While the Galaxy Note 7 is put on hold, Samsung is back on track as the company is already working on their most powerful smartphone,  the Galaxy S8. It is rumored to be powered by the most powerful graphics chips in the world the ARM Mali-G71. Other rumored specs have also contributed to the greatness of 2017 mobile flagship.

Moving on from the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco, Samsung is determined enough to gain back the trust and reestablish the broken relationship they have with the consumer. For this matter, Forbes reported that the South Korean tech company is working on with their monster smartphone called Galaxy S8 that is set to debut come 2017. The so called monster smartphone is rumored to have been built with never-before specs.

The same report from Forbes claimed that Galaxy S8 will be powered by ARM's most powerful graphics the Mali-G71 and will be paired with a screen having 4k resolution (3840 x 2160 pixels) and octa-core System on-chip for the performance. The combination of computational power and graphical ability of an ultra-high definition display screen drive the point home - Samsung Galaxy S8 gearing towards Virtual Reality or VR. For this matter, Galaxy S8 will be the cheapest VR device as of today competing with Sony PlayStation VR in partnership with Oculus headset.  

The physical design of the Galaxy S8 entails a curve-edge which is already a given factor for Samsung subsequent mobile flagships. Samsung is looking ahead for Galaxy S8 to provide a killer application as a cutting-edge of VR to be on the mainstream. Galaxy S8 is among the five upcoming smartphones that are set to be launched according to Tech Times. The list includes Xiaomi Mi 6, OnePlus 4, Microsoft Surface Phone and Google Pixel Phones which slated to be introduced this coming October. Samsung Galaxy S8 will be launched in the spring of 2017.