Soldato
Was about to buy the s8 but then saw its 718 quid in amazon LOL
**** The Official Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ Thread ****
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Soldato
It is still £510 with shipping on Amazon Italy.
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Soldato
I bought an S8 not S8+. The S8+ is available for about 690EUR before shipping from the same place though.
It's working with my giffgaff SIM, the only difference is you get a 2-pin mains plug which is not really an issue and gives me an EU travel charger.
The important thing was using a card that doesn't incur transaction fees. I used a Monzo so got the exact exchange rate without fees.
It's working with my giffgaff SIM, the only difference is you get a 2-pin mains plug which is not really an issue and gives me an EU travel charger.
The important thing was using a card that doesn't incur transaction fees. I used a Monzo so got the exact exchange rate without fees.
Soldato
How long did it take to deliver?
Man of Honour
Yeah that's what I use, but the mod is handy if you're not on the homescreen and don't use the FP sensor gesture 
Soldato
It took 2 days to deliver but it looks like their delivery times have increased a bit. Overall, I'm pretty happy with it but coming from a Nexus 6 I kinda wish I went for the S8+. This feels tiny in my hand.
I had this gesture (still works)... What is strange since the big Samsung update however (where you can hide the nav bar) is that the nav bar is now white on the nova home screen? I don't remember it looking that stand out before... fairly sure it was black or transparentNova, swipe down gesture FTW.
Anyone confirm if they also have this issue?
Thanks!
Soldato
My navigation bar is transparent in most situations until the keyboard is on-screen, then it's white, which is annoying! It's definitely not white on my home screen whilst using Nova though.
Man of Honour
If this is accurate, then I'm glad I got the S8 instead of waiting for the Note 8. That's one ugly mother.
http://www.techradar.com/news/our-first-proper-look-at-the-galaxy-note-8-paints-an-ugly-picture
http://www.techradar.com/news/our-first-proper-look-at-the-galaxy-note-8-paints-an-ugly-picture
Soldato
EE wanted £58/month + £50 upfront for the S8+, but I managed to haggle it down to £46/month when I showed them my latest payslip as I work in the NHS. Not sure if that was a good deal in the end? Carphone Warehouse seemed to have buggered off from Stafford, leaving me with just the EE store and wasn't sure if I could trust 3rd party sites, so went with EE. Should get the phone in a few days time. Looking forwards to it 
Thanks for confirming. Very frustrating.
Thought it might be my theme but theme is SD-black so would be stupid for it to be that... Plus like I say I'm 99% it was transparent before the update.
Will have to have a mess around and maybe backup, re-install then restore nova and see. Thanks!
Man of Honour
If you don't want a white navigation bar, install Navbar Apps, then settings > Colour of navbar when keyboard is open, set to black or something else. Then change the detection method if the default does not work. Do not change anything else, as it's not needed.
Using Nova my nav bar is transparent too on home screen. Goes white when keyboard is open and same with some apps and not with others where either black or transparent.
I also keep catching the hide nav bar dot when I go for back button (on left hand side) which is getting semi annoying.
I also keep catching the hide nav bar dot when I go for back button (on left hand side) which is getting semi annoying.
Soldato
That actually just reminded me of possibly the best thing about the S8+ over the S7 Edge that I intended to go back to - I don't keep mashing the side of the screen with my hand when reaching over to the far side of the screen. That used to drive me mad with the Edge, but the different curvature on the S8+ clearly fixes that. If I remember rightly, the Note 7 fixed it too.
I really think I'm going to have to keep this thing instead of sending it back as I intended. Damn it!
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is Amazon.it still the go to place for a sim free s8?
Pixel 2 rumours are not filling me with much hope and I'm getting itchy fingers
Thanks
Pixel 2 rumours are not filling me with much hope and I'm getting itchy fingers
Thanks
Associate
Anyone else having problems with the sound cutting out. Playing any YouTube,music content causes the loudspeaker to cut out after a second or two. Only thing that fixes this is a reboot, and then reappears after a shirt while. Completely random. Praying I don't have to send back for a repair?
Soldato
This seems like an ideal solution but the 'Navbar Apps' app has to run all the time for the setting to stay as far as I can tell? I did a 'close all' and then the nav bar was white again.