hello everyone Eber here with Hardware Canucks and welcome back to another video
copy text is over it's over and I'm slowly recovering from jet lag plus
catching up with some sleep but regardless of that today we're going to
be talking about this the Samsung Galaxy S8 plus now before we move on I need
to quickly mention that this is by no means a full dedicated review video
because I'm sure you've watched countless of them online I'll be
focusing this video on the things I liked about this device and the things I
didn't like because I've spent nearly a month using this as my daily driver so
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alright let's address something that anyone would think of when taking a
glance at the S8 it's just beautiful Samsung has
definitely brought their a-game to the table after the note 7 recall and they
played it safe this time yet pushing the limits of a modern smartphone design
I've got the midnight black bear in here and I've got to admit everything from
the curved edges to the smooth metal body or unibody construction screens
quality it's a marvelous piece of engineering that one would have dreamed
four years ago that being said one of the drawbacks to this design is the
implementation of Gorilla Glass 5 at the back as it quickly picks up grease and
fingerprints which makes it almost uncomfortable to use the phone at times
plus it also gets slippery thankfully I haven't dropped this yet because that
would have been quite a disaster and obviously a quick fix to this would be
to apply a skin of some sort but like I mentioned in my g6 review video I would
appreciate if companies move towards matte finishes in the future because I
preferred those over glass backs the screen covers 80% of the body yielding
thinner bezels at the top and bottom while the curved edges on the sides make
it impossible to distinguish it from the body alone here's a shot of it sitting
next to the 6p yeah I really can't go back to this phone because I'm so used
to Samsung's view for infinity-edge display and it has won
me over with resistant bezels in one way you have a lot of vertical wheels take
to work with multitasking Plus watching native 21 by 9 content looks amazing and
that brings me to my next point the display now remember I'm rocking the S8
plus which sports a whopping 6.2 inch qHD plus AMOLED display and given this
panels technology colors are super vibrant with excellent contours ratio
and deeper blacks that I'm always a fan of Samsung does include options for
different color profiles I ended up using the basic mode as the colors
seemed more neutral to my eyes and like I mentioned earlier watching content on
the screen was a pleasing experience except for one annoying factor the
curved edges now I'm completely aware that I'm contradicting myself here
because I just mentioned how beautiful this phone looks like with these curved
edges especially when you're swiping things from left to right it's a
seamless transition and works great but when you're watching content the edges
get reflective and the content starts to distort a little bit and I didn't like
that the g6 for example has a flatter display without any curves so distortion
was non-existent and I preferred that over the s8 screen sorry Samsung let's
also not forget to talk about big speed because it's Samsung's way of saying
let's make a ripoff version of Google now and that didn't turn out that great
you see I'm heavily invested into the Google ecosystem and I do use Google now
on Android phones to check whether and updates but Bixby is just so annoying it
certainly needs a lot of work done and it's nowhere close to Google now at
least until the time I'm making this video but you know what's even worse
assigning a physical button to activate the damn thing there is no way to
reassign that button to launch another app plus you can't disable it through
the settings it's also at an odd location right beside the volume rockers
so you can imagine the amount of times I'm accidentally triggered this feature
there are third-party paid apps that can disable this feature but implementing
this physical button was a big mistake from Samsung in the first place my
second biggest gripe about the si+ is the location of the fingerprint reader
it's right beside the camera and that made it difficult for my fingers to
reach and it's also not that accurate compared to the 6p and the g6 I've ran
into a lot of times where the phone wouldn't recognize my finger unless I
place it at a certain position it was really a frustrating experience and I'm
aware of other biometric authentication like face recognition that's a hit or
miss and iris scanner that kind of works when I have my glasses on I appreciate
Samsung for including these features but I'm not sold on them completely you know
what else I do like about the si+ it's waterproof to be more specific it's
certified with the ip68 water and deaths resistant rating and I've taken
advantage of that feature a lot of times when traveling got to live that
germ-free life you know what I mean now I'm not going to go in-depth into
software experience because there's a lot of Samsung related features that I
honestly didn't care about you know me I love a cleaner and simpler user
experience so just like any other Android phones
I installed Nova my preferred icon pack and called it a day that's the beauty
with Android because the user has full control of the software and they can
customize the UI to fit their style battery life on the S8 plus was great
samsung has packed 830 500 milliamp hour unit inside this that gets me roughly
around 6 hours of screen on time the phone charges via type C and it supports
quick charge 2.0 my usage normally consisted of checking Twitter Instagram
taking photos browsing the web and catching up on a few TV shows house of
cards season 5 is out by the way and I completely binge watch the entire season
on my flight back to Toronto but what's interesting is that I had 50% of
remaining when I landed albeit the phone was on airplane mode but still very
impressive remember turning the always-on display option will shorten
the screen on usage so be aware of that and the last thing to cover here is the
camera and it's nothing short of spectacular it's a 12 megapixel sensor
with an aperture stop of F 1.7 pictures look fabulous on this thing and the
samples you're seeing now was shot in auto mode without any adjustments to ISO
white balance etc auto focus on the other hand is ridiculously fast in fact
it is one of the fastest I've come across on an Android device after the s7
let me know what do you think about these samples
so in conclusion I really have mixed feelings about the galaxy A+
because for one this is the best Android smartphone that Samsung has ever created
because it's beautiful especially with these curved edges and the design is a
testament to modern smartphone engineering the camera is outstanding
I'm sure you've seen that those samples but it's not a perfect device at least
for me personally because the fingerprint reader is at an odd location
the curved screen can get a little distracting when you're watching content
the speakers are missed front-facing speakers and the bottom facing ones on
these are not that great I honestly also don't get the point or
the motive behind Bigsby especially assigning a physical button to activate
that feature is pointless in my opinion imagine the R&D that went into creating
it you also can't forget the fact that this
is a Samsung device and the software is known for slowing down over time I guess
I'll have to update you on that later on well there you have it my thoughts on
the Samsung Galaxy s8 plus what do you guys think about this device is this the
genius smartphone that you've been looking forward to and for those of you
out there who are interested or S8+ owners how are you liking it so far let
us know in the comments down below i'm Eber with Hardware Canucks thank you so much
for watching and we'll see you in the next one