Pros and Cons of the Galaxy S8?

[Niv77]

Hello everyone!
I need your opinions.
I'm thinking of getting an S8+ but I would like to know what are the pros and the cons first.
Any issues with S8+?
Thanks!

 

[vasekvi]

Screen burn in if you leave your display on for very long periods of time especially with high brightness

 

[Tim1954]

It's a brilliant device but fingerprint, iris and face recognition are all unreliable in my case... Otherwise it's great.

 

[Sam_Gs7]

Hello everyone!
I need your opinions.
I'm thinking of getting an S8+ but I would like to know what are the pros and the cons first.
Any issues with S8+?
Thanks!

In addition to the above replies: Check this website review to decide
Link: Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus Review Pros & Cons: A Luxurious Phablet

 

[Niv77]

Screen burn in if you leave your display on for very long periods of time especially with high brightness

Really? Is it a known Issue? This is the main reason why I'm leaving LG V20. Screen retention.

 

[vasekvi]

Really? Is it a known Issue? This is the main reason why I'm leaving LG V20. Screen retention.

I have a V20. And I have that problem. But I prefer it to the superamoled burn in I've had on all my Samsung phones.

 

[Niv77]

It's a brilliant device but fingerprint, iris and face recognition are all unreliable in my case... Otherwise it's great.

Thanks for the input, mate.

 

[Niv77]

In addition to the above replies: Check this website review to decide
Link: Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus Review Pros & Cons: A Luxurious Phablet

Thanks Man

 

[dov1978]

Screen burn in if you leave your display on for very long periods of time especially with high brightness

Mine stays on all day for Google Maps navigation. Full brightness and never had an issue with burn in

 

[vasekvi]

Mine stays on all day for Google Maps navigation. Full brightness and never had an issue with burn in

Your what? S8?

 

[dov1978]

Your what? S8?

Yes

 

[vasekvi]

Yes

It's too new.

 

[dov1978]

It's too new.

So how can you say screen burn is a problem if it's too new for you to have seen an issue?

 

[boltsbearsjosh]

Bixby button is annoying as hell

 

[vasekvi]

So how can you say screen burn is a problem if it's too new for you to have seen an issue?

I work at Frys Electronics. All the Samsung phone displays have horrible burn in.

 

[TylerLV76]

I work at Frys Electronics. All the Samsung phone displays have horrible burn in.

Well of course they do, they're left on 24/7 at maximum brightness lol. Real world usage will very very rarely ever get burn in.

 

[vasekvi]

Well of course they do, they're left on 24/7 at maximum brightness lol. Real world usage will very very rarely ever get burn in.

Except for every Samsung phone I've ever owned.

 

[TylerLV76]

Except for every Samsung phone I've ever owned.

And never on any Samsung phone I've ever owned. So now were zeroed out. If it were an issue don't you think there would be mass amounts of people online complaining about it?

Navigation apps are the biggest culprit of causing this issue. Avoid having navigation visible for hours on end and you likely will never see burn in.

 

[dov1978]

Except for every Samsung phone I've ever owned.

I've had every Galaxy S since the s2, some of them more than once. I've had the Note 3 and 4 too and I can honestly say I've never, EVER had screen burn in or even image retention on any of them. I've never had screen burn on any phone in fact and I've had many Androids, Windows phones and every iPhone. I'm not saying some phones don't suffer it but I've yet to see it personally. Phones on display in a shop with static images are likely to suffer screen burn but when in the real world does someone keep their phone on all day without the screen changing?

 

[vasekvi]

Every phone I've owned since having an HP Pre 3 suffered from burn in or retention. Samsung Galaxy S4 and two Galaxy Note Edges. All with burn in. LG V10 and V20 both with retention.

So I choose retention over permanent burn in since I can't seem to avoid one or the other.

I use my phone more than the average person I suppose. Just something to consider for heavy users that's all.