In terms of PR nightmares, releasing a phone that could potentially explode ranks pretty highly. The fallout from the high-publicised recall of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 has done a fair amount of damage to the reputation of the South Korean tech giant, but consumers are quick to forgive and despite its woes. Samsung is set to overtake Apple for the first time in terms of profitability - and that's thanks in no small part to its phenomenal success in the smartphone arena. Still, there's no denying that something truly special was required to cleanse the bad taste left by those flaming Note 7 handsets, and the result is the Galaxy S8, Samsung's flagship phone for 2017.
The big news here is the much-hyped Infinity Display, which fills almost the entire front of the device, right the way up to the edges. The upshot of this is that Samsung has crammed a 5.8-inch screen on a phone which, in terms of dimensions, it only slightly bigger than its biggest rival, the iPhone 7 - which has a display which is more than an inch smaller from corner to corner. The 2960x1440 pixel Super AMOLED panel has a rather unique aspect ratio of 18.5:9 but this isn't an issue during typical use, as you're getting a taller image which is handy when scrolling through apps like Gmail and Twitter. However, it does mean that 16:9 content like movies is displayed with black borders down either side.
Depending on where you buy your Galaxy S8, you could end up with very different tech inside. Europe gets the Exynos 8895 Octa (Four 2.3GHz high-power cores plus four 1.7GHz lower power cores) while North America and China gets the Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (Four 2.35GHz semi-custom ARM Cortex-A73 Kyro cores plus four low-power 1.9GHz cores). The graphics processor is also different between regions, with Europe getting the Mali-G71 MP20 while North America and China get the Adreno 540. The difference in performance is mostly academic (unless you plan on importing), but Anandtech's comparison is well worth a read if you're interested in the topic.
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