Samsung, the renowned Korean smartphone maker, has made the Galaxy S8+ 6GB RAM and 128GB storage variant available to buy in India, from today. The company has partnered with the Flipkart for the online sale of this latest Samsung mobile, and alongside the handset can also be bought from the company's Samsung shop. The 6GB RAM, 128GB storage variant of Samsung Galaxy S8+ has been priced at Rs. 74,990 for the Indian market.
In lieu to attract more buyers, the Samsung is offering a free bundled wireless charger (worth Rs. 4,499) with the smartphone. Further, the company on it's official Samsung Shop is offering a Rs. 2,500 cash back to ICICI Bank credit card users, there is also an exchange offer of up to Rs. 15,000 discount. On the other hand, the buyers from Flipkart will get a Reliance Jio double data offer, in which 28GB+28GB data will be provided at Rs. 309. Flipkart is also offering ICICI credit card cash back offer on this handset. It's worth mentioning that this new variant of the Samsung Galaxy S8+ is available to buy in Midnight Black color variant from both the online stores.
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We must be knowing that the Samsung had launched the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ in the month of April for the Indian smartphone users, with 4GB RAM and 64GB of inbuilt storage. The Samsung Galaxy S8 is priced at Rs. 57,900 (MOP), while the regular Galaxy S8+ variant is priced at Rs. 64,900 (MOP), giving the new variant a premium of Rs. 10,000. The Indian versions of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ are powered by the Samsung Exynos 8895 SoC and are almost identical smartphones. The primary differences are battery capacity, dimensions, and screen size of the Infinity Display, which is a dual-edge curved display with an 18.5:9 aspect ratio, complete with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. The Galaxy S8 sports a 5.8-inch QHD+ (1440x2960 pixels) Super AMOLED display, while the Galaxy S8+ sports a 6.2-inch display with the same resolution and display technology. The displays are certified by the UHD Alliance as Mobile HDR Premium.
The processor of the handset i.e. the octa-core Samsung Exynos 8895 SoC comes with a quad-core module clocked at 2.35GHz, and another quad-core module clocked at 1.9GHz. On the camera front, Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones feature 12-megapixel 'Dual Pixel' rear cameras with optical image stabilization and a f/1.7 aperture. Whereas, on the front, the smartphones bear 8-megapixel front cameras with autofocus, and also bear a f/1.7 aperture. Both smartphones have inbuilt storage that can be further expanded via microSD card (up to 256GB).
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Both the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+, have 4G LTE connectivity along with i-Fi 802.11ac (2.4GHz, 5GHz), Bluetooth v5.0, USB Type-C, NFC, and GPS. The top smartphone sensors in the handsets are an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, barometer, gyroscope, heart rate sensor, magnetometer, and proximity sensor. Both these Samsung devices also have support for Samsung Pay, with NFC and MST connectivity. The Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ are powered by a 3000mAh and 3500mAh battery respectively, that support wireless charging as well as fast charging.
One of the major highlights of the latest Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ is the incorporation of the Bixby virtual assistant. The Samsung's Bixby is very much similar to the other voice-based virtual assistants powered by artificial intelligence including Apple's Siri, Google Assistant, Microsoft Cortana and Amazon's Alexa. The Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ comes with some pre-installed apps that work with Bixby.
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