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Hi,

 

I am currently deciding between the OnePlus 5 or the S8 Plus.

 I can either walk into O2 tomorrow and pick up the one plus 5 for £500 or order the S8 Plus off amazon for £626, when normally it is £799. I was wondering whether the price drop on amazon (UK) meant there is a defect with the device being sold? Is S8 plus completely legit and under warranty by samsung? 

 

amazon link here. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-S8-Plus-SIM-Free-Smartphone-Midnight-Black/dp/B06XYKR7GP/ref=sr_1_2?s=telephone&ie=UTF8&qid=1503772461&sr=1-2&keywords=galaxy+s8

 

Only considering S8 Plus because of the seemingly very good price i can get it for off amazon.

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My vote goes to Samsung's S8 Plus. 

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S8 plus is better, but if you can, I'd wait for the google pixel 2.

basically S8 Plus and OP5 combined.

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I own a normal galaxy S8. Battery on the big model is even better, and that's the only thing that I'd really upgrade. It's the best phone period. 

Android has come a far way with Samsung

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I mean the S8 is a good phone but I personally dont like it. If you get the S8 you have to deal with TouchWiz which not everyone likes. 

 

The OnePlus would be a cleaner and more "normal" experience but the S8 is a "better" phone overall. But that "better" phone also hase a price tag that rivals that of iPhones.  

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Does anyone reckon the price on amazon will last?

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Just now, MapleRoid said:

Does anyone reckon the price on amazon will last?

Just telling you now, it wont. 

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10 minutes ago, Light-Yagami said:

I own a normal galaxy S8. Battery on the big model is even better, and that's the only thing that I'd really upgrade. It's the best phone period. 

Android has come a far way with Samsung

Literally this. I forgot to charge my phone at work one day, so I turned on the battery saver. It drained all the way down and said 0% remaining, but was still letting me browse through Facebook.

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32 minutes ago, MapleRoid said:

Hi,

 

I am currently deciding between the OnePlus 5 or the S8 Plus.

 I can either walk into O2 tomorrow and pick up the one plus 5 for £500 or order the S8 Plus off amazon for £626, when normally it is £799. I was wondering whether the price drop on amazon (UK) meant there is a defect with the device being sold? Is S8 plus completely legit and under warranty by samsung? 

 

amazon link here. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-S8-Plus-SIM-Free-Smartphone-Midnight-Black/dp/B06XYKR7GP/ref=sr_1_2?s=telephone&ie=UTF8&qid=1503772461&sr=1-2&keywords=galaxy+s8

 

Only considering S8 Plus because of the seemingly very good price i can get it for off amazon.

that S8+ isn't Prime.... i personally wouldn't get it.

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S8+

 

IMO, it’s the better phone out of the 2, unless you’re into a more vanilla UX

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