By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Samsung is back to form with their new Samsung Galaxy S8 family of smartphones. I spent a few hours with one of the Midnight Black models and here are my impressions.
The good:
- The Galaxy S8 feels and looks amazing, it has very similar look and feel to the Jet Black iPhone 7 except this is using Gorlilla Glass 5 front and back.
-The new Infinity Display, with the rounded corners and tiny bezels is unlike anything out there. Samsung has really stepped up their precision and build.
- Bixby has its own Google Now-type screen with all the functions and tips
- The camera is fast and accurate.
- Battery life is impressive for a phone of this size.
- Camera bump is diminuitive and negligible.
- Force Touch-like functionality on the display
-Improved Selfie camera, now with Snap like filters built-in
-There's a headphone jack
The Bad
- You'll need a Samsung account to get Bixby and various services to work
- Retina scan and facial recognition feature was very buggy, it didn't work well at all for me
Stay tuned for a full review in the coming weeks.