14 DAY TRIAL // Samsung’s Galaxy S8 is one of the most anticipated smartphones to be announced in the coming weeks and details about this new flagship continue to surface online. According to Korean media, Samsung will equip the Galaxy S8 with an 8MP front camera.
The rumored 8MP front camera might include an encoder type autofocus actuator to replace the usual VCM type. This new autofocus feature will allow for the phone to have a slimmer camera module.
The report by ETNews (via PA) thus shows that Samsung intends to ditch the fixed focus front shooter for a selfie camera with autofocus, a feature typically reserved for the rear camera on a phone. This doesn’t come as a surprise, considering that selfies are a big part of social media and many people like to conduct video calls that involve the front camera.
The Galaxy S8 will be launched in the coming months
The report also says that Samsung has started to enhance front cameras on all of its phones, including the Galaxy A series 2017 edition. So the company intends to focus on improving front-facing cameras this year, after it focused on rear cameras in 2016 and introduced the Dual Pixel autofocus system.
The Galaxy A7 and Galaxy A5 (2017) have 16MP selfie snappers, the same resolution that rear cameras carry. Front cameras on the Galaxy A 2017 phones have thus improved considerably from the 5MP resolution of last year’s iterations.
When it comes to the front-camera resolution, Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S8 will have the same capacity, but the S8 will receive an upgrade that includes autofocus features. In addition, Samsung will introduce the dual-camera setup on the back of the Galaxy S8 Plus, while the standard Galaxy S8 will have a single camera module on the back.
Both phones are expected to come with dual-edge display and they might be showcased during MWC 2017, to be held next month. The latest report also mentions that Samsung might launch the new phone on April 15, but that remains to be seen.