Gadgetory

oh my my Samsung Galaxy you have changed a year ago you had a flat screen in a physical home button with a fingerprint reader now as the galaxy s 8 you have a screen that curves on both sides no physical home button and a fingerprint reader on the back you're also taller narrower and managed to have a larger screen than even that ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 and your supersize sibling known as the s8 plus provides a whopping six point two inches of screen space on top of that you're light and easy to use even with one hand you are looking good I don't mind the fact that you traded your home button for an on screen control it maximizes the screen real estate and I can still launch Google assistant in my recent apps I also like this refreshed look you've got going on and that current version of Android 7.1 but can we talk about that fingerprint scanner for a minute it is far too close to the camera lens which means smudge City I've also got a little bone to pick with Bixby your new digital assistant it's cool that it can work with the phone settings surface cards a lot like Google now and even identify text and objects through the camera but it's going to be limited at first and not every demo worked when I tried it of course you were running pre-final software and Bixby is updating all the time but it sure did leave a bad taste now how about your camera pressing the power button twice to launch it worked really well and there are some new ways to interact with camera tools like zooming in and out snapping a pic and decorating my friends I also dig the selfie cams ability to autofocus which will be useful for large group shots but I did notice that you're sticking with your 112 megapixel lens when some fans were hoping for more luckily you're also keeping that water-resistant body and wireless charging capability plus you've added faster face unlocking a way to control smart home appliances and the ability to turn into a workstation through the new Samsung dec stock plus a few other tidbits here and there I've got a say Galaxy s8 your new design looks really elegant the competition is fierce and Bixby feels incomplete we'll just have to wait to see how you perform once you launch for real