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.
April 2017
(88%)
625 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(87%)
1724 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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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
Published: 2017-04-18, Author: Eric , review by: phonescoop.com
Samsung found the right formula in the Galaxy S8+. It dialed in the exact amounts of high design, technical power, and quality build needed to deliver a near-perfect smartphone. The S8+'s flaws are so few and far between I can hardly bring myself to bothe...
Published: 2017-04-18, Author: Michael , review by: greenbot.com
Amazing, brilliant, eye-popping display, An incredible design that makes a 6.2-inch screen feel like a 5.7-inch one, Camera offers nice refinements over the S7, especially for selfies
Fingerprint sensor is in a horrible location, Bixby isn't very useful or compelling
With a gorgeous 6.2-inch display and a design that needs to be seen, the Galaxy S8+ truly changes the smartphone conversation...
A bold new formfactor, Solid allaround experience, Stateoftheart camera
Performance could be better, Screen colors are not too accurate
Despite the stark new appearance and display aspect ratio, it is yet to be decided if this new, almost bezel-less design trend of the Galaxy S8+ is going to lead to a meaningful change in how we experience the smartphone as a tool. Having the bezels reduc...
Incredible & comfortable design, Outstanding Super AMOLED display, Fast performance, Good allround camera, Bixby Voice Assistant has potential, Best in class inbox headphones, Acceptable battery life, Frontfacing camera has autofocus, Plenty of customizat
Odd fingerprint sensor location, Bixby is limited and needs work, No major improvements to the camera, Iris recognition is hit and miss, Bottomfiring speaker is average at best
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