**** The Official Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ Thread ****

[dbmzk1]

Sony won't put their best sensors in their phones inexplicably, and if they did it would be nerfed with super blurry software processing that can't be switched off.

This.

With Sony phones when you first get one you take a photo and go WOW that's awesome. Then you look closer and all is not what it seems. Then you use it in the real world and just give up and buy a Samsung

 

[doodah]

If there is going to be a phone with a removable battery, microSD, that camera sensor and a decent UI - I am sold. Come on Note 8!!!

 

[413x]

Not buying without front finger print.
Unless the camera is a mega upgrade over the 7

 

[XeNoN89]

I'll probably still get this even with the stupid finger print scanner placement, I just can't deal with the awful battery on my S6 any more.

 

[Princey]

How awful are we talking on your S6? I get a full day from mine with 4-5hours screen on time.

 

[thecremeegg]

I have to say, it's a no-purchase from me if the fingerprint scanner is where the renders show it. Firstly being next to the camera means I'll smudge the lens constantly, plus my phone lives flat on my desk at work so having to pick it up to use is going to be annoying AF!

 

[Jono8]

Just read the Sony image sensor for phones announcement that can record 1000fps at 1080P and has ultra low light sensitivity thanks to the new imager.

The samples look superb.

http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/201702/17-013E/index.html

Appetite has been wet

Maybe I should wait for the next Xperia

Wow at that slow motion video! Amazing.

 

[XeNoN89]

How awful are we talking on your S6? I get a full day from mine with 4-5hours screen on time.

I usually have to charge mine several times a day and i'm not a heavy user, when at work i pretty much just leave it plugged in now. It seems that once it hits about 50% it dies really really quickly

 

[SexyGreyFox]

 

[Quinnaay]

If the finger print reader is there im out.. Shame as it's looks a beauty and wanted to upgrade my s7e

 

[Cleisthenes]

Nooooo

 

[Flibster]

Already missing the hardware button.

 

[Nexus18]

Also, with the camera lens and the FPS being flush with the rest of the device, that just makes it even worse, you will have no way of being able to tell what you are touching, greasy/smudgy camera lens galore here you come!

 

[stoosh]

S8 and S8 Plus reported to come with 3000mAh and 3500mAh batteries respectively.

Sounds crazy to me if it's expected to power 5.7+" screens. Maybe Samsung are working magic with software and the SD835 is crazy efficient.

http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s8_to_have_3000mah_and_3500mah_batteries-news-23305.php

 

[413x]

Batteries small
Bad fingerprint scanner
Beautiful

Will stick with s7 edge.. Except, as before, camera is massive real world upgrade

 

[BananaDunka]

It is more efficient. We're going from a 14nm SoC to 10nm, that's a huge reduction in packaging. Less heat generated, lower power consumption, more efficient and more features thrown in at the same time.

I'm confident all 10nm SoCs from Samsung/Qualcomm and MediaTek (when they get round to theirs...) will follow the same efficiency = power trend.

 

[this_is_gav]

It is more efficient. We're going from a 14nm SoC to 10nm, that's a huge reduction in packaging. Less heat generated, lower power consumption, more efficient and more features thrown in at the same time.

I'm confident all 10nm SoCs from Samsung/Qualcomm and MediaTek (when they get round to theirs...) will follow the same efficiency = power trend.

But screen-on time will still be the biggest drain by far, no matter how many improvements they've made to the screen technology.

Judging by the rumours (dangerous I know) this isn't shaping up to be a great phone. Potentially poor in 3 areas before we've even seen the thing powered up. Poor fingerprint sensor placement, poor to middling battery (in terms of rumoured capacity) and terrible ergonomics.

They've got a lot of convincing to do yet. I have to say on the basis of the rumours I'm moving towards the LG G6, even with the previous gen CPU, or even just sticking with my N6P.

 

[413x]

But screen-on time will still be the biggest drain by far, no matter how many improvements they've made to the screen technology.

Judging by the rumours (dangerous I know) this isn't shaping up to be a great phone. Potentially poor in 3 areas before we've even seen the thing powered up. Poor fingerprint sensor placement, poor to middling battery (in terms of rumoured capacity) and terrible ergonomics.

They've got a lot of convincing to do yet. I have to say on the basis of the rumours I'm moving towards the LG G6, even with the previous gen CPU, or even just sticking with my N6P.

Agreed. Screen on time dwarfs ensuring else!

 

[BananaDunka]

A lot of other factors attribute to screen on time other than just the screen on time itself.

We have been through this in many threads before, and I still don't understand why people are so hell bent on screen on time figures when it's meaningless outside of controlled conditions for every device that particular thing is being tested for.

One person's 6hrs SoT is not going to be the same for someone else on the same phone, but in a different city, on a different network, with different app configurations.

 

[this_is_gav]

But the fact is that you'd get more SoT if they stuck a decent sized battery in it. It's closer to the S6 Edge battery size (with a much larger screen) than it is to the S7 Edge's battery.