Overall speed

[XDA_RealLifeReview]

Would you say that the Samsung Galaxy S8+ is "fast" in day-to-day use? A higher rating indicates that you think the Samsung Galaxy S8+ exhibits fantastic performance. Like, is it as fast as your tears when you watch The Titanic?

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

 

[desimzatube]

Yes Its really fast

Yes it really fast and reliable, I am using and I advice others to use it. thanks

 

[ajsmsg78]

T-Mobile is fast in Orlando on the S8+.

 

[Rayman360]

In my opinion, the S8 is hindered by typical Samsung jitter, transitions and animations stutter all over the place, its really jarring, and its making me reconsider upgrading to the Note 8.

 

[marcdegasperi]

I have been using my Gs8+ for 3 months now and for the first 2 months I was very happy with performance but now I am experiencing hickups. The device gets warm to the touch, a reboot seems to fix the problems for a few hours. Now that I have also bought the new iPad Pro 10.5 it seems like a pile of **** like I'm using a 3 year old phone. I am thinking of resetting it and if it happens again i'l try a custom ROM. But I can still recommend this phone because I think it's partly because I expect to much as a poweruser.

 

[pdsubraa]

Better than the rest!

 

[webtech9]

Im coming over from a Pixel XL, and I think the phone itself may be a bit slower than the Pixel XL was. Although negligible, I can tell a difference. I also noticed that it was clunky of 5ghz wifi, but worked fine over 2.6ghz. Not sure whats up with that, but downloading apps and navigating in chrome was very slow over the 5ghz.

 

[fureedx]

I have been using my Gs8+ for 3 months now and for the first 2 months I was very happy with performance but now I am experiencing hickups. The device gets warm to the touch, a reboot seems to fix the problems for a few hours. Now that I have also bought the new iPad Pro 10.5 it seems like a pile of **** like I'm using a 3 year old phone. I am thinking of resetting it and if it happens again i'l try a custom ROM. But I can still recommend this phone because I think it's partly because I expect to much as a poweruser.

Coming from an S7 , It is probably that your battery is causing this. The more you discharge your phone to 0-10% battery the faster your battery is going to die. You will see that your phone heats up faster/performance slower and charge much slower than before. My S7 is great after 1 year of usage , what i do is turn of fastcharge (fastcharge charges faster at an increased temperature but the s8 is probably more effecient at it ), charge at 50% or try to.

 

[basedebleserjeroen]

It is way too laggy, period. Lags all over the place. I'm getting mine rooted.

Which rom is best nowadays?

I used to be a real poweruser years ago when CyanogenMod was the **** but I'm uninformed the past 5 years so I need some guidance

 

[Dark_shadow_007]

Smooth

 

[Ji64]

If u are experiencing lag I highly recommend u go to bootup mode and clear the cache on your phone. Do it 3 times just to be safe. Especially after an update. Totally gets rid of the stuttering. Also disabling any app that's using the acessabilty service speeds up any Android also.

 

[alexpoe]

I just ran a geek-bench on my s8+ and I am rooted on Verizon. Single core score 1853 and multi is 6261

 

[zBobs]

thanks, it really fast

 

[reppi]

I'm running Batman ROM and have a geekbench 4 single core score of 2027 and Multi 6751. The device is even faster with a custom ROM.

 

[Accerty]

T-Mobile is fast in Orlando on the S8+.

Cool , how did you do that ?

 

[ajsmsg78]

Cool , how did you do that ?

There is LTE+ there (as well in my area in NY) and it's blazing fast.

 

[CConn882]

I honestly don't quite understand how this phone can get such positive reviews of its speed and UI experience.

I've used or at least tested A LOT of phones this year, and the S8+ has probably been the slowest, most janky experience I've had on a phone - even when compared to budget devices like the Moto G5 Plus.

App launching, multitasking, scrolling smoothness, and excess heat have all been inferior to every other current gen phone I've used.

IMO, it could only be measured a success when compared to multiple-years old phones.

 

[Newtoir]

S8+/SM-G955F slower then LG D855 (G3)

I totally agree with CConn882,
My S8+ take 3-4 seconds to launch camera. Multi tasking is horrible too. I'll try out to clear the cache several times, but I think that will not help a lot. Only the fact there's no other device with that great screen holds me to the Galaxy S8+. I would love to use AOSP with all Samsung specific apps. (camera, video re-sizing, etc.)

Greetings Newtoir

 

[Will.gamble]

does it lag over time?

 

[TasEsmuEs]

This phone is horribly slow. Multitasking is sh*t and app opening animations are slow and laggy. Some apps takes seconds to open. My phone is original and bought from carrier. No junk apps installed. And it kind of a su*ks to keep an eye of what is installed in such an expensive device. Cleaning cache and junk does nothing and it starts lagging again in few hours.