Samsung Galaxy S8 Update: Leaks Show Weird Aspect Ratio

The highly-anticipated launch of the Samsung Galaxy S8 is just a few weeks away from now. Unfortunately, the leaks were not as abundant as before because of some incontrovertible law. With that, here are some of the rumors that surfaced about the phone.

Based on the Twitter account of Evan Blass, the Samsung Galaxy S8, the design of the phone shows that it will please the fans and believe that the company could relieve itself from its notorious reputation from Samsung Galaxy S7. However, some real-life shots posted by Ice Universe, with Weibo as its source, shows more appeal to the target audience.

These shots, whether it is real-life or not, gets the people have a closer look at the Samsung Galaxy S8. In fact, there are photos that show some little pieces of information for the anticipated people.

For example, one shot confirms that the larger handset of the Samsung Galaxy S8 will have the word "Plus" gray as its moniker. In their previous phones, they use "+" symbol than using the word.

The Orch gray variant color of the Samsung Galaxy S8 gives back the device's almost purple tint. The colors give the light nicely.

The camera bump of the Samsung Galaxy S8 is also noticed by spectators. It was seen as smaller than the one on the Galaxy S7 line.

The Samsung Galaxy S8's home button could be seen as ready to be tapped by users while the active display is on. In addition, a second shot gives anticipated users details with regards to the resolution of the device.

Also, Samsung Galaxy S8 will adopt a panel with a 2960x1440. This could be scaled down to a near Full HD 2220x1080 and it could be lowered up to 1480x720 at the users choice.

Looks odd? The Samsung Galaxy S8 could also go further than the LG G6's 18:9 aspect ratio and it can even reach a weird 18:5:9.

So far, there has been no official statement or rumors on why the Samsung Galaxy S8 would look like that. With that ratio though, user could have more content on the screen.