A Samsung device with model number SM-G8950 was seen on TENAA a few days ago. The phone has been dubbed the Galaxy S8 Lite and it will be launching later this month.

A leaker on Twitter (@MMDDJ_) has revealed that the phone will launch on May 21 at Jingdong’s (JD.com) headquarters. It is also reported that the phone will be exclusive to the online retailer.

In a follow-up tweet, he also posted official promo images of the phone which reveal the device will come in red and black variants.

Samsung will launch GALAXY S9 lite( S8 lite) at the headquarters of JD on 21.May. Some report said it will only on https://t.co/Gz8F0kG34C.

— 萌萌的电教 (@MMDDJ_) May 9, 2018

Design-wise, this is practically a smaller version of the Galaxy S8/S8+. The fingerprint scanner is still in the same awkward position as its bigger siblings and it has a single rear camera. Though we’ll admit the red version looks gorgeous.

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The Galaxy S8 Lite will launch with a 5.8” FHD+ Infinity Display, a Snapdragon 660 processor, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of expandable storage. It will also have a 16MP rear camera, an 8MP wide-angle selfie camera, 3000mAh battery, and Android Oreo on board.

There is no info on the price yet.

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Recently, a smartphone from Samsung with a codename SM-G8950 was benchmarked, revealing some of the phone’s specifications. According to the rumors, the smartphone will be named Samsung Galaxy S8 Lite.

Now, the said smartphone has been certified in China by TENAA, again revealing the phone’s specification. The TENAA certification hints that the phone’s official launch is not far away.

The Galaxy S8 Lite is expected to feature a 5.8-inch Full HD+ Infinity Display with screen resolution of 2220 x 1080 pixels. Under the hood, it will be powered by Qualcomm‘s Snapdragon 660 octa-core processor along with Adreno 512 GPU.

It will pack 4GB RAM and come with 64GB of onboard storage. There’ll be a microSD card slot, allowing users to further expand the phone’s storage capacity up to 256GB. As of the camera, the device is expected to come with a 16-megapixel camera at the back, along with an LED flash. On the front side, it will feature an 8-megapixel autofocus snapper with a wide-angle lens.

In terms of connectivity options, the device will support 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4/5GHz), Bluetooth 5 LE, GPS with GLONASS, USB 3.1, and NFC. The smartphone will run on Android 8.0 Oreo operating system out of the box, with the company’s own custom skin on top. The phone will be powered by a 3,000mAh battery with support for fast charging technology.

While there is no information available about the phone’s official launch date, pricing or availability, the smartphone is expected to be launched soon and will be available in Black color.

Meanwhile, it appears that the sales of Samsung‘s flagship smartphones — Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus are not as per the company’s expectations. Samsung is said to have sold 707,000 units of the Galaxy S9 in the first two months, which is lower than almost 1 million unit sales of its predecessor Galaxy S8 last year.

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A recent report from Strategy Analytics placed Samsung’s Galaxy S9 Plus at the sixth position in the global smartphone shipments, behind Xiaomi’s Redmi 5A, which took the fifth spot. The top four spots have been taken by Apple‘s smartphones — iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone 7.

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Samsung’s market share in China and India is steadily declining. Xiaomi has dethroned Samsung to capture the numero uno position in India and in China, the South Korean company has a dismal market share of less than 1 percent. The firm is well aware of it and it seems to have some strategy to regain its popularity in China. Fresh information reveals that Samsung is planning to launch Galaxy S8 Lite and Galaxy A8 Star smartphones to target the Chinese audience.

In the previous month, a mysterious Samsung phone with model number of SM-G8750 was spotted at Geekbench. Earlier in this month, another unidentified Samsung phone with model number SM-G8850 was certified by TENAA and the same phone was earlier spotted at AnTuTu benchmarking platform. Initial rumors had claimed that these phones could two variants of the rumored Galaxy S9 Mini. New information shared a popular leakster from China reveals that the SM-G8750 and SM-G8850 will be respectively launching as Galaxy S8 Lite and Galaxy A8 Star. Both the smartphones are expected to arrive Infinity Display design.

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Recent reports have revealed that the Galaxy S8 Lite and Galaxy A8 Star are both fueled by Snapdragon 660 SoC. The Geekbench listing of the SM-G8750 Galaxy S8 Lite had revealed that it has 4 GB of RAM and it is loaded with Android 8.1 Oreo.

The TENAA listing of the SM-G8850 Galaxy A8 Star has revealed that it has 6.28-inch Super AMOLED display that supports Full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2220 pixels. The SoC of the phone is supported by 4 GB of RAM. It has a 3,700mAh battery. The rear side of the phone features a vertical dual camera setup that includes a 16-megapixel sensor and a 24-megapixel sensor. It has a selfie snapper of 24-megapixel.

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Samsung seems to be working on a new smartphone. It could be the cheaper edition of the Galaxy S8. The alleged device is dubbed as Galaxy S8 Lite or S8 Mini by well-known leakster Roland Quandt. These speculations are about a new Samsung phone that has appeared on Geekbench as Samsung SM-G9600.  Interestingly, it is powered by a new Qualcomm chipset that is mentioned as sdm 840. It could be the upcoming Snapdragon 840 chipset.

According to Quandt, since the Snapdragon 840 features a quad-core processor, it could be a revised edition of Snapdragon 820 chipset. Qualcomm has recently launch Snapdragon 630 chipset as an upgraded version of Snapdragon 625 SoC and it also introduced Snapdragon 660 chipset as an improved version of Snapdragon 652/653 SoC. The Snapdragon 835 chipset that powers several flagship smartphones of 2017 including the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ features an octa-core processor.  So, the sdm 840 could debut in the market as Snapdragon 840 Mobile Platform.

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Coming back to Geekbench listing of SM-G9600, the smartphone is running on Android 7.1.2 Nougat OS. The chipset is supported by 4 GB of RAM. The quad-core processor of sdm840 chipset works at 1.77 GHz. It has scored 1782 points on single-core test and 4212 points on multi-core test. There is no information available on the GPU of the new chipset from Qualcomm.

The Galaxy S8 has a model number of SM-G950 and in China, its model number is SM-G9500. Some may speculate that it could be the Samsung Galaxy S9, the 2018 flagship phone. However, since the SM-G9600 phone is powered by a non-flagship chipset, it seems that the SM-G9600 is not the Galaxy S9. However, the model number suggests that it would be released exclusively in China and it may release as lighter version or a mini version of Galaxy S8.

Recently, a Samsung executive had reportedly  confirmed that there is no mini version of Galaxy S8 in works. Also, Samsung has not released a mini version for Galaxy S6 from 2015 and Galaxy S7 from last year. Hence, it may possibly release as Galaxy S8 Lite. This smartphone may compete with the LG Q6 that was recently released with lower-end specs and Full Vision full-screen display available on the LG G6. These are just speculations. More information on the Samsung SM-G9600 is expected to appear in the coming weeks.

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