The launch of Samsung Galaxy S8 is still a few weeks away and the company has postponed the official release to April 28, which is a week later than the previously planned date.
However, it seems Chinese manufacturers cannot wait that long as they have created multiple clones of the undisclosed phone.
With the help of several leaked pictures and videos supposedly belonging to the Galaxy S8, Chinese manufacturers were easily able to make a replica of the rumored Samsung flagship.
The Chinese have a reputation for replicating major retail and clothing brands, as well as gadgets like smartphones. According to the pictures and video posted on Weibo, a Chinese social networking site, the duplicate device was bought from the Huaqiang North Market, one of China's most popular electronic markets.
Although the Chinese manufacturers did a pretty good job with the clone which features several similarities with the impending handset, there are of course some prominent differences based on the leaked images.
Original Galaxy S8 vs. The Clone: Similarities And Differences
Similar to the leaked pictures of the original Samsung Galaxy S8, the clone seems to have a large display along with rounded edges and slim bezels.
The front part of the phone doesn't have any home button and there is a fingerprint sensor available on the back of the handset, just beside the camera. This has been evidenced by leaks of the original Galaxy S8.
However, the position of the sensor and the camera's LED flash has been interchanged in the clone when compared to the leaks of the real device. The original Galaxy S8 houses the flash on the left and the fingerprint sensor on the right of the camera, but the clone has exactly the opposite positions.
The second difference is in the pattern of the speaker grille and the USB port. The knockoff has a microUSB port in place of the USB Type-C connector, which is expected to be on the original phone.
When the phone is turned on, the biggest difference becomes visible. Even though the clone manages to copy TouchWiz, the display in the knockoff comes with a black border on the top and bottom whereas the original is expected to suffer no such issues regarding its display.
The real phone was expected to introduce a physical button to access its own virtual assistant Bixby, but that button is missing on the Galaxy S8 clone.
This isn't the only time that a clone of a Samsung flagship has been made, a Chinese company also made a clone of Galaxy S7 which was surprisingly similar to the genuine phone.
What Will Be New In The Genuine Galaxy S8?
The design of the phone will bring a major change from the previous Samsung devices as the top bezels will be reduced along with the bottom one, and at the same time, the device will also reportedly eliminate the home button.
The Galaxy S8 is the latest handset from Samsung since the fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 in 2016, which was a huge disaster. This is probably why Samsung decided to opt for a larger display with the Galaxy S8 to appeal to the fans of big-screen phones.
