Samsung Galaxy s8 - a design bet

The appearance before a wide audience of the new flagship Samsung Galaxy s8 was expected by many. According to the manufacturer, the model should have reversed the idea of ​​users about the mobile phone. Therefore, many have built a variety of assumptions. For example, users expected dual cameras, new indicators of the hardware platform. Much of the assumptions come true. However, the most striking and unexpected twist was the design, the new screen format and the methods for fitting it into a fairly compact package. Samsung Galaxy C8 is truly the first of the most recognizable devices on the market.

Specifications

The following table shows the main characteristics of the Samsung Galaxy s8.

CPU	Eight-core Exynos Octa 8895, 10 nm technical process, branded Samsung
GP	MaliG71-MP20
RAM / ROM	4 GB / 64 GB, in selected markets - 3 GB / 64 GB
Screen	SuperAMOLED, 5/8 inches, 579 dots per inch, 2960x1140 pixels
Cameras	12.2 megapixel main, flash, optical + software stabilization 8 megapixel front, software stabilization, panning
Connection	GSM, HSPA
Data	3G, 4G LTE
Wireless technology	WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0 with the ability to connect 2 devices, ANT +, NFC
Sensors	Heartbeat, proximity, light, accelerometer, compass, barometer, fingerprint, face scanner, retina scanner, Hall sensor
Protection	Glass gorilla Glass 5, IP68 water and dust

The phone has dimensions of 149x68x8 mm (height, width, thickness), is made in the case of glass and metal, has a mass of 155 g.

Design and ergonomics

The first thing that catches your eye when looking at Samsung Galaxy with 8 is a unique screen. The manufacturer called the smartphone model with endless display, and indeed it is. The Galaxy s8 has minimal frames, the maximum free area of ​​the display, as well as its unique shape with rounded edges. The smartphone really looks stylish, expensive, it is recognizable and original.

The case of the device is made around a power aluminum frame. It is made deliberately thin to emphasize the unusual shape of a frameless display.The front panel has undergone the greatest changes compared to other C-line devices. Here no buttons at the bottom. Thin lines slightly limit the working space of the display. The navigation buttons are now located directly on the screen, which was easy to do, given its huge size.

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The location of controls and interfaces on the faces of the Galaxy s8 is quite familiar to those who prefer Samsung products.

1. At the top left - the volume buttons. They are made in the form of a double rocker. Here is a separate button to start the assistant Bixbi.
   
2. On the right in the upper part of the face there is a power management button.
   
3. Bottom - data transfer and USB Type C format charging interface, speaker grille, main microphone hole, as well as 3.5 mm mini jack for wired headsets and headphones.
   

4. Above - a hole in the microphone of the noise cancellation system and a slot for SIM cards. He combined. You can install 2 SIM or donate the services of one telecom operator to expand the storage capacity using SD cards.

On the rear panel is a camera unit, next to which is located the flash and the sensor of the heartbeat sensor. Here, on the lid, moved and Fingerprint's scanner. Its location on the top can make you think about the complexities of touch. However, reviews of the owners say that this is not true. Reaching the scanner is easy and convenient enough to do, unlike the Samsung Galaxy s8 +.

The most interesting is the set of sensors on the top line of the front panel of the phone. Here, in addition to the expected, well-disguised conversational dynamics, no less familiar camera eye and light sensor are located. The functionality of the latter is expanded, now it works as a detector of RGB colors. New item in the top line of the front panel - IRIS recognition scanner. Its resolution is 3.7 megapixels, which, together with a special infrared illuminator, made it possible to achieve high speed and accuracy in identifying the owner.

Another feature that Samsung Galaxy s8 smartphone boasts is maximum protection against water and dust according to the IP68 standard. The model works even with long-term immersion in water, but the manufacturer does not declare the depth at which the device can be placed. However, with the average use of extreme tests is not required, it is enough that the Samsung Galaxy s8 phone functions confidently even under a continuous stream of water.

The glass from which the body is made has high-quality oleophobic coating in the display area. There are almost no fingerprints on it, and those that appear are removed without any difficulty. A bit worse is the case with the back cover. Here quality coverage is lower, more prints remain. Accuracy here will not help much: a fingerprint scanner is located on the back surface, to which you need to reach often enough.

Important! According to some reviews of the owners, Samsung Galaxy s8 smartphones can be scratched if worn in the same pocket with small change and keys. This applies primarily to the back cover. Therefore, it is recommended to choose a suitable case, since the Samsung company offers a wide range of such products with a variety of characteristics.

Screen

From the description of the screen, you can make a full review of the Samsung Galaxy s8. This is a kind of business card, face style of the model. For the display used matrix SuperAMOLED with a diagonal of 5.8 inches. Such an impressive size unexpectedly for many users did not lead to an increase in the dimensions of the model. Minimal frames, edge rounding, high-speed format - all this allowed to achieveThat Galaxy phone with 8 in size is smaller than any product with a 16: 9 screen format. In addition, the display has a resolution of 2960x1440 pixels (570 pixels per inch) with 18.5: 9 aspect ratio. Such an unusual format made it possible to achieve a slight drop in the viewing area with an extremely small increase in the dimensions of the device.

Important! Using the device with such an unusual display is convenient. If you do a review of Galaxy s8, focusing on the convenience of manipulation, you can find a lot of positive feedback from the owners. Even up to the very top of the screen is easy to reach.

Non-standard display format explains why Samsung chose such utilitarian and neutral design of horizontal stripes on the front panel of the device. Some games when stretching to full screen incorrectly scaled. To prevent this from happening, the dimensions of the working window are measured so that it takes up the entire display in width. At the same time, black stripes remain above and below, which are obscured by the panel design and become invisible.

Present and familiar to the series C matrix illumination settings. The user is offered modes:

• adaptive, with automatic adjustment of color tone and backlight depending on external conditions;
• AMOLED cinema with reduced brightness limit;
• photo AMOLED with balancing parametrics depending on the output on the screen;
• basic, with user-adjustable color tone and display brightness settings.

Important! Screen resolution can be changed manually. There is also an eye protection mode when reading with suppression of the blue component of the spectrum. For him, you can customize the work schedule.

The screen as a whole shows excellent color coverage and display authenticity. In this smartphone, it was possible to neutralize the main problem of AMOLED displays with spectrum shift to blue at boundary viewing angles. As a result, the images on the screen of the Samsung Galaxy s8 look almost perfect.

Hardware platform

The heart of the Galaxy S8 computing platform is the Exynos 8895 processor from Samsung. This chip is made on 10 nm process technology. Eight CPU cores running as fours show excellent performance.

Processing graphics without delay, even in games with high demands - the merit of the top-end processor MaliG71-MP20. It is 20% faster than a chip in a well-shown Galaxy C7.In principle, there are no performance problems with the C8 platform. Even the most demanding games come with maximum graphics settings. For example, high level tests with Car Chase show rendering as much as 768.7 frames per second.

3 GB, and for some versions of the execution 4 GB of RAM allow the Galaxy S8 to serve simultaneously two running applications. At the same time, the processor platform shows not only balanced power consumption, but also low heat generation. No distinctly hot areas on the case are detected, even at maximum load.

Autonomy

The Samsung Galaxy s8 was the first in a series of products from a company that received a more thoroughly tested battery driven by an advanced algorithm. The battery capacity is 3000 mAh. The device shows impressive battery life characteristics compared to its predecessors. Of course, the records are far away, but there is a positive trend.

When playing full-screen FullHD video with maximum volume, brightness of the backlight Samsung Galaxy s8 works till 19 o'clock. In normal use, with switched on modems, working messengers, calls and 4 hours of screen activity - the device functions up to one and a half days.

The periods of work measured by the owners from one battery are as follows (Works 2.0 PCMark test, with a display brightness of 200 cd / sqm, with a processor load):

• screen resolution 1480x720 - 9 hours;
• Resolution 2200x1080 - 8 hours of work;
• The maximum display resolution is 7 hours.

These are very good results for a synthetic test. In practice, users note that with a reasonable setting of economy modes, it is easy to get the Samsung Galaxy s8 to work for two days with a total display luminance time up to 8 hours.

Important! The system supports two formats of wireless charging. This is very convenient for those who use multiple devices at the same time. Supports fast charging mode for both wired and wireless ways to replenish the battery charge.

Cameras

The general opinion of testers and device owners suggests that the Samsung Galaxy s8 makes shots even better than its predecessor, the Galaxy c7. And this is with the same sensors installed cameras. These are truly advanced products that have received confident shooting in the dark by reducing the physical dimensions of the pixel of the matrix, focusing on the basis of information from 100% photosensitive elements.

New algorithms for working with photos that are used by the Samsung Galaxy s8 phone, allow you to get almost perfect pictures. In addition, the front camera Samsung Galaxy s8 added megapixels. Now she has 8 megapixels and takes really good selfies, writes an improved video with software image stabilization, and learned how to glue shots together for panning.

The main camera of Samsung Galaxy s8 has also changed. The resolution of the unique, specially designed sensor Sony 12.2 MP. Of new featuresdistinguishing the camera from the previous revision, it can be noted:

• recording images in RAW;
• New control shell with zoom, for which it is enough to shift the shutter button;
• improved HDR;
• advanced macro photography algorithms;
• new handlers of images in backlight;
• improved detail images with low light.

The main camera began to make almost perfect videos. The reason is extra software image stabilization, which is activated in particularly complex cases, where optical capabilities may not be enough.

Should I buy

A critical user may notice that the Samsung Galaxy s8 does not offer a revolution in comparison with the previous flagship.The phone has become expected faster. Little improved pictures. But most importantly, what is worth buying the Samsung Galaxy s8 is a unique appearance and a truly unrivaled screen. If you add to this protection against water and dust, the fifth-generation, sturdy Gorilla Glass, face identification and an improved power supply system, it becomes clear that the model is really capable of winning hearts.

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