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Samsung Galaxy S8 Review

Score: 81.7 / 100

Samsung Galaxy S8 is a fascinating cellphone released back in the year 2017, with an enormous 5.8-inches screen, a high-tech 2.35 gigahertz Octa-Core processing unit, and 2 cameras, a 12 megapixels back side camera and an 8 mega-pixels front side camera. Let's take a better view of what this phone can give us.

Samsung did a great job making this cellphone weight just 5.47 ounces. This phone is offerred in multiple color options: arctic silver, burgundy red, coral blue, maple gold, midnight black, orchid gray and rose pink. The S8 is quite a compact cellphone, considering it presents a 5.8" display and it is just 5.86 inches long and 2.68" wide. This phone is just 0.31 inches thick, making its way into the thinnest devices podium. The S8 is a combination of Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) and Aluminum .

This phone comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 system chip, which holds a great Octa-Core processing unit clocking at 2350 MHz and a large 4 GB of RAM memory. This phone has a great 64 GB internal storage memory and an SD memory slot, which allows you to store tons of apps, games, songs, photos and videos without even thinking about filling it.

Samsung designed this device with a beautiful 5.8-inches screen, and a 1440 x 2960 resolution, which makes all images and videos look vivid and colorful.

This phone includes wi-fi capability (which can be provided to other devices as a mobile hotspot), 4G (LTE-A) super quick connectivity and also HSPA+ internet connection (which is a lower speed 4G type) and 3G fast data connection, supported by HSDPA and HSUPA technologies. This cellphone uses a Nano SIM card to use GSM services.

The S8 has two cameras, a 12 MP back-facing camera and an 8 MP front-facing camera. this phone's back-facing camera lens has a maximum F1.7 aperture so it can capture clear pictures even in low lighting situations. It also shoots 3840x2160 4K videos at 30 frames per second, and 1280x720 HD slow motion videos at 240 frames per second. Additionally, the camera has auto-focus and time lapse video.

This phone comes with a 3000 mAh high capacity Li - Ion non-removable battery that provides this phone an incredible battery life. An issue to consider is that this phone's battery isn't removable so you can't buy a new battery when it starts to have trouble holding its charge, though with this big battery you will probably discard this cellphone before it becomes an issue.

The S8 also includes lots of cool characteristics like Fingerprint unlock, Facial recognition to unlock, Wireless charger compatibility, NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth (5.0, EDR ) and GPS Localization, and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Barometer and Compass.

This cellphone is an absolutely amazing phone that costs about 173 dollars, quite close to other similar devices. No matter whether you want a phone for work, are looking for a social phone, will use this device to play tons of games or love photography, you will probably love this cellphone.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Samsung
Also Known As:Samsung SM-G950F||Samsung SM-G950FD||Samsung SM-G950U
Dimensions:5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 inchesMetric14.88 x 6.81 x 0.79 cmImperial
Weight:5.47 ouncesMetric155.07 gImperial
Colors:Arctic silver, Burgundy red, Coral blue, Maple gold, Midnight black, Orchid gray and Rose pink
Materials:Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5)
Scratch Resistant Glass:Yes
Release date:2017-04-21
Price:$ 173.00

Display

Screen Type:Super AMOLED
Size:5.8 inchesMetric14.7 cmImperial
Resolution:2960 x 1440 pixels
Pixel density:568 pixels per inchMetric223.62 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:No

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998
Processor:Kryo 280, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2350 MHz)
RAM Memory:4 GB
Graphics Processor:Adreno 540
Internal Memory:64 GB
SD Card Slot:microSDXC (up to 256 GB)

Battery

Battery type:Li - Ion
Removable:No
Capacity:3000 mAh
Wireless Charging:Yes

Camera

Back camera:12 megapixels
    Aperture:f/1.70
    Focal length:26mm (35mm equivalence)
    Sensor size:0.39 inches (1/2.55")
Front camera:8 megapixels
Max video resolution:3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K)
Max slow motion video:1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD)
Camera features:Auto-Focus, Slow Motion Video (8 times slower) and Time Lapse Video

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
SIM Card Type:Nano SIM
LTE (4G) Bands:1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700 a), 13(700 c), 17(700 b), 18(800 Lower), 19(800 Upper), 20(800 DD), 25(1900+), 26(850+), 28(700 APT), 29(700 d), 30(2300 WCS), 66(AWS-3), 38(2600), 39(1900+), 40(2300), 41(2600+)
UMTS Bands:Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 5(850), 8(900)
Technologies:LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA

Other Features

Bluetooth:Version 5.0, EDR
GPS:Yes
NFC (Near Field Communication):Yes
Fingerprint ID:Yes
Face Unlock:Yes
Sensors:Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor