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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  • 01 Apr 2017

Anonymous, 31 Mar 2017You saw some limitations of wireless technology? It require... moreThis isn't a significant limitation. And wireless display sharing technologies utilizing wifi direct.

This isn't just a box. The box has to be connected to monitor with a cable.

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    • 01 Apr 2017

    Anonymous, 01 Apr 2017amoled display can not produce real black colors its shutt... moreYou're so bias and naive that you are actually trying to twist and manipulate one of the best advantages and strengths into a bad thing just to make yourself sounds right? Seriously? That's the best thing you have to do with your time? Sit here on the Internet and do this?

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      • 01 Apr 2017

      Anonymous, 01 Apr 2017amoled display can not produce real black colors its shutt... morewallpaper i meant......

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        • 01 Apr 2017

        amoled display can not produce real black colors
        its shutting off pixels turning to black! fake black color
        u might use all black display to reduce power consumption
        now thats really sucks!
        who needs a dead screen by the way?

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          • 01 Apr 2017

          JordanBaby, 31 Mar 2017Not true. I have used the S7 Edge SAMOLED display, but the ... moreIn your opinion but not by objective fact

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            • 01 Apr 2017

            Someone Else, 31 Mar 2017It's all depends on your personal preferences. Some people ... moreThe reason why 95% of people saying they *prefer* lcd is not because of saturation or eye strain.
            It's because of the misguided information and lies that still get spread even after all these years.
            Whether it's by the bias people spreading it, or people who don't understand and fall for it all.

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              • 01 Apr 2017

              samsung phones are overpriced!

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                • 01 Apr 2017

                Someone Else, 31 Mar 2017It's all depends on your personal preferences. Some people ... moreThat's completely false and miss guiding.
                Completely based off the lies spread by people who are immature and would rather trick people to confirm to their bias.

                Come accuracy has nothing to do with it being lcd or amoled.
                It has to do with calibration. And the calibration in any kind of display can be amazing, good, or bad.
                And if it had anything to do with display type amoled would have the advantage with real blacks and wider color gamma.

                And on the flip side most lcds are calibrated to be vibrant. As well as with having off white points. And they definitely pop off the display. Just usually not with the punch of the amoled.

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                  • 01 Apr 2017

                  Anonymous, 31 Mar 2017My first "wow"-feeling was my old Nexus 6 (when I saw and t... moreso true

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                    • 01 Apr 2017

                    AnonD-521587, 01 Apr 2017amoled burns more in whites. in fact sony phones outlast sa... moreNo. You are just bias and have no clue what you are talking about

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                      • 01 Apr 2017

                      eleven11, 31 Mar 2017Keep that single speaker for yourself I will make about same move if LG G6 will come to Croatia :)

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                        • 01 Apr 2017

                        Someone Else, 01 Apr 2017sAMOLED can also have great colour accuracy if switch to Ba... moreamoled burns more in whites. in fact sony phones outlast samsung despite the lcd panelthere are many advances in LCD panel over the years. amoled is over marketed hype.

                        LCD has more accurate colors, better sharpness (because of samsungs pentile arrangment) and with the new XZ it has contrast similar to that of amoled. Amoled is overrated and LCD has pretty much on par or surpassed samsungs amoled now especially with the 4k hdr on their smartphone.

                          AnonD-521587, 31 Mar 2017amoled is only good for white and black but in color is inn... moresAMOLED can also have great colour accuracy if switch to Basic Mode if that's your thing. Not to mention it is more power efficient. I can also theme my phone with pure black theme in the Theme Store to make it more battery friendly. A complete package if you ask me. So I don't see why I should go for IPS LCD.

                            Now the s8+ wowzer... i need one

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                              • 31 Mar 2017

                              So that 720p at 1000 fps video stuff didn't happen, or is it reserved for Note 8 instead?

                              Or maybe there is no Note 8, is it?

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                                • 31 Mar 2017

                                Explodingly beautiful

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                                  • 31 Mar 2017

                                  Someone Else, 31 Mar 2017It's all depends on your personal preferences. Some people ... moreamoled is only good for white and black but in color is innacurate even for the s7 you'd know if you exported images to a PC. It just doesn't look right.

                                  THe lcd from sony also triluminous display tech which can make it look very saturated like an amoled if thats your thing. Sony managed to hit all marks its a superior display.
                                  Not to mention 4khdr on xz premium.

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                                    • 31 Mar 2017

                                    more than 500us
                                    because if oneplus sold a very good phone for400us and it's a small company it mean that the big companies can sale for cheaper.
                                    don't be stupid and they will reduce the prices.

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                                      • 31 Mar 2017

                                      Joselius, 31 Mar 2017Nice joke on a day like this. I see what you did there.HUhuhuhu

                                        AnonD-635604, 31 Mar 2017Lcd is good for your eyesNice joke on a day like this. I see what you did there.