Reviews..what are your thoughts?!

[Jay5583]

So I thought it would be good to have a central spot for everyone to talk about their S8 or S8+...let us know what you like and what you don't. If you can't figure something out, hopefully someone here will be able to help.

 

[jmorton10]

I have a new S8 Plus & I absolutely love it.
The location of the fingerprint sensor is retarded, but I never use it so I don't care about that.

I replaced an LG V10 that went into a continuous bootloop 4 months after it was out of warranty.

I like the S8 Plus better in every way (I dumped Bixby & remapped the button the first day I had it)

~John

 

[Bxrider117]

I really like the Verizon S8. I came from the pixel and while I had no complaints I decided to move onto the S8.

I also have the Samsung Gear S3 and the S8 works perfectly. Battery life has been great. I even sold my tablet and put a 256gb memory card in the phone.

Sent from my SM-G950U using XDA-Developers Legacy app

 

[Chappydean]

Galaxy S8 - Low Voume

Taking my S8 back to store. Will not reorder and will revert back to S4. Call volume is too low with no way to adjust it. Maxed out is not sufficient. Samsung markets the perfect phone. Cannot use it for business at all.

 

[jmill75]

Not only does the S8 have loud call volume, you can tap on the menu button in the call screen and turn on "boost" to make it extremely loud.

 

[Eddie Hicks]

Taking my S8 back to store. Will not reorder and will revert back to S4. Call volume is too low with no way to adjust it. Maxed out is not sufficient. Samsung markets the perfect phone. Cannot use it for business at all.

It may be too late for you but from my experience, some ring tones are significantly louder than others. Try different ones or make your own.

Sent from my SM-T800 using XDA-Developers Legacy app

 

[skeene85]

So I thought it would be good to have a central spot for everyone to talk about their S8 or S8+...let us know what you like and what you don't. If you can't figure something out, hopefully someone here will be able to help.

I've had it for about 24 hours now, and it's "just okay" to me. I came from a Nexus 5x that was really slow and hard to use for even my meager needs.

S8 is great, but I had to nearly immediately take off the screen protector that Verizon sold me. It was very difficult to get the phone to detect my touch/taps with it on, and I couldn't find any sensitivity options or "glove mode" to try to work around it, so I just pealed it off (and discovered it wasn't even sticky except around the edges-weird.)

Now my biggest struggle is "which email client to use". If I use the built-in Samsung email/calendar app, I get a more native experience. But I also need to sync my email with the "Gmail" client if I want Cortana to be able to see/read my work email/calendar (Office 365). Or if I want to use the (imho, superior) Office Outlook app from Microsoft, I have to basically have 3 separate apps constantly checking & syncing from the same single email account. It hurts me, perhaps more existentially than physically with battery life, but it hurts me nonetheless.

Similar story for assistant. Do I want Google Assistant and Google's "feed" (formerly "Google Now")? Or do I want to use Bixby? Or Cortana? I have all 3 installed, but I turned off voice-activation for them to save battery.

 

[serpent2005]

I've had it for about 24 hours now, and it's "just okay" to me. I came from a Nexus 5x that was really slow and hard to use for even my meager needs.

S8 is great, but I had to nearly immediately take off the screen protector that Verizon sold me. It was very difficult to get the phone to detect my touch/taps with it on, and I couldn't find any sensitivity options or "glove mode" to try to work around it, so I just pealed it off (and discovered it wasn't even sticky except around the edges-weird.)

Now my biggest struggle is "which email client to use". If I use the built-in Samsung email/calendar app, I get a more native experience. But I also need to sync my email with the "Gmail" client if I want Cortana to be able to see/read my work email/calendar (Office 365). Or if I want to use the (imho, superior) Office Outlook app from Microsoft, I have to basically have 3 separate apps constantly checking & syncing from the same single email account. It hurts me, perhaps more existentially than physically with battery life, but it hurts me nonetheless.

Similar story for assistant. Do I want Google Assistant and Google's "feed" (formerly "Google Now")? Or do I want to use Bixby? Or Cortana? I have all 3 installed, but I turned off voice-activation for them to save battery.

I get your predicament. Although it is the epitome of a first-world problem I also have trouble deciding which app to use when there are duplicate apps available. It used to be so much easier back in the day when Samsung apps were so poorly written. Now Samsung apps are VERY competitive with third-party apps. I keep switching between Nova launcher and Touchwiz launcher, between Samsung Music app and Poweramp, between Samsung email and GMail trying to find one that clearly offers an advantage. Right now I am inclined to keep the native feel that Samsung apps offer, but that could change the next time I am bored with my phone.

 

[skeene85]

I get your predicament. Although it is the epitome of a first-world problem I also have trouble deciding which app to use when there are duplicate apps available. It used to be so much easier back in the day when Samsung apps were so poorly written. Now Samsung apps are VERY competitive with third-party apps. I keep switching between Nova launcher and Touchwiz launcher, between Samsung Music app and Poweramp, between Samsung email and GMail trying to find one that clearly offers an advantage. Right now I am inclined to keep the native feel that Samsung apps offer, but that could change the next time I am bored with my phone.

I ended up leaving my email accounts in the Samsung mail so I can take advantage of most of the other defaults like the edge calendar, widget calendar, bixby integration and such. But I turned off notifications and use the real Outlook app mostly. I'd go all Samsung if it had a "swipe to archive" but that muscle memory is way ingrained in both my thumbs and my workflow.

At this point I think my only frustration now with this phone is that sms don't want to notify me on my Galaxy Gear S3. But that has a thread to itself and I hate sms so I'm not super worried about it.

PS. Do you use a case? I feel like I can't grip the phone without one.

 

[serpent2005]

I ended up leaving my email accounts in the Samsung mail so I can take advantage of most of the other defaults like the edge calendar, widget calendar, bixby integration and such. But I turned off notifications and use the real Outlook app mostly. I'd go all Samsung if it had a "swipe to archive" but that muscle memory is way ingrained in both my thumbs and my workflow.

At this point I think my only frustration now with this phone is that sms don't want to notify me on my Galaxy Gear S3. But that has a thread to itself and I hate sms so I'm not super worried about it.

PS. Do you use a case? I feel like I can't grip the phone without one.

I've been using a Ringke Slim for about 2 weeks now. I also have a Caseology Parallax Series which is a bit bulkier than the Ringke.

 

[Trooper27]

Thinking of getting an S8 from the Google Pixel XL. Good decision, or bad? I realize stock android vs. bloatware, timely updates vs. not so timely updates. Anything I should be wary of if I make the switch? Thanks!

 

[PhallusOfGod]

Rootable?

My thoughts? Is it rootable?

 

[GeorgeNav]

Simple review

Beautiful phone, better software, still lags for some stupid reason with the latest specs, battery life is eh (doesn't matter to me since I always carry my macbook pro with usb-c to charge it when in class), fingerprint performs perfect (babies complain about the placement), and their flagship phone finally doesn't overheat at all even when charging :victory:

 

[Eddie Hicks]

fingerprint performs perfect (babies complain about the placement)

Well count me in as a 62 year old baby. I've owned my S8 since April 18th, and I am still frustrated with the fingerprint sensor on the back. It's a pain if you like to use the sensor while the phone is laying down, not to mention the smearing of the camera lens. Other than that it's the best phone I have ever owned.

Sent from my SM-T800 using XDA-Developers Legacy app

 

[not_a_tech_guy]

Love it

I love my vzw s8+ I have rooted and installed xposed I'm in overall love rn

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My thoughts? Is it rootable?

Yes it is