Preorders of Samsung Galaxy S8 hit 700 000 in Korea

The Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus will be available to consumers on April 21st but preorders have started already in US and Korea.

According to Samsung preorders have hit 700,000 in Korea and are higher than for the previous model in US.

The Korean company has started big ad campaign in US thatstarted with hige event at Times square in New York.

The tech firm said its spending on marketing for the Galaxy S8 is at a similar level to its predecessor Galaxy S7, but with additional expenses aimed to recover its brand image following issues with the Note 7.

Samsung said that they ran tests on more than 100 000 units of the new smartphone and are confident in it safety.