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hello everyone Eber here with hurricane axe and welcome back to another video copy text is over it's over and I'm slowly recovering from jet lag plus catching up with some sleep but regardless of that today we're going to be talking about this the Samsung Galaxy has a plus now before we move on I need to quickly mention that this is by no means a full dedicated review video because I'm sure you've watched countless of them online I'll be focusing this video on the things I liked about this device and the things I didn't like because I've spent nearly a month using this as my daily driver so here are my thoughts the first a message from our sponsor the Graham spectrum keyboard bike this soil comes with a new mechanical agile switch with low profile key caps with super fast response and shorter actuation distance plus all the customization included with RGB lighting and macros for a premium user alright let's address something that anyone would think of when taking a glance at VSA it's just beautiful Samsung has definitely brought their a-game to the table after the note 7 recall and they played it safe this time yet pushing the limits of a modern smartphone design I've got the midnight black bear in here and I've got to admit everything from the curved edges to the smooth metal body or unibody construction screens quality it's a marvelous piece of engineering that one would have dreamed four years ago that being said one of the drawbacks to this design is the implementation of Gorilla Glass 5 at the back as it quickly picks up grease and fingerprints which makes it almost uncomfortable to use the phone at times plus it also gets slippery thankfully I haven't dropped this yet because that would have been quite a disaster and obviously a quick fix to this would be to apply a skin of some sort but like I mentioned in my g6 review video I would appreciate if companies move towards matte finishes in the future because I preferred those over glass backs the screen covers 80% of the body yielding thinner bezels at the top and bottom while the curved edges on the sides make it impossible to distinguish it from the body alone here's a shot of it sitting next to the 6p yeah I really can't go back to this phone because I'm so used to Samsung's view for infinity-edge display and it has won me over with resistant bezels in one way you have a lot of vertical wheels take to work with multitasking Plus watching native 21 by 9 content looks amazing and that brings me to my next point the display now remember I'm rocking the si plus which sports a whopping 6.2 inch qHD plus AMOLED display and given this panels technology colors are super vibrant with excellent contours ratio and deeper blacks that I'm always a fan of Samsung does include options for different color profiles I ended up using the basic mode as the colors seemed more neutral to my eyes and like I mentioned earlier watching content on the screen was a pleasing experience except for one annoying factor the curved edges now I'm completely aware that I'm contradicting myself here because I just mentioned how beautiful this phone looks like with these curved edges especially when you're swiping things from left to right it's a seamless transition and works great but when you're watching content the edges get reflective and the content starts to distort a little bit and I didn't like that the g6 for example has a flatter display without any curves so distortion was non-existent and I preferred that over the s8 screen sorry Samsung let's also not forget to talk about big speed because it's Samsung's way of saying let's make a ripoff version of Google now and that didn't turn out that great you see I'm heavily invested into the Google ecosystem and I do use Google now on Android phones to check whether and updates but Bixby is just so annoying it certainly needs a lot of work done and it's nowhere close to Google now at least until the time I'm making this video but you know what's even worse assigning a physical button to activate the damn thing there is no way to reassign that button to launch another app plus you can't disable it through the settings it's also at an odd location right beside the volume rockers so you can imagine the amount of times I'm accidentally triggered this feature there are third-party paid apps that can disable this feature but implementing this physical button was a big mistake from Samsung in the first place my second biggest gripe about the si+ is the location of the fingerprint reader it's right beside the camera and that made it difficult for my fingers to reach and it's also not that accurate compared to the 6p and the g6 I've ran into a lot of times where the phone wouldn't recognize my finger unless I place it at a certain position it was really a frustrating experience and I'm aware of other biometric authentication like face recognition that's a hit or miss and iris scanner that kind of works when I have my glasses on I appreciate Samsung for including these features but I'm not sold on them completely you know what else I do like about the si+ it's waterproof to be more specific it's certified with the ip68 water and deaths resistant rating and I've taken advantage of that feature a lot of times when traveling got to live that germ-free life you know what I mean now I'm not going to go in-depth into software experience because there's a lot of Samsung related features that I honestly didn't care about you know me I love a cleaner and simpler user experience so just like any other Android phones I installed Nova my preferred icon pack and called it a day that's the beauty with Android because the user has full control of the software and they can customize the UI to fit their style battery life on the si+ was great samsung has packed 830 500 milliamp hour unit inside this that gets me roughly around 6 hours of screen on time the phone charges via type C and it supports quick charge 2.0 my usage normally consisted of checking Twitter Instagram taking photos browsing the web and catching up on a few TV shows house of cards season 5 is out by the way and I completely binge watch the entire season on my flight back to Toronto but what's interesting is that I had 50% of remaining when I landed albeit the phone was on airplane mode but still very impressive remember turning the always-on display option will shorten the screen on usage so be aware of that and the last thing to cover here is the camera and it's nothing short of spectacular it's a 12 megapixel sensor with an aperture stop of F 1.7 pictures look fabulous on this thing and the samples you're seeing now was shot in auto mode without any adjustments to ISO white balance etc auto focus on the other hand is ridiculously fast in fact it is one of the fastest I've come across on an Android device after the s7 let me know what do you think about these samples so in conclusion I really have mixed feelings about the galaxy A+ because for one this is the best Android smartphone that Samsung has ever created because it's beautiful especially with these curved edges and the design is a testament to modern smartphone engineering the camera is outstanding I'm sure you've seen that those samples but it's not a perfect device at least for me personally because the fingerprint reader is at an odd location the curved screen can get a little distracting when you're watching content the speakers are missed front-facing speakers and the bottom facing ones on these are not that great I honestly also don't get the point or the motive behind Bigsby especially assigning a physical button to activate that feature is pointless in my opinion imagine the R&D that went into creating it you also can't forget the fact that this is a Samsung device and the software is known for slowing down over time I guess I'll have to update you on that later on well there you have it my thoughts on the Samsung Galaxy s8 plus what do you guys think about this device is this the genius smartphone that you've been looking forward to and for those of you out there who are interested or si+ owners how are you liking it so far let us know in the comments down below a new bar with hurricane axe thank you so much for watching and we'll see you in the next one