Samsung Galaxy S8 To Don Pressure Sensitive OLED Display? Phone To Record Videos At 1,000 fps?
A deluge of Samsung Galaxy S8 leaks have been coming out left and right featuring images and videos of the alleged handset donning the expected bezel-less display. Rumor mills have been spinning lately that the next banner handset of the South Korean conglomerate will don a pressure sensitive display.
Samsung fanatics are aware by now that the Galaxy S8 will boast major updates on both hardware and software including a desktop compatibility feature known as Dex. Apart from this, a home button that is now expected to be lodged on the phone virtually is also anticipated on the upcoming device.
Unfortunately, Synaptics - the company tapped by Samsung to deliver such technology on the Galaxy S8, seemed to have failed in doing so leaving the virtual home button idea in limbo. The Asian tech giant was quick in dousing such concerns though as it is now believed to have rendered the services of its other cousin - Samsung Display in making OLED pressure-sensitive panels, WCCFTech has learned.
It also stressed that the Force Touch-like feature was already presented to Samsung's partners at the recently concluded Mobile World Congress and will be included in the Galaxy S8. In a statement obtained by the publication, the specialized OLED panels claim to have an improved pressure sensitivity in comparison to rival Huawei P9. In addition, such attribute will also be included in the yet to be announced Galaxy Note 8.
In the interim, new rumors are also suggesting that the Galaxy S8's camera component will be further beefed up with a feature that allows it to record videos with speeds reaching up to 1,000 frames per second (fps). As reported by South Korean publication Raver and cited by Android Authority, Samsung will be lodging an undisclosed number of DRAM to attain such recording capability within the handset. Samsung lovers are advised, however, to take such with enough dubiety.
The Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ will both be officially launched this March 29 at Samsung's Unpacked event in New York. In the meantime, watch a video of an alleged working Galaxy S8:
