The Verge - Galaxy S8 announcement: all of the news from Samsung’s launch eventhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/52801/VER_Logomark_32x32..png2017-08-24T09:39:35-04:00http://www.theverge.com/rss/stream/148697592017-08-24T09:39:35-04:002017-08-24T09:39:35-04:00How to preorder the Galaxy Note 8
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<p id="Pj6DH0">Yesterday, Samsung unveiled its latest flagship, and now you can officially put in a preorder for the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/8/23/16186496/samsung-galaxy-note-8-2017-announced-features-price-release-date">Samsung Galaxy Note 8</a>. In a limited promotional offer, the company is offering <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/23/16189178/samsung-note-8-preorders-gear-360-charging-pad-bundles-price-release-2017">bundle deals</a> for preorders that’ll include either its Gear 360 camera or a wireless charging pad and memory card, but you have to put in an order before September 24th. </p>
<p id="ea1qwm">Before you speed off to get the new phone, know that carriers and retailers aren’t all offering up preorders at the same time. Here are the ones that are available as of 12 AM today and otherwise. We’ll update this article as more information comes in.</p>
<h2 id="d2tLGh">Direct from Samsung, unlocked</h2>
<p id="hdyzou">You can get the <a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1514734&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.samsung.com%2Fus%2Fmobile%2Fphones%2Fgalaxy-note%2Fgalaxy-note8-64gb--unlocked--midnight-black-sm-n950uzkaxaa%2F&referrer=theverge.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2017%2F8%2F24%2F16192506%2Fsamsung-note-8-preorders-how-to-buy-where" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Note 8 directly from Samsung, unlocked</a>. That’s kind of a big deal, as most Galaxy devices are...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/24/16192506/samsung-note-8-preorders-how-to-buy-whereShannon Liao2017-08-23T11:49:11-04:002017-08-23T11:49:11-04:00Note 8 preorders will come with a free Gear 360 or charging pad bundle
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<p id="lGFd1X">The <a href="https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/8/23/16186496/samsung-galaxy-note-8-2017-announced-features-price-release-date">Samsung Galaxy Note 8</a> is official, and it will be available for preorder starting August 24th. To sweeten the deal, Samsung is tacking on freebies for preorders within the first month. If you preorder / buy a Galaxy Note 8 any time between August 24th and September 24th, it’ll come with your choice of either a free <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/2/16075374/samsung-gear-360-2017-review-price-release">Samsung Gear 360 camera</a> or a charging bundle — specifically, the “Galaxy Foundation Kit” bundle, valued at $190, which contains a free 128GB EVO+ memory card and wireless charging pad. The promotional period includes the time when the preorders go out and when major retailers like Best Buy and Walmart and carriers including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon begin to carry the Galaxy Note 8 on September 15th. </p>
<p id="9uGD7D">Samsung <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/24/15683972/samsung-gear-360-2017-new-pricing-availability">o...</a></p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/23/16189178/samsung-note-8-preorders-gear-360-charging-pad-bundles-price-release-2017Shannon Liao2017-04-21T09:50:28-04:002017-04-21T09:50:28-04:00Samsung Galaxy S8 price starts at $720 — here's how to buy
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<p id="Vk8jMU">Samsung’s latest flagship smartphones, <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/29/15087530/samsung-galaxy-s8-announced-features-release-date-video-specifications">the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus</a>, launch today at carriers and retail stores across the United States (and globally). Availability of some models has already slipped to late April, so it seems Samsung has a hit on its hands and could be in for a successful bounce back from the Note 7 recall. And carriers are already bickering over <a href="https://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news-and-blogs/tmobile-widens-lte-speed-gap-over-verizon-att-unlimited-plans.htm">which network the S8 runs fastest on</a>. </p>
<p id="wo277q">Below you’ll find everything you need to know about how to purchase the <a href="http://www.theverge.com/products/galaxy-s8/8476">Galaxy S8</a>. </p>
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<h2 id="TpPGHN"><em>Carriers</em></h2>
<h3 id="xFFxxU"><a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1514734&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.verizonwireless.com%2F&referrer=theverge.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2Fcircuitbreaker%2F2017%2F3%2F29%2F15097430%2Fsamsung-galaxy-s8-price-announced-verizon-att-sprint-tmobile" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Verizon</a></h3>
<p id="L8zVmL"><em>Available in stores April 21st.</em></p>
<p id="xJMp87"><a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1514734&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.verizonwireless.com%2Fsmartphones%2Fsamsung-galaxy-s8%2F&referrer=theverge.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2Fcircuitbreaker%2F2017%2F3%2F29%2F15097430%2Fsamsung-galaxy-s8-price-announced-verizon-att-sprint-tmobile" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Galaxy S8:</a> $720 full retail<br>Monthly installments: $30 / mo for 24 months</p>
<p id="R4CwAP"><a href="https://go.redirectingat.com?id=66960X1514734&xs=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.verizonwireless.com%2Fsmartphones%2Fsamsung-galaxy-s8-plus%2F&referrer=theverge.com&sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2Fcircuitbreaker%2F2017%2F3%2F29%2F15097430%2Fsamsung-galaxy-s8-price-announced-verizon-att-sprint-tmobile" rel="sponsored nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Galaxy S8 Plus:</a> $840 full retail<br>Monthly installments: $35 / mo for 24 months</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/3/29/15097430/samsung-galaxy-s8-price-announced-verizon-att-sprint-tmobileChris Welch2017-04-18T11:00:02-04:002017-04-18T11:00:02-04:00Samsung Galaxy S8 review: ahead of the curve
<p>The new S8 and S8 Plus aren't perfect, but they are damn close</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/18/15328968/samsung-galaxy-s8-review-s8-plusDan Seifert2017-04-01T11:45:01-04:002017-04-01T11:45:01-04:00The Galaxy S8's misplaced fingerprint scanner was probably a last-minute change
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<p id="sDITO7">Ask anyone to tell you where a smartphone's fingerprint reader should be and, though the answers will vary, you'll never be told "off center, right next to the camera lens on the back." But lo and behold, that's exactly where Samsung plopped <em>its</em> fingerprint scanner on the new (<a href="http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/29/15112420/samsung-galaxy-s8-design-impressions">and otherwise delightful</a>) Galaxy S8. It's a perplexing decision if we consider it as a deliberate design choice, but reports ahead of the S8's launch, which now seem validated by the device itself, suggest that it was a last-minute alteration enforced by the slower-than-desired development of more ambitious technology.</p>
<p id="bVphXg">A March 13th <a href="http://www.theinvestor.co.kr/view.php?ud=20170313000834">report out of Korea</a> lays it all out lucidly. Samsung, working in collaboration with Synaptics, had initially hoped to build the...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/1/15147998/samsung-galaxy-s8-fingerprint-reader-locationVlad Savov2017-03-30T13:37:33-04:002017-03-30T13:37:33-04:00Why didn’t Samsung upgrade the main camera on the S8?
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<p id="ZPo6qn">Samsung’s <a href="http://theverge.com/products/galaxy-s8/8476">Galaxy S8</a> and S8 Plus are full of new stuff: a new display that stretches across more of the phone than ever, a new processor, a new digital assistant. One thing that isn’t really new, however, is the camera on the back of the phone. </p>
<p id="iQunRr"><em>SamMobile’s</em> Asif Iqbal Shaik points out <a href="https://www.sammobile.com/2017/03/30/samsung-is-sourcing-camera-sensors-for-the-galaxy-s8-and-s8-from-two-vendors/">that the S8 <em>does </em>appear to use new image chips</a>, but the benefits are hard to pin down. There might be some improvements in low light, but if there’s an otherwise significant difference, Samsung declined to mention it during the S8 event.</p>
<p id="2fGzNw">That initially feels kind of crazy, right? Much like its competitors, Samsung over the years made an increasingly bigger deal about its smartphone cameras. In the previous four Unpacked events, the company spent anywhere...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/30/15121380/samsung-galaxy-s8-camera-specs-megapixelsSean O'Kane2017-03-30T13:01:03-04:002017-03-30T13:01:03-04:00We’re gonna need Pythagoras’ help to compare screen sizes in 2017
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<p id="OslKQu"><em>Android Central</em>‘s Alex Dobie made this point to me in the buildup to Samsung’s Galaxy S8 launch yesterday: a 5.8-inch phone with the S8’s elongated 18.5:9 aspect ratio doesn’t have the same size screen as a 5.8-inch phone with the traditional 16:9. The two might share the same diagonal measurement, but in terms of area, the S8’s screen would be smaller. That’s because the change in aspect ratio breaks the linear scale by which we’ve compared almost all smartphones to date. If every rectangle has the same aspect ratio — the relationship between its height and width — then knowing its diagonal measurement gives us a rough way to compare or at least rank those rectangles by size.</p>
<p id="0bNa0l">Samsung and LG have broken from the industry convention with...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2017/3/30/15120824/screen-aspect-ratio-mathematics-galaxy-s8-lg-g6Vlad Savov2017-03-30T09:41:41-04:002017-03-30T09:41:41-04:00Microsoft is selling its own Samsung Galaxy S8 Microsoft Edition
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<p id="vis2Zb">Samsung <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/1/8129439/samsung-galaxy-s6-microsoft-apps">originally bundled</a> Microsoft’s Skype, OneDrive, and OneNote apps on the Galaxy S6 and S7, but it appears things are a little different this year. Samsung unveiled its latest Galaxy S8 handset yesterday, and now Microsoft is planning to offer its own customized version. The Samsung Galaxy S8 Microsoft Edition is available for preorders today at Microsoft's US retail stores, and will include Microsoft’s range of apps and services.</p>
<p id="aUW3cV">“A Microsoft customization is applied to the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ Microsoft Edition when the devices are unboxed and connected to Wi-Fi,” says a Microsoft spokesperson. “This customization ensures customers a best-in-class productivity experience with Microsoft applications such as Office,...</p>
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https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/3/30/15121816/samsung-galaxy-s8-microsoft-edition-featuresTom Warren