AnonD-656673, 19 Apr 2017Never seen any newer Xperia flagship in personExactly, so you can't conclude on something you haven't seen yet
That guy already saw it
Thanks GSMArena. Your review has finally convinced me to buy the Galaxy S8+ instead of the regular Galaxy S8.
When I went to the store, I find the Galaxy S8 is too small for me. Yes. A 5.8" display phone is small for me. I was using the iPhone 6 Plus for years now and its seems fitting for me to upgrade to the Galaxy S8+. Infact, the Galaxy S8+ have the exact same size as my iPhone 6 Plus!
For me, the Galaxy S8+ is the best phone in the market and the best alternative for an iPhone user like me, hands down. Can't wait to use it!
AnonD-77443, 19 Apr 2017Did you even look at the link I provided?
It shows the low light studio for the S8+, Xperia... moreGuess you obviously live in Inner Earth, as you only care for lowlight performance.
Fact is, and this is automode only we are speaking of, 23mpx cameras are better at good light, and 12 mpx ones are better at lowlight.
But then again, when speaking of manual, 23 mpx ones achieve much better results than 12 mpx ones, in both scenarios.
All in all, if having the same camera along with lots of same other feats, and just a plus of bigger screen with weird aspect ratio is your idea of 100€ more worth of trade than last year, go for it.
Dont mind us discussing here....
lacp, 19 Apr 2017There are people who think that Sony still continues to beat the other technological companies... moreI can agree with them in Camera department. They have the best tech possible in Cameras. Their camera sensors found a place in many smartphones and even in some of Nikon's DSLRs. Their audio equipment also very good, though they have been bettered by other Audio equipment companies(Sennheiser, Audio Technica, etc.,.).
Sindroid, 19 Apr 2017You misunderstand. Have you physically been in a store holding and inspecting one first hand? ... moreS8+ is the superior model because the keyboard is also wider in portrait mode. The S8 feels cramped like typing on an iPhone 7 since it shares close to the same width as it. If people have been disappointed by the S8+ battery life, the S8 will likely disapppoint even more.
4GB Ram and you can only use 1 GB. the rest is used of the system :)
Tall narrow skinny and ugly
I wish they made the devices less tall and kept the 16:9 ratio, even if it meant making the screen and device a little smaller.
I also wish they improved on the camera. I dont want dual cameras, it's a seasonal thing that brings nothing to the table and will look silly in a year. I want better image quality from the single, better camera - A better, bigger sensor would be perfect. Lack of camera upgrade is my biggest disappointment in this phone, next to not many upgrades compared to S7 in general and hiked up price. Im still internally debating between this and the S7 Edge. I was set on getting this, as Im on the S6 but it doesnt seem like I'd be getting much of an upgrade here too.
AnonD-647708, 19 Apr 2017Nope, you'll buy next year or in 2019, at tops. In 2018, S7 family will receive Android O and ... moreI think with the reduced amount of changes and upgrades the Android releases bring, it isn't as necessary or exciting to get the latest. I'm on 7.0, and I might have been on 5.0 without missing a thing that came ever since then.
karim salah, 19 Apr 2017skipping samsung this year again for its silly decisions first of all
5.8 should have been t... moreYou misunderstand. Have you physically been in a store holding and inspecting one first hand?
I at first was just going for the S8 because i thought the S8+ would be too big, But then i went to the store, and i compared the S8+ size to my Huawei P9+. And its pretty much the same size. The S8+ is actually NARROWER but a bit TALLER than my P9+. So i went for S8+ instead after seeing the how minor the difference was.
So please, to everyone trying to bash off the screen size being too large. The screen to Body ratio on these are insane. You have to take that into consideration. These phones are not REALLY that big as you might think they are. I was surprised that they were so "small" when i checked them out.
Take a trip to your dealer and see for yourself.
AnonD-523334, 19 Apr 2017Phone aside and I'm neither bashing nor praising it for now, but reviewer is getting really en... moreI disagree. There is nothing wrong with their current review process, it's critical enough as it is. You want a flagship to get a special review, next year it's not a flagship anymore. And who is to say exactly what the definition of a flagship is? What if gsma decides to give a specific phone a normal review, but in your mind it's a flagship based on some random specs? All phones should be reviewed the same way, for consistency and simplicity.
some people know how to issue out what they feel here, but their critics don't make sense,
don't hate but congratulate. this is a nice phone, I must say.
Phone aside and I'm neither bashing nor praising it for now, but reviewer is getting really enthusiastic and a normal person can easily feel it. The gsmarena reviews aren't as neutral, non enthusiastic as they used to be.
Second thing which I already said some days ago and I had got support from other readers in replies and upvotes, that I think gsmarena should now review phones (and specially flagship phones) more critically. Because, as "The Verge" stated, "it is more difficult to make a bad phone than a good phone these days" even $100 redmi 4a is good enough, and an upper midrange phone is always many times more than enough. So flagships which are multiple times pricier should be analyzed critically... From spec comparison with current crop, it's predesser, quality of features.
AlienNextDoor, 18 Apr 2017Worse design than S7. Curved screen is an annoying gimmick. The fingerprint reader is now usel... moreNope, you'll buy next year or in 2019, at tops. In 2018, S7 family will receive Android O and then only security upgrades, so you'd have to upgrade if u want newer and better android builds.
is this honor magic, or LG G6 curved series, or iphone 7?
Back in Black! I like the return to black USB cables and black earphones after years of Apple-inspired white packages.
look out at xiaomi mi6 for the competitors' list of samsung s8...
a lot of phones have better cameras
lg v20, g6, mate9, and many others
all cheaper than too expensive 900eur samsung
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