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If I take the Swedish price remove VAT and convert to USD it comes out at 759. That is for the +.
Usually the US price is less than ours VAT removed.
- Galaxy S8: 3,000 mAh
- Galaxy S8 Plus: 3,500 mAh
From the Verge regarding face unlock:
...the best way to unlock the phone is Samsung’s new face detect system. It takes about 20 seconds to set up and once you do, it works really well. It’s not the same, bad face unlock that was introduced in Android years ago, it’s an entirely new system Samsung made.
In my 10 minutes or so of playing with it, it didn’t fail to unlock a single time. In fact, it was so fast that we a hard time filming it.
http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/29/1...ed-features-release-date-video-specifications
...the best way to unlock the phone is Samsung’s new face detect system. It takes about 20 seconds to set up and once you do, it works really well. It’s not the same, bad face unlock that was introduced in Android years ago, it’s an entirely new system Samsung made.
In my 10 minutes or so of playing with it, it didn’t fail to unlock a single time. In fact, it was so fast that we a hard time filming it.
http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/29/1...ed-features-release-date-video-specifications
That might be the best feature of the Galaxy S8 so far if it works that fast!
Preorders tomorrow! Nice!
Phone looks incredible but I just cant be a fan of all these duplicate apps and services
Bixby might be good after all....or just another duplicate app. Need to try it first....
Pretty much this, design-wise is brilliant but the software is a bloated and confusing mess IMO.
Honestly, this is an easy solve.
Will it work though. I hope it's better than S voice. It sounds decent even if not original.
It's like they read MacRumors for a few months, and then build a new phone based upon the rumours...
The S8 looks just like the mockups on here a few weeks ago, for the next iPhone.
The S8 looks just like the mockups on here a few weeks ago, for the next iPhone.
Looks great. Interesting to see they are so into making a true Samsung ecosystem. That's the one thing Apple has had for years and makes it such a strong brand. The phone itself has an impressive screen, but that's just hardware.
And why are these Samsung keynotes always so awkward lol.
And why are these Samsung keynotes always so awkward lol.
yep, at least according to the Verge. Still waiting for "official" word.
http://www.theverge.com/circuitbrea...s8-price-announced-verizon-att-sprint-tmobile
Was possibly thinking on getting an S8+, but after reading about the official phones, not a frigging chance;
- Lol. Launched with outdated software. Android 7.1 has been out awhile, and these just ship with last years 7.0 UNACCEPTABLE.
- 3,000mAh battery on the 5.8" phone is way too small, and will just give average battery life, and 3,500mAh on the 6.2" phone again is just too small, will probably have good battery life, but not like if it had a 4,000mAh which the S8+ should absolutely have. Why can the Huawei Mate 9 with a 5.9" screen come with a 4,000mAh battery, and has amazing battery life.
- And Touchwiz, again, they need to be selling GPE phones again, the option to pay full price for a Samsung Galaxy phone running stock Android supported directly by Google. That's the only way to guarantee timely updates and a smooth OS. These S8 will be lucky to see Android O by Spring 2018, heck they aren't even shipping with the current 7.1
- TW blows, don't care what anyone says, I have owned the Note II, S3, S4, Note 5, S7 Edge. Every single one of those phones lags like an old Windows 95 PC after a few months. Even the Note 5, yeah brand new it was awesome, but six months later was a laggy bogged down phone. My co-workers all got S7 Edge for Christmas recently, I set them all up, and I was shocked at how much tiny micro stutter, and little hiccups all these S7 Edge's had. They were not smooth phones at all. I went to T-mobile last Fall to look at the Note 7's, the salesman had a personal Note 7 he let me play with, he said look how smooth this phone is, I said wow not. It lagged at spots here and there, and would stutter for half a second when doing a lot of stuff.
-Stock Android is 1,000 times more smooth than TW, even Nougat Toucchwiz. Today in 2017, there's zero need for these manufactures UI anymore, they should all be running vanilla Android 7.1.2
- Lastly I am no iPhone at all, but surprisingly have an iPhone 7 Plus as my daily driver, and I am shocked at how smooth iOS 10.3 is, just so buttery darn smooth, never hiccups, never lags, it's just always the same speed always smooth. Touchwiz Nougat isn't even close to the smoothness of iOS, and TW isn't as smooth as Android 7.1 , that's not opinion, but fact.
- Lol. Launched with outdated software. Android 7.1 has been out awhile, and these just ship with last years 7.0 UNACCEPTABLE.
- 3,000mAh battery on the 5.8" phone is way too small, and will just give average battery life, and 3,500mAh on the 6.2" phone again is just too small, will probably have good battery life, but not like if it had a 4,000mAh which the S8+ should absolutely have. Why can the Huawei Mate 9 with a 5.9" screen come with a 4,000mAh battery, and has amazing battery life.
- And Touchwiz, again, they need to be selling GPE phones again, the option to pay full price for a Samsung Galaxy phone running stock Android supported directly by Google. That's the only way to guarantee timely updates and a smooth OS. These S8 will be lucky to see Android O by Spring 2018, heck they aren't even shipping with the current 7.1
- TW blows, don't care what anyone says, I have owned the Note II, S3, S4, Note 5, S7 Edge. Every single one of those phones lags like an old Windows 95 PC after a few months. Even the Note 5, yeah brand new it was awesome, but six months later was a laggy bogged down phone. My co-workers all got S7 Edge for Christmas recently, I set them all up, and I was shocked at how much tiny micro stutter, and little hiccups all these S7 Edge's had. They were not smooth phones at all. I went to T-mobile last Fall to look at the Note 7's, the salesman had a personal Note 7 he let me play with, he said look how smooth this phone is, I said wow not. It lagged at spots here and there, and would stutter for half a second when doing a lot of stuff.
-Stock Android is 1,000 times more smooth than TW, even Nougat Toucchwiz. Today in 2017, there's zero need for these manufactures UI anymore, they should all be running vanilla Android 7.1.2
- Lastly I am no iPhone at all, but surprisingly have an iPhone 7 Plus as my daily driver, and I am shocked at how smooth iOS 10.3 is, just so buttery darn smooth, never hiccups, never lags, it's just always the same speed always smooth. Touchwiz Nougat isn't even close to the smoothness of iOS, and TW isn't as smooth as Android 7.1 , that's not opinion, but fact.