Samsung galaxy s8 - uk release date, bezel-less edge display, 3d touch

CURVED LABS Concept artwork shows the display extended to the bottom of the device Samsung Galaxy S8 is shaping-up to be the phone to beat in 2017, if the latest rumours around the device

are to be believed. Following the disastrous launch (and subsequent recall) of the Note 7, Samsung is clearly hoping to blow-away critics and customers alike. However the cutting-edge new

smartphone might take a little longer to get here than expected. Reports from Samsung’s home country of South Korea claim the company is planning to break with tradition and unveil its new

flagship smartphone at a standalone event in New York in April 2017. This means Samsung would miss its usual reveal date at the Mobile World Congress tradeshow in Barcelona, held this year

from 27th February. The company has unveiled several of its most recent devices at the show, including the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge smartphones last year. Fortunately the latest rumours around

the Samsung Galaxy S8 suggest it will be well worth the wait. And given what happened to the Note 7, we'd rather Samsung takes its time with this one. The latest whisper from the supply

chain, this time reported by AndroidPolice Editor David Ruddock, collaborates several earlier reports about the Galaxy 8. According to the source, Samsung will completely ditch capacitive

buttons from the next Galaxy S smartphone in favour of software navigation keys. Two capacitive keys flanking an elongated home button have long been a staple of Samsung phone and tablet

design. EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS The Galaxy S7 Edge, LEFT, and S6 Edge, RIGHT, share a very similar industrial design Now it appears Samsung customers will need to become accustomed to pressing

on-screen virtual buttons. There is an advantage to moving away from physical keys. It is believed the decision to ditch the capacitive buttons will allow Samsung to reduce the bezels at the

bottom of the device. This will allow the South Korean firm to bring the high-resolution display to the very edge of the chassis – like it currently does with the curved S7 Edge screen.

This dramatic change in industrial design will be sure to differentiate the Galaxy S8 from older Samsung devices and competitors. CURVED LABS Capacitive keys will be ditched in favour or

on-screen software keys, rumours suggest CURVED LABS Additionally, Samsung is looking to implement 3D Touch-esque pressure-sensitive technology As for the physical home button – which

currently doubles as a fingerprint sensor – Samsung will most likely move this to the rear of the device. > This dramatic change in industrial design will be sure to > differentiate 

the Galaxy S8 from older Samsung devices and > competitors However there is some dispute from sources within Samsung about the exact placement. This uncertainty does not extinguish an

earlier rumour that Samsung was looking to embed the fingerprint sensor functionality into the device’s rumoured 2560×1440 display. The Galaxy S8 is expected to launch in two models, one

with a 5.1 inch dual-curved display, the other with 5.5 inches – the same screen sizes as the Galaxy S7s. Unlike the Galaxy S7 range, there will be no separate curved Edge model. Instead,

both smartphones will have the curved display. The latest report from AndroidPolice also reiterates previous rumours that Samsung will nab one of the headline features of the latest

generation iPhones – 3D Touch. Samsung hopes to add a pressure-sensitive feature like the 3D Touch functionality that Apple debuted last year with the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus. APPLE

Apple includes a number of important features under its pressure sensitive screen push The South Korean company will implement the technology with its new on-screen navigation buttons, which

users will reportedly be able to customise. Samsung will have to adapt the Android operating system itself, since the mobile software has not yet been updated by Google to support the

technology. Rumours of Android manufacturers looking to jump on the pressure-sensitive bandwagon first came to light more than a year ago when Synaptics issued a press release touting that

it had developed a ClearForce touchscreen display controller capable of measuring varying levels of pressure. Like Apple following the launch of the iPhone 6S, Samsung will be reliant on

third-party developers to embrace the pressure-sensitive technology and update their apps to support it. Elsewhere, the Galaxy S8 looks set to debut the fruits of Samsung's acquisition

of Viv Labs – the startup company formed by the creators of voice assistant Siri. According to a report in Reuters, the South Korean firm plans to incorporate new voice assistant Viv in its

next flagship smartphone. Viv Labs unveiled its next-generation artificial intelligence assistant at Disrupt NY back in May. The talkative assistant handled a slew of complex user requests

that wowed audiences. Viv was context-aware – and able to answer follow-up questions. The trio behind Viv Labs – Adam Cheyer, Dag Kittlaus and Chris Brigham – have gradually left Apple

following the company's acquisition of Siri back in 2012. The acquisition of Viv Labs would also allow Samsung to reduce its dependence on Google services. Samsung has already launched

its own contactless payment options – Samsung Pay – which directly competes with Google's Android Pay solution. Viv Labs CEO Dag Kittlaus said: "Samsung is setting its sights on

becoming a major player in software and services, and specifically AI. "Samsung Pay has already proven to be one of the most successful mobile payment platforms in the market and

SmartThings is another software acquisition signalling their conviction. And they have installed a new cadre of senior SW-savvy management stretching all the way to the top with a mission.

"You will soon come to see the utter seriousness of Samsung’s intentions. And like us, they aim to win." The South Korean technology firm is expected to debut a dramatic redesign

alongside the two new smartphones. CURVED LABS Sources within Samsung suggest the South Korean firm wants to pull out all the stops this year It will have been a full two years since the

Samsung flagship underwent a facelift, with the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge being more of a subtle refinement of the design debuted with the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. And with Apple rumoured to be

planning a radical new look for its tenth anniversary iPhone in 2017, it make senses that Samsung wants to unveil something spectacular. Speaking of the iPhone, Samsung is expected to follow

its Cupertino counterpart and ditch the industry-standard 3.5mm headphone port. There are plenty of headphones already on the market that support USB Type-C, however, Samsung is rumoured to

be developing its own proprietary port to replace the 3.5mm port.