When it comes to the Galaxy S series from Samsung, things have never been so confusing, especially regarding its possible launch date. The rumors this year had suggested every possible date, right from the end of February at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, to multiple dates near mid-April. However, recent rumors from popular sources such as Evan Blass (@evleaks) are now suggesting that the S8 will be launched in an exclusive Samsung event on March 29. The S8 and the S8 Plus will go on sale around mid-April from there onwards.

We also have a render for you to look at today, which is claimed to be the official press render of the regular Galaxy S8 by SlashLeaks. Yesterday, we gave you a glimpse of the first live photo of what could very well be the actual Galaxy S8 and if you have not yet checked it out, take a look now as it seems to be the most authentic picture of the S8 we have seen yet. The images have only begun to come in, but the specs have been out for quite a while now. Although they are totally subject to errors, click here to see what we know about the internals of the Samsung Galaxy S8, courtesy of leaks and rumors.

Saikat Kar (tech-enthusiast)

Although renders by leaksters and case makers had given us a good idea about what to expect this year from the Galaxy S line-up, this is the first time that the internet has treated us to an actual live image of the upcoming Galaxy S8. Courtesy of VentureBeat, we have a live image which shows the S8 both from the back and the front. Let us now take a deeper look at what has been revealed about the S8 by the picture, provided that it is indeed the Galaxy S8 which we are seeing here.

We can see a single camera module with flash and the fingerprint scanner placed right beside it. Additionally, there appears to be a single speaker grill at the bottom and there's a chance that another speaker grill will be found on top of the phone. There's USB Type-C as expected and most delightfully, the 3.55mm audio jack can be seen as clear as the light of day. Earlier rumors had suggested that the S8 Plus may feature a dual camera module, so this could very well be the regular S8 that we are seeing here. True to what every rumor had been predicting, the phone has no physical Home button and sports a bezel-less curved display. To find out everything else about the Galaxy S8, check out our Samsung Galaxy S8 specifications here.

Saikat Kar (tech-enthusiast)

The Galaxy S8 may be delayed, but the rumors keep coming. Check out the latest ones.

Launch date

Now that Samsung has officially disclosed that it won't be revealing the Galaxy 8 at the MWC this year, a new rumor is pointing towards a launch date which is set on April 21, instead of the previously rumoured date of April 18.

Size and display

Curved QHD Super AMOLED displays on both variants are almost confirmed by every rumor yet, along with the fact both might be sporting a very high bezel-to-body ratio.

Rear mounted fingerprint scanner

As the bezels are almost non-existent, the fingerprint scanner may move to the back. However, contrasting reports point towards an optical fingerprint scanner below the glass.

Processor

There is no doubt that the Galaxy S8 will indeed be sporting the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset in the US, but whether or not there will also be an Exynos variant for the international market, remains to be seen.

Other rumors surrounding the biggest Android device to be launched in the first half of 2017 promise an iris scanner, a 3.5mm audio jack, water resistance, expandable storage, 6GB of RAM and dual camera for the S8 Plus.

Saikat Kar (tech-enthusiast)

We know that the Galaxy Tab S3 is probably going to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress next month and now we have an idea about its specifications from a reliable source. GFXBench has given us info on unreleased handsets and tablets before and they have mostly been true. Going by that standard, what you see below is possibly going to be the specs that the Tab S3 will be sporting in Barcelona at the MWC 2017.

Display: 9.6-inch with 2,048×1536 pixel resolution
SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 clocked at 2.1GHz/1.6GHz with Adreno 530 GPU
RAM: 4GB
Internal Storage 32GB (24GB available for the users)
Camera: 12-megapixel rear camera
Android OS: Nougat 7.0
OpenGL API: OpenGL ES 3.2
OpenCL API - GPU: Open CL 2.0

Samsung, along with the rest of the OEMs have clearly minimized the number of tablets which they release now, so it can be arguably assumed that they hav no plans to release a smaller version of the Tab S3 next month like it did with the Tab S2 in certain regions. This strategy may change in the future though. Check out the screenshot below to get detailed information on what was revealed.

Saikat Kar (tech-enthusiast)

The Korean tech giant has made its financial report for Q4, 2016 public now and it shows how strong the company is as a whole. The total revenue acquired by Samsung in the last quarter of 2016 was 53.33 trillion Won/$45.72 billion, with an operating profit of 9.22 trillion Won/$7.9 billion. Considering that these figures show a hike of 50% as compared to Q4, 2016, as well as being the most impressive figures for Samsung since 2013, one has to wonder where did the losses incurred by Samsung after the Note 7 disaster go?

As it turns out, Samsung's semiconductor business, with assistance from its display business has more than made up for any losses that its Mobile department may have suffered due to the unfortunate incident. In fact, even the Mobile department does not seem to have suffered too much due to the Note 7's discontinuation. Samsung claims that the continuing excellent performance of the S7 and S7 Edge, in combination with better performance from its mid-range and low-range handsets have kept its mobile department profitable. As detailed in the report, Samsung expects a decline in sales and profits in the first quarter of 2017 as compared to Q1, 2016. This would be brought on as a result of marketing expenses and apparently a dip in the sale of television sets.

 Saikat Kar (tech-enthusiast)