Samsung Galaxy S8 Specs: Price in Nigeria, India, US and the UK

The Samsung Galaxy S8 has been announced and the smartphone sports a 5.8″ Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, built with Corning Gorilla Glass 5. The phone runs Android 7.0 Nougat out of the box with TouchWiz UI.

The Galaxy S8 is powered by Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 - US model processor. It has an expandable 64GB internal storage (can be expanded up to 256GB via microSD card) its RAM is 4GB.

The phone features 12-megapixel back camera that has 4K video and 9MP image recording capability. While the front selfie camera is 8-megapixel. Below is the full specifications and price of the phone.

SAMSUNG GALAXY S8 SPECIFICATIONS

✔️ TECHNOLOGY
NETWORKS: GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes

✔️ DESIGN
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

✔️ Colors
Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold
SAR EU 0.32 W/kg (head) 1.27 W/kg (body)

✔️ 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 OS, v7.0

✔️ PROCESSOR
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 - US model
Exynos 8895 Octa - EMEA
CPU Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - US model
Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz) - EMEA
GPU 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
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@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Secondary 8 MP, f/1.7, autofocus, dual video call, Auto HDR

✔️ MULTIMEDIA
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack Yes
24-bit/192kHz audio
Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

✔️ CONNECTIVITY
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes
Radio No
USB v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

✔️ SENSORS
Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2

✔️ FEATURES
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML5
Java No
Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
Fast battery charging
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

✔️ STATUS
Announced 2017, March
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2017, April 21st

✔️ PRICE
Price in the UK: EUR 689
Price in the US: USD 748
Price in Nigeria: NGN 230,000