Samsung Galaxy S8 with 2K display will lose the home button – Ferra

the network persistently circulated rumors that the next flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy S8 will get a display resolution of 4K Ultra HD (3840 x 2160 pixels) to work with virtual reality devices. Now the profile resource SamMobile has refuted this theory, citing its own sources.

According to new data, the display resolution of the Samsung flagship will be a Quad HD (2560 x 1440 pixels). At the same Super AMOLED panel will be made of other materials and will receive the standard scheme RGB instead of PenTile, providing reduced power consumption. Scheme PenTile in the Galaxy S7 edge has 7 372 800 points, and Galaxy S8 with the standard RGB scheme points will be 11 059 200 at the same resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels.

Also predicted that the screen will occupy almost the entire front panel, a fingerprint scanner integrated directly into the display, and tomasulo button will not be wasting precious space on the case.

we will Remind, earlier rumors claim that the Galaxy S8 will have better camera, 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 4K Ultra HD (3840 x 2160 pixels) to work with virtual reality devices, which will occupy the entire front panel, and the fingerprint scanner will be built directly into the screen. The hardware will be based on 10-nanometer processors Qualcomm Snapdragon and Exynos 8895 830, as usual, it depends on the region of issue, 6 or 8 GB of RAM. Also mentioned the new voice assistant on the basis of the Viv, NFC with MST for the payment service, Samsung Pay. The announcement is expected on 26 February and released in March or April of 2017, expected price — 885 U.S. dollars.