
Rating 4.9 out of 5 stars with 84 reviews
4.9- Camera Quality (29)
- Ease of use (11)
- Battery Life (10)
- Processor Speed (9)
- Design (5)
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- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Phone
My old phone was giving out on me. I got this phone to replace it and it is by far the best one yet. The camera on it is great. It is easy to use and the design and layout of the phone is great. Its also a bonus that it is water resistant.
Posted by Itstotallyautumn
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent phone, worth every penny
I've never been one for expensive phones. All my life I've settled for decent phones that would allow for calls and texts and minimal web use. But lately I was wanting to indulge and buy a high performance phone. I knew my two options would be an iphone or a galaxy. With the release of the S8 and all it's amazing consumer reviews, I knew I'd be going in that direction. So I recently bought the S8, and let me say I DO NOT regret it!! This phone is phenomenal!!! The curved edge display is lovely. The screen resolution is BEYOND! I have no problems with storage or battery life. Once my phone is charged, the battery can last me all day (and that's with me constantly online and texting). The camera quality (both front and rear) is AMAZING, super crisp and hd. I think the only thing that I would change is the fingerprint sensor; it's located right next to the camera lens so if you're not careful you can smudge the lens when trying to unlock your phone with the sensor. But other than that this phone has been beyond satisfactory :)
Posted by Nicole
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great phone
I am quite happy with this purchase. Honestly, I was a little worried about the reports of how fragile the S8 is but I have yet to damage it (knock on wood). This is my first OLED phone and the brightness and vividness of the screen is a huge improvement over LCD. Samsung Pay is great is WAY better than Apple Pay, in that MST technology allows you to use the phone with any magnetic terminal and can still use NFC for terminals that are set up for it. I've tried it out several times and works great at different retailers. Its quite fast in day to day stuff. I'm not much of a gamer so haven't tested that yet. There are several new features such as VR (Daydream) and Dex docking that I probably will never use but nice to have that option. Bottom line, I would recommend it.
Posted by perfguy
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great phone
Samsung really hit the mark with this one. The phone is fast, powerful, the camera is phenomenal, and the 64gb of onboard storage plus compatibility with up to 256gb micro SD cards is a great bonus
Posted by Chris
- Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Phone Overall
I love this phone already! I'm going from an S5 to the S8. So for me the changes are the best, it may not be as much of a wow for those that had the S7, I think. The quality of the camera is great and the battery life is amazing. This may not be a plus but I really can go a whole day (from 6 am to 12am) and still have some battery left. Bixby is cool but not a major interest. Samsung's smartswitch transferred literally everything from my old phone (even web pages/tabs I still had open), so that was a huge relief. And getting a great phone and paying the same amount a month is great, would recommend 100%. I wished virgin mobile offered the different colors, but there's no way you can use this without a case, so it becomes a non issue.
Posted by Tori