Samsung Galaxy S8 Review

Last year’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge were excellent phones, but then washing machines starting blowing up and Note 7s started catching fire. So, how does a company like Samsung bounce back from a lousy year like that? By building devices as good as the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. Spoiler alert: Despite Bixby being incomplete, these are two of the best smartphones money can buy.

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[eragonshade]

I love the POSITIVE review Engadget. I've been going around and looking at them and so far every single one of them has had haters in the comments section. Thanks for not giving the iSheep something to hate ;)

[jamilmukhtar]

How do reviewers test battery life? They always say you can get about a day of battery but once you get the phone, you barely get 10 hours after using twitter, instagram, some browsing and chatting.

[NCapitaine]

WOW what is this magic ?! At 7:00 is Zelda TWM working with great fps on the S8 ? :D

[TechLineHD]

Awesome phone. If it had 128GB of storage option at launch, it would have been super awesome.

[jayshim]

Love how this vid has lots of real-life experiences of the new features... especially Bixby. Definitely now buying the orchid grey S8+ after my exams.

[CreativeBlue]

Don't forget to review phone call quality and sound, not just cute Snapchat filters.

[SHINjuju]

Didn't know about the GIF maker or the extensive wine identifying functionality, and that it can withstand being dunked in wine! All things that matter to me. Can't wait for mine to come in the mail.

[gwilosteez]

You answered the question I had been looking for, iris scanner works with glasses,

[ManVsLag]

Thanks for the awesome review! I'm hoping to pick one up within the next few months!

[sinakhansari]

comment on battery life seems very wrong

[VKTR_Tech]

By the way the home button is nothing like the iPhone's. The iPhone's home button makes it feel like something is actually clicking, whereas the S8's button is actually like force touch on the SCREEN of the iPhone, which means it detects pressure and vibrates when activated.

[mnasonj]

great vid...covered some points that others did not and I think I made the choice of getting one. I was torn between buying this and a zte axon 7

[peophones]

the best s8/+ review so far. but that battery note seems off

[yamenfaraghaly]

The game that you’re using is nice what is its name?

[MajDroid]

What's the name of the music app shown at 00:12 ?

[za]

oh please we already know the specs. how is the phone for full time use? does it heat up when using it while charging? tell us stuff other than specs. we already know the specs which are already on samsung site

[playnexz]

for all of us that pre ordered our s8 & s8+'s.. Will we be receiving our vr headsets with the phones or later on?

[sidersproductions]

Please just spend a little more than 3 seconds on the camera portion.

[hiravparekh]

Ur battery life prediction is way more than what others are reporting

[artemisjones]

Dude where you playing Legend of Zelda Wind Waker on your S8?