The Galaxy S8 leaks just keep on flowing. The latest is a report, which claims the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus will include batteries that are on par with the current Galaxy S7 and S7 edge.
Samsung Is Betting On The Galaxy S8 And S8 Plus
Samsung is plotting a comeback ever since the Note 7 debacle, which hurt the company financially and more importantly consumer's trust. To remind the world that even though it fumbled with the Galaxy Note 7, it learned from the mistake, resulting in rigorous testing of the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus. The company even had to delay its annual Mobile World Congress launch, instead, the company is reportedly planning to show off its upcoming flagship smartphones to select members of the press and partners at the trade show later this month.
We recently reported that sources claimed that Samsung would ship the Galaxy S8 with a 3,250 mAh battery and 3,750 mAh battery for the S8 Plus. The larger batteries made perfect sense, considering that Samsung is going big with its Galaxy S8 series, supposedly using a 5.7-inch and 6.2-inch curved Super AMOLED displays on the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. Now, a new report claims the new smartphones will feature batteries with capacity close to that of its predecessors.
Will Samsung Really Use Smaller Batteries?
The Investor is reporting that Samsung will "likely adopt 3,000 and 3,500 milliampere hour batteries, respectively, for the two variants of the upcoming Galaxy S8 smartphone," according to the publication's source. Comparing the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, which both feature smaller displays, the devices pack in 3,000 mAh and 3,600 mAh batteries respectively. It will be interesting how Samsung ensures similar battery life with significantly larger Quad HD displays.
Samsung is expected to hold and Unpacked event in March to officially launch the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus and the handsets are likely to be released on April 21 across the globe. A recent render of the Galaxy S8 provided a close up look at what the smartphone will look like, complete with its bezel-less edge-to-edge "Infinity" display, and also confirming that the fingerprint scanner would not be embedded into the display as previous reports mentioned, instead Samsung has joined almost all Android licensees by moving the scanner to the rear of the device.
The image also appeared to confirm that Samsung's new AI (artificial intelligence) virtual assistant, named Bixby could play a major role in terms of features. A job posting showed the company is putting major focus on the Siri and Google Assistant rival.
As always, we'll keep you posted on any new details regarding the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus.
