feature of the Galaxy S8 can be considered Samsung's new assistant, called Bixby. Users can express their requests through voice, text, or touch, and Bixby understands all of them. Samsung has attempted to develop its own specific artificial intelligence in this assistant. One of the features of Samsung phones is the phone's display. Samsung has tried to maintain and develop this feature in its phone. The edges of the displays of both the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus are curved. The Galaxy S8 display is of the Super AMOLED type, with a resolution of 1440×2960 pixels and a size of 5.8 inches. This display also supports HDR capability. The brightness of this display reaches 1000 nits at its highest setting, which is one of the best currently available. This high brightness makes the phone's operation easier in bright sunlight. Samsung has considered an unconventional aspect ratio of 18.5 to 9 for this phone, making it thinner and taller than the previous generation. Samsung has used a 3000 mAh battery in its new flagship. However, due to the reduced energy consumption of Samsung's new CPUs, battery life has increased compared to previous Samsung models. But given the experience of the Galaxy Note 7 catching fire, could the S8's battery be dangerous? Due to the bitter experience of the past, Samsung has tried to significantly increase the safety of its new series batteries. In a test after opening the back panel of the phone, using a special cutting tool, the phone and battery were cut, but in a strange incident, instead of catching fire, the device's battery only started to produce a little smoke and swell. The new Samsung phone, which aims to compensate for the losses caused by the Galaxy Note 7 catching fire, is currently receiving a warm welcome in global markets. DJ Koh, head of Samsung's mobile division, stated that the pre-order record for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus has been very high and has surpassed the pre-sale figures of the previous generation of Samsung flagships. Reports indicate that pre-orders for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus in South Korea have exceeded one million units.