Samsung has been prepped up to launch its much acclaimed flagship Galaxy S8/S8+ in India on Wednesday. However, just ahead of its launch, Flipkart has uncovered a separate Samsung Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+ store on its website which confirms its upcoming availability on the e-commerce site.
Samsung has not yet mentioned if the phones will be Flipkart exclusive, so it is a likely fact that other e-commerce players like Amazon India may also sell the devices, apart from offline/physical stores across India. Samsung will be revealing the details tomorrow.
The Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ will be available in Midnight Black, Coral Blue and Maple Gold colours. The pricing details will also be unveiled at the event. The Galaxy S8/S8+ will have similar specifications except for display and battery size. Also, India will be getting the Exynos 8895 variant, and not the Snapdragon 835 variant.
The Samsung Galaxy S8 features a 5.8-inch QHD+ (1440x2960 pixels) Super AMOLED display while the Galaxy S8+ sports a 6.2-inch QHD+ (1440x2960 pixels) Super AMOLED display. Samsung has placed the Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection on both the device. Both the handsets pack 4GB of RAM and come with 64GB inbuilt storage while also supporting expandable storage via microSD card (up to 256GB).
Both the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones sport 12-megapixel 'Dual Pixel' rear camera with optical image stabilisation and an f/1.7 aperture, while there is an 8-megapixel front camera with autofocus on board as well, featuring an f/1.7 aperture.
The Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ include connectivity options like 4G LTE (Cat. 16), Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4GHz, 5GHz), Bluetooth v5.0, USB Type-C, NFC, and GPS. Sensors on board include an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, barometer, gyroscope, heart rate sensor, magnetometer, and proximity sensor. It also supports Samsung Pay, with NFC and MST connectivity.
The Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ support wireless charging as well as fast charging with the S8/S8+ packing 3000mAh and 3500mAh batteries respectively.
