Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ hands-on: First encounter

29 March 2017
After a month of what seemed like never ending barrage of leaks, Samsung has finally (and officially) announced its Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. This marks the company's first major smartphone release since the sad demise of the Galaxy Note7 last fall, which prompted the company to implement a new 8-point battery safety check to the S8 and all future devices.

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  • AnonD-152638
  • mhB
  • 29 Mar 2017

Much hate in here.
Those complaining about ther enot beeing any 1000 fps in the camera.
Have you actually wathced the Sony demos? It record something like 0.18 seconds. In the demos, it's clear that that isn't enough, it speeds up prematurely, and often it's cooler to slow down action and timing that is hopless.
I think it's supercool, but the technology isn't mature, and it's only a marketing feature, with almost no real use.
When there is at least a couple of seocns for high frame rate recording, so that the user can edit the sequence after the fact, to get the speed changes right, it will be an awsome feature, right now, it's not.

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    • Nick
    • CAj
    • 29 Mar 2017

    Best phone on the planet!! Well done again samsung

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      • AnonD-292864
      • JL7
      • 29 Mar 2017

      vin, 29 Mar 2017first time ever i m disappointed by samsung s nd note serie... moreIt is the opposite. When cracked the glass back can be changed easily but a scratched or dent metal back cannot be changed.

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        • HgA
        • Lxh
        • 29 Mar 2017

        Some said that is a boring phone... Has the latest hardware and design is something new in mobile phones, different for G6 and Mi Mix, obviously.

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          • Gokai Pinkish
          • P@Y
          • 29 Mar 2017

          I look better than this phone.

            Lg G6 looks way better.

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              • Anonymous
              • vjw
              • 29 Mar 2017

              vin, 29 Mar 2017first time ever i m disappointed by samsung s nd note serie... moreFront camera with autofocus is new

                Samsung ignored one of the most important feature the camera the same old wine in the new bottle sucks .... Apart from the low light the details in the note 5 camera is much better, on the contrary lg g6 offers really interesting wide angle lens .... Samsung needed to either put dual camera inclusion of a zoom lens or something revolutionary like sony xzs's stacked image sensor .... Somehow the s7's images are not pleasing enough when zoomed in .... It's a deal breaker for me

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                  • gmz
                  • svq
                  • 29 Mar 2017

                  only 4k/30fps ??? disappointing..

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                    • Anonymous
                    • nDU
                    • 29 Mar 2017

                    It looks almost as good as xiaomi mi mix

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                      • Anonymous
                      • pWQ
                      • 29 Mar 2017

                      AnonD-653192, 29 Mar 2017it's better to get an Huawei P10" S8 is ugly...who needs th... moreBigger screen is more comfortable if you have to type emails or messages often. I simply can't do it without constant spelling errors on my wife's 5.5", but my 5.9" is so much easier. Not really pleasant as it would need to be bigger for that... But close to that.

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                        • s0M
                        • 29 Mar 2017

                        there is no ir blaster

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                          • vin
                          • rKJ
                          • 29 Mar 2017

                          first time ever i m disappointed by samsung s nd note series.... nothing new beside design. nd why they prefer glass back, metal aluminium back is more durable nd sexy. this time samsung is boaring. too sad coz i m a samsung fan.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 7Ac
                            • 29 Mar 2017

                            When compared side by side with the S7E, the S7E looks wayyyyyy better with them bigger bezels

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                              • Anonymous
                              • Lbw
                              • 29 Mar 2017

                              Boring

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                                • Sawsan
                                • q{Z
                                • 29 Mar 2017

                                AnonD-584268, 29 Mar 2017Bored phone bored camera, xz premium destroy s8 ok?The S8 was not bored; it'd just woken up and needed a coffee that's all.

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                                  • AnonD-635604
                                  • KZ8
                                  • 29 Mar 2017

                                  Levy, 29 Mar 2017Heyyyyyy, no one cares about that useless feature. There a ... moreOhh...it is a great feature..but samsung gonna copy it and you will praise samsung for the super slo mo video in their phone..

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                                    • AnonD-114814
                                    • JFm
                                    • 29 Mar 2017

                                    Anonymous, 29 Mar 2017G6's camera is worse than G5's and V20's. G6 is also worse ... morestop trolling. lg g6 has better camera than galaxy s7 . watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzHHuwi69qE

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                                      • Levy
                                      • q{Z
                                      • 29 Mar 2017

                                      AnonD-635604, 29 Mar 2017Hey!!!!!!where is the 1000fps super slow motion video????ha... moreHeyyyyyy, no one cares about that useless feature. There a TON of other actually useful features on the S8 to keep you busy.

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                                        • AnonD-635604
                                        • KZ8
                                        • 29 Mar 2017

                                        Hey!!!!!!where is the 1000fps super slow motion video????hahahahahahha..samsung fans will said it was true..lol..