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Default display resolution of Samsung Galaxy S8 & Galaxy S8+ is full HD+ (1080p), can be changed to QHD+ in Settings

Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ are currently world’s most talked about phones. These are the two flagship smartphones from world’s biggest smartphone maker Samsung.

We all are now very well aware of the fact that the new Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ devices come with QHD+ display which makes the resolution to 2960×1440 pixels. But there’s a limitation. The company has set the default display resolution to full HD+ which has a resolution of 2220x1080p. This is applicable to both the smartphones.  And the default resolution for HD+ is 1480×720 pixels.

So both the new Samsung flagships give you freedom to choose the display resolution. The display is by default set to Full HD+ which makes it 2200x1080p. It give you freedom to choose from HD+(1480x720p) to QHD+(2960x1440p).

Specifications of Samsung Galaxy S8:

  • 5.8-inch Quad HD+ (2960×1440 pixels) Super AMOLED Infinity (18:5:9) curved display with 570ppi
  • CorningGorilla Glass 5 protection
  • 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM
  • 64GB of storage basrd on UFS 2.1
  • Micro SD card slot
  • Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 / Octa-Core Samsung Exynos 9 Series 8895 processor
  • Adreno 540 GPU(SD 835) / Mali-G71 MP20 GPU (Exynos 8895)
  • 12MP Dual Pixel rear camera with LED Flash, f/1.7 aperture, OIS & 1.4µm pixel size
  • 8MP front camera with f/1.7 aperture, 1.22µm pixel size
  • IP 68 level Water and dust resistant
  • Single sim and Hybrid Dual sim variants
  • Ultra High Quality Audio Playback – PCM: Up to 32 bits; DSD: DSD64/128
  • Sensors – Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyro Sensor, Geomagnetic Sensor, Hall Sensor, Heart Rate Sensor, Proximity Sensor, RGB Light Sensor,
  • Iris Scanner
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Pressure Sensor
  • Dimensions: 148.9×68.1x8mm
  • Weight: 152g
  • Android Nougat 7.0
  • 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v 5.0, GPS with GLONASS, NFC, MST
  • USB Type-C
  • 3000mAh battery with fast Charging both on wired and wireless (WPC and PMA) charging

Specifications of Samsung Galaxy S8+:

  • 6.2-inch Quad HD+ (2960×1440 pixels) Super AMOLED Infinity (18:5:9) curved display with 570ppi
  • CorningGorilla Glass 5 protection
  • 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM
  • 64GB of storage basrd on UFS 2.1
  • Micro SD card slot
  • Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 / Octa-Core Samsung Exynos 9 Series 8895 processor
  • Adreno 540 GPU(SD 835) / Mali-G71 MP20 GPU (Exynos 8895)
  • 12MP Dual Pixel rear camera with LED Flash, f/1.7 aperture, OIS & 1.4µm pixel size
  • 8MP front camera with f/1.7 aperture, 1.22µm pixel size
  • IP 68 level Water and dust resistant
  • Single sim and Hybrid Dual sim variants
  • Ultra High Quality Audio Playback – PCM: Up to 32 bits; DSD: DSD64/128
  • Sensors – Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyro Sensor, Geomagnetic Sensor, Hall Sensor, Heart Rate Sensor, Proximity Sensor, RGB Light Sensor,
  • Iris Scanner
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Pressure Sensor
  • Dimensions: 159.5×73.4×8.1mm
  • Weight: 173g
  • Android Nougat 7.0
  • 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v 5.0, GPS with GLONASS, NFC, MST
  • USB Type-C
  • 3500mAh battery with fast Charging both on wired and wireless (WPC and PMA) charging

 

Shivam Singh
Shivam defines himself as a gadget lover and likes to cover every news related to gadgets. He has more than 4 years of blogging experience and is Senior Editor at GadgetOx. He has been covering Tech and Gadget news on other well-known Tech sites WinCentral and Nokiapoweruser since long. His other interests include driving and traveling. Write to him at Email: [email protected]
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