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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  • 30 Mar 2017

Anonymous, 30 Mar 2017Sony is dead horse in mobile phone business. So dont follow... moreSo i should follow the explode company???

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    • 30 Mar 2017

    So sad...not all romurs come true

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      • 30 Mar 2017

      AnonD-633729, 30 Mar 2017Most of your stated features are gimmick!Ohhh....samsung will have it too...

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        • 30 Mar 2017

        Anonymous, 30 Mar 2017Anyone is talking about sony camera??? With which you can r... moreOhh please. The video not stop at 4,5 minutes....it is longer than you thought

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          • 30 Mar 2017

          Cassy O, 30 Mar 2017LOL, 960fps video recording is gimmick in my opinion becaus... moreSo how about 3000 mah with 5.8 screen?

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            • 30 Mar 2017

            Makes me laugh how everyone's bashing Samsung for keeping two things the same yet Apple have kept things the same for years...

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              • 30 Mar 2017

              Battery, 30 Mar 2017I am regularly buying spare batteries for our Sam mobiles (... moreWow, I wonder how my S4 can still operate fine using the original battery from when the phone was purchased...

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                • Anonymous
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                • 30 Mar 2017

                Samsung

                Played safe with old battery technology .. Ok
                Big screen ok
                Bixby - lets see how this pans out - Or will this add to samis blotware!!
                IP 68 - ok
                Mono sound - really after buying Harman!!!!

                Camera - - small upgrade

                well sami you played it safe... nothing really cutting edge - you will get safe sales. This will not get you out of the Note 7 fiasco.

                Do something really big and great with the Note 8 and then you will finally have a differentiation with Apple and will be better than apple

                6.4 Inch screen
                IP68
                MILT STD 810G
                6 GB RAM
                256 GB HDD
                Dual SIM
                Micro SD
                Android O
                5000 mAh battery
                Stereo SOUND - Harman ????
                Gorilla Glass 6 (if it is out by then obviously)

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                  • 30 Mar 2017

                  Genza, 30 Mar 2017I've seen many demos of Sony Xperia super slow motion video... moreAnyone is talking about sony camera??? With which you can record 4 to 5 minutes then it force closes due to heating issue ....Feeling sad for sony fan boys .... You are innocent

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 30 Mar 2017

                    AnonD-635604, 30 Mar 2017Xperia xzp Motion eye camera 960 fps slow mo 4K HDR scr... moreSony is dead horse in mobile phone business. So dont follow sony. It just lost it's innovation power.

                      Battery, 30 Mar 2017I am regularly buying spare batteries for our Sam mobiles (... morehttp://www.androidpolice.com/2017/03/29/the-galaxy-s8s-new-battery-will-degrade-less-quickly-than-the-galaxy-s7s/

                      It's up to you to believe it or not. Don't care.

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                        • 30 Mar 2017

                        Someone Else, 30 Mar 2017Are we going to ignore the fact that the Galaxy S8 have Bix... moreI am regularly buying spare batteries for our Sam mobiles (which we all have at my family). Because after 1 year battery capacity drops too much, after 1.5 year it becomes a piece of sh.t (it swells like a balloon as well; I have seen 3-4mm swelling than the original battery thickness). All are original (fake ones swell much earlier and loses the sould after 6-7 months). The cause is Samsung batteries are BAD (made to die early). So, I don't believe 95% capacity preservation. After 2 year (at most) it will die totally. You will pay at least 100$ for battery replacement in the service (which will stay in the service over night or 2 days). You will worry about your precious data as well. After battery replacement all that IP68 will gone and phone will become a usual old dads phone. S8+ will be sold at 1280-EURO here (insanely high). This phone will be a big failure and only increase the customers of Apple.

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                          • 30 Mar 2017

                          AnonD-251354, 30 Mar 2017Like what I said before "Sammy offer an android continuum v... moreCopy? Do you know how much time it takes for deciding the design and then manufacturing it with the production department and then giving birth to a whole new phone? Samsung has been working on this design way earlier than LG!
                          LG released its LG G6 earlier than Samsung that doesn't mean Samsung has copied LG's design concept! LOL!

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                            • 30 Mar 2017

                            Running an Excel on Android is NOT flawless. VBA macros doesn't run because other than the full Windows Office no other application supports Macros in Excel! Sad but true. SO, this phone with DeX can NOT replace your mighty PC. Other points:
                            -Just ask whether that Dex can support external hard drives or not. IT WON'T. That's why my Dock station for Note2 stays idle (it has 3 USB ports by the way but you can't connect even a single external harddisk due to power shortage. Note2 has 3100 mAh by the way). SO, as you see, it CAN NOT replace even a stupidly weak notebook.
                            Paying this much money on this phone which will become a paper weight after 3-4 years is dead investment if you don't have lots of money to throw. It is on par with iPhone 7 Plus 256GB price. It is just crazy.

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                              • 30 Mar 2017

                              Or one can get a Galaxy A7(2017), which where I live costs 490$. A much balanced overall phone than this stupid fragile piece of glass.

                                AnonD-635604, 30 Mar 2017Xperia xzp Motion eye camera 960 fps slow mo 4K HDR scr... moreLOL, 960fps video recording is gimmick in my opinion because i never tried 120fps moreover 960fps.
                                Do you even know what is Hi Res Audio? Because most of Sony fans are snobs, so please answer me :-)
                                Yes it has bigger battery but it's powering 4K LCD display.

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                                  • JackTheIPhoneKiller
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                                  • 30 Mar 2017

                                  Ok Samsung, I quit. This is it. Enough already with your arrogance and ignorance in the name of innovation.

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                                    • 30 Mar 2017

                                    Camera quality is almost same. Battery life will be almost same. Screen quality is almost same. I'm never going to use Bixby anyway. Colors etc etc are also mostly same admittedly which a all excellent on s7. Don't think sound will be significantly better. Except those bezels and a new processor, nothing is exciting.And the finger scanner as rumors gone true beside camera looks very ugly like cheap chinese phone,noting new in this phone.

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                                      AnonD-635604, 30 Mar 2017Xperia xzp Motion eye camera 960 fps slow mo 4K HDR scr... moreMost of your stated features are gimmick!

                                        Xz premium for the W. Now, sammy joined the back finger print wagon.