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Testseek.co.uk have collected 625 expert reviews of the Samsung SM-G955 Galaxy S8 Plus and the average rating is 88%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung SM-G955 Galaxy S8 Plus.
Award: Editor’s Choice April 2017
April 2017
 
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The editors liked

  • Excellent display for movie watching (will be even better when HDR content is available)
  • Great camera
  • Refined and full-featured user interface
  • Option to avoid Samsung bloatware for best software experience yet
  • Eye-catchingly gorgeous design
  • Positively gorgeous
  • More of that beautiful display
  • The best smartphone performance so far
  • Brilliant 6.2-inch display
  • Blazing fast performance
  • Bluetooth 5/dual audio
  • Big screen
  • Acceptable phone size
  • Best camera on a smartphone
  • Slick software and performance
  • The Galaxy S8 Plus is a big phone that manages to make a 6.2-inch screen look graceful. It has every hardware and software advantage of the ultrasleek
  • Curved Galaxy S8
  • Including long battery life
  • Best battery life on the market
  • Gorgeously curved
  • Premium-grade metal and glass design
  • Water and dust proof
  • Lightning-fast processing power
  • Well-optimized and polished software package
  • Superb camera and display
  • Great audio quality
  • Stunning design is unbeatable by any other phone right now
  • Incredible performance that comes into its own with DeX Station
  • Camera quality among the best you'll find in in a phone
  • Outstanding design and build quality
  • Impressive screen quality
  • Fast performance
  • Expandable memory
  • Big
  • Bright screen
  • Loads of power
  • Big battery
  • Stunning design
  • Great software experience
  • Camera is reliable in any light
  • The best screen on any phone
  • 64GB microSD card slot
  • Wireless charging
  • IP68
  • Brilliant screen
  • Good battery life
  • Iris scanner
  • Pressuresensitive screen
  • Notification LED
  • Design
  • Display
  • Performance
  • Battery life
  • Beautiful design
  • Superb screen
  • Feature packed
  • Great performance

The editors didn't like

  • Internal speaker isn't great
  • Bixby isn't fully realised
  • Rear fingerprint scanner takes a backseat to iris scanning
  • Bixby button feels like it could be doing something else
  • Undeniably expensive
  • Doesn't offer much more than regular S8
  • Expensive
  • Rear fingerprint reader placement
  • Bixby needs to differentiate
  • Face recognition hit and miss
  • Your most expensive phone yet
  • Flawed fingerprint sensor
  • Hello
  • Bixby? Hello
  • You'll have to reach higher to get to the fingerprint sensor on the back -- a straight day of this gets annoying
  • UI has some missing bits and gimmicks
  • Fingerprint scanner placement not left-hand friendly
  • Lacks higher-tier onboard storage (128GB) model
  • Gorgeous curved glass design can be tricky to hold and may be fragile - a case is recommended
  • Which sort of dimi
  • Size won't be for everyone
  • Fingerprint sensor slightly awkwardly placed
  • £100 more than the already excellent S8
  • Sound quality lags slight behind iPhone 7 Plus
  • Awkwardly placed fingerprint sensor
  • Overly familiar design
  • Face scanner isn't great
  • Bixby remains useless
  • Generally bad fingerprint scanner
  • Fixed battery
  • Only Android 7.0
  • No USBPD
  • Fingerprint scanner placement not great
  • Mono speaker
  • Mediocre face detection
  • Fingerprint scanner placement
  • Fingerprint sensor poorly located
  • Bixby is a work-in-progress
  • It's not cheap

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  Published: 2019-11-27, review by: knowyourmobile.com

  • Best battery life on the market, Gorgeously curved, premium-grade metal and glass design, water and dust proof, lightning-fast processing power, well-optimized and polished software package, superb camera and display, great audio quality
  • UI has some missing bits and gimmicks, fingerprint scanner placement not left-hand friendly, lacks higher-tier onboard storage (128GB) model, gorgeous curved glass design can be tricky to hold and may be fragile - a case is recommended, which sort of dimi

 
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  Published: 2019-11-27, review by: knowyourmobile.com

  • Best battery life on the market, Gorgeously curved, premium-grade metal and glass design, water and dust proof, lightning-fast processing power, well-optimized and polished software package, superb camera and display, great audio quality
  • UI has some missing bits and gimmicks, fingerprint scanner placement not left-hand friendly, lacks higher-tier onboard storage (128GB) model, gorgeous curved glass design can be tricky to hold and may be fragile - a case is recommended, which sort of dimi

 
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  Published: 2018-04-09, review by: pocket-lint.com

  • Excellent display for movie watching (will be even better when HDR content is available), Great camera, Refined and full-featured user interface, Option to avoid Samsung bloatware for best software experience yet, Eye-catchingly gorgeous design
  • Internal speaker isn't great, Bixby isn't fully realised, Rear fingerprint scanner takes a backseat to iris scanning, Bixby button feels like it could be doing something else
  • Samsung waited a little later in 2017 to unleash its flagship phone - but it was well worth the wait. A year on, with falling prices, the Galaxy S8+ still stands up against the new Galaxy S9+.Exquisite design, a high-quality waterproof build, great camera...

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  Published: 2017-12-18, Author: Zach , review by: itpro.co.uk

  • Abstract:  Sign up for our daily newsletter Whether you're in a business looking to deploy devices or an end user ready to upgrade to your next flagship handset, there are a plethora of phones on the market to choose from. Here's our rundowns of the best smartphon...

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  Published: 2017-12-01, Author: Max , review by: trustedreviews.com

  • Stunning design, Great software experience, Camera is reliable in any light, The best screen on any phone
  • Bixby remains useless, Generally bad fingerprint scanner
  • Samsung Galaxy S8+ – Battery Life Aside from the overall size, and of course price, the biggest difference between the two Galaxy S8 flagships are their batteries. However, I've found they both last about the same amount of time, so don't pick up the S8+...

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  Published: 2017-11-13, Author: paul_smart , review by: gadgetspeak.com

  • Abstract:  The Samsung Galaxy S8+ measures 15.5x7x.7cm and weighs 174grams. The viewable screen is 14x7cm, my unit had a grey back with a slight blue tinge the sides were silver and the front a not that shiny black, so joy of joys it does not show fingermarks that m...

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  Published: 2017-09-28, Author: James , review by: 3g.co.uk

  • Big, bright screen, Loads of power, Big battery
  • Expensive, Overly familiar design, Face scanner isn't great
  • “The Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus is one of the best phablets on the planet, combining a big screen with a big battery and loads of tech and features.”Best Samsung Galaxy S8 dealsTop DealSamsung Galaxy S8 12GB for the price of 4GB.12GB data Unlimited minsUnlimi...

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  Published: 2017-08-22, Author: Victoria , review by: alphr.com

  • In essence, the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus is the same phone as the S8, with all the things that make that phone great, but with a bigger screen, a bigger battery, a more unwieldy profile and a higher price.Is it any better, though? In my view, the answer to...

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  Published: 2017-08-01, review by: knowyourmobile.com

  • Best battery life on the market, Gorgeously curved, premium-grade metal and glass design, water and dust proof, lightning-fast processing power, well-optimized and polished software package, superb camera and display, great audio quality
  • UI has some missing bits and gimmicks, fingerprint scanner placement not left-hand friendly, lacks higher-tier onboard storage (128GB) model, gorgeous curved glass design can be tricky to hold and may be fragile - a case is recommended, which sort of dimi

 
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  Published: 2017-07-13, review by: knowyourmobile.com

  • Best battery life on the market, Gorgeously curved, premium-grade metal and glass design, water and dust proof, lightning-fast processing power, well-optimized and polished software package, superb camera and display, great audio quality
  • UI has some missing bits and gimmicks, fingerprint scanner placement not left-hand friendly, lacks higher-tier onboard storage (128GB) model, gorgeous curved glass design can be tricky to hold and may be fragile - a case is recommended, which sort of dimi

 
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