Yesterday Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones as their next gen flagship products. The company has already announced pricing and availability of these two smartphones in the US.
Now it’s time for Canada to get the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. Both the devices are already available for pre-order in Canada. The official launch date is set for 21st April by Samsung which could happen a little earlier also.
But Canadian carrier Telus has now confirmed the availability of Samsung Galaxy S8 on their network. The company has said that deliveries will start as early as 17th April.
Another cellular network provider in Canada, Bell has also listed the flagship on it’s website. The company brings a good news for those who pre-order it before 11th can get it by as early as 18th April.
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
Price & release date:
The Samsung Galaxy S8 carries a price tag of CAD 1035 in Canada and for the Samsung Galaxy S8+, it is CAD 1115. Colour options include Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Arctic Silver, Coral Blue and Maple Gold in Canada.
