Samsung Galaxy S8 available in Malaysia

The wait is finally over. Today Samsung Malaysia has officially announced the local launch of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+. The devices will go on sale tomorrow (5th May 2017) and for those who had pre-ordered, they can start to collect their device starting today.

Samsung Galaxy S8 & S8+ Specifications

	Honor 5X	Honor 6X
CPU & GPU	Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 Adreno 405	HiSilicon Kirin 655 4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 Mali-T830MP2
RAM	2 GB / 3 GB	3 GB / 4 GB
Storage	16 GB supporting MicroSD up to 256 GB	3 GB / 4 GB supporting MicroSD up to 256 GB (occupies SIM slot 2)
Display	5.5-inch 1920 x 1080 Full HD IPS	5.5-inch 1920 x 1080 Full HD LTPS IPS
Camera (rear)	13 MP f/2.0 aperture Autofocus LED flash	12 MP + 2 MP f/2.2 aperture Phase Detection AF LED flash
Camera (front)	5 MP f/2.4 aperture	8 MP f/2.0 aperture
Battery	Non-removable 3000 mAh	Non-removable 3340 mAh
Operating System	Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) EMUI 3, upgradable to EMUI 4	Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat) EMUI 4, upgradable to EMUI 5
SIM	Dual SIM (Nano & Micro)	Hybrid dual SIM (Nano)
Connectivity	GSM / HSPA / LTE Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS	GSM / HSPA / LTE Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS

Alongside with the launch, Samsung also introduces the Samsung DeX, a desktop dock for Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ that turns your phone into a desktop computer.

What you need to do is to simply connect a monitor with a set of keyboard & mouse to the dock and you’re ready. I am really looking forward that Samsung can grow the platform so that more applications support the use case.

Also introduced during the event is the new Samsung Gear line up with the new Gear 360 camera and Gear VR with the controller. The new Gear 360 camera is a cute little camera that is capable of shooting 4K videos and live broadcast. Meanwhile, the Gear VR headset had received a modest redesign and now comes with a controller. Price as follows:

Samsung Gear 360 2017 – RM 999

Samsung Gear VR with controller – RM 499

We also tried out the Bixby virtual assistant at the experience zone. However, at the time of launch, Bixby can only operate base on image and text. Voice search is still not supported. Since the South Korea Samsung Galaxy S8 has received updates to allow voice commands, we’re sure that the function will soon arrive at our shore.