This week we saw not one but two new Android flagships leak: the LG G6 and Samsung Galaxy S8. We now have the first images of each device as well as a set of rumored specs that are beginning to coalesce into a near-complete picture of what we can expect when each phone ships.
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January 27th, 2017
January 27th, 2017
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First, let’s look at the unofficial specs at the heart of LG’s new G6:
- 5.7-inch display with rounded corners (and unusual 2:1 aspect ratio) that stretches nearly top to bottom for a screen-to-bezel ratio greater than 90 percent
- Google Assistant AI, the first non-Pixel to get it
- All glass and metal construction
- Water resistant
- Headphone jack
- Non-replaceable battery
- Dual-camera system
- Rear-mounted fingerprint sensor
- Snapdragon 821 processor because the newer Snapdragon 835 is being hoarded by Samsung
- Launching February 26th
This is the Samsung Galaxy S8, launching March 29 https://t.co/lQZ0K0q2MA pic.twitter.com/dlusRMX4YH
— Evan Blass (@evleaks) January 26, 2017
We have a more complete — though still unconfirmed — picture of the Samsung Galaxy S8 thanks largely to the notoriously wily Evan Blass:
- Giant 5.8 and 6.2-inch AMOLED displays (with unusual 18.5:9 aspect ratio) that wrap around the sides and cover 83 percent of the front
- Samsung’s own “Bixby” AI assistant (presumably based on Viv)
- Force Touch-like input with pressure sensitivity on the lower part of the display
- Samsung DeX feature resembling Windows Continuum that creates a desktop experience when the S8 is inserted into an optional HDMI dock
- No physical home button
- Fingerprint sensor on the rear
- Cameras: 12-megapixel f/1.7 rear camera, 8-megapixel f/1.7 front
- Processor: Snapdragon 835 or Samsung Exynos, depending upon market
- Storage: 64GB with microSD expansion
- Memory: 4GB
- Battery: 3000mAh (5.8-inch model) or 3500mAh (6.2-inch model)
- Other: Headphone jack, USB Type-C, water resistance, iris scanner
- Launching March 29th
So, dear reader, based on what you think you know at this point, what would it be?
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