UAG lists cases for the Samsung Galaxy S8
Samsung hasn’t even revealed an official date for the unveiling of its next flagship smartphone yet, but accessory makers have already started listing Galaxy S8 accessories such as cases, covers, and screen protectors. The latest of them come from popular accessory brand UAG.
UAG has listed a bunch of Galaxy S8 cases on its website, revealing some design elements of the smartphone in high-resolution imagery. There seems to be a front-facing camera, an iris scanner, and four other sensors above the display and Samsung branding below the screen. Similar to various leaks and renders of the Galaxy S8 over the past few weeks, there doesn’t seem to be a physical home button or capacitive navigation keys.
The fingerprint scanner seems to be placed beside the camera sensor. Apart from the power button and volume keys, these case images also show an additional physical button on the side of the Galaxy S8. The extra button is said to be dedicated for Samsung’s upcoming Bixby AI-powered virtual voice assistant.
There is no guarantee that case makers are showing off the actual product here, so there is still no telling what the final version of the Galaxy S8 will look like. What do make of the images below? Let us know in the comments!
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This could be the most fragile phone Samsung ever made. Now imagine this phone will fall on it’s face where the screen is ! boooom, you got yourself a bricked phone with a very expensive replaceable screen ! I would only buy it if i get a proper cover with a screen shield…otherwise with me this will break the first week !
This has to be the ugliest case I’ve ever seen. What’s the point of having a great looking phone if you have to use an ugly lump of plastic like this to keep it safe?
Gotta say I expected to be disappointed after seeing the first few leaks but now I think it looks pretty good. The fingerprint scanner place is a bit dump but I think I can get used to it. Plus I will be using the iris scanner more than the fingerprint. I don’t why is it so important to have physical buttons as long as I there’s buttons to use in fine with it that way!
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Why are most case makers not smart enough to make a design to protect the screen edges? It is not that difficult. Tech21 made an awesome case that did this (evo tactical) for Note7. Also some noname brands. People are going to drop their phones and the edges will crack like crazy.
This is by far the ulgiest Samsung phone ever
If a company like Xiaomi can have no bezels at all on the top then why not Samsung? The bottom bezel is not that small to exclude the home button and not to mention other capactive buttons. Fingerprint sensor on the back? next to the camera? Samsung must shot the guy who proposed this idea… heck even some jackass proposed the idea who the heck approved it? Samsung has NOT learnt anything at all from Note 7 disaster, they think that consumers are stupid and will buy their crap anyway despite removing features (no IR blaster, removable battery and a… Read more »
Glass back looks better and allows for Fast Wireless charging, top bezels are needed for the front camera and the iris scanner and the speaker, the bottom bezel IS small enough, have you got a Samsung phone? the font on the Logo is TINY and cannot be used as a home button doubled as a fingerprint scanner, which is why it has been moved to the back, the position isn’t great but not really a deal breaker thinking about it. Technology, especially Samsung tech is moving to the IoT, practically all their appliances released in the last 2 years have… Read more »
Agree
That is an ugly case. If the curves are like this and not being too rounded then it’s looks ok For a none case user on my smart phones. It does look like a fragile device FPS on the back appears to be the case which is a disappointment Let’s hope that they will sort out the internal specs to be impressive eg 128gb internal and 6gb ram for all countries, much better camera instead of the same from s7 with some software update that can be applied to the s7 Plus let’s hope the bixby button can be changed… Read more »
are you kidding??
I still don’t think that those bezels are that small to get rid of the home button.
It looks wierd without physical button.
I feel big disappointment is coming.