The Samsung Galaxy S7 is merely months old but talks about its successor, the Galaxy S8, have already begun. Rumors going around the internet suggest that the South Korean tech giant will be launching its next flagship phone during Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017, and is expected to arrive with the Snapdragon 830 and a 4K-capable display.
Samsung previously unveiled their Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S7 during the MWC event, held in Barcelona, and there is a big possibility that this might happen again for the Galaxy S8. Multiple reports in the past few months speculate that it will be equipped with the most recent processor chip, the Snapdragon 830.
The Snapdragon 830 is allegedly featuring an Octa-core Kryo II CPU, capable of supporting up to 8GB of LPDDRX RAM, as well as support for 2Kx4K display. It is also speculated to be manufactured exclusively by Samsung, using the 10nm FinFET process, WCCFTech reported. .
According to Know Your Mobile, a local publication in China, My Drivers, mentioned that the upcoming smartphone is called Project Dream. It also claims that it will be sporting a 4K display intended for virtual reality use. The 5.5-inch QHD display will then be capable of producing a 3840 x 2160 pixel resolution, believed to be capable of creating around 800 ppi pixel density. Coincidentally, a VR platform currently being developed in the labs of Google is also called Google Daydream. Fans are now speculating that these hardware and software are connected somehow.
TechRadar added that the phone might also contain 6GB of RAM, an Iris scanner, a dual-lens camera system and Smart Glow. It said to use metal and glass for its body.
Meanwhile, it is also speculated that Samsung will be unloading five flagship phones next year, namely the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 EDGE, Galaxy Note 8 and Galaxy Note 8 EDGE, and the folding and flexible OLED Galaxy X, aka Project Valley.
