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!”
i want to win the samsung S8 i like this mobileeeeee
Friend, you have been saying the same thing for a long time, but, do not hesitate to follow the rules, please, this advice serves you to win, the rules are up, participate to win.
how to get in the giveaway
Simple mate 😀 You just have to be active in the website,express your opinion on the posts , help the people who are confused about certain subjects and also share and help make the website popular 😀
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Awesome phone. Giving Apple a run for its money.
S8 or S8+ whichever, both looks good!
S8+ for the bragging rights
S8+ The Best
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Appreciate that #Carlos Andres
Your investments are good and enriching.
I congratulate you
Team galaxy for life
I really would love a Galaxy S8+. All my life I always had a low end phone… right now I am still using a Galaxy S4. I want to get more into android and start developing, but I cannot do that when I do not even understand the new interface. If I received the Galaxy S8+, I would be familiar with the new OS and start developing. It would mean the world to me if I received this phone. I beg of you, to please pick me. I really need this phone. I am looked down upon by my fellow students because I have a Galaxy S4, and not a high-end phone.
Sorry but rules are rules
S8+ ftw!
Reserved the giveaway S8.
S8+ the best Alternative of Apple !!!
The enhanced security offered by Samsung Knox has been approved by 29 governments worldwide.
Seriously …i mean guys samsung is the real deal.
Unbreakable security…what wow!!
IKR Samsung is really building up its security and it also has Samsung pay which I like,one can pay using their phone and the finger print works with it too 😀 although the Iris scanner and the Face scanner do not work with Samsung pay .
They simply aren’t secure enough yet to be used as reliable security options. Face unlock can sometimes even be fooled with a picture. As their algorithms get better and better, maybe they will include them in pay.
Face unlock isn’t very reliable although I have a feeling that the Iris scanner does have a future with it 😀
Agreed. Iris is a pretty accurate means of biometric security like the fingerprint. 🙂
Yes, the iris scanner can be refined and launched in samsung pay
That’s because, Samsung has determined that the facial scanner and iris, are not as safe as the rest, well, can be infringed with images!
The Iris can’t be faked btw just the facial recognition 🙂 The Iris I guess needs to develop more so that it gets more handy and fast ,as of now its a bit slow and doesn’t work under bad lighting condiotions
games are taken to a new level when played on Galaxy S8 and S8+’s boundless screen. And with Vulkan capabilities, hours of immersive fun are at your fingertips with even the most graphic-intensive games.
Well the S8 series’ hardware is top of the line especially the processors.As of now only the S8 has the Snapdragon 835 although the Exynos variant beats the Snapdragon version hands down.With all that specification games should run beautifully especially on that screen and that resolution 😀
Cool
i like this s8 go on my house please
Didn’t really get to hear the “hybrid sim” in the previous edged samsungs
What is it?
Hybrid sim slot means that in phones that support dual sims you have the choice to either have 2 sims in the phone and sacrifice the ability to use an SD card and increase you storage or use one sim and use an SD card instead of using a second sim.Its simply based on sacrificing a sim for an Sd card or an SD card for an additional sim
Oh okay sure… So, double sim forget the memory card… Or single sim with a memory card right.
Well the phone has a sizable amount of the storage 64 gig if am right…..
Well the storage looks okay to take basic android apps.
Yeah but for the people who don’t need a second sim they can extend the storage to a bulky 256gb although most people don’t use that much and 64gb is ample storage for basic usage unless you’re storing a lot of data and can’t afford to delete a few gbs of jank 😉
But you have to keep in mind that the phone has a high range, its images, videos, all its multimedia content will be heavier, so its space is exhausted faster, but 64gb, it backs it up,
Thank you, I did not know that there was a sim of figure of sd
“Dual Pixel 12MP AF”
Correct me if am wrong …so in actual sense the camera is 24MP right? I mean the back cam.
Dual Pixel AutoFocus doesn’t mean that that its 12mpX2.According to what I’ve read its Samsung’s AutoFocus feature that is supposed to be much better than the phones on the market.It’s not something new as it is present in more mirrorless camera sensors and high-end DSLRs.According to Samsung “The Dual Pixel image sensor employed in the camera of the Galaxy S7 splits every single pixel into two photodiodes for on-chip phase detection, promising vastly improved autofocus performance,”The feature can be seen most useful when you’re taking low light pictures.The old Autofocus [PDAF] uses only 5-10 percent of the pixels for focusing but the Dual Pixel AF uses 100% of the pixels to focus images.The dual pixel AF feature was introduced in the Galaxy S7 😀
So apparently it’s the same feature in the s7 edge just that the dual pixel af uses 100‰ of the pixel focus on images.
The s7 has an amazing camera.
My concern was even about the selective focus …i don’t know i didnt really see this in the s7edge or i might have missed it.
Nope its exactly the same as the S7 with some slight differences
The camera is pretty much the same as s7 edge added with better post image processing. This will help especially in the case of moving subjects, HDR processing and greatly reduces noise especially in low light
In layman terms, it is just enabling a much faster, better autofocus.
When you open the camera and point it to the subject you wish to clock pictures of, the subject will fall into focus a lot faster.
Megapixels count is really not a deciding factor. Yeah it would be nice to have a higher one,but lots of other factors affect the quality of the camera 🙂
Like the focal length,the size of the sensor,its sharpness etc.
No, af, refers to sensors that help you improve the focus of the camera, they also increase the sharpness and resolution of the camera, so with only 12MP, samsung occupies one of the first logarithms in the field of camera, I speak in Christian, I do not give too much explanation for you to understand me
The selective focus (Bokeh Effect ) would be amazing.
I am not sure but the iPhone has this effect right.?
Ever seen this in the iphone 7
Umm Selective focus and Bokeh effect are two completely different things.The Bokeh effect can be achieved by using selective focusing and so far only the iPhone 7,Huawei P9 and the Mi6 is able to get the “Bokeh effect”.I’m not exactly sure if what I’ve written is completely accurate,sorry if I’m wrong 🙂
From the samsung page it did mention the two… I hapoen to believe that the selective focus generates the bokeh effect.
I have seen the selective focus in the iphone 7 but i wasnt really sure .
Like I said earlier the Bokeh effect can be achieved through the Selective focusing but to what I’ve read just now in a few sites it doesn’t mention having the ability to achieve the Bokeh effect and it would’ve been mentioned atleast a few times as only very few phones have the ability to take photos in that way.The people went crazy when the iPhone had it.The Bokeh shots can be taken only in phones with dual cameras unfortunately although some say that its possible to get some hint of the bokeh effect while doing macro shots.I’m not exactly sure if what I’ve typed is accurate you could wait for some more people to come and talk about it too
Oh okay.thanks
Lower the aperture,greater the bokeh.
F/1.7 is really impressive for a phone camera.
It is something that is achieved using the aperture of the lens in the camera. Low aperture induces the closer objects being in focus while the background is completely off focus creating that blurred background effect. Higher aperture for instance is used to shoot landscapes where everything needs to be clearly visible without blur. So technically, lower the aperture of the lens, better will the effect be. Though the camera lenses are capable enough like DSLRs to do this, they fake the effect in principle
You talk about the F / 1.7 lens, right? If so, you’re right!!
Yes that’s right. The les used to be around 2.2 or 2 a few years ago. Now they are getting as larger as 1.8 and 1.7 which is really great
Calm, no matter if you are wrong, it is clear what you want to say, but, what you have to accept is that samsung, incorporating it, is legal and has it. Thank you very much for your comment, it helped me
The iPhone was the first one to introduce that effect in portrait photos where the subject is in sharp focus while the background in blurred giving a nice depth of field and making the picture very attractive by prioritizing the subject alone.
Actually the Huawei P9 was the first one to introduce that effect
It was called the aperture mode in P9 so.. Though it essentially did the same thing, its the iPhone that made it a mainstream feature by talking about it and marketing it during iPhone 7 launch.
That’s true but what’s in a name right? iPhone being iPhone made it a huge thing and all the fans went crazy and it was made known to everyone and very few knew that Huawei had already come with it .
Is true, Huawei already had it, but did not release it as iphone, but since, the focus is samsumg at this time
The truth is that this effect and come first to Huawei p9
Yes true the P9 was released in april and called this aperture mode while the iPhone was released in September and called it the bokeh effect
Although, when you consider that Samsung has demonstrated the best screen tech for a number of years, this isn’t really a surprise.
Lets all be honest samsung has the perfect screen tech wise.
I think its the infinity display that attracts most people.The aspect ratio is the only con here , its a bit awkward and most videos won’t utilize the full screen and will end up leaving a black space on both sides of the screen.The S8’s screen is much more sharper than the G6’s screen and a bit big too as the aspect ratio of the G6 is 18:9 while the S8 is 18.5:9.The resolution of the S8 is also slightly higher.
Yeah it is ….as i already stated, samsung taking the home button off…has given it that extra lead resolution wise …. Becaude the screen extends from almost thr bottom to the top.
Exactly! To be honest ,the thing that made me love the phone the most was the infinity display! It looks bloody gorgeous. The aspect ratio is not a problem when browsing and games get optimized(some of them) to make use of the extra space. The black spaces like you said are kinda awkward. But kudos to them for making it bigger while not making it uncomfortable for one hand use.
IKR one hand usage although on the S8+ is a bit painful they nailed it with the S8 😀 and as @AshwinPras:disqus said it would lead to us twisting and turning to adapt to the screen and end up in a comfortable position XD
They literally provide most smartphone manufacturing companies with oled screens. 😀
Samsung has always had the perfect screen technology always in its time
Colours are gloriously vivid, but it manages to avoid oversaturating brighter shades while still displaying the deepest black. Like the iPhone 7, it covers the DCI-P3 cinema-grade colour gamut for a much wider spectrum of colours, and in certain situations, the brightness can break the 1000-nit barrier. Considering most phones, including the LG G6, only go up to about 650 nits, this is seriously impressive stuff. In fact, this screen is so bright that It can keep it on 25% brightness and it’s perfectly visible indoors.
Whats more surprising is that even with the brightness at max the phone lasts 6 hours of intensive usage! The display is also really good ,even at 30-40% brightness the display is completely visible and has no issue which is way better than the G6.
Way better than G6
Well its just a matter of preference.Some people actually prefer the G6 as it is slightly cheaper.Other than the price difference I don’t see why they should choose the G6 as the S8 beats it hollow in all fields 😀
Yeah you right about that.
I remember reading this somewhere in one of the review sites. I am afraid you are copy pasting this information, my friend. Lets please be original in sharing our thoughts here. Even if it is being taken from other sites, let us give the source credits to them. What say?
I was waiting for someone to say this for quite sometime but had a feeling that I would come off rude or maybe I was the only one who felt that it was wrong and that he’s trying to spread information XD Nice to see that I’m not the only one who felt that way.Most of the content are extracted from BGR and TrustedReviews btw 😀
Yeah, I saw it more than thrice and just had to say it. :/
Yes BGR and trustedreviews indeed. :’D
You did the right thing mate 😀 cheers!
I already pasted the link for the site
In an early post hoping maybe you will also notice some of the issues other reviewers talked about .
I just thought it would be nice to maybe discus.
I don’t mean to be offensive or rude but I did read all of your comments and didn’t see any link or any source for that matter maybe I missed something.I’m not saying that discussing is a problem but instead of copy pasting it would be nice if you shrunk it and put it down in your own words and also along with it the source and only quote important parts 😀
la verdad, si, tenia la sensación de copia, pero no podia decir nada, con esto no estoy diciendo que “Bossman Ghostrigz Burner”, lo haya hecho, porque no se.
todo lo que he dicho es lo que he visto en vídeos de reviews y saco mis conclusiones, perdonen si no les he podido ayudar mucho en el debate, pero no me queda tiempo, y no he leido mucho
That’s what we all do mate 🙂 read reviews and express our views and help and notify people who are unaware of certain functions.all that we said was it would be better if instead of copying he could write it shorter and simpler in his own words and link the source which he has done after we suggested the idea;)
I posted the link in an ealry post.
Even before sharing information on it.
Uff, you said it very sure, that was not right, but not shut up
In the AnTuTu benchmark, which tests everything from 3D performance to RAM speeds, the S8’s 173,292 score is among the best. Notably, its 70,546 score in the 3D gaming tests put it above the iPhone 7 Plus and LG G6, which both scored 60,000.
Processor wise the iPhone is far ahead and the geekbench scores are much higher when compared to the G6 and the S8 series.Which version of the S8 was the benchmark of ?The Snapdragon? or the Exynos?
Exynos…. But i heard there’s variation in the benchmarks…. From the article it looked like they were much speaking about the exynos….. I also read that there would be variation with the processors as some would have the snapdragon and others with exynos.
Wasn’t really sure about it.correct me if am wrong.
Ah so the Exynos variant’s benchmark results would be much higher as it performs much faster and also does really well in multitasking processes.
There would be huge variations in the benchmarks as the Exynos is much faster and much more efficient and uses the RAM much more efficiently resulting in a much better overall score.The Exynos variant would be released in Asia and EU if I’m not mistaken and the Snapdragon version would be released in the US and a few other places.Its mostly because the Exynos while it does support other carriers and their features, doesn’t support CDMA so it couldn’t be released in the US.In places like India where there is not carrier lock and all phones are carrier unlocked this issue doesn’t arise 😀
In this aspect iphone, you defeat s8, the answer is in the type of system that devices use, ios, it is a system and very light in relation to its processor, (appel A10 fusion), it does very fast although It is less than the s8, the s8, consists of many mergers, the processor, it should launch many features and it can slow it down that has android runs, in addition, android tends to fragment more than ios, good, a Little less than iphone 7
The exynos variant is almost always better than SD and managed to output more frames every time especially during gaming
Haha the Exynos variant is better in all tasks.PhoneBuff, a Youtuber compared the two variants of the S7 side by side by opening and closing 10 apps continuously and did 2 laps of it and the Exynos was faster by a huge 40 secs but we have to keep in mind that this was the S7 and with the new processor that gap would’ve been reduced
But the exynos variant always has less developers compared to the Snapdragon variants. At least thats how it was in the past. This is really important to a lot of people.
I’m not sure about that thought .Haven’t heard much about the Exynos except comparisons and also as @AshwinPras:disqus said they seemed to have already released the TWRP and a few mods and a ROM too so I don’t think community-wise there’ll be much difference 😀
I hope its not. But that was not the case. Samsung released a lot of versions for the s4 and the s5. I was sadly really unlucky when it came to them both. Middle east versions. Not sure if they had the snapdragon or the Exynos variant.
Lol I remember when I saw the S5 come out and was all crazy about its specs…Now its something I think about and laugh compared to todays tech.Samsung even at that time had a standard for their phones.The S3 was my favourite once upon a time and also my dream phone XD and how were you unlucky btw ? Didn’t get you there 😀
Absolutely loved the s3! That phone was bloody reliable and it was the first phone to have a change in the design from the rectangles back then!
The middle east versions of the phone was dry in terms of developers. None and you couldnt flash any roms from the other versions either.
Ah that is pretty sad.I don’t find myself comfortable with messing around with Samsungs though.They seem to be kind of a pain when compared to those Nexus’ <3 Thats every developers dream phone to work with 😀 How did you manage though ? Without root and running all this while didn’t the stock show any signs of wear ? I mostly change to custom after about one year of usage 😀
The samsungs I passed to other family members 😀
ODIN and all that is too much of a hassle and like I said, my versions had a scarcity of custom roms.
I currently use the Oneplus One. Bloody brilliant developer community. Flashed a custom after a week on it. Nougat came almost a day or two after the nexus’s got it.
and the reason I flashed after a week is because doing it doesnt void warranty for Oneplus.
Lol I see …I don’t mind about warranty but just that I like to experience the stock and out of box experience for a while rooting it as soon as I get it seems pretty rude cus its like getting a brand new lamborghini and immediately modding the crap out of it without experiencing how it feels with the stock stuff .Sorry for the horrible comparison XD just went with the flow there 😀
lol I can get the comparison. But the OPO came with cyanogen OS out of the box,already felt like it was modded.
Ah I see ,Never got the chance to use the OnePlus1 ,I did see and read quite some reviews though 😉 Didn’t Cyanogen shut down btw ?
Its an amazing phone. The two and x were meh. But the three brought back the magic! 🙂
Yeah they did. Oneplus cut ties with them midway . They have their own homebrew version called Oxygen OS now.
Hmm the two didn’t have much hype but the 3T XD we all know how that ended 😀 Cyanogen was in fact the first ROM I flashed in my life RIP 😐
The guys over at Lineage have resumed development. Its called LineageOS now.
Yes, it’s a shame, but since, the good thing in its time
As far as I remember, s3 was the revolution at that time, I wanted the phone, I do not remember wrong, but I know the phone, took a big step in the Android world
Ikr 😀 They were all into the nature thing that time 😀 pebble blue was their most popular color too 😀
We have trizte stories, but with this s8, but we still can not have it, it’s a horror story !!
Yes, but there is no doubt that it will give much better results for the s8.
Yeah
That was to be expected due to such a powerful processor,
28 of this month.
speakers still don’t appear to be a priority for Samsung, i heard the downward-facing one here is terrible. It’s easy to block with your hand when you’re watching landscape video, and the sound itself is tinny and distorted at higher volumes. With the diminishing bezel, it’s likely that speakers will continue to get worse.
We just hope and pray that samsung really put much effort on improving upon their speakers.
But the phone would still be an amazing experience.
The speaker quality isn’t really as bad as stated above.The placement of it is a bit sad but the audio clarity is decent .Don’t really hear much complaints from S8 users about the speakers although most review sites do.Samsung hopefully will fix the placement with the Note 8 but it would be hard as you mentioned with diminishing bezels placement will only get poor but not worse as development will only get better 😀
It’s obvious the development would get better because samsung would always give improvement in every device they make. Yes you are right,users arent really complaining but i woukd be delighted if there’s improvement in the note 8
If the complains rise and also there will be a lot of changes with Note 8 ,Maybe the placement is one of them ?
Yeah …then they would really consider the placement too..
Well we dunno … But lets just wait and see the master piece samsung unleash
Exactly its too early to comment on anything as it would most likely be released in late 2017
What I want to see more is what all the competitors bring to the table. Samsung brought their A-game this time. I hope everybody else is ready to bring theirs as well.
What I’m waiting for is for the iPhone .The rumours are just too good to be true and I really want to see how it turns out 😀 I’m sure most manufacturers will copy some features off of it too on their flagships 😀
Yeah,but what most peple never realise is Apple always copies something of something else but sells it off as their innovation brilliantly like the camera thing you mentioned earlier.
Its funny how Apple states that it comes up with Ideas and the fanboys come in praising apple for it .I don’t hate apple or any phone manufacturer for that matter as a matter of fact I really like Apple if it wasn’t for its Os and customer support 😀
I actually quite like iOS, but I always feel if I keep using it, I will get bored eventually since I cant tinker around at all!
And their customer support is brilliant. :O Why dont you like them?
I hate them for their overpricing and idiotic hype for simple features.
I find the iOS kinda bleh its too simple although thats something most people find as a plus point.I did have an iTouch 4g though,Back then I could tinker with it to some extent and I’ve done my best with it XD we’ve been through quite some bad times and I also remember trying to bump it to iOS 7 when the max it could do was 6.1.3 ….
the customer care my friend seems to complain that its not that satisfactory in India mostly because there aren’t any Apple showrooms but just Apple certified shops and the last time he got his phone fixed they only messed it up more and he had to go pay a visit every one or two months to get the same issue fixed again.I personally have no grudge against it but when you hear someone complain so much you end up getting a bad image yourself 😀
Exactly. When water resistance first debuted with Samsung phones, the speakers were very average and people were quick to point it out. Considering that quality, it really has improved with the s8 and they will aspire to better it further as always.
I am not stating point blank that the speaker is so terrible…ooh come on
But from what i heard am just giving my share.?
I understand but just saying its not really as bad as it seems.The speaker is still pretty decent and some would even say its good 😀
When you wish to seal the insides of the phone to make it water resistant, the sound quality almost always takes a hit. Between the better sound and water resistance, I would choose the resistance anyday. :/ But atleast the speakers are loud and that’s good.
What he says seems to be an exaggeration and in normal usage we wouldn’t even notice that big a difference.The placement is the only sad thing here.The quality is decent and isn’t something that cracks and distorts every now and then and ruins your enjoying the media and makes you rush to the headphones XD
Have you tried the mobile in person ?, How do you know those differences?
Simply because that’s what he has understood from a few review sites and reviewers take notice of every little aspect even if it’s not much of an issue just as they compare it to the other flagships.In daily usage you won’t notice some of the problems they mention and the speaker as mentioned earlier really isn’t that bad
Who wouldn’t choose water resistance. ?
Water resistance is a great feature,what I find funny is most people are still scared to take their phones to the pool for a quick snap or even take it out in the rain as they’re scared it’ll damage the phone.There’s every reason for them to be as its a huge investment and it would be a shame to lose it fast but still I find it not nice as its not using one of the important feature of the phone 😀
Yeah,I would be flaunting it every time I could in the rain and all 😀 😀
I always imagined jumping into the pool and taking underwater shots but my friends don’t seem to have that idea XD
Ikr. 😀 😀
es una pena que los que nos entendemos no encontremos alejados!!,
I think they did mention some duration and stating some feet the phone could go in water
I ever saw 1.3m .correct me if am wrong. But thr duration am not really sure
It can stand for 1.5m for 30 minutes but thats just the official statement so that they don’t end up being sued 😀 according to youtube videos I’ve seen it lasted for about about 40 minutes under 6 feet of water 😀
Oh okay…not 1.3m ?Rishad
Samsung merita so because, in previous phones with those indications, they were your limit, in addition, you do not know increase the limit of your terminal, for safety and confidence!
Like I said earlier they stated that limit just for legal reasons ,the phone however can stand a bit longer or deeper but not always and that would lead to issues
But in all honestly, with real everyday use, we never do put our phones in such depths for so long. So as long as it can resist splashes in the sink and rain, we will be more than happy, And it does so we are covered. 🙂
is 1.50m with 30min
It is a headache to see how they are limited, if you acquired that mobile, it is to have a more normal experience
He only said it because of the fact that speakers do tend to have a lower volume when they seal the phone and its a deal breaker to some people. But all that is in the past. Speakers are plenty loud even with the waterproofing these days.
Yup exactly. Thanks pal.
And as you can see that where you tried it, please tell me!
Read a CNET review on the s8
Stating the wireless charging which i believe this giveaway phone wouldnt come with of course but i happen to miss it in most review sites.
Yeah its like almost all reviewers have a problem with the placement of the finger print scanner where you have to wiggle your finger around the back.
Also I did hear something about the Qi wireless chargers not fully functioning with the S8 and S8+ not really sure what thats about.Maybe its hardware incompatibility and could be fixed with their next line of wireless chargers
Oh they really did state the fact that it works .. You can read more about it from the trustedreview site am sure.
It did sure say much about it….and its compatibility
Umm a quick google search will fill you in all about the Qi chargers issues and also bgr seems to report about some Wi-Fi connectivity issues but this was way back in april ,should’ve been cleared out and fixed by now
Yeah CNET was also stating that same issue with wifi connectivity.
To be honest,wireless chargers have never been of too much importance to me. A usb C port charger is fine 😀
The fingerprint issue is kinda annoying especially since you end up smudging your camera every damn time it seems.
I find wireless charging really cool.Like how cool would it be to keep your phone on your computer table and when you gotta go out BAM! its charged 😀 Although you’re right,with the Type-C charging you could use the phone while its getting charged but I don’t find using the phone while charging efficient as in the long term the phone would deteriorate faster 😐 and the battery would goto scraps 😐 thats what happened to my phone recently and thats the reason the serviceman gave me 😐
I like the slower charging times. And since I am so good at using my phone lightly *sarcasm* ,I always run out of juice too fast.
I charge my phone once a day, I don’t have any qualms whether it’s Fast, Wireless, or just a normal charger. I won’t mind it one bit in the S8, whatever charger I get. So, we both are like minded , eh? 😀
I would much rather be busy showing it off. 😀
I was going to comment same thing.
Lmao, like minded much? 😀
Sadly thats all our case XD my previous phone (Yu Yureka) when I bought it was one of the best in the market XD I remember when I had just bought it and used to boast to my friends about its octa-core processor and 2gb of ram and that it has 13mp back and 5mp camera in the front at such a low price 😀 Gone are those days *sigh* Nowaday it doesn’t stand a chance :/ the battery had gone through so much torture I used to spend the whole day with the phone connected to the charger just so that when I have to go out the phone is full with charge XD that was a dumb move on my part :/ wasn’t really filled in about tech back then XD Sorry I went into nostalgia and blabbered away from the topic XD
Lol If I do change my OPO soon. I am going to miss it. Been faithful for quite some while. We do get attached to our phones. They do know what you have been searching on google. So the phones truly know our Dark sides 😛
XD Yeah they do know us well and moreover the way we look at the iPhones and Samsungs XD and take revenge by lagging when we open too many chrome tabs XD
lol tbh my OPO still doesnt lag. It looks like it went through a bloody war though.
Much damage eh ? My screen was really good actually after all that time put in there doesn’t seem to be scratches at all except one which one of my friend did with a pen just because i was bragging about my well maintained phone 😐 other than that there isn’t any wear 😀 Software wise lagging started after a few months but some might say its because I didn’t root it properly :/ Used some dumb software instead of doing it manually .
lol I almost feel guilty when I check other phone prices on my phone 😀
Who doesn’t love to window shop XD its something all of us do especially the people who are crazy about technology 😀
Exactly 😀 The amount of reviews I have read on tech I could never afford 😀 😀
Well there’s no difference XD we’re still doing that now haha with the iPhone 8 and Note 8 ,Drooling at the LG G6 and Samsung S8 😀 but all in all when the day comes when we get the phone we’ve dreamt about in hand,what a wonderful day that’ll be <3
I agree. Besides, the quick charging is better for the battery compared to the wireless charging too.
Regarding the camera, yes 😀 Though we will end up touching the camera often to reach the sensor, the camera glass is apparently very slick and doesn’t always catch a lot of fingerprints and smudges. That’s a relief.
A relief indeed. I dont think I would use the fingerprint except as a few applocks 🙂
Why though? The Finger print scanner is the safest way to lock the phone.
And besides, wired charging is better for the battery than wireless charging. Wireless charging is just a small matter of convenience and looks.
Yes, the scanner is located awkwardly and we will probably be touching the camera a lot while reaching for it. 😀
Awesome giveaway
The Bixby feature,and it speaks of a samsung account,would it be diiferent from our mail to access, or ? Read it requires a samsung account. Can’t we use a normal gmail account to log in.?
TIll now, the Bixby is a Samsung S8 only feature. Later, they will expand the assistant for their other models, but still that will pretty much remain an samsung exclusive like Siri. It’s probably better that you need a samsung account for that, because for using that we need to get a Bixby compatible device first xD
I read that its not only for the Phones but also will expand to the Tv’s and more one 😀 Samsung seems to be really excited about this release
I concur, but still that will be pretty much a Samsung exclusive, so non Samsung users cannot use the Assistant, atleast not legally. So, If I own one such device, it would actually be benefitial to have a Samsung device, don’t you think.
Exactly and moreover there are so many features that you can access if you have a few Samsung appliances using Connect (I think not exactly sure about that) like controlling your TV ,The Air conditioner ad the Lighting and such which I find really interesting 😀
You probably need a samsung account! But who knows. You can actually set your apple ID to your gmail account,maybe samsung might provide us with leeway on that.
That’s what i thought.
You most likely would be able to create a Samsung account using your Google account While I’m not sure if thats possible that is something I’ve seen in most manufacturer accounts 😀
You will need a Samsung account to use Bixby since that account acts as the cloud to store your personalized preferences, activity and settings on the web to seamlessly sync your profile across all its services. It is much like a laptop running windows 10 asking you to login with your MS ID to access Cortana. You can probably use your google account as the ID and create a password for the same much like MS
In short, “if, because, you store personal information that gmail, hotmail, etc., does not have this function, you need the account.
Exactly, yes.
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Lets discuss,shall we?
What feature do you want most in the s9 or the note 8 and why?
A better position for the scanner would be nice and also a nicer position for the speaker although that’s not that huge an issue and its hard to find a different place 😐
For the S9 I would love to see the On-screen scanner and a dual camera seeing thats the standard for flagships these days
A much better working Iris scanner and facial-recog maybe ?
The UI as of now seems great and most importantly I would really love to see Bixby completely function and released by the time the Note 8 or S9 come out preferably the Note 8
Maintaining the bezels would be nice if the phone is completely bezel-less as good as that would look it might easily break
Thats pretty much it 😀
Even I want to see an underglass scanner! That would be great 🙂
And the iris scanner and facial recog are pretty great already right?
Not really :/ The Iris Scanner doesn’t work properly under dim lights and also extremely sunny days and obv also for people who wear glasses …
The Facial Recognition also is not that great as sometimes it doesn’t work properly and you end up holding your phone upto your face for quite a while ….Not that they’re really that bad just that every now and then they don’t work that well :/
Hmm I only assumed so since all reviewers seem to prefer that over the fingerprint. And they told it worked quite well. Not sure which reviewers 😛
For starters check Forbes and some Youtube channels too
Hmm I usually follow technobuffalo,android authority and cnet…They all said the same.Lemme check youtube.
I would go for the dual camera and a better position for the fingerprint scanner.
Ahh really want the bokeh effect on your photos I see 🙂
One thing Id like them to do is not change the aspect ratio to 18.5:9.
Let it be at 16:9. They can make the phone wider instead of making it tall and lean.
I agree, that does help with holding the phone but handling, not necessarily.
If it is 16:9, all of the games and content fixed at this aspect ratio will work seamlessly and so will all the media content. The device can still be bezel free and amazing looking.
I would also prefer a metal back to the phone instead of glass. I am willing to trade wireless charging for metal which will make it un-glossy and better feeling.
And Samsung uses a lot of white in their interface. I think they should use more black and really utilize the amoled panel.
And the mandatory change in the finger print position of course.
Or 18:9 too for that matter as the G6 has the resolution and doesn’t seem to have much scaling issues as is with the S8
And LG is releasing its own apps designed and optimized for the G6 to enable its users to use the phone to its truest capabilities which I think is awesome
Yep I remember reading that somewhere 😀 Although the optimization won’t show much of a difference that’s something that LG has gone the extra-mile to provide for their users but I have a feeling some people might not know this and end up disabling the The LG app store (sorry forgot the name XD) to save space :/
Gee if that happens, it will be really bad for LG. Designing so many apps exclusively for one phone and not getting the response that effort deserves is bad. :/ I hope that doesn’t happen.
Hmm I like all your points!
The aspect ratio,though i can live with it,it would be better at the usual 16:9.But they made it bearable though 🙂
The metal definitely so it would be less fragile and the blacks,thats something they really need to focus on 🙂
Yes. 🙂 Could save battery too, since its amoled.
I wish more mid range phones used amoled :/
Lumias and their black layouts + amoleds used to have brilliant battery backup :/
Lumia interfaces were indeed brilliant, don’t you think? Minimalistic and very elegant, all in all. Making the experience feel very professional, even in lower end phones
What I liked about the Lumia series was even if the specs were not that great ,even after a long time of usage ,the phone simply never hanged,of course it was never really made for the gamer or the modder but for someone who just wants a decent phone that will last him a while without a problem Nokia was the go-to phone (always :’) )
Yeah But the bare windows store is what made people leave :/ Microsoft should have been more welcoming to their developers.
I know right! The app store was struggling. Except for the Microsoft apps, not much else was good and it was seriously lacking.
The screen in samsung is already very long, and I like that, be bold, if I define samsung with a word, innovation serious !
Yes indeed. Besides it has been voted as the best display on any smartphone. 🙂
I don’t want 3D touch.
Ahha,The question was what did you want?
But since you dont want it,why is it that you dont want it?
I think thats useless and i dont see many people using it.
In addition to the refined facial recognition, I would like to see the fingerprint reader on the screen, and see a metallic blue color in the next terminals
What colors do they have currently?
Iiiiin!! Fingers crossed!! <3
The android 7.0 would be a fun OS to use.
I am looking forward to it.
You havent tried nougat yet?
No i haven’t tried…it.
Mm,Its pretty great 🙂
Tbh,I haven’t used a lot of its features though.
Okay
You mean android O that’s android 8.0? or Nougat ? If you mean O its quite a while before it comes out.If you mean Nougat going from Marshmallow there are quite some changes and its really nice to use 😀
Nougat…i mean…. Thats what the review sites say
Its very nice to use 😀 You should really try it 🙂
Sure i will
Yes indeed. While lollipop was a major visual update and marshmallow followed up on that, nougat is a functional update bringing so many new functionalities and features which once you experience, you can never go back to older OS. The multi window and the new notification handling being my favorite.
Until this moment, I know that the new versions of android are better, but, in that they improve ?, I do not know ?, you could tell ?, is that, I have never had an android, less ios, if I have one, I would like Be aware of their improvements and deference in the versions
Sure, I will tell you what changed with lollipop and then marshmallow and Nougat and how it differentiates from iOS in the key areas.
Before lollipop, android phones were running KitKat which was pretty good. With Lollipop, google brought something called “material design” to all pf their apps and software. This introduced beautiful animations and amazing design. Now, all major apps have been updates by their developers to material design. So lollipop was a major looks overhaul. Completely changed how the software looks. Also, it introduced better battery life using ARM.
Next marshmallow was a comparatively smaller update but it introduced functionalities like permissions control, doze and google now on tap. It also made the OS smoother and didn’t change a lot of looks.
Android Nougat, the latest right now brought a lot of features like using two apps on the screen at once, replying to messages from the notification panel, etc.
Also, more recently google introduced google assistant to marshmallow and nougat phones.
Now, android O developer preview is out and will be released with the pixel 2’s. bringing autofill API’s, better settings menu, better notification control and so many smaller things.
Android is wonderful.
iOS is also great by its own right but its very restricted and offers almost no customization features and after using android’s freedom, its difficult to get used to iOS. Hope I helped, brother.
The answer from notification panel came with marshmallow on some phones didn’t it ? I remember using that feature on my Yureka but that was a wrong so I’m uncertain about that
Maybe that was a added feature with the yureka skin on your phone but stock marshmallow didn’t have that feature. That API was included only with android nougat. (:
I read up and found that it was the feature of whatsapp and not the phone itself as that was the only messenger I used.My bad 😐
No problem. 🙂
I remember that time when WhatsApp released that update. With Nougat running phones, you could hit reply in the notifications itself and the keyboard popped up right under to type and send.
With marshmallow, what happened was as soon as you hit reply, a widget popped up on the centre of the screen and you could reply from there instead of the notification bar. They gave the marshmallow users the next best thing.
Exactly thats what I’m talking about.That was a really handy feature as they let marshmallow users text on the go without having to close the app.
Yes. Smart move really. I have however, more than once, replied to the wrong message with that though. 😀 It used to change to a new message that has arrived sometimes
Never experienced that problem with the wrong chats as mosr of the time I don’t use it as I get multiple messages from different contacts at one point of time and end up having to open up the app although I used the notif-feature whenever I received single messages but still never faced that problem.
Nice. 🙂 After experiencing Nougat however, its hard to go back to any of the older notification styles. Bundling of the messages from the same app was genius
I would like to win the S8!
I hope you have liked my tips/news/leaks.
I think you do, as you have covered many of them 😛
Anyways, kudos on the Giveaway!
The nougat comes with a multi window feature and other awesome features. Correct me if am wrong but the galaxy S7 had a multi window feature, i am not entirely sure but i quite remember seeing something like that.
The s4 or the note 2 had multiwindow supprt 😀 🙂
But the nougat said its a new feature from one review site. I think maybe it isn’t really a new feature but perhaps an upgrade in that feature.
It was a new feature for nougat technically. But samsung had provided it as one of their features long back. 🙂
I was kinda contemplating
Actually, you are right. Nougat was the first android OS to support multi window. But the Samsung had implemented this in its touchwiz skin years ago, maybe just not this elegantly.
the s7 did have multi window and so did the s6 as a matter of fact
the thing is that many didnt see it or couldnt use it because it had to be enabled in the settings
as far as i know,it is now enabled by default-at least that would be the logical way forward
Even though it was supported by those phones there were quite some bugs and issues like the applications being run simultaneously crash and some Lag etc. Now that it comes with Android the bugs have reduced and there’s a much smoother experience 🙂
Seriously !!!, in nougat there are multi windows !!, no matter that the device does not include it by default, nougat gives it?
this mobile is the best of android
I really want to this Samsung Galaxy S8! 🙁 I lost my phone one month ago and can’t afford to buy another one 🙁 And this is my only chance to have a phone like this 🙁 really want to win. 🙂
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Everyone here is for the same reason 😀 Good lUck!
The task switcher is not like the s7,
And with the s8 its implementation is better than the pixel and the lg g6.
Maybe because its nougat and they did design the Samsung Experience 8.1(TouchWiz) really well compared to the old ones 😀
Yeah they did…. It has a whole lot of loaded experience interface wise
Especially Bixby ,although not fully functional I kinda like the features that it offers right now.Really waiting to see how the voice assistant is though 🙂
Yeah?
they say bixby isnt finished yet,and will have lots of voice commands to play with,but i think they should’ve started development earlier to keep up with the launch date
That’s true but I’m guessing they might’ve met with some issue there .Bixby of course isn’t anywhere near completion ,rumours say that its more than just a voice assistant and do a lot more functions and its not only for Samsung’s line of phones but also the TV’s and others 😀
That is a big claim to make but I think it comes down to personal preference and I love it. Touchwiz has always been annoying but since a year or two it has really grown on me and Ive begun to love it. Would be awesome to actually use it
Remember the old annoying ones ? they were the reason I hated Samsung products but they’ve done good this time around 😀
i agree that it is very preference based
touchwiz has been steadily improving since the s6,and has become more and more like stock android:sleek and fast
Yes totally agree.
As I said before, samsung is defined as innovation, in all its aspects
I agree!
Comparing the s7 game launcher to the new s8, its created a more simple way of organizing games and a variety of options to tune settings.
Its a real plus for samsung , i mean those who have been with a windows mobile is familiar with the x box app on it,even with the x box apps some games wont still show and well you can’t really have a setting interface that lets you tune stuff, but samsung s8 collects all your games in one place from the busy app interface from the launcher.
That seems nice 😀 I even heard of a game booster ,not sure how it works,which once enables optimizes gameplay and boosts FPS 😀
The settings panel gives you a variety of options to choose. didn’t really see much of a booster but i think if its to be part it would rrally be awesome.
i think this is a feature adapted from the s7, but tweaked to be more practical and efficient
This really suggests that Samsung has learnt to keep its interface simple and closer to stock android, which is a great move. Its the skin which has previously always caused lags and delays here and there in older S series. Samsung has begun to tone it down and make it snappy.
With the GeekBench 4( multi core) the s8 was second beatibg the iPhone ..and of course the s8+ toped with the highest score
Multi-core there’s a huge gap between the two with the S8 on the lead but with the single core the iPhone completely destroys the S8 and takes the crown for the best single core performance and even the 6S beats the Samsung while the 7Plus is at the top.iPhone is yet to come with their A11 10nm processors or Soc’s which will be much more efficient and faster(To come with the iPhone 8 ) Still the Samsung S8 is the fastest Android phone as of now 😀 As of now for multi-core samsung is the best so that means with apps that use multiple cores, like 3D games and others the S8 will be much more faster 😀
Though S8+ is probably unbeatable in the multicore test, the apple’s a10 chip is the single most all powerful chip to date and offers unmatched processing capabilities
Apple’s processors in the phones as opposed to SD in android and macbooks and PCs as opposed to intel processors, are very powerful. It is one of the primes reasons why most video editors use apple laptops and systems for video processing.
No doubt the iphone is the most powerful chip,samsung also bas its flouring part when it comes to the multicore analysis . The iphone undoubtedly is a worth every penny but lets give samsung the credit for stepping up to the challenge
It is indeed and I’m waiting to see exactly how much development there is as the Next-gen processors will be built using 10nm transistors.It’ll absolutely destroy its competition 😀
Yes and besides the multi cores will have different clock speeds to switch between power intensive use and idle low power use which might also save battery.
i dont really get how iphones have such amazing ram management!!!
if you look at all those speed test, you see that the apps arent relaunched,but rather kept in the background to be opened later
That is something that is kind of a mystery to all of us.What I know so far is apps that are set to do a short task is given slight priority and pushed back ,Apps that are downloading some file handover the process to the system and Apps that need to run in the background to support specific types of tasks can declare their support for one or more background execution modes. 😉 and iOS doesn’t collect garbage as well 😀 that’s what I understood from what I searched 😀
I have noticed this. Even with lesser RAM they manage to stay quick and snappy. It is really impressive.
I think it has to do with the perfect sync between hardware and software. Apple designs its own hardware and builds it own software for that hardware. So the hardware is made for the software and the software is made for the hardware which makes the experience of using the phone flawless even with lesser RAM.
The same isn’t true for Android, except for maybe the nexus and pixel.
Android is open source, made my google and all manufacturers take this software and put it in the phones made by them. They might tweak and optimize it for their hardware but they cant achieve the levels of relatability and sync that apple achieves.
Wanna see something funny ? Apple used to claim that their iOS was Open Source .That’s one thing I don’t like about them, They say its Open Source but don’t let any third parties to mess around atleast without having a hard day.I’m not sure about now but when I did jailbreak my previous iPod I wasn’t able to do so without facing hell.
That’s such a joke. xD On the contrary.
They are so tight about their software and OS, they allow so little personalization. It is almost like they sold you the phone but they still feel like its theirs and don’t want you to have complete ownership over it. Almost like they are scared no user likes their software and will change into something different the first chance they get.
The sheer number of android developers in GitHub is so much more than devs working in iOS. They surely give lesser freedom
Hence the huger crowd supporting android ;P although not in the US most people prefer having the latest iPhone just so that they seem cool also might be because iOS is pretty fool proof and simple ,other than that there’s no reason to go Apple.
Yes. It is perfect for adults who wouldn’t bother familiarizing a lot of the phone features like us. And yes its become a status issue, especially in India.
In the US, under the carrier contracts, iPhones are actually very cheap and that’s another main reason for popular apple support there
Haven’t heard much about the carrier contracts making it cheaper .. But in India its a status symbol anyone who has an iPhone or a top of the line Samsung is directly given respect and seen to be a wealthy individual.
The carrier contracts, yes. It will be sometimes less than half the price for which it is sold in india. Surprising, I know.
Here, as you said people buy it as a symbol to show off. What they don’t realise is while they are great as far as phones go, they aren’t nearly worth that much money.
My friends mother literally fought with him to get her an iPhone and her only reason was that it was an iPhone and after getting it as she moved from android(S6) she had to be taught how to use it.TBH i really don’t know why they choose it but hey if you’ve got money to pop might as well get the “best” right ?
Yeah we have to just think they are giving the money for their own self satisfaction and happiness. 🙂
Lol 😀
If an year old single or dual core processor is giving the latest octa core processors a run for their money, you can imagine how good they must be.
Just wait for the A11 to come out 😀 Things will definitely get interesting once the next iPhone comes out 😀
And things eould be more interesting the next year. Samsung will just blow our minds.
I’m expecting quite a bit from Samsung if the Apple rumours are true then they should be definitely on their feet working hard to fill the gap between the two 😀
Of they will be. An s9 wow…..lets just wait. I hope this page will still be active then to have another experience with all of you guys…its been an amazing experience
IKR its been a fun one meeting all these guys and especially getting to know much about each other and sharing some humour every now and then XD I’m glad I decided to take part here 😀 Win or Lose it was a whole lot of fun and I hope the people I met still stay active 😀 .I just noticed we just went from Geekbench score to the iPhone to this XD
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The s8 and the s8+ have the same specs right? Then what gives?
Nice spot 😉 maybe from where he read the S8 and S8 plus might have different processors like one with Snapdragon and one with the Exynos? although that’s not likely .Could be that 😀
i dont like the fact that they use snapdragon in the us and exynos in the uk:(
i think that everyone should get an equally amazing experience!!!
I’m sure everyone wants that and simply because Exynos is the better out of the two.Sadly Exynos although supports most carriers doesn’t support CDMA sothey can’t release it there :/ everywhere else like India for e.g doesn’t have carrier locks and comes unlocked so its available 😀
Yeah, but it does not long for a while! iPhone 8 comes, then Samsung down, lol 😛
One interesting feature about the samsung galaxy s8 is the fact that the home screen buttons move around,yes it does . This is super cool, samsung is just awesome
The Home screen background moves too giving a really nice immersive 3D effect:D
Oh i see…. Nice
I thought this was ingenious. Since, its not a full fledged live wallpaper which might be battery hogging but at the same time, not as still and pallid as a static wallpaper. Much like the live wallpapers released on the pixels with their launch.
I think upon adding this feature gave them the thought to really do a good work on the battery ,if the home screen buttons,wallpapers will be moving then definitely they had to make a good battery to make it users enjoy the phone
The battery is pretty decent.3000mAh on the S8 and 3500 on the S8+,whats really amazing is how efficient the phone is.The processor especially the Exynos is very efficient with battery and the RAM too 😀 Some of the features are really efficient even though they consume a lot more on other phones like the Always-On feature which barely takes up battery.They’ve also given the user flexibility to adjust according to the situation like how they let them change the resolution to even 720p and the tunable power saving mode and also the sleep option which puts to sleep apps that just don’t close like Whatsapp which still runs on the background to give notifications 😀
They really knew what they were really going for ….by bringing to board this new features. Especially with kind of battery they made last year.
It is nice to see that although seeing the red tint most people were frightened that it might be a repeat of last year 😐 After that whole issue Samsung learnt quite a bit and made their tests more intensive and also better designed the phone and the battery placement 😀
Yeah of course… Last year, the comments that came with the battery problems was OMG …really terrible.
So Samsung knew they shouldnt mess up.
Even with that the phone was still an amzing experience
Yeah … The Note 7 according to most reviewers was supposed to be at the top for their phone of the year list ..
But how did samsung get sloppy with the battery …i mean the phone was great the experince was super upon all the elapses
They got slightly care-less with the battery if I’m not wrong.The battery ended up short-circuiting say by puncturing the thin sheet separating the positive and negatives it heats up the electrolyte which is pretty flammable :/ that’s something I read somewhere quite a while ago 😀
You not wrong. it was pretty much the same thing i observed from my friend’s s7 edge.
In many ways some might say that the whole issue was a good thing as it took Samsung out of its glory seat and made them work hard and make sure to raise the bars with their next release which to some extent they have 😀
Yeah a blessing in disguise in would say.
A blessing which cost them billions.
unfortunately:(
Very True. Even is this smartphone manages to hit the ambitious 50 million mark, like they want, they will still need a lot more money to get even. Perhaps, that is another reason they want to relaunch the Note 7 to cover up their costs along with the Note 8.
i read that the whole cause was the battery casing had rounded edges,causing the sharp corners of the battery to get squashed and shorted
Did a quick google search got this from wired 😀
“In the case of batteries sourced from Amperex Technology Limited, some cells were missing insulation tape, and some batteries had sharp protrusions inside the cell that led to damage to the separator between the anode and cathode. The batteries also had thin separators in general, which increased the risks of separator damage and short circuiting.”
yes but unfortunately it didnt last long:(
That was certainly a bummer…but I’m sure at-least for the next few years they’ll be careful about their tests and make sure there is no design fault 😀 The old reputation they’ve gained back with the S8 and will get back their throne once the Note 8 comes out 😉
true
i think that they are trying to make up for the damage done by producing an amazing device for a decent price
Price although is a bit higher than most people prefer 😀 but you can’t say its not worth it,Its got everything that you’d expect from a flagship except that dual lens camera but TBH that’s not really necessary as we can see how even with one lens the camera is one of the best 😀 and they did retain their lost image with this phone 😀
i read that the s8 plus runs a little bit longer than the s8 due to a bigger battery,im guessing they did this to suffice for the bigger screen, but there is a ratio of screen size to battery , so they put more battery for the screen size than they needed
sorry if i confused you i didnt know how else to phrase it 🙁
You haven’t 😀 The screen itself is pretty battery efficient but what you said could be true 😀 I’m not exactly sure they’d spend more just to make upto the screen as with the bigger frame they could’ve done so much more 😉 They could’ve done so just to create some differentiation between the two.What you said does make much more sense though as the S8+ runs an extra 20-30minutes longer under stress tests
Yes rightly so. Samsung has made superior batteries for the s8 which will retain 95% of its charge capability even after a year of use while most phones are at 80%.
Wow. let me check this out.
You should .
I did and it’s awesome.
😀
Move around in the sense?
The home screen along with the buttons move around slightly as you move the phone in an angle giving it a 3D effect 😀 how do I put this ,The screen is reactive to movement basically XD
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i love samsungs attention to detail!
this just shows them trying to make up for the accidental damage with the note 7 by giving customers a premium experience
way to go samsung!!!!
And also how fast they’ve responded to the issues with updates 😀 They’ve certainly learnt a thing or two from the incident 😀
Yeah, they are good and making some changes instead of physical keys!
The navigation keys are really something nice and new 😀
Maybe he is talking about the home button which is pressure sensitive to move around by a few pixels to prevent burn in.
Exactly as there are no hardware buttons and if the pixels are displaying the same image for quite a while it will result in screen burn in(permanent discoloration) the the clock on the always-on display also moves around for the same reason 😀
Yup, the always on display which I have always dreamed of using. 😀
That’s the curse and boon of an amoled panel. True blacks and amazing contrasts but on the other hand burn ins. True blacks make always on display possible while burn ins threaten it and Samsung have managed a nice simple solution.
wasn’t the always on taken from the Motos ? Not sure about that but you should check out the Dot matrix cases they’re really cool 😀
I think the Moto came up with the ambient notifications first seen in Moto X one. Whenever one moved the phone or got a notification, a small white bubble would pop up with the time and blink for a few seconds. Google later included it in the nexus 6 with lollipop too. And now its there in pixels too.
Samsung took this to the next level by letting it be always on instead of a few seconds and made it look so much better. I love it 😀
Like I said earlier if you love the always on then you’ll love the dot-matrix cases check em out .The ambient notifications is something I’ve always wanted on my phone but couldn’t get it 😐 tried to mod as much as possible but still it didn’t feel like how it did with the Moto
I had an HTC desire 820 which supported dot matrix case. I used to absolutely love that and my friends were really impressed too. 😀
Haha, I did the same thing too on the HTC. Tried so many apps, so many roms. There was an xposed module for that and even that didn’t work. Whatever did work didn’t fee good enough as the original thing.
Samsung came out with something pretty much the same as dot-matrix but I’m not sure if it’ll be as energy efficient as having the always-on display.Its called the LED case if I’m not mistaken
ohh okay,I didnt know this ! 🙂
Good to know . 😀
Googled about it now 😉
just slightly to avoid screen burn
a few pixels to the left and right so it won’t have the same pixels constantly lit up
just a few pixels to the left and right so the same ones don’t stay constantly lit up(otherwise it would cause the image to be permanently burned into the amoled panel)
I didnt know that. Good to know 🙂
You mean you can switch the position of the on screen buttons?
By default, the recent apps is to the left hand side, home at the middle and back on the right hand side. It has been like this in all previous S phones and notes. Which is the opposite of stock android and mostly all other phones.
Now, with s8 they have allowed users to switch between the back and recent apps buttons to make them like stock android. Isnt that awesome?
we used to have to root our phones to do this and risk getting the phone bricked to do this but now I’m happy that they’re offering a new level of customization
Yep,as @AshwinPras:disqus said below Samsung offers the ability to switch between two layouts in the navigation bar 1.The normal android layout with the recent at the left and 2.Samsung layout with the back at the left
This shows how Samsung is increasing flexibility for its users in many ways 😀
No Physical Keys for Home buttons?
no it’s all on screen now?
Nop,Samsung got rid of them for the s8
I liked the physical buttons but they had to get rid of it for the nearly bezel less display.
also you can switch the position of the on screen buttons which is cool for people coming from a stock android experience where the buttons are the other way round.
i guess this is samsungs way of attracting customers from a larger area.
Exactly.Samsung could’ve just gone with their own way and forced users to follow but they haven’t done that here,with this phone they’ve provided a lot of flexibility to the user if you see carefully 😀
Correction: You meant the home buttons and not the screen my bad 😐
they’ve made the ui more user friendly AND more customizable, and i really appreciate their effort to make up for previous mistakes
They have always had them reverse compared to stock android in the previous phones. Now they have finally listened to feedback and allowed switching. 😀
these little things do add up to make a fine phone
To prevent burn-in. 🙂
best phone ever. PERIOD.
i guess it’s a matter of opinion though.
one could say that no-one would need a curved screen or bluetooth 5.0,
but its up to preference an what you are really aiming to get
Bluetooth 5.0 headsets are not out right now but as of now one can use it to its best by connecting two headphones at the same time via bluetooth and whats even cool is that you can set your phone to play music through the headphone or speakers and also play games at the same time without losing the game audio by letting it play through the phone speakers 😀
Curved screen, maybe is only an aesthetic improvement but Bluetooth 5 is a huge upgrade. As rishab has said below, you can use two devices at one because of the increased bandwidth compared to Bluetooth 4.X. Also, the range is quadrupled.
before Bluetooth range was 50 metres without walls and lesser with walls in between. Now its over 200 metres without walls which is a big deal isn’t it?
So if you are a Bluetooth user, you will seriously love this upgrade.
I use skullcandy ink’d wireless so I will be very happy with the Bluetooth upgrade if I win
Nope! Just a good mobile as present but it have huge competitors too!
My husband really wants one of these for his birthday/father’s day/anniversary in June!! This would be wonderful to win for him!
infinity lover
I was looking for a give away. I appreciate to effort
I think Samsung galaxy so will be a great success for Samsung. It will help them to fight in global market
i think the s8 is a big opponent for pretty much every other phone these days
remember to contribute to the discussion!
Infinity screen is going to be trend in market soon
You’re right ,most manufacturers seem to be bringing curved screens to their flagships 😀 like the Mi6 😀
i bet most phones will begin to have curved screens in the next few years
If not curved screens, the bezel free displays will surely become the norm
Mostly on flagships or the feature will lose its exclusivity :/
Either way, its not like all manufacturers can pull something like this off easily anytime soon. Samsung will have spent a fortune on R&D and design
You’re not wrong ,Samsung spent a huge 13 billion dollars on R&D last year but its sad to see that one of the most important feature which was supposed to come with the S8 didn’t show much results and had to be postponed :/
wow that’s a lot!
considering the one plus 3t is super cheap for. it’s specs we can assume that they didn’t spend much on r&d which is cool because they still managed to make a beast of a device
R&D they might have spent to an extent but for marketing according to Aditya was only 10,000$.Pretty amazing right ?
OP3T was a very conservative phone with a very conservative design. 🙂
Most of their R&D probably went to dash charging.
But Samsung on the other hand changed so many things about a phone.
yes and the large screen fitting on a very small body
That’s a major upgrade from old phones. Screen to body ratio will go from being in the 70ish% to 90+% consistently. And I think that’s a brilliant development.
We are already beginning to see that trend, after devices like the S8, G6 and Mi Mix with their awe inspiring screen to body ratio, all other devices look dated with the huge bezels. Don’t you think so?
After reading all those reviews and pictures right now ,as you mentioned, when I look at another it just seems so bleh .Xiaomi started a revolution although it was popularized and taken to the top by Samsung 😉 only issue was the Mix broke pretty easy :/
Yes IKR. 😀
One analogy that keeps coming to my head is the change in trend from the box TVs to the slim LED panels.
People gawk at box TVs when they see them today after being so used to gorgeous flat screens. They have gone bezel-less too.
Like they say, once you see it, you cant unsee it.
PS: We shifted recently and still have that box TV here and I see people exclaiming at it all the time xD
You absolutely got that right mate :). These days, it’s all about the design and specifications, products which have got the best of both are killing the competitition, no doubt. Can’t wait to see what unfolds in the future 😀
after seeing the beauty of the s8, my friend’s s7 looked huge!
the screen to body ratio is absolutely key here in creating a smooth “infinity” experience
Haha, not an infinity experience, but an “Immersive” experience for sure. All the best. 😀
yep! It started already!
Yeah. Other companies will be smart about it and not call it the infinity display. 😀 They will replicate it and add their improvements and give it their own name.
Samsung s8 will be a good opponent for iPhone 7plus
That is just a matter of preference really 😀 iPhone performance-wise is pretty much far ahead due to its processor.Can’t really compare the two 😀 The S8 series is actually the best Android phone in the market as of now for its price 😉
True that 🙂
Couldnt agree more..but as Rishad has always been saying ,preference is all it is
He is right. Even though they are hardcore competitors, they are miles different from eachother with respect to their products and everything, so it will all come down to preference in the end
Excatly!
Indeed. iPhone 8 will be influenced by the S8 now. Apple will keep a close eye to see what Samsung did right or wrong to incorporate and modify their own design. It is better to phrase it as iPhone 7 will be a good opponent to Samsung Galaxy S8. 🙂
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That’s true
I agree. Since I have been coming here, I have met some like minded tech freaks like me and really enjoyed all the conversations. 🙂 It became really natural.
Usually, I am pretty alone with all my tech enthusiasm. This feels great
Nice meeting you @Ashwin
Very nice meeting you, too Bossman. I have thoroughly enjoyed myself talking to you and all the discussions we have had. Cheers. 🙂
Yeah ,When I started out here I didn’t expect to end up mingling and getting to know so many people and share information I thought it’ll be just me writing what I feel about then I met people one by one and like that by now I can say I’ve made around 4-5 friends here 😀 I’ve also been filled up in some sections where I wasn’t sure about 😀 Glad I took part here .This site really needs to spread more 🙂
probably the best phone in 2K17
That’s most likely either the next iPhone or the Note 8 😉
So far yes. 🙂 Technology moves fast my friend.
Consider iPhone 7 too 😀
Love being a part of this website.
Love the giveaways. Have been a frequent visitor.
Thank you theandriodsoul for such wonderful stuff and ideas always.
Team is working hard and it’s visible.
They also go the extra mile to notify us of great deals every now and then 😀
even though I can’t afford it even on offer, it’s still great of the team to work hard to find the best deals!!
This guy deserves an award. My words exactly. appreciate the efforts and a ton of thanks to @TheAndroidSoul
good luck buddy!!