- What is going on, tech squad?
Andru Edwards here, editor-in-chief at GearLive.com,
and today I'm bringing you a look
at the brand new Samsung Galaxy S8.
I've got the arctic silver edition here in my right hand
as well as the orchid gray here in my left.
There you can see the subtle differences
between those two colors,
but today we're gonna be opening these up
and obviously they're already open,
and I'll also be giving you an overview
of the Samsung Galaxy S8 letting you know
what sets it apart from the pack.
Now, before we jump into all that though,
in case you missed it, we are doing
a Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus giveaway.
I'm gonna leave a link to the giveaway
in the description down below.
It's gonna be two winners.
First place wins an S8 or S8 Plus, their choice,
and then second place gets a Galaxy S8,
and of course aside from this unboxing
and already there'll be a bunch more
Galaxy S8 content here on the channel,
so be sure you're subscribed and hit that bell notification
to find out when new videos drop.
If you've been following my channel for a while now,
you'll remember that I hit New York City a few weeks ago
to be there for the launch and announcement
of the brand new Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus smartphones,
and I'll leave a card to that video here above
as well as a link down in the description below,
but now it's finally here.
We are on the eve of the launch
of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus smartphones
and Samsung has made some huge improvements in my opinion,
so let's get into the box and talk about those.
Opening up the box right up front,
you're gonna see the Samsung Galaxy S8.
This one here is provided by Verizon.
I have a Verizon model, which is the arctic silver,
as well as a T-Mobile version, which is the orchid gray.
Removing the S8, right underneath,
we're gonna see a little box that has
a SIM card removal tool taped to one side of it
and then on the inside of this box,
you're gonna find the Meet Your Phone quick start guide
along with the normal regulatory information
that I'm sure everyone is gonna read thoroughly.
Moving along from there, we've also got
an adaptive fast charging AC adapter,
which I'm curious if it supports
the Qualcomm Quick Charge 4.0 speeds.
I know Samsung doesn't really tout quick charge
because they have their adaptive fast charge,
but since they've got the Qualcomm 835 Snapdragon processor
inside the phone which does support Quick Charge 4.0,
curious if their fast charge will meet that same standard
because 4.0 was supposed to be insanely quick,
Also in the box is the Smart Switch USB connector
which allows you to basically plug in
something like an iPhone and have it transfer
all of your data, all your contacts,
all your information from an old iPhone
onto the Galaxy S8 or S8 Plus,
so that's a cool little gadget
that they included in the box.
There's also a micro USB to USB-C adapter
and a USB-C to USB-A cable,
which you'll use for charging and syncing.
Rounding things out is a pair of high quality
AKG earbuds included in the package,
along with a few extra ear tips to allow you to find
which size fits best for you and for your comfort.
Now, that's what's inside the box.
Let's talk about the Galaxy S8 itself
in case you're not aware of all the specs and features.
One thing I do wanna say right off the bat,
if you pick up the Verizon version,
you've got the nice and wide coverage
almost anywhere you go in the country,
but I do also have the T-Mobile version here,
and T-Mobile is the only carrier currently to support
gigabit LTE on the Galaxy S8 or really any smartphone.
It basically melds together three different
LTE technologies and aggregates them
to allow you to reach pretty crazy speeds on LTE.
Again, that's only on T-Mobile though here at launch.
Now, when you talk about the Samsung Galaxy S8,
of course the first thing you need to discuss
is that display, the brand new infinity display.
It's a 5.8 inch dual curved QHD super AMOLED display.
Samsung said this is a screen without limits.
I say it's a screen with pretty much no bezel,
and it makes the screen look really impressive.
The display stretches from edge to edge
at a resolution of 2930 by 1440,
giving it an 18 and a half by nine aspect ratio,
so it's a little longer and a little thinner
than the smartphone displays you've pretty much been used to
which are typically 16 by nine.
People always wanna know about the cameras on a smartphone
and the Samsung Galaxy S8 pretty much
holds over the same camera technology
found in the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy Note 7 from last year,
so what you have is a 12 megapixel camera on the back,
but it does have improved software
for processing those pictures,
so your pictures should look a little better
than they did before on those previous devices.
But one camera that did get vastly improved
is the front camera.
It's now an eight megapixel wide angle camera with autofocus
so now when you're holding out your phone to take a selfie,
you don't have to reach in and tap on the display
in order to focus on your face.
Now the camera will just do it automatically for you.
Another new technology is the face scanner,
so there's the iris scanner,
which was brought over from the Note 7.
There's the fingerprint sensor,
which is in a super weird place.
It's actually right next to the camera on back,
which everybody's been saying is super confusing.
I feel the same way.
When you're just trying to reach for it on your own
without looking, you're pretty much gonna end up
rubbing your finger over the camera,
probably rubbing your finger over the flash
until you find which of the three areas
is the fingerprint sensor, so fingerprint sensor,
not that convenient this time around,
but the iris scanner is there and it's pretty quick
at unlocking your phone and the face scanner is even faster,
although it's a little bit less secure.
Just like the Galaxy 7 and Note 7 before,
the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus
are water and dust-resistant with an IP68 rating,
and maybe we'll test that one out in one of our next videos,
and maybe we'll test it in something other than water.
Let me know.
Leave me a comment down below and let me know
what I should dip and submerge the Samsung Galaxy S8 in
in order to test its waterproof abilities.
On the inside, you've got 64 gigabytes of onboard memory,
but you can expand that by 256 gigabytes
by using a micro SD card.
Those do not come in the box.
Those are sold separately,
and I've got a couple of micro SD cards that I like to use.
I'm a big fan of SanDisk cards,
so if you want something more on the budget range of things,
you can go with the SanDisk Ultra Line
or if you want the fastest that they offer,
I always go with the SanDisk Extreme Pro cards.
The Extreme Pro have the fastest
read and write speeds out there,
so they work especially great
when you're shooting and transferring 4K video.
I'll leave a link down below to B&H Photo,
my preferred place for picking up the SanDisk cards
because if you live outside of New York state,
you can actually buy your stuff there tax-free.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 is an eight core processor
with four 2.35 gigahertz cores and four 1.9 gigahertz cores,
so you've got your efficient cores
and you've your your performance cores,
and one other standout feature here,
the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus are the first smartphones
to ship in the world with Bluetooth 5.0 built in.
Bluetooth 5.0 is a big step up.
It allows you to connect to devices faster,
it allows you to stay connected further away,
four times further away,
and the best part is that now you can stream
to multiple Bluetooth devices at a time,
so if you have two Bluetooth speakers
or two pairs of Bluetooth headphones
or one speaker and one pair of headphones,
you can connected both to the phone
and stream music or video, whatever,
to both devices and hear it simultaneously.
So there you have it, guys.
That was your first look at the Samsung Galaxy S8
and S8 Plus.
We'll do the waterproofing test.
You guys let me know in the comments below
what you think I should submerge the Galaxy S8 phone in,
and of course, we have a camera review
and full review coming as well,
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Thanks so much for watching, as always, guys.
I appreciate your support.
I'm Andru Edwards and I'll catch you in the next video.