Today, you can preorder the gorgeous new Samsung Galaxy S8. Or you could wait until May 9, when Best Buy will begin offering unlocked versions of Samsung’s new Galaxy phones you can use with any major US carrier. It’s funny. My colleague Dan Graziano and I are basically trading phones this year — he’s angrily …
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Gear VR is only the beginning of Samsung’s virtual reality ambitions. The South Korean company has made a big bet on mobile virtual reality, bundling its Gear VR headset with its flagship phones to get people familiar with the technology. Once again, consumers who preorder its newest phone — in this case, the Galaxy S8, unveiled Wednesday — will get …
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Now playing: Watch this: The 3 biggest letdowns of Samsung’s Galaxy S8 2:16 The Galaxy S8 delivered on some great new features: edge to edge HDR display, an iris scanner and a faster, Gigabit LTE-ready processor. But gorgeous infinity display aside, it seemed like the S8 was holding out on some key features. (Perhaps for an even more dazzling Note …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S8’s major makeover 2:14 Samsung’s newly announced Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus are packed with the latest and greatest mobile technology. Compared to its predecessors, the S7 and S6 (and their respective Galaxy families), the S8 duo is now equipped with USB-C charging ports, up to 2TB of expandable storage and an 8-megapixel front-facing …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S8’s major makeover 2:14 Earlier today at an event in New York, Samsung announced its new Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. The phones are a major evolution for Samsung, both in design and build: rounded edge displays, no physical home button, Bixby assistant and a tall svelte design. But how much is one of …
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When Koh Dong-jin says he knows what it means to journey from “heaven to hell,” he’s not overstating things. About nine months after being named head of Samsung’s world-leading mobile business, Koh, 56, was forced to recall the popular Galaxy Note 7 not once, but twice, because the large-screen phone kept bursting into flames. After Samsung’s “safer” replacement phones caught …
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All eyes are on the South Korean electronics giant’s follow-up to last year’s ill-fated Note 7. The Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus are available for preorder from March 31 ahead of a street date of April 28. The Galaxy S8 is packing in water resistance, an edge-to-edge screen design, expandable storage and an option for wireless charging. Also announced overnight …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung proudly shows off the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus 2:40 Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus on Wednesday, and you can get your hands on the new phones starting next month. The phones will be available on April 21 in the US and other major regions. Preorders start on March 30. Samsung Galaxy …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S8’s major makeover 2:14 Just to recap, in case you somehow missed it, the Samsung Galaxy S8 has finally landed — and what an entrance it made. There was a lot riding on Samsung’s first major phone launch since the Note 7 debacle, but the company delivered quite a show — a Beatles ballad, …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S8’s major makeover 2:14 The Samsung Galaxy S8 is finally here. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus phones — and a variety of accessories — at a press event at New York City’s Lincoln Center earlier today. The big news is as follows: Samsung Galaxy S8: The company’s newest flagship phone boasts …
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