Samsung has opened preorders for the unlocked variety of its new Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus smartphones. The company originallally unlocked versions would be arriving in May, and now Samsung will let you put money down with an availability date of May 31st. As we noted when the Best Buy listings first went live earlier this year, this time frame is about one month earlier than past unlocked Galaxy devices have been made available in the US.
You’ll be able to place a preorder online at either Best Buy or Samsung.com, with prices starting at $724.99 for the 64GB unlocked S8 and $824.99 for the 64GB unlocked S8 Plus. Both models will be available in the “Midnight Black” color option. Those prices are about the cheapest you’ll find for the S8, though you don’t get any of the free stuff AT&T, Verizon, and others
have bundled with the phone. You do, however, get the added benefit of a unit without any of the carrier bloatware we’ve become accustomed to with Samsung devices in the past.
| BODY |
|---|
| Dimensions | 148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm (5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 in) |
| Weight | 155 g (5.47 oz) |
| Build | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel |
| SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes |
| DISPLAY |
|---|
| Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 5.8 inches (~83.6% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1440 x 2960 pixels (~570 ppi pixel density) |
| Multitouch | Yes |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 |
| - 3D Touch (home button only)
- Always-on display
- TouchWiz UI |
| PLATFORM |
|---|
| OS | Android 7.0 (Nougat) |
| Chipset | Exynos 8895 Octa - EMEA
Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 - US model |
| CPU | Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz) - EMEA
Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - US model |
| GPU | Mali-G71 MP20 - EMEA
Adreno 540 - US model |
| MEMORY |
|---|
| Card slot | microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) - single-SIM model
microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual-SIM model |
| Internal | 64 GB, 4 GB RAM |
| CAMERA |
|---|
| Primary | 12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm, phase detection autofocus, OIS, LED flash, check quality |
| Features | 1/2.5" sensor size, 1.4 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama |
| Video | 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec., check quality |
| Secondary | 8 MP, f/1.7, autofocus, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto HDR |
| 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 |
|---|
| Sensors | Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM |
| Browser | HTML5 |
| Java | No |
| - Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
- Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
- ANT+ support
- S-Voice 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 3000 mAh battery |
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