The Galaxy S8 is not the first
handset to have a nearly bezel-free front, or the first with a rounded display,
a virtual home button, or a super thin frame. However, it is the first to
combine these elements in a way that is as simple as it is practical to the
eye. The S8 is water repellent. It has a camera with the iPhone 7 Plus and
Google Pixel XL. The audio performance is impressive. The display has a
uniquely wide aspect ratio of 18.5: 9 to 5.8 inches (5.8 inches) on the S8 and
6.2 inches (6.8 inches) on the S8 + and is undoubtedly beautiful. It's
lightning fast. And luckily there is a headphone jack.
Where the S8 stumbles, it disappears
from the basics into unnecessary gadgets: a fiddly iris scanner and confusing
software adjustments. The much visited Bixby, a virtual assistant who wanted to
engage with Apple's Siri and Amazon Alexa, is extremely incomplete at the
start. But wait a minute: the positives outweigh the negatives. The Carphone
Warehouse offers up to £ 150 for the new device when you swap your Samsung
Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge - the Samsung Galaxy S8 is sleek, powerful and inevitably
seductive. Let's take a closer look.
Design:
The Galaxy S8 is hard to resist if
you see it in the flesh. The chunky upper and lower bezels, the elongated home
button and the flashy Samsung logo that defined the Galaxy series since the S3
in 2012, have disappeared. Instead, a larger AMOLED screen extends across the
bezel towards bezels, each just six millimeters thick edge. In conjunction with
the now ubiquitous curved glass of the brand, which cleverly conceals the
bezels left and right of the screen, Samsung has produced a beautiful phone,
one with a very own style.
When the screen is largely black
(using Samsung's Always On mode to display time, date, and important
notifications in standby mode), the fades disappear almost completely, creating
the illusion of a single, seamless display. Under the front panel, various
sensors are neatly disguised, which are black regardless of the five available
colors. When the screen is on, rounded corners reflect the curve around the
edges of the phone. In contrast to LG's attempt with the G6 they are pleasantly
smooth.
It helps that the Galaxy S8 is
symmetrical. The curved glass is perfectly mirrored by a curved glass back. A
sleek border containing the power, volume, and Bixby buttons, a combined SIM
and SD card slot, a USB Type-C port, and a headphone jack connect the two
halves together. The result is a phone that feels as good as it looks. In idle
stroking it quickly becomes a habit.
Display:
Theoretically, more content should be displayed on the 18.5:
9 screens, especially since Android is designed so much in list form in
portrait format. In practice, the text is often wrapped in an extra line
compared to a standard 16: 9 screen, eliminating the difference. Most games do
not take advantage of the extra height, and they run like 16: 9 widescreen
videos, but they can be cropped and enlarged while the game is running. Only
movies that are filmed in ultra wide aspect ratios of 1.85: 1 and 2.39: 1 fill
most of the screen cleanly.
The Galaxy S8's AMOLED display has also been certified with
Mobile HDR Premium. Similar to UHD Premium TV Certification, Mobile HDR Premium
is a set of minimum requirements that manufacturers must meet to view HDR
content from sites such as Netflix and Amazon. HDR for mobile phones is
basically the same as on TV: There are richer colors, better contrast and
brighter highlights. HDR has a dramatic impact on image quality compared to
simply increasing the resolution. Once you have tried it, it is difficult to
return to a standard picture.
Bixby:
Large parts of the software suite from Samsung are optional.
You can uninstall the mail app, news, and browser and replace it with popular
Google alternatives. Even those that cannot be uninstalled (like the calendar
app or the home screen) can be easily disabled in the settings. WIRED's only
criticism is that the Galaxy S8 insists that his own app serves to transfer
data from another phone, rather than from Google, which is common on most
Android phones. It even got us to use a physical cable (included) to move data
from a Google Pixel.
This is no better reflected than with Bixby, Samsung's
virtual assistant. Bixby wants to be everything to everyone: a range of daily
updates, reminders, and transportation recommendations like Google Now; a
powerful image search tool like Google Goggles; These are high goals, and Bixby
feels like a beta product in its current form. The voice feature that every
other virtual assistant knows is not even available in English at startup.
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