The past year, iPhone 7 had a problem of largely being underwhelming and Samsung struggled with the battery saga, this year both companies will be looking to improve on things with their latest flagship devices.

There are more than a handful of phones coming in the market across a number of price ranges, both Samsung and Apple will have to bring their goods in order to remain the kings of the smartphone industry. Samsung will be first to unveil the next-gen Galaxy S8 at the end of this year's March, while Apple will be most likely to wait until September to launch their next-gen iPhone 8.

The iPhone 8 is the 10th-anniversary edition of the iPhone and is rumored to have three different models, with a premium handset priced about $1,600. iPhone 8's hefty price tag is mainly due to the device's organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display which will bring the iPhone to have the same curved screen.

The premium iPhone 8 will have a 5.8-inch display, which as a result will be slightly bigger than the 5.5-inch display iPhone 7 plus and 4.7-inch iPhone 7. The display of iPhone 8 will make up the entire screen, with "virtual buttons" taking up few area of the screen space.

Wireless charging is expected for this device, with the company tapping it to be working with Energous, which is a company with wireless charging tech quite capable of working up to 4.5 meters. Although, the battery material tech isn't likely to be much better than before for next 3-5 years.

On the other hand, Samsung Galaxy S8 will be likely to ship in larger sizes than its predecessor phones, with 5.8-inch and 6.2-inch displays instead of 5.1-inch and 5.5-inch displays for S7 screens. In addition to the increased screen size, Samsung is also expected to launch curved display to all its devices.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 will consist of Android Nougat and will also include new efficient processors quite capable of boosting the overall performance of the phone by 11 percent. Energy efficiency will be needed as Galaxy S8 has 3000mAh and 3500mAh batteries for 5.8-inch and 6.2-inch designs respectively.

According to a Guardian report, there will be no such drastic changes in the camera of the Galaxy S8, which is expected to offer quite a similar "duo pixel" camera as was in S7's camera. Samsung will also launch its own personal assistant Bixby, a service that will rival Google Assistant and Siri by offering the ability to handle even more complex commands.

So, that was an information about both the next-gen smartphones by two of tech giants which are scheduled to be launched this year, an intriguing battle is on the cards when it comes to marketing and sales is concerned. Expect both the companies to do good after their not so well last year performances.

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