At long last, the wait is finally over and the delayed Samsung Galaxy S8 and Samsung Galaxy S8+ are official. We have word of the long list of improvements, refinements and amendments compared with the previous generation, the Samsung Galaxy S7.

Samsung has upgraded much of the old device for the new 2017 Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+; the new handsets come with ultra high-resolution 18:9 Super AMOLED panels, which almost completely cover the front of each device. There’s no physical home key on the Galaxy S8 and the fingerprint sensor has been relocated to the back of the phone. Samsung has reworked the front cameras as well, giving customers an 8MP shooter with auto-focusing for selfies, and a 3.7MP infrared iris scanner camera for biometric security means. There’s an improved 12MP rear camera that includes advanced auto-focus and low-light sensitivity.

Under the skin, the Galaxy S8 comes with an industry leading chipset in the shape of the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 for the North American market. There’s plenty of RAM plus 64GB of internal storage and a microSD card slot. The battery capacity has been increased compared with last year, up to 3,000mAh for the standard Galaxy S8 and 3,500mAh for the larger Galaxy S8+. Samsung has replaced the older microUSB slot of the Galaxy S7 with the newer USB Type-C port.

On the software side of things, the Galaxy S8 launches with Android Nougat under Samsung’s Experience UX interface, which is not too dissimilar from the Galaxy S7. However, the Galaxy S8 managed to include the newly announced Bixby artificially intelligent assistant plus a dedicated hard key for quick activation.

These are just some of the major improvements Samsung has made to the new Galaxy S8 flagship. For more information on the remainder of upgrades and new enhancements, check out the infographic included below, and let us know if you’ll be upgrading to either of the two models, Galaxy S8, or Galaxy S8+, in the comments below.

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SOURCE [Samsung]