Buy Or Not Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ Hands On Review

Samsung's new Galaxy S8 (and its bigger sibling, the Galaxy S8+) are designed to reintroduce the general public to Samsung as the company tries to put the fiery death of the Galaxy Note several behind it.

And, as first impressions go, this is a doozy. In the event Samsung is trying to wow us into relying it again, it's done a pretty realistic alternative with this highly-polished, distinctive couple of devices.

The effect is surprisingly impressive. Presented that Samsung has already established a similar edge-to-edge design on the Galaxy S7 Advantage for a couple of years now, I was not expecting to be thankful for a little more room. But kicking out the home button does make a noticeable difference phoning around - giving you more screen on which to surf, work and watch videos.

The change will give both the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ a slightly weird display screen size - they feel just somewhat too extra tall for their width - that may be infuriating to view video on over time. The Galaxy S8 has a 5. 8-inch screen, even though the Galaxy S8+ has a 6. 2-inch screen. Regardless of the odd condition, both models provide a lot of screen for a phone that we can use conveniently with a singke hand. That's not something I could say of the Galaxy Notice 7, which had a 5. 7-inch screen. We can't even really say that of the 5. 5-inch iPhone 7 In addition to.

I thought the online buttons might throw myself off as well, given my experience with similar designs in the former. But Samsung seems to have done a realistic alternative in making sure the button is always accessible, at least from what We saw.

Galaxy S8+

• Size: 159.5 x 73.1 x 8.1mm
• Weight: 173g
• 6.2-inch Infinity Super AMOLED curved display with 2960 x 1440 resolution (529 PPI)
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor or Exynos 8895 8895 processor, depending on market
• 4GB of RAM, 6GB of RAM in China
• 64GB ofUFS 2.1 storage, 128GB ofUFS 2.1 storage in China
• microSD support up to 256GB
• 12-megapixel F/1.7 camera with autofocus and optical image stabilization, Quick Launch and Bixby support
• 8-megapixel F/1.7  front camera with autofocus, Quick Launch, and Bixby support
• Iris scanner
• Fingerprint sensor
• Heart rate sensor
• IP68 water and dust proof certification
• Bluetooth 5.0
• Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac with dual band support
• GPS, Glonass
• USB Type-C
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• 3,500 mAh battery with fast-charging, wireless charging, and battery saving modes
• Android 7.0 Nougat with Samsung UX on top

Galaxy S8

• Size: 148.9 x 68.1 x 8mm
• Weight: 152g
• 5.8-inch Infinity Super AMOLED curved display with 2960 x 1440 resolution (571 PPI)
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor or Exynos 8895 8895 processor, depending on market
• 4GB of RAM, 6GB of RAM in China
• 64GB of UFS 2.1 storage, 128GB of UFS 2.1 storage in China
• microSD support up to 256GB
• 12-megapixel F/1.7 camera with autofocus and optical image stabilization, Quick Launch and Bixby support
• 8-megapixel F/1.7 front camera with autofocus, Quick Launch, and Bixby support
• Iris scanner
• Fingerprint sensor
• Heart rate sensor
• IP68 water and dust proof certification
• Bluetooth 5.0
• Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac with dual band support
• GPS, Glonass
• USB Type-C
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• 3,000 mAh battery with fast-charging, wireless charging, and battery saving modes
• Android 7.0 Nougat with Samsung UX on top

The product is also very fast and feels powerful. I spent a little time with Samsung DeX, the desktop mode that allows you to select your phone into a monitor and special boat dock (sold separately for roughly $160), which was also impressive at first dry. Samsung's secured full support for Microsoft Office for the mode, making it feel about as capable as a netbook - the one that also shows you your text, call and other notifications. You can couple a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse to the DeX dock, or opt to plug one in, so that you can use all the same keyboard commands if you're used to, as well as the option to drag and drop.

And there are also some things that Samsung has promised that I'll need to try for a while before I move final judgment. For example, I didn't get any real sense of how effective Bixby, the provider's new voice assistant, worked well in conversation - demo halls are notoriously loud. The features I did so see, including its ability to search online for product just by snapping a picture of something, were still in tightly handled demonstration mode.

That's a pretty important feature to try before figuring away on whether this is a phone I'd recommend over, say, Apple's i phone. Because while the new screen design is nice - and it is, it should be said again, very pretty - a bit high price for people over the edge in order to drop $700 or $800 on a phone.