Quite a few new snippets of info have emerged regarding the Galaxy S8 in the last few days, but chief amongst them comes the revelation (which we've heard allegations of before) that the Galaxy S8 won't launch at MWC 2017. The word this time comes directly from Samsung itself, however, specifically from its chief of mobile, Koh Dong-jin, who, while talking to assembled press regarding the findings of its Galaxy Note 7 "explosiongate" investigations, confirmed that in order to prevent similar issues with the Galaxy S8 it will be released later than previously expected.
"Lessons of this incident are deeply reflected in our culture and process," he said, according to Reuters. Koh himself did not mention a release date, which leaves us with earlier rumours ranging from mid-to-late March, right through to an April launch and an arrival of the device on shelves sometime in May. Although Samsung is usually quite quick from announcement to release, this time some sources suggest it could be a whole month after the launch event before the new flagship arrives with consumers.
However, one of the other bits of info to emerge in recent days throws some light on this. It comes once again from Twitter source @Ricciolo1, who previously brought us the info regarding the Galaxy S8 launching in late March (March 29 to be exact) to hit the market in "w17" (week 17) with a price tag of 849 euros. In a new Tweet, Ricciolo says the March 29 launch is still accurate, but adds that Samsung will hold multiple, simultaneous launch events in the US and EU; he also mentions a "record breaking" marketing campaign, whatever that means.
Another bit of news via sources speaking to DigiTimes reveals that Samsung has designed the Galaxy S8 with a heat-pipe design to help dissipate heat from the processor, though this isn't exactly surprising considering the Galaxy S7 also had this design. The report claims that Samsung considered doubling-up on the heat-pipes but has settled on a single one.
Additionally, some more Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus renders have hit the web via a casemaker and the MobileFun blog, crucially for the first time we get a look at the back of the Galaxy S8 Plus, showing a large port for the camera array which would appear to back-up the rumours of a dual-camera setup. The renders also show the position of the power key on the phone's right-hand side, previously these controls have been difficult to spot owing to the more pronounced curvature of the sides in the new designs. Similarly, although we can't be 100% certain, it looks like the handset will sport a Type-C USB port.
