Should i get the Samsung Galaxy S8?

[Markus_Ei]

Hello, 

I want to buy a new Phone and i considered the Samsung Galaxy S8. Or should i wait for a different Phone?

The Camera is importent for me. It should not be bad, thats why i choose the Galaxy S8 because the Camera on the S7 was pretty good.

 

My Phone at the Moment: Huawei P8 Lite

 

P.s.: Im sorry for my bad english, i hope you all can understand what i was trying to say.

[Jskn]

If you desire it, go for it. Hopefully it is in your budget, but I personally don't think it's great. I also think the G5 is great so don't trust me too much. 

[Ashiella]

The g6 is nice, ask @M.Yurizaki, personally I'd rather wait for the S9 because if that's a glass brick, shut up take my money. Or if the iPhone beats them to it.

[DocSwag]

I'd wait for reviews, like you should with anything, before deciding.

[ZackCodesAI]

5 minutes ago, Markus_Ei said:

Hello, 

I want to buy a new Phone and i considered the Samsung Galaxy S8. Or should i wait for a different Phone?

The Camera is importent for me. It should not be bad, thats why i choose the Galaxy S8 because the Camera on the S7 was pretty good.

 

My Phone at the Moment: Huawei P8 Lite

 

P.s.: Im sorry for my bad english, i hope you all can understand what i was trying to say.

At least I'm going for it, it has awesome hardware and specs gotta admit that.

Camera I think is better not upgraded, it's not worth increasing the MP(It has reached a point where it's already amazing enough, maybe a few tweaks could be better), but they should've increased fps of it.

 

What you actually wanna do with it?

[Markus_Ei]

3 minutes ago, Zackbare said:

At least I'm going for it, it has awesome hardware and specs gotta admit that.

Camera I think is better not upgraded, it's not worth increasing the MP(It has reached a point where it's already amazing enough, maybe a few tweaks could be better), but they should've increased fps of it.

 

What you actually wanna do with it?

Taking Pictures on Vacation, playing on it, and watching Youtube.

[Aytex]

7 minutes ago, Markus_Ei said:

Taking Pictures on Vacation, playing on it, and watching Youtube.

It's the same camera as a S7 with a few fixes

[Markus_Ei]

Just now, Aytex said:

It's the same camera as a S7 with a few fixes

I know that, but is it worth for the better hardware?

[ZackCodesAI]

2 minutes ago, Markus_Ei said:

Taking Pictures on Vacation, playing on it, and watching Youtube.

Then S8 is good enough, one thing which iPhone7 has advantage on is the 3-d imaging, which is not useful unless you and everyone you share those to stick with the same phone. Also, the bokeh effect, I think Samsung does it well enough with their soft.+hard. applications.

I find S8 to be way more powerful (I'll be getting exynos), but tbh both phones are way apart in hardware and software nature, it depends like if you're an enthusiasts like me, you would like to do any type of tweaks and install various mods or apps, which ios is not a good idea to do so with (IMO).

I also seriously consider that AMOLED for watching videos, coz late night watching is my thing, and it can go way low, it doesn't hurts the eyes, it looks also neat in dark that there are not grey strips above and below the movie while watching in different ratio. I also like the idea of not able to point out the screen's border in dark and it looks seamless with body.

But it varies on use and mindset

[Stoggy26]

i pre-ordered mine im pretty excited im coming from a S6 so should be a nice upgrade

[Aytex]

6 minutes ago, Markus_Ei said:

I know that, but is it worth for the better hardware?

Well either way it's gonna give you a smooth experience. 820/8990 or 835/8995

 

Pretty much the only selling point is the display..

 

[Mira Yurizaki]

Demo phones are around, I got to play around with one at a Verizon store. After playing around with one, I found the overall shape of the phone to be awkward and I didn't find the side swipe thing a useful feature.

 

And let's not talk about that fingerprint reader.

[Trixanity]

3 hours ago, Aytex said:

It's the same camera as a S7 with a few fixes

It's not the same camera. They have the same resolution and aperture. You could say it's similar but it's clearly better even on pre-release software. The S7 has a Sony IMX260 (and Samsung equivalent depending on lottery) and the S8 has a Sony IMX333 (and Samsung equivalent depending on lottery). The new sensor delivers better low-light performance among other things. The processing has also improved considerably including a Google Pixel-like HDR+ mode.

[Aytex]

27 minutes ago, Trixanity said:

It's not the same camera. They have the same resolution and aperture. You could say it's similar but it's clearly better even on pre-release software. The S7 has a Sony IMX260 (and Samsung equivalent depending on lottery) and the S8 has a Sony IMX333 (and Samsung equivalent depending on lottery). The new sensor delivers better low-light performance among other things. The processing has also improved considerably including a Google Pixel-like HDR+ mode.

I heard from some guy at the conference that it was the exact same, guess I was wrong thanks for the info

[Trixanity]

4 minutes ago, Aytex said:

I heard from some guy at the conference that it was the exact same, guess I was wrong thanks for the info

Yeah, I know. There has been a lot of confusion because Samsung hasn't openly talked about the sensor; actually haven't really talked a lot about the camera or even specs in general. This has resulted in a lot of people concluding that it's the same sensor with improved processing but some of the more tech-oriented have dug around and found it to be a new sensor.