Galaxy S8 Can’t Compete With the iPhone 8 According to Insider

The Samsung Galaxy S8 can’t touch the iPhone 8. That’s the prediction from noted industry insider Ming-Chi Kou who boldly states that Apple will beat Samsung in 2017.

Samsung is facing an uphill battle to beat the LG G6 and is already running Galaxy S8 ads — even though the phone isn’t officially announced yet. Once Samsung gets past the initial Galaxy S8 release date hype, the company faces a bigger challenge from the iPhone 8.

Apple continues to prep an iPhone 8, the 10th anniversary iPhone, that rumors indicate will feature a new design, OLED display, improved cameras and other exciting features. Thanks to leaks we practically know everything you can expect from the Galaxy S8, and Ming-Chi Kou thinks it’s not enough.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 can’t compete with the iPhone 8 according to an industry insider.

In a report shared on 9to5Mac Kou outlines two major issues in the way of the Galaxy S8. First off, Samsung must recover customers from the botched Galaxy Note 7 release last year. Samsung is already running ads about battery safety, but there is still a long road ahead.

More importantly, Kou says that the Galaxy S8 doesn’t have, “sufficiently attractive selling points,” which will likely make the iPhone 8 a, “bigger draw for consumers.”

The iPhone 7 offered some new features, but a very similar design that felt more like an “s” upgrade. With the potential for a major iPhone 8 redesign and new iPhone 8 features that you will see, touch and use daily Kou’s note makes a lot of sense.

Samsung’s screen could help draw customers to the new phone, with an Infinity Display that stretches tall and curves around the edges of the phone. We saw a similar tall display on the LG G6 that arrives in April.

Samsung plans to announce the Galaxy S8 at an event on March 29th, and we expect the release to come very soon after. We expect an Apple event in April, but if it takes place the focus will be on the iPad Pro 2, iOS, macOS Sierra and possibly a red iPhone 7. Rumors point to an iPhone 8 launch in September. There is a potential for an iPhone 8 release date that comes in October rather than the just a week and a half later like we normally see.

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