What I LOVE about the Galaxy S8:
1. Infinity Display
2. 3K HDR sAMOLED display
3. Rear and front Camera
4. dual-edge design
5. Iris Scanner
6. Samsung Experience UI (or TouchWiz)
7. fast wireless charging
8. IP68 rating
9. new gen battery that will degrade slower
10. Front and Back Dual Ambient Light Sensors
11. Bluetooth 5.0
12. Samsung's implementation of the Multi-Window Mode
13. AKG earphone included in the box
14. No protruding rear camera
What I HATE about the Galaxy S8
1. Bottom speaker
2. Awkward FPS location
3. Only 64 GB storage option for the international version
Things that I don't care:
1. 1 GB/s LTE
2. Bixby
3. Facial Recognition
4. On screen navigation
5. 18.5:9 screen ratio
6. The chipset (SD 835 / Exynos 8895)
7. Heart rate scanner (WHY IS IT STILL THERE?!)
8. No stereo speakers
Edges are terrible. That is the only think I hate in my s7edge. I will never ever ever ever buy another phone with curved display.
Anonymous, 22 Apr 2017Mi6 is much better than S7. Weekly updates, more Ram, more storage, better SoC, more battery... moreWhitch part? Splash resistant? Yearly old IPS screen that mi5 used? FHD resolution? Docking like samsung Dex?
Weekly update? These phone just release yesterday & you got weekly update? Tell that to mi5 & mi5s user that they will got weekly update, seriously?
Anonymous, 22 Apr 2017I'd take a darker display over a shitty OS which is full of microlags and burns 10 or 15% of b... moreEven supercomputers have microstutters. You can't notice any, even on an S5, unless you actively try to bring forth one. If you really want to make them happen then you can do so on ANY phone, including every iPhone and Pixel/Nexus.
Also, stop calling it lag. It's stuttering. Lag pertains to your internet connection, not cpu or os.
AnonD-660490, 22 Apr 2017brightest display.. awesome job sammyI'd take a darker display over a shitty OS which is full of microlags and burns 10 or 15% of battery overnight.
Try again, 'sammy'.
And again, as in the s8+ review, it looks you deliberately didn't mention the slow motion video on the camera. Is it still stuck @240 fps?
"new record holder in our outdoor visibility test, dethroning the Nokia 808 PureView".
Finally.
AlienNextDoor, 22 Apr 2017Also taller, wider, heavier, not water resistant, ips instead of amoled, 1080p instead of 2k (... moreIps instead of amoled, lolz noob, ips is not a screen type
AlienNextDoor, 22 Apr 2017Also taller, wider, heavier, not water resistant, ips instead of amoled, 1080p instead of 2k (... moreYep, the OS was one reason i returned the Mi Mix.
Anonymous, 22 Apr 2017Mi6 is much better than S7. Weekly updates, more Ram, more storage, better SoC, more battery... moreAlso taller, wider, heavier, not water resistant, ips instead of amoled, 1080p instead of 2k (though this isn't important), no micro sd, much worse camera, no headphone jack, soc isn't better if you have the exynos S7 (but even SD 820 is almost as good), battery isn't better and probably even worse compared to exynos version, and most importantly MIUI is a addware and spyware infested piece of crap.
Try again.
RaghavaZ, 22 Apr 2017The success of big screen phones tell the other story. Once you got used to big screen you can... moreAfter some months with big screen phones I would always go back to smaller ones.
Smaller phones are comfortable, period. In fact they are so comfortable that you can hardly go to bigger phones. And then you remember that this is also your computer (unlike 5 years ago that it was merely a secondary screen) and start to think that maybe comfort is less important than having big content to your computer's screen.
BTW that's the only reason why phablets (big screen phones) won. Because increasingly phones became the primary screen of people.
Still a return of the more pocketable screen of the past *along* with the greater real estate of the future would be a blessing. People would carry tablets if they could pocket them. The tablet size is the most popular for data consumption , but (obviously) hard to carry... in other words fexible phones can't come fast enough. When "closed" act like any sub 5 inch phones, when "opened" act like a 7 inch tablet....
AlienNextDoor, 22 Apr 20171. Yes you can go back. I had the Note 4. Loved everything about it EXCEPT the size. Went to a... moreMi6 is much better than S7. Weekly updates, more Ram, more storage, better SoC, more battery at half the cost...
AlienNextDoor, 22 Apr 20171. Yes you can go back. I had the Note 4. Loved everything about it EXCEPT the size. Went to a... more100% agree
RaghavaZ, 22 Apr 2017The success of big screen phones tell the other story. Once you got used to big screen you can... more1. Yes you can go back. I had the Note 4. Loved everything about it EXCEPT the size. Went to an S6 edge. Loved the size, hated the edges. Now I couldn't be happier with ny regular S7. Perfect size and screen. So not only can you go back, many do gladly.
2. Doesn't matter if the phone is the same size, the screen is taller and thus harder to use. They should have cut off the bezels and not enlarge the screen. This would have kept the perfect ratio instead of going with this new black bar crap, AND would have made the phone smaller l.
3. Taller screen with edges is terrible for consuming media. There's less viewing area without glare. The taller and narrower the phone, the less flat surface and more edges there are, and thus the more glare there is.
Conclusion: less comfortable, impossible to use one-handed, more glare, terrible aspect ratio...more expensive. Yea keep buying drone.
PS There aren't many options for people who want android but don't want a phone larger than 5 inches. At least no flagships. Then again...my S7 will probably last me 2 or 3 more years. By then midrange phones like A3 and A5 will be just as great...unless Samsung decides to make them taller too...
I have the s8 since yesterday and this phone is excellent in dayly use but there is one thing i dont like the statusbar and settings there color is white that is not good how can i change this may someone here on this site can give me some advice how to change this do i have to change the the theme
I love brightly coloured phones - the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge in Coral Blue were fantastic looking. Black is my least preferred colour. So, what does Samsung do with the S8 and S8+? Multiple colour choices, yes, but for the BACK of the phone only. The front bezels are black for all colours. I have seen this on other phones and thought it was totally stupid. We look at the front of our phones mostly. I don't see the point of having a nice colour on the back if it is not on the front bezels too. If you look at the silver LG G6 beside either of the S8's, the G6 looks like a picture with a nice frame around it while the S8's look like a picture without a frame - odd looking to my eyes.
XtremE16, 22 Apr 2017Lol...Guys Check out this video....
Samsung Galaxy S8+ vs Sony Xperia XZs Speed Test, Multi... moreWhat will you do with world fastest phone?
Real life i would not notice any difference between like sd 820,821,835 or mybe i should bring couple phone daily to feel the difference?
I just want to feel more feature, more design, more inovation and so on
Savor , 21 Apr 2017S8 is overrated just like the S7 edge was overrated because of design. When fanboys start call... moreIt is fault of " critics ". They aren't critical anymore. They're just enthusiastic. And hyping nature of Americans. they hype everything. Once they decide that they are going to "like" something, it's gonna be hyped. Nothing is overrated in Eastern world. in West, u either see something getting overrated, or underrated. If iPhone, 1st, was launched in Japan, or Korea, it would not have been a success. Actually Americans have mainstreamed most words which automatically hype things. Example, "iPhone completely REVOLUTIONIZED the way we use phones" ".... hollywood ICON monore. ..... " " the ICONIC series of terminator........ " " the ICONIC star wars movie..... ". Don't know what's so special about all those "superheroes " in childish costumes. It's no better than SPD EMERGENCY kids watch. This is how they export their culture.
XtremE16, 22 Apr 2017Lol...Guys Check out this video.... Samsung Galaxy S8+ vs Sony Xperia XZs Speed Test, Multi... morenobody cares.. i dont too.. just commented to say that.. dont get other thoughts, couldn't just watch you burn.. sorry 4 u
brightest display.. awesome job sammy
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