Update [May 04, 2017]: And here’s our winner — say congrats to Naitik for winning a shiny new — well, review unit, actually — Galaxy S8.
We would be remiss to not name some of the most active participants on our blog in a recent while, who really surprised us a lot by becoming almost ubiquitous at every post we covered recently. We’re talking about Ashwin Prasad, Rishab Warrior, Vishal Giri. On a sidenote, though: guys, really, commenting on almost every article and such, it did give an impression of spam, especially when sometimes you commented only for the sake of it, something which we didn’t really like. That was the reason we didn’t rely on comments as the only basis for deciding on this. But we still have something for you, for the efforts you put in, we are giving Google Play credits of INR1500 to each one of three, which you should be receiving soon in your inbox. This text is directed towards you because we just know you are quite waiting to read all of this.
Anyway, now why we chose Naitik. Well, Naitik helped us with things we bloggers just love: breaking stories, as well as social sharing. Some of his tips were really cool — getting us extra coverage we really crave for, which also helps with social sharing and garnering new visitors. You are some guy, we’d admit, although we’d love it when you stop remaining anonymous for most of the times.
We’re yet to receive our S8, but once we have received and reviewed it, we’d send it over to Naitik quite asap-ish. Of course, for those waiting for it, we would ask Naitik guy to share with us a pic of him leaning with his S8, sure!
Update [April 29th, 2017]: The contest is over now. And we’ll announce a winner shortly. Keep your fingers crossed!
We’ve been thinking about holding a giveaway on TheAndroidSoul for quite some time, and what better time to do this than on the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S8.
The company has taken wraps off the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ at the Samsung Unpacked 2017 event today. The device is everything we expected it to be. Beautiful design, powerful hardware and larger display.
Starting today (March 29, 2017), we’re holding an international contest to let you win a Galaxy S8 from us, for free. FYI, this will be our review unit.
Our S8 giveaway will run through 30 days from today. And one lucky winner will be taking away the Samsung Galaxy S8 on April 28, 2017.
Since this is an international giveaway, the winner will be receiving the device when we’re done reviewing the device.
Update: In case you noticed, we used to use a way to kind-of force you to follow us on twitter to enter the giveaway, and follow it up on daily basis with a Retweet to increase your chances. Well, we’re doing away with all of that.
How to participate?
- Comment on this post to enter.
- Remain active on blog to increase your chances of winning:
- Comment on other posts to share your thoughts.
- Help those in need on blog.
- Share links on social network sites.
Of the above, sharing your thoughts on other posts is what we’d like to see from you.
So, participating is easy. Just enter a comment below and you’re in. It goes without saying that the sharing our links on sites like Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, etc. help us grow, something we like very much, so please do that to increase your chances of winning it. Of course, please do not spam Reddit and like sites with our links — it would be cool if you share only breaking stories, or tips pages with those in need of help.
In deciding the winner, we will see top candidates who participated the most on sites: commenting on posts, sharing links, etc. But, the comments need to be pretty natural feedback or personal thoughts, not spam or one for-the-sake-of-it.
We would select 15 most active users at the end of the period, and go through each of the 15 users’ comments and social network pages to see who was the most positively active user on site, and award a our review unit of Galaxy S8 to him/her.
So, be active on our blog, sharing your thoughts and helping others in need of some tip to sort things out, and you get a good chance to own the Galaxy S8 for free.
1,364 responses to “Here’s our Galaxy S8 Giveaway!”
thank you for us giving more stands in the giveaway. coming to phone these is the no1 display phone then anyone.
Yes indeed, it has been voted of the same too. Quite rightfully so
Samsung does it again Infinity Display looks so nice
And it’s strong too, I was was watching a drop test and the back broke before the front
¿Was it luck?
It still will be pretty fragile as far as durability and endurance goes. Just how the design is. But holds up against scratches really well
They nailed it again. Let’s be honest – looks matters. And the S8 looks stunning.
The new Samsung galaxy S8 is really a beast….
Snapdragon 835 = lower power consumption, less heat and better performance. So yeah, definitely a beast of a smartphone.
Yes, I think the processor justifies the battery because it obdimizes its consumption and performance, samsung step beauty efficiency
Like I said earlier the processor is just one of the things that make the battery efficient.To increase your battery life out of the box samsung disables the 1440p display and gives you an option to choose it.So that the user according to his necessity can choose which one he prefers. With all that hardware the phone does do very well although by disabling a few you can increase the battery life way more
@disqus_jXbVyQFHw5:disqus I definitely agree, the new processor should optimise battery consumption and performance 🙂
What you stated above is true and the S8 has a really good battery life but the sad part is that the display is not 1440p by default and is 1080p and you need to manually put it to 1440p to get that feature which it was advertised with . According to a youtube video I watched the s8 held up for almost 6 hours of continuous usage [2hours of instagraming +1 hour of gaming +2 hours of youtube video streaming and after seeing that the beast still held up 1 last hour of playing asphalt 8 with the flash on]
I know, but that is never an issue, right. Yeah, X paid for the high end display, but he does not need to unneccesarily drain the battery when he is simply going to use whatsapp. In my opinion, that is much better.Woah, like I already said, the battery life is very good as it should be. 🙂
Hence the option to choose between display resolutions 😀
835 will be limited to the US and all international versions will be of exynos. 🙂
Yeah, I get it. It wasn’t clear back when I commented.Though, it’s for the better anyway.
I don’t really get why they do he whole thing with using the different processors in different areas of the world.
I think everyone deserves an equally great experience
Ideally, they’d have used the Exynos processor globally. It’s made by them and has a consistent edge over SD. But because of CDMA support, recognizability of SD in the US they used the SD835 there and exynos for the rest of the world.
yeah
Hope luck favours me.
best till date from the samsung. killer flagship smartphone. outcasts all other brands flagship
i want to s8
Love to win this awesome phone, love the great articles posted on this site.
Love to win!!!
TheAndroidSoul becoming very popular site day by day. I wish good luck to Mr. Shivam.
It would be really great if I got this phone, I have had the OnePlus X for almost 2 years and you can tell. I live in Sweden and I love your posts.
Regards, Tom.G
Yes, definitely time for an upgrade. What do you use your device for? Photos, calls, VR etc?
I use my phone for everything from phone calls to gaming. But I have never tried VR before. The only modern camera I own is my OnePlus X. I don’t know a lot about photography but I must say that the 12megapixel camera is definitely not up to todays standards in a flagship camera compared to Samsung’s and Apple’s. The lens on the rear camera has even falled of which means all of the videos and photos I take are blurry.
I also watch a lot of Netflix and YouTube which is one of the reasons I entered this contest for the Samsung galaxy s8 with it’s magnificent display.
I’m happy to answer any other questions.
Have a great day and thank you for replying!
Best regards, Tom.G
I know how you feel, my daily driver is the Galaxy Note 3 and it wants to die. I got sick of replacing the charging port so I have 3 batteries that cycle through. I don’t take a lot of photos anymore because my camera doesn’t focus properly (maybe I should open it up and clean it). Are you interested in any other devices ATM? I was hoping to get my GF interested in VR, so I bought the Gear VR 2 headset … That was a bad idea because she gets jealous when I VR and she takes it from me. Ha ha ha hoo no =(
We all have hostorias, better, worse, same, almost all we have a life situation that we want and we have to win, there are some who do not have it but want to try their luck, but here, in this draw, No matter what we have, yes Matter because we compete, but the selectors are interested in the debate, if they want to win, give the debate please!
Oneplus X is one gorgeous phone too. 🙂
Awesome! Hope I win!!
Have had my phone for over 5 years. Would really appreciate a new one ?!
My suggestion would be the S8, S8+ or Asus zenfone AR
Friend, it is acceptable s8 or s8 +, as this is the draw, the third does not enter, though, it would not be bad!
Need this phone.
Thanks.
The phone is really awesome and it is the best smart phone launching in 2017 hope I win this contest
Best phone so far yes. We still have a lot to look forward to. HTC U, Pixel 2, LG v20, Note 8, etc
Wish to win …. Fingers crossed
S8 is a sexy beast with the SD 835 = 5G and new VR head tilt. I’ll need to buy the new VR controller for my Gear VR 2 headset =¶
The truth is that if it is the bear, and you know the new version of s8 that could leave, if you know leave me your comment!
just lost my 2 years old s4 mini few days ago while coming back from my university. I bought that phone with my almost 1 years of savings. now after losing it, i’m facing many problems. i can’t contact with my friends and family. I can’t ask for money from my family either. plz choose me! It would be a great help! i have nothing to say! Thank you for the giveaway.. May the best person win… …
Its interesting to see the world with out a smartphone/ realize you’re/we’re addicted. It’s terrible to live in the real world again. Ha ha ha
guy, but what are you thinking, there are many problems, that’s why we are here !, There are no attempts to take advantage of your situation, it is likely to be taken as an excuse, if you have nothing to say, it is because it does not belong here, this is a Debate, If there are no comments, go to another site that accepts your testimony, I do not choose anyone, but I am aware of what is done, so go to the menu, find the video and find out About the phone Then come back if you want and Has its discussion.
Sorry if sone rude, but it’s reality!
What a nice designed phone is! I really love the design and everything about Samsung S8. Hopefully win this phone.
Want this
need this s8
Everybody
loking forward to win
There is no single letdown in this phone, Samsung galaxy s8 is just PERFECT. Would so love to get one.. 🙂
People complain about the fingerprint scanner, but I think they’re just looking for something to complain about. Ha ha ha
Yeah, the only thing they complain about but the best part is, they packed a HUGE 5.8″ display, but it still is bearable. Personally, I have no qualms with using two hands :D. The super amoled screen is Stunning.
Samsung, I think it was upside down to take momentum, I know that samsung surprising with its next printing dacillar, is svio of samsug
Couldn’t agree more. ?
Actually, the criticism is justified though I can empathize with Samsung. Samsung intended to include the scanner in the front with the home button with haptic feedback but they ran into obstacles and the back placement was the alternative solution. So its probably something Samsung isn’t happy about either.
Yeah, but your battery might be better.
True to some extent. Well, atleast the battery is better than what Pixel offers. Also, point to note here is, the Pixel has Snapdragon 821 and compared to that, the Snapdragon 835 based on the 10nm node consumes about 40% less battery. But again, with a display like on the S8, you might need to charge it more than once, anyway.
In that sense, if the battery is adjusted to its range, you have heard that a 6GB version can come out? If you know something about it, please comment it to the whole public.
I don’t see why not, the Xiaomi Mi6 launched with SD 835 and 6 GB RAM, and we can expect the OnePlus 5 to follow along, with say 8 GB RAM on-board. These Chinese OEMs are known to make really good Smartphones at really low prices, but I can’t really see that happening with Samsung, google or Apple devices.
8gb of RAM 😐 thats double the RAM of my pc RIP .Samsung will most likely follow the trend next year with the S9 most likely but still not an 8Gb but a 6GB
I don’t see why Samsung will need 6 GB of RAM in the next 1-2 years because with the recent changes, the DDR4 and dual channel RAMs, they are very fast, the OnePlus 3 reportedly had RAM copying speeds of 16,000Mb/s. I could say about, Apple with 2 GB of RAM outperforms all other devices mostly because their processors are too good.
Just to keep the things spicey on the Specification side of things. and Apple outperforms them Because the A10 is a very good and efficient processor and moreover IOS is very well optimized and is also very light so there’s not much stress on the cpu
The reason IOS is well optimised is, it does not need garbage collection, which requires large space, also the RAM in the Android devices, help in multi tasking by storing switched on going apps and storing them, by halting their processes. I was just trying to say that, Android RAM management is a little aggressive, so if their is not enough space, the lesser used apps are closed. So, they boot up again, when opened. And, this is where flagship processors help. For OEMs like Google, LG and Samsung, adding 6gb RAM is not a big deal now, but their was no point as they don’t have to battle to become a “flagship killer”.
We’re just half way into the year and God knows whats coming,You are right in every way but maybe if said competition arises they upgrade to 6gb ?
That, or when some new technology arises. With how soon we are seeing changes, it’s not that surprising really. 🙂
G6 has better battery than Samsung.
Yes, no doubt about it, but it has an year old SD 821 which will consume more battery compared to this year’s chipset. Lg g6 is pretty durable too, and costs less than the S8, so by no means, is it a slouch. 🙂
Carlos, some select countries are getting the 6gb S8+.
Hong Kong, China and South Korea are the ones so far, I believe.
They might expand this to the rest of the world eventually or they might not also. (:
Gracias por la claridad
Yes since a larger display is being packed into a smaller form factor, it works counter productive to the battery capacity. A smaller battery will have to handle a larger screen and all its pixels. But Samsung has done a pretty good job at keeping it pretty optimized so we can sigh with relief.
I wonder how many entries are… The odds of winning an international contest is very slim since it’s only 1 giveaway. I never won a contest since the early days of internet.
Thanks for the opportunity to win a samsung s8 based on our daily actions!!!
Looking forward to win the S8 ?
Same
I watched and listened about this phone for 4 month. I have this phone that speaks spanish and the screen wont work sometimes and i dont have money to buy this.
I really speak Spanish
enserio, yo hablo español
I love to make the switch from Apple to Samsung but my parents won’t let me buy anything that’s not Apple!!! Sick of an iPhone 5S!
Why so? Why don’t they let you move out of apple? I am curious 😀
I also want to win it
i want S8 ok
I Always Loved The Curved Designs. This is Something New and Attractive. Plus i was Excited for S8 Release, Now that It Has Released, i Wish to Possess it. #RememberMeAsLongHashtagGuy 🙂
I like how the devices resolution comes in full HD with the option for WQHD for gear VR. I was worried it would be unnecessary resolution all the time.
Ho yes, samsung deep beauty, anyone falls in love, but this last terminal, is passed
Even I remember thinking about the s8 almost a year ago after reading a post about galaxy s8 predictions and I was wondering what it will be like. It didn’t disappoint.
How can you change the rules of your giveaway mid competition? I’ve been promoting you via Twitter every day since it began and now it all counts for naught. You’ve lost your credibility as far as I’m concerned
How bad, but you must adapt
Great smartphones with pretty nice design, hardware and software!
Awesomeness Infinity.
I normally buy galaxy Notes for the bigger screen but I think I’d prefer the smaller S8 this time around. 5.8 is enough …. For now.
Thanks for the giveaway.
I want this i want this i want this… i want new cellphone.. plsss.. maawa kayo sakin.. de jwk.. haha
Who is winner??
Will be announced on the 28 actually.
Oh sweet. 🙂
Yes please. Do tell who wins!!!
What!?
I’d love to get one! 🙂
poor likelihood but what the hell
Give me one please
This is the best phone to win right now! Take my entry!
win this phone
I would love to win the new S8 + from TheAndroidSoul, & thank you for the giveaway and hope to see you guys keep up the great work you do with all your Updates and news! Thanks. Jake.
Really looking forward to this phone, looks brilliant – Samsung continues to innovate!
Innovation is indeed their middle name.:)
I really love this kickass phone! It has killer specs and new features that could really maximize what a phone can do. I’m really hoping and wishing to win this phone coz it’s not just a stereotypical smartphone out there. ???
You said exactly what was on my mind 😀 I love the iris scanner .Haven’t seen it much on any other phones and its far away from the normal phones
Exactly. Maximizes and expands the idea of a phone itself.
Personally, I’m loving the new look of this phone. I’ve always been a fan of their curved screen since s6 edge came out. To be really honest, Samsung have been stepping their phone design really well and it came out very sleek and futuristic looking that no other phone can top them. I would LOVE to win this and play with the phone myself. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to win this. Much love xx
I agree with you so much! This phone looks nothing like other phones on the market. It’s so clean, rounded and sophisticated, that you’d buy it only for its looks as a figure of speech.
Exactly! It’s like a whole new phone from a utopian future! Not to mention about the features and the specs, totally makes the phone a lot more promising than ever. They really did a good job with this one.
It sure is a real ‘unboxing’!
The Note edge started this. The s8 was born in theory since note edge. Look what it ahs evolved into today
best galaxy ever. true flagship. one of the most excellent flagships ever made