2017 Smartphones And Its Innovative Features: iPhone 8, Galaxy S8, Galaxy Note 8, Surface Phone And More

By Jeff Thompson - 02 Nov '16 20:18PM

Every year is important Gadget fans as new devices with innovations get released in the market. Considering the kind of gadgets, the most prominent gadget is smartphones. The recent years have shown that all the major smartphone makers are releasing premium smartphones in every year with latest available specifications. It could be interesting to make an investigation on the premium gadgets that would be introduced in 2017 smartphones.

The most important expectation in 2017 smartphones is iPhone 8. It is reported that the phone would come with OLED display and wireless charging functionality. Also, it is expected to have less bezel considering the other Apple phones. Apple is very keen on introducing new functionalities considering the demand for innovation.

Another expectation of 2017 Smartphones is Samsung Galaxy S8. It is reported that almost 90 percent of the front will be the screen. This means that bezel will be very less as current phones have only 80 percent screen. While considering Galaxy Note 8 it can be expected that it would be coming with better safety measures and advance testing considering the explosions of Note 7. It would also feature many of the options included in Note 7 including Always-On Display.

Samsung is looking to the Galaxy S8 as a balm after the Note 7 debacle https://t.co/4rKSpTiYwy pic.twitter.com/moTycntm9b

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) October 29, 2016

Surface Phone gets an important place in 2017 Smartphones, considering the success of recent Surface computers and Tablets. It is expected that the device will be released in January 2017. The Surface brand phones are expected to come with some of the best hardware in it including a 20MP Carl Zeiss rear-camera and Intel Atom X3 processors packed. The internal storage of the phone could be revolutionary with 512 GB.

RT @pocketnowtweets: Latest Microsoft Surface Phone Rumors Look To Manufacturing Partners https://t.co/gSwIpXa2 — Surface Phone (@surfacephone) October 8, 2012

LG G6 is another device in 2017 Smartphones that comes with a new type of Iris scanner, which uses front camera sensor to scan. It would also have wireless charging and would be ready for VR headsets.

The companies are very much aware of the fact that 2017 Smartphones would decide their future. It should be noted that Samsung got a big hit in Note 7 and it should come back with better devices. Apple phones could not make a big impact this year, considering the true innovation is missing. Microsoft coming with a new brand called Surface phones, which should prove it is different from Windows phones. The loss in the race would be painful to tech giants, which they do not want to happen in 2017 Smartphones.