The Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ are the perfect Android phones you possibly can buy. Starting at a reasonably steep $750 and $850, respectively, Samsung’s new flagship phones forge a gorgeous new path for smartphone design by stripping away ugly bezels with their respective 5.8- and 6.2-inch infinity shows, and these are the first handsets to boast Qualcomm’s beastly Snapdragon 835 processor for fast performance.

A number of months after the Galaxy's S8 launch, Samsung’s new Bixby digital assistant is fully available although nonetheless hit or miss, and we’re not fans of the fingerprint sensor’s location. However if you add in excellent battery life and enhancements to a camera that was already high-notch, you will have successful handsets with the Galaxy S8 and S8+.

No offense to the LG G6, however the Galaxy S8 exemplifies a bezel-free phone accomplished right. Samsung didn’t just take away the bezels on this phone; it crafted an area-age murals with a new infinity show that stretches from edge to edge. The Galaxy S8 not solely has a slightly bigger screen-to-body ratio than LG’s phone but in addition looks sleeker because of the best way the Gorilla Glass curves toward the perimeters on the front and back. Other Android phones appear to be blah, flat slabs by comparison. The S8 can be thinner and narrower than the G6.

The screen on the S8 is 5.eight inches, versus 6.2 inches on the S8+. But aside from the difference in display size, the S8 and S8+ have the same design. General, we want the larger screen on the S8+, however you probably have small arms, you’ll likely end up repositioning the phone in your hand to achieve certain buttons, including the home button, which is now a digital button instead of a physical key. The button labored nicely in our testing, providing solid haptic feedback. It’s flanked by the Recent Apps and Back buttons.

What’s remarkable in regards to the Galaxy S8 is how much more screen real estate it gives you compared with the S7, while still offering a compact and lightweight design. The S8’s 5.eight-inch screen is housed in a 5.5-ounce, 2.7-inch-broad chassis, whereas the 5.1-inch S7 weighed 5.4 ounces and had the identical width. The S8 is taller, nevertheless it’s nonetheless easy to use with one hand.
With its 6.2-inch screen, the 6.1-ounce S8+ is heftier than the 5.5-ounce, 5.5-inch S7 Edge. But the S8+ makes the iPhone eight Plus (6.2 x 3.1 x 0.29 inches, 7.13 ounces) look positively bloated. Plus, in contrast to the latest iPhones, the S8 and S8+ have headphone jacks.
Regardless of which size you choose, it received’t be long earlier than you see fingerprint smudges on the back of the phone. The smudges had been particularly distinguished on the midnight black model of the S8 and S8+, but you can even select the lighter orchid grey or arctic silver, which don’t show smudges as easily.

We have been worried that the fingerprint sensor’s placement right subsequent to the digital camera on the back of the Galaxy S8 and S8+ could be a problem. And it was, initially. Because the sensor is pretty narrow, it’s tough to target it without looking. We got used to it after a couple of days, however we nonetheless want it were under the lens.