Samsung reportedly gives up on the dual rear camera setup for the Galaxy S8

02 December 2016
Instead, the upcoming flagship smartphone will pack a single main snapper.

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AnonD-558092, 03 Dec 2016Good, because I can hardly imagine a good Galaxy design wit... moreWhat innovation has Samsung introduced with their low/mid range devices?
Are you counting S-Bike or Turbo Speed Technology as an innovation?

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    • AnonD-600084
    • PS6
    • 03 Dec 2016

    Dual camera setup have alittle bit more advantage at standstill shoot and zooming,but single camera still have more potential that dual,like s7,x performance have better score dxomark than other phone that have dual camera setup

    so dual or single have their own advantage,but i much liking single,due to effieciency ,perfromance and better design aethesthic

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      • Anonymous
      • LKn
      • 03 Dec 2016

      Good, hard to imagine how'd they'd pull off a good design with a dual camera module and plus the flash/HRM moudle as well.

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        • AnonD-558092
        • 6Ba
        • 03 Dec 2016

        Good, because I can hardly imagine a good Galaxy design with two rear cameras, except if they really change a lot of things. Anyway, if it really had to happen, it would begin first with a mid or low-end device. Samsung does not take big risk with flagships in terms of innovation (bar the S-Pen). They do if they know it will be well received (the Note Edge is an example)

          Wow. This is the first time I read a Samsung article without any Samsung hate comment. Shocker XD

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            • AnonD-614674
            • p8N
            • 03 Dec 2016

            Samsung can not gives up something, that didn't even planed.

            Those fake rumors have the task to make iPhone7 look superior with this BS magic, and Samsung to look envy and eager to ''copy'' the ''true innovator'' . LOL
            It was same rumors that Samsung will ''copy'' the Force Touch useless BS. Right?
            It ended that not GS7 neither Note7 later use it?
            Same with the rumors about Samsung will ''copy'' the ''no audio jack'' magic.
            Well, Samsung will take what they think make sense(like FPS , wich was not even Apple's) but not any Apple's BS magic. Apple copy and will copy Samsung's own tech and innovation, though

              The only phones that make sense of having dual camera are the P9 / P9 Plus and Mate 9 / Mate 9 Porsche Design

                AnonD-258858, 02 Dec 2016LG G5 is still the king of all smartphone Camera.. The unb... moreYeah, that's why DxOMark gave it a score of 86, 1 point behind the 2015 flagships Z5 and S6 Edge+, 2 points behind the 2016 flagships S7, HTC 10, and X Performance, and 3 points behind the new 2016 flagship camera champ Google Pixel. Definitely the best camera indeed 😂

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                  • Anonymous
                  • LaB
                  • 03 Dec 2016

                  I hope that those rumours about the 12-18MP f/1.4 1/1.7" sensor are true, also an 8MP front camera with PDAF and f/1.4 as well. The S8 should be damn innovative: no more buttons bellow the screen, fingerprint and touch buttons incorporated in the screen itself, at least 82% screen-to-body ratio, at least 4000mAh battery for the 5.5" version (expecially if its 4K), SD830/835 with 6-8GB RAM, IR sensor and FM radio. Also a brand new all-metal design with GG5 glass.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • krW
                    • 03 Dec 2016

                    Anonymous, 03 Dec 2016ips is better than the burn-in oledOled is better than dead pixel bleeding back light ips

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                      • Anonymous
                      • krW
                      • 03 Dec 2016

                      No. The we could have hope yet is because they might be using a bigger better improved single sensor.
                      That is better than a dual sensor

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                        • Anonymous
                        • xj5
                        • 03 Dec 2016

                        Good thing dual camera is a gimmicky useless

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                          • Anonymous
                          • pVM
                          • 03 Dec 2016

                          Lol lol lol. Failsung

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                            • Anonymous
                            • nC3
                            • 03 Dec 2016

                            AnonD-362903, 02 Dec 2016dual camera is for nerds, another dead tech. just that expe... moreips is better than the burn-in oled

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                              • AnonD-510098
                              • Jax
                              • 03 Dec 2016

                              Huawei P9 copy...

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                                • AnonD-362903
                                • AIA
                                • 02 Dec 2016

                                dual camera is for nerds, another dead tech. just that expensive oled high res staring at my face and that cheap ips low res in urs. u win brokeback

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 02 Dec 2016

                                  Walexie, 02 Dec 2016Great...the dual camera thing is absolutely useless..samsun... moreReally, I'm a Samsung fan but this is a big mistake.
                                  Having dual cameras allows the first to be a touch wider and the second to be zoomed in without losing any quality.

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                                    • 02 Dec 2016

                                    Note7 owner, 02 Dec 2016Galaxy phones exhibit too much heat and putting a dual came... moreMy Exynos S7 Edge has never heated whatsoever... My S801 Oppo Find 7 however literally was too hot to hold after half an hour of gaming

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                                      • AnonD-614674
                                      • p8y
                                      • 02 Dec 2016

                                      Come on.....LOL
                                      We all knew that those 'dual rear camera rumors' were fake. Just to make the BS iPhone7 look innovative and irresistible(so everyone will copy- no matter that Apple copy that).
                                      How many same type of rumors we've heard that Samsung would ''copy'' the Force Touch BS??? Do you remember that? Just to make the pathetic useless BS to look like a ''magic''.
                                      Well, it didn't happen with GS7 , didn't happen with Note7 ...Right?
                                      OK there were also rumors that Samsung will copy ''ditching audio jack'' magic.
                                      Samsung will take whatever think is meaningful (not many meaningful things Apple make)
                                      BTW Samsung innovate and develop enough, but not Apple.
                                      ROTFL

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                                        • 02 Dec 2016

                                        AnonD-258858, 02 Dec 2016LG G5 is still the king of all smartphone Camera.. The unb... morei think you never saw a photo which was taken on a GALAXY S7 , iPhone 7 Plus , Pixel xl..
                                        are you living on a world which as only LG phones?