Camera comparison: Galaxy S8 vs the Galaxy S7

For a long time now, Samsung has been at the top of its game when it comes to smartphone cameras. The Galaxy S7 had the best overall phone camera on the market for quite a long time, and with the Galaxy S8, Samsung has made minor changes to further improve the quality of images captured by the 12-megapixel rear camera. We’ve talked in detail about the Galaxy S8′s camera in our official review, but we haven’t yet talked about how it compares to its predecessor. Well, we’ve decided we’ll just let the pictures do the talking.

The photos you see below were taken in auto mode (with HDR set to auto as well); we didn’t reach for the pro mode for any picture, as we feel most folks simply use their phones as a point-and-shoot camera instead of fiddling around with advanced settings. What we should point out here is the Galaxy S7′s camera still holds its own more than a year later, especially in daylight. Nighttime is where the Galaxy S8 leads the way, doing better with detail and color. The colors in low-light shots aren’t perfect on the S8, either, as they look too white compared to their real-life counterparts. But again, it does better at night compared to the S7, and part of the reason for that is no doubt the new multi-frame processor on the S8.

Well, enough talk. Go ahead and enjoy the pictures below (photos from the S8 are on the left while the S7′s images are on the right), and let us know what you think!

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Note: We’re aware that it’s a bit hard to see the differences between two images without being able to see them in a bigger format. We’re working on adjusting our site to fix this, so that our camera comparisons are more useful than they might be right now for some folks. 

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Galaxy Note 8 to come in 64GB and 128GB variants

A new report has surfaced online claiming that Samsung will launch two variants of the Galaxy Note 8: one with 64GB and another with 128GB of storage. Both handsets are also expected to support microSD cards, which can be used to bump the memory up to 256GB.

Recently, it was revealed that the Galaxy Note 8 will be Samsung’s most expensive smartphone to date, with an eye-watering price tag of around $1,000 in South Korea and more than $1,100 in Europe, North America and South America.

If leaks and rumors are anything to go by, the Galaxy Note 8 will sport a 6.3-inch edge-to-edge Infinity Display, an Exynos 8895/Snapdragon 835 CPU, 6GB of RAM and a 3,300mAh non-removable battery. It should also ship running Android 7.1.1 Nougat.

Unfortunately, it’s looking like Samsung has decided to position the fingerprint reader on the back of the Galaxy Note 8, even though it has the technology required to embed it in the handset’s display.

Nothing is confirmed at this precise moment in time, so all of this information should be taken with a relatively hefty pinch of salt. However, we shouldn’t have to wait too much longer to find out more as the device is tipped to hit the shelves by the end of September.

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Galaxy S6 edge+ now receiving June security update

Samsung’s in the midst of distributing the June security patch for the Galaxy S6 edge+ in Europe. The upgrade bundles all of the patches included in this month’s release, as well as a plethora of additional stability improvements.

For those in need of a refresher, the June update transports 96 fixes for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) in the Android operating system and 23 patches developed exclusively for Galaxy-branded smartphones.

Related content: Samsung highlights contents of June security patch

If you own a Galaxy S6 edge+, reside in Europe and want to check to see if the upgrade is ready for your handset, open up Settings, tap Software Update, then hit Download Updates Manually.

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Themes Thursday: Take a look at this week’s seven best themes

We’re back with Themes Thursday! We’ve chosen seven new themes for you this week, and we think there’s something for everybody. There are three great dark themes and four bright themes and all of them have brilliant designs.

The [Anup] Novel Black (AOD), [Binod] HongUI, and Infinity Dark themes have dark backgrounds, and you might prefer them since such themes tend to showcase the brilliance of Super AMOLED displays in reproducing punchier colors. Greight and Greight W/ Background themes by Felipe Lelite have good-looking Material design wallpapers and backgrounds.

The Summer Background and [WHL] Desert Landscapes theme packs look great too, and might be preferred by some. Which theme did you like out of the 479 new themes that were released in the Theme Store this week?

[Anup] Novel Black (AOD)

[Binod] HongUI

[WHL] Desert Landscapes

Greight

Greight W/ Background

Infinity Dark

Summer Wave (AOD/Iris)_Hwang Gayeon – THENEW

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SamMobile Daily Recap: June 29, 2017 — Galaxy J5 (2017), Galaxy S8 and more!

We publish a lot of stories on a daily basis. Unfortunately, the majority of news breaks during our European hours of operation, which makes it difficult for our readers in the US (and other regions) to keep up. However, we think we’ve come up with a fantastic solution — a daily recap.

Here’s what we put live today.

Business

Samsung confirms $380 million appliance plant in South Carolina

Samsung to build a ‘super OLED factory’

Deals

Daily Deal: Save 31% on a Gear VR (2017) with Controller

Display

Samsung remains top smartphone display manufacturer in Q1 2017

General

Argentina gets its very own Samsung Newsroom

Laptops

Samsung Flow now works with any Windows 10 PC, supports unlocking and file transfers

Phones

Galaxy Note 8′s dual-camera rumored to be better than others

MWC Shanghai 2017 awards ‘Best Smartphone’ honor to the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+

Rose Pink Galaxy S8+ will be released tomorrow

Samsung launches the unlocked dual-SIM Galaxy S8+ in Europe

TV

Samsung to release ‘See the Unexpected’ video series on extreme sports with Red Bull

Samsung TVs with LG display panels might be developed starting next month

Watches

Samsung’s wearable device sales overtake Fitbit for the first time ever

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Samsung partners with soccer star Oliver Kahn to promote its smart TVs

Samsung has announced that it has partnered with German soccer star Oliver Kahn to promote its new QLED TVs. The former German goalkeeper will be the face of Samsung’s new QLED smart TVs and a representative of the new ways in which users can enjoy soccer on these TVs. The South Korean electronics giant announced its QLED TVs at CES 2017 earlier this year.

Oliver Kahn will feature in the new Goalplay app, which is exclusive to Samsung’s smart TVs. The app will search for soccer-related content from broadcasting channels as well as from Video On Demand (VoD) services. It will also offer exclusive content from Oliver Kahn such as match analysis and goalkeeping tips. These TVs are also the first to offer 100% color volume.

Samsung’s new QLED TVs not only offer great picture quality, but also exclusive content and apps, making them a preferable choice for many consumers. It recently added support for HDR10+ to its QLED TVs. The company wants to offer everything it can before the start of this year’s soccer season so that consumers pick up QLED TVs over products from the competition.

“The QLED TV’s Smart Hub interface is one of the most mature on the market, and the One Remote Control makes navigating the platform incredibly intuitive. As someone who enjoys watching television, I find this to be a key criterion in addition to picture quality and design. That’s why I decided to launch my new app exclusively on Samsung’s QLED TVs,” said Oliver Kahn, CEO of Goalplay.

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Samsung to build a ‘super OLED factory’

Samsung is the largest OLED manufacturer in the world, and it plans to solidify its position even further by making a “super OLED factory”. The company is planning to build a new production facility which is expected to exceed the production capacity of its A3 plant in China by 30%. The new factory could be named A5, and could be built in Korea.

According to industry sources, Samsung’s board of directors will meet next month to determine the final investment plant for its next OLED factory. If the company starts building its new plant in the second half of this year, it will take another six months or a year before the plant is built, and the production of OLED units could begin in 2019.

Samsung could invest up to KRW 16 trillion for purchasing the equipment that’s required to kickstart the production of OLED panels. Furthermore, the company will keep on investing till 2021 to expand the factory as the plant will be built in two phases. The company had started expanding its A3 plant in 2015 to supply OLED panels to Apple.

Samsung is the leader in small and medium-sized OLED market, capturing around 98% market share. However, manufacturing OLED panels is a chicken-and-egg problem where the production costs keeps falling as the yield increases, and Samsung has the first-mover advantage, so it can make better quality panels at a lower cost than its competitors

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