Samsung Galaxy S8 is officially happening. The confirmation has just been made by no other than Samsung itself. With this, a February 2017 Samsung Galaxy S8 release date may really be true, after all.

With the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco last year, the South Korean tech company is expected to recover with the Samsung Galaxy S8 release date alongside with the Samsung Galaxy Note 8. That is if the batteries of these new smartphone and phablet will not explode like what happened before.

As reported by Forbes, Samsung has already filed for patent for the release of a new smartphone under the name of Galaxy S8. This is the first hint that a Samsung Galaxy S8 release date is happening soon.

Samsung is said to be hands-on and meticulous in the development of Samsung Galaxy S8 specs. From the design to everything under the hood, Apple's iPhone 8 will surely have a problem with the Galaxy S8.

The greatest change in the Galaxy S8 will happen in the design. Based on the released leaks reported by the same news outlet, it is true that the Galaxy S8 will almost have an edge to edge display.

The released images were from reputable case makers including MobileFun and Ghostek and also Slashleaks. The images of the Galaxy S8 cases were consistent with the Samsung Galaxy S8 specs that have been surfacing online.

These Samsung Galaxy S8 specs include the slimmer top and bottom bezels (edge to edge display), elimination of the home button, repositioning of the flash on top of the rear camera and shift to USB Type-C port.

The front camera and fingerprint sensor will likely be incorporated on the glass display. Meanwhile, the 3.5 mm headphone jack has apparently remained, which is contrary to previous rumors that Samsung will follow Apple's trend.

Other exciting Samsung Galaxy S8 specs include a 4K resolution screen with 3840 x 2160 pixel (Virtual Reality capable), Qualcomm Snapdragon 830 and Exynos 8895 chipsets, 6GB RAM, 64 GB and 128 GB internal memory storage and dual-lens camera.

However, these Samsung Galaxy S8 specs remain to be rumors as the leaked cases images cannot tell whether these are true or not. Samsung Galaxy S8 release date is on February 26, 2017 pegged at a price of $900.