Latest Galaxy S8 rumors: 4K display, powerful GPU, 4200 mAh battery, 30 MP camera

[Rippleman]

4K is stupid.

At some point in time someone said that about all resolutions of smart phones. You just added to the list that will eventually fade.

 

[Recon360]

Only 4k.. wow phones are lacking these days, wheres the 19k displays with 128GB ram and 92 core phones that last 30min on battery? or heck the 1080/720P displays with 3gb ram & 4 core phones that last 3 days on battery?

It's called the Note 7/S7 Edge... 1440p, 4gb ram, 4 core.. Last 3 days..

And I'm replying to a forum post at 1:36pm on a Tuesday afternoon at work... Clearly I'm on my phone ALOT!

 

[MoeJoe]

At some point in time someone said that about all resolutions of smart phones. You just added to the list that will eventually fade.

Triggered I see. Shame.

Learn about perceivable resolution as it relates to focal length ... then we'll talk.

 

[Rippleman]

Triggered I see. Shame.

Learn about perceivable resolution as it relates to focal length ... then we'll talk.

is "triggered" what the cool kids say now? I guess I am too old to even know what it implies. I understand the distance/perception thing, how ever, there are uses besides the way you are using it like the others here are mentioning... Did this "trigger" you? (again, I have no idea what it means but I want to be cool just like you so I used it)

 

[skipmichael]

My BS meter is going off. I don't think so. 4k in a smartphone.. why...

 

[tehxion]

If we are to see the S8 used more for VR the 2160x4096 resolution makes sense. I had a HTC Vive for a couple of days, the combined resolution is 2160x1200. Was testing this as a flight SIM but found that the resolution was just not high enough. An aircraft with analogue instruments, you could just make out the instruments and readings, the text was not readable. Switching the aircraft to an LCD based cockpit, the screens were completely unreadable, no idea of airspeed, altitude etc. I was using Prepar3D and X-Plane. Hopefully the next round of VR gear has 4k resolution, that is 2k per eye or better.

is heavy vr usage worth it if the phone only last 4 hours with it ?

Care to share how you arrived at 4 hours of battery, just interested to know if that is fact or fiction?

The S7 has a 3000 mAh battery which is good for 677 minutes of 3G web browsing as tested at:
http://betanews.com/2016/09/30/iphone-7-battery-life/
While this article is all rumors, if we take that the display is 4k and the battery is 4200 mAh, the increase in battery will easily negate the extra power consumption of the 4k screen. In addition the article mentions that the new GPU is more power efficient. At the end of the day no one really knows the numbers until all the components are known and a device available for testing, but you can be sure Samsung would not release a phone with considerably less battery life than the predecessor.

 

[captaincranky]

Using some simple math, I calculated that the 4200ma battery is about 29% larger than the 3000ma battery. So, does than mean it will burn 29% hotter, or 29% longer than the 3000mm battery.