Galaxy s8 you've probably heard about it it's been about two months since our
review actually hit and I bought a galaxy s8 plus for Verizon for myself and
in between testing of their phones it's been my daily driver for almost every
day or that eight week period if you watch our new show review you'll know I
really loved the phone but things have changed a little bit since then so some
general thoughts about the galaxy S8 first I'm still in love with the design
the screen still looks like a sticker to me it does even look like a real screen
Samsung's technology is absolutely awesome
and the review I said I didn't mind it an outdoor sunlight the more I used in
outdoor sunlight the more I took it to the park to try to take pictures the
more I was outside the less awesome the screen got in direct sun left turn the
brightness up to a hundred percent you get a warning from Samsung and telling
you not to do that and this one gets incredibly warm I just keep my
brightness around 50% so in direct sunlight it has not been as good as my
initial sort of first week impressions with the device so bear that in mind
also not as good initially thought battery life typically getting through a
full day now it's like 20% down about five ten percent of my initial review
perhaps I'm using it a little bit more perhaps I have more apps open in the
background I don't have my brightness set to serve auto brightness I keep it
again at 50% I just like it there I can get through a full day no problem but
still not as strong as initially thought the other little knock on this phone and
I'm a big wireless charging guy and before Yelp man oh it's not Wireless you
gotta plug the the chi pad and I understand that Wireless for the phone
phone goes on it the contact point for the phone really small and oftentimes if
I put it down I turn the phone off I move it a little bit sir my phone
background the more I notice it wouldn't have been fully charged so small
annoyance is there the last thing that still annoys me is the fingerprint
reader and I read the comments our review it was overwhelming
Jon just put a case on it and you can find a location I don't like to have a case
on this phone I loved where this one feels the designer for me is part of the
appeal of the device I feel like you lose that with the case
so let's get the S8 plus the larger version I don't think I've ever used the
fingerprint review may be to like login to some apps
but that is essentially it have anything the retinal scanning andthe face scanning
seems to be working pretty well
those are negatives those things that have changed I still love this phone
Samsung pay for me seems like magic when I use it I love the fact that little may
fit out a magnetic field for swipe cards tap it I love the way the phone feels a
design quick charger has been incredibly awesome
so my go-to camera taking pictures and my kids it's my go-to video camera
taking videos of swim lessons or anything that I'm doing I've even used
it at events I even maybe clicked it to Apple's WWDC and take pictures on the
open and I got some dirty looks from certain company employees but the camera
is absolutely awesome and there's a lot of reasons still want to buy this phone
I've never had any speed issues the phone is so incredibly fast I know like
you guys may be a little bit worried it only had four gigs of RAM but it's still
quite a bit no performance issues I'm able to get through and to get through
of use less split screen multitasking and it's still been really smooth I
don't mind the change of themes like main care to mind the on-screen button
but have a phone that looks this good that's this thin that's powerful and
still has a headphone jack which I've used quite a bit it's really nice to
have I could go back two months I would still buy the phone again there is a huge
onslaught coming of competition you've got the essential phone coming you've
got whatever Apple is going to do next coming you've got the LG V30 oneplus
five there's a lot of competition for this premier smartphone dollar I really
like the phone and also I have not once used Bixby have zero point zero use
for it and that unnecessary button I know you can remap it just haven't done
it but the moral being I still love this phone I would buy it again in a
heartbeat still a fingerprint magnet I wish it
came in different colours in the US but I love this device apart of my favorite
phone that ever tested perhaps aside from the Galaxy Note 7 and the iPhone 6
plus also my favorite phones I've ever used it's a great device if you want to
buy a phone and the price and it going to turn you off really look at the
S8 and S8+ I don't think they're disappointed so the moral two months in
things have changed a little bit so I like to do the revisited videos
generally in a week double use test devices it is a good enough time to get
a broad sample of the product but the more you use it obviously things can
change an opinion to change so what are your opinions on the film did you buy
one as your battery life gotten a little bit worse since you bought it is your
phone get really warm when you're doing you know mobile tethering like like mine
does you wish you bought something different let me know leave a comments
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doing them until next time I'm Jon Rettinger from TechnoBuffalo so we're about to hit
upload on this video but I got something to add went on a bit of a family
vacation to Las Vegas when I took my Galaxy s8 plus with me I wear some
shorts with a bit of a narrow pocket and the phone fell out I was sitting down
and breakfast screen cracked and not like a little bit of cracking it was a
giant crack almost the whole upper left part of the screen got destroyed and I
was really sad I just mentioned that I thought it was pretty durable I know any
phone can crack depending on on how it happens but I was bummed actually it's a
first screen that I've cracked that I can remember
so repair process there's a little bit interesting you don't have like Apple
stores but there is a Samsung store actually in LA we take the phone and get
it repaired almost same day so I did that dropped it off on a Friday night
picked it up on Monday but it would have been available later on that night I
tried calling Samsung and it gave me a prepaid label to send the phone back and
we were taking a few days to get it done so bear that in mind if you want to pick
up a Samsung device lives are one of those stores it's really nice to have as
well and the repair cost came out to be about 220 dollars after taxes so it was a
tough tough pill to swallow I'm not through sure how I stand on the
break ability durability and not going to crack this of the Galaxy s8 and s8+
now I know I should put a case on it with my own dumbass fault I'm still not
sure I'm going to pick case on it which is also still my fault when I break it
again maybe I'll get insurance plan