General
- Brand Samsung
- Model Galaxy S8
- Device Smartphones
- Added December 14, 2018
- Updated June 18, 2024
Launch
- Announced 2017, March
- Status Available. Released 2017, April
Network
- Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
- 2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
- 3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
- 4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 66(1700/2100), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
- Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
- GPRS Yes
- EDGE Yes
Body
- Dimensions 148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm (5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 in)
- Weight 155 g (5.47 oz)
- Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
- SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Display
- Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Size 5.8 inches, 84.8 cm2 (~83.6% screen-to-body ratio)
- Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~570 ppi density)
- Protection Gorilla Glass 5 - HDR10 compliant- 3D Touch (home button only)- Always-on display
Platform
- OS Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo)
- Chipset Exynos 8895 Octa (10 nm) - EMEA Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - USA & China
- CPU Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose M2 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - EMEA Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - USA & China
- GPU Mali-G71 MP20 - EMEA Adreno 540 - USA & China
Memory
- Card slot microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
- Internal 64 GB
- RAM 4 GB RAM
Main camera
- Single 12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF
- Features LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
- Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Selfie camera
- Single 8 MP, f/7.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6", 1.22µm, AF
- Features Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Sound
- Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
- Loudspeaker Yes
- 3.5mm jack Yes - 32-bit/384kHz audio - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Connectivity
- WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
- Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
- GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
- NFC Yes
- FM radio No
- USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Features
- Sensors Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
- Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
- Browser HTML5
- Java No
Battery
- Talk time Up to 20 h (3G)
- Music play Up to 67 h
- Type Non-removable Li-Po
- Capacity 3000 mAh battery (11.55 Wh)
More
- Color Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Rose Pink, Burgundy Red
- Other Features Samsung DeX (desktop experience support) - Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0) - Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) - ANT+ support - Bixby natural language commands and dictation - MP4/DivX/XviD/H.265 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player - Photo/video editor - Document editor