Thursday, December 29, 2016

Galaxy S8, virtual buttons and wireless headsets

ZDNet

The Galaxy S8 should have no physical buttons, but only on-screen buttons, pressure sensitive; Samsung could give new wireless headsets.



According to rumors circulated earlier this month, the Galaxy S8 should have an "all-screen" design. This means elimination of the Home button, and, as assumed in the last hours, the capacitive hardware buttons. Another report seems to confirm, in a roundabout way, the absence of the 3.5 mm audio jack. Samsung could launch together with the new smartphone in-ear headphones wireless .

To offer a greater viewing area without increasing the overall size of the smartphone, the Korean manufacturer should use an OLED panel with a screen-to-ratio above 90% . There will still be an upper frame, necessary for the front camera, but it will be very thin. The lower one could be eliminated and with it also the home button, capacitive fingerprint reader and buttons. Instead of physical buttons, Samsung would finally chosen on-screen virtual buttons which will also be pressure sensitive and user-configurable.

The location of the fingerprint reader , there are two hypotheses: movement on the back of the device or below the screen. In the latter case it is provided the use of optical technology, better restraint of ultrasound. As for the other alleged specifications are there are news: from 5:06 inch display, Snapdragon 835 and Exynos 8895 processor, 6 or 8 GB of RAM, 32/64/128 GB of storage, iris scanner, IP68 certification, Nougat Android 7.1.1 operating system with interface Experience and personal assistant Bixby .

Almost certainly the Galaxy S8 will not have the 3.5mm audio jack , but only Type-C USB port. Samsung would, however, planned to launch new in-ear headphones wireless . It is unclear whether the manufacturer will rely on the collaboration Harman and if you will be offered free with your smartphone. It is hoped, however, that the quality is better than IconX , presented in early June.

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