Yet another new Galaxy S8 feature was uncovered that no iPhone can match

Sony surprised the world at the Mobile World Congress a few weeks ago by releasing a flagship device that nobody really saw coming. The Xperia XZ Premium, which won the “Best New Smartphone” title at the show, has many impressive features, including a 960 frames per second (fps) super slow-motion video capture. But Sony won’t be the only company to hit this new milestone, as a new report indicates the Galaxy S8 will have equally impressive slow-mo capabilities. HKorean news site Naver says that the Galaxy S8 will be equipped with a new high-speed photography mode that will allow its main camera to capture close to 1,000 fps. Naver says that Samsung placed DRAM storage between the image sensor and the circuit to transmit and store images faster than before. If that sounds familiar, it’s because Sony is doing exactly the same thing with the new Motion-Eye camera in the Xperia XZ Premium — check the following video: Naver shared additional details about the camera powers of the Galaxy S8. The front-facing shooter will have an 8-megapixel sensor, while a second front-facing camera with a 3.7-megapixel sensor will be on iris recognition duty. A report earlier this week indicated that Samsung is looking to add iris and facial recognition as a Samsung Pay authentication method on the Galaxy S8 later this year. Finally, the report notes that fingerprint sensor is placed on the back of the handset, next to the camera. But everyone and their grandmother knows that, at this point, since it was confirmed when BGR exclusively unveiled the Galaxy S8 unofficially at MWC 2017 because Samsung refused to do it officially. Tags: Galaxy S8, Samsung, Xperia XZ Premium

Galaxy S8 launches in April, leaked poster confirms

While the unveiling date of March 29 for the Galaxy S8 and S8+ is official, so far Samsung hasn't announced precisely when you'll be able to purchase one of its new flagships. However, all of the rumors we've heard so far on the matter pegged either April 21 or April 28 as the release date for the duo. To confirm the April time frame for the S8 and S8+ becoming available in stores, today a leaked poster surfaced. You can see it in the image to the left. It leaves absolutely no doubt as to which month the launch will occur in. Samsung is once again using the phones' minimal top and bottom screen bezels to make a point, just like it has in the official teaser for the March 29 event. The S8 smartphones are expected to rock both Samsung's Exynos 8895 chipset as well as the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, depending on market, and earlier today we found out that the former will outperform the latter, if ever so slightly. The smaller Galaxy S8 will have a 5.8-inch display, while the S8+ will get a 6.2-inch panel. Because of those minimal bezels, however, as well as the rumored 18.5:9 aspect ratio of their screens, they will be much smaller than you'd expect just by looking at those numbers. Camera-wise we're likely to get a 12 MP main snapper on both, with dual pixel autofocus and insanely high-fps video capture.