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I pre-ordered the Samsung Galaxy S8 as soon as Samsung started taking orders. The phone arrived last week. For purposes of comparison, I have been using it alongside my iPhone 7 Plus and Google Pixel XL.
This review is based on my own experience and how the phone could help me in my personal and professional life.
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Samsung Galaxy S8
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Beauty lies in the...
First things first, the hardware. Samsung Galaxy S8 is powered by MSM 8998 Octa Core 2.35Ghz (Quad Core) + 1.9Ghz (Quad) processor and 4GB of RAM. But beyond that, it's a beautiful phone - from tip to toe. If I can paraphrase a dialogue from the movie The Matrix, I would say, ‘there is no phone, it’s just the screen.’
Samsung Galaxy S8 Swapnil Bhartiya
The Galaxy S8 is a bit thinner than the iPhone, thanks to almost no bezel on the sides. Samsung managed to make this phone comfortable to hold, without compromising on the screen size.
Samsung Galaxy S8 Swapnil Bhartiya
Seeing is believing
The display is the most incredible part of the Samsung Galaxy S8. It’s 6.2" of pure AMOLED beauty.
While my iPhone 7 Plus and Samsung S8 Plus are the same size, the S8 has 6.2" of screen real estate whereas the iPhone 7 Plus has a mere 5.5". Samsung makes the best displays and S8 blows everything else out of the water. It’s native 2960x1440 resolution makes everything crisper and more realistic than the 1920x1080 ‘retina’ LCD display of the iPhone. And like my 4K TV, Samsung also allows me to change the color temperature of the display to optimize it for movies or images. Not only that, you can also scale the resolution...