I have a Galaxy S8 in my hands — AMA!

[donm527]

How's the battery?

 

[Daniel Bader]

Hi, I would love to know what the maximum length the shutter speed can be set to in 'pro mode' in the camera app ?
Am hoping it's more than 10 seconds like the S7!
Many thanks!

10 seconds max. Sorry

 

[Bikesh159]

Well, I mean the smartphones of other companies.

 

[zahernahhas]

Awesome

 

[Supraman21]

Can you turn on Image Stabilization when recording 4K? For some reason when recording in 4K on the S7 you weren't able to use image stabilization.

The hardware image stabilization is crap when recording videos and its why I record at 1440p.

 

[racedog]

Heh, I was traveling home yesterday, sorry!

It was intended as a friendly joke, figured you were busy and would get back in here when you could.

 

[smooth4lyfe]

Wow, the S8 facial recognition can be defeated with just a photo.

Just like any facial recognition on a phone...no surprise there

 

[SugarMouth]

So, what else do you want to know? Let me know and I'll try my best to answer your questions!

Does the software reject unintentional touches? That is what drives me nuts on my Note 5. I worry with zero bezel it will be worse.

 

[gendo667]

I'm assuming you can't say whether or not you can turn off Bixby since it's not complete? I'm guessing your access to the feature was limited?

 

[Lagann]

Is it a fingerprint magnet? Which color is best suited for fingerprints so it's not noticeable?

 

[Wizzy]

How good is the Iris scanner? Is it fast and accurate enough to use instead of fingerprint scanner?

 

[afazel]

I played with one briefly yesterday at Best Buy. I was impressed, and the Orchid Gray looks great in person. Hopefully it stays as fast 6 months later as on day 1.

Which network are you using it on?

 

[Starr Almighty]

Just read every page thanks for all the user info you have shared. Great stuff to know!

 

[BeyondtheTech]

Does the S8 have Adoptable Storage? I like not having to worry about moving data between the internal 64GB storage and a microSD card.

 

[m3lover1]

I'm assuming you can't say whether or not you can turn off Bixby since it's not complete? I'm guessing your access to the feature was limited?

I'm pretty sure Samsung isn't going to allow remapping that button. I don't think his access to anything on the phone is limited at all

 

[efultz]

what do you mean by "adoptable storage"? I know the phone can be used as a drive in the Windows Explorer when connected with USB and you can have SD card (same for S8?). And the S8 has 64gb of memory instead of the 32gb my s7 has.

 

[gendo667]

I'm pretty sure Samsung isn't going to allow remapping that button. I don't think his access to anything on the phone is limited at all

I don't care about the button. I just wanna turn the feature off.

 

[gendo667]

what do you mean by "adoptable storage"? I know the phone can be used as a drive in the Windows Explorer when connected with USB and you can have SD card (same for S8?). And the S8 has 64gb of memory instead of the 32gb my s7 has.

I can't remember if it was Nougat or Marshmallow, but you can use your SD card to extend your local storage. Your device just reads it all as local, not as an SD card.

Not sure if that's the best explanation, I've never used the feature.

 

[burrzoo]

I assume the case has a cutout for fingerprint scanner? I have Samsung Pay and use the fingerprint scanner. Putting on the back seems pretty dumb to me.

If the Iris Scanner is as good as it was on the Note 7 then you probably won't miss the FPS much or at all. I set up the Iris Scanner on my Note 7 without glasses BUT use it most of the time with glasses on and the Iris Scanner worked perfectly every time. I thought it was a security flaw so I had some friends try it with and without their glasses and they never could unlock my phone.

Keeping my fingers crossed that the S8/S8+ Iris Scanner/software work as good.

 

[Large Hadron]

No the Bixby button is mapped to either Bixby Home (press) or Bibxy Talk (press and hold).

Ah well, so there's still a need for root