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this video brought to you by D brand Juan Carlos Magna in New York City for pocket now at Samsung unpacked 2017 checking out the new Galaxy s8 and it wouldn't be a series of PocketNow videos if we didn't compare it against another phone at the dre Joe immediately the first comparison we thought of for the Galaxy s8 was checking it out alongside the LG G 6 these the first two companies to really radically change up screen aspect ratio being called 18 by 9 of course we like to reduce that fraction this is a 2 by 1 aspect ratio display and that it's twice as tall as it is wide we're looking at two phones that are going to be really well matched in terms of overall feature set you know when we look at those specs on paper super pixel dense displays that you know are really tall and skinny and they look very impressive I mean every time you show someone the g6 they're very impressed by what it looks like and what it feels like in the hand and I'm sure that's also going to go double for the Galaxy S a this is going to be something that people are wowed by when they first see just how sleek and how seductive the curves on this phone are and that is actually been one of the major differences in just holding these two phones is how much more confident I am in holding the g6 because it's kind of a chunky bond in my hands especially from having recently done the camera review on the g6 I was a little less concerned about dropping this and just how precious and how pretty and how small and thin this really does feel but that does mean that I'm going to be a little bit more concerned in handling it when I'm out and about we still get headphone jacks on both phones we did our real audio review on the g6 Samsung did promote their Harmon acquisition and that we do know that the Galaxy s8 is going to be coming with premium ear buds from AKG which makes me squirrely excited to hear although of course we still want to see those improvements internally on the phone great ear buds need to be driven by a great stack and amp we're also going to be excited to put these two through a camera showdown we know the g6 has one of the most flexible camera systems on any phone available but we also know that Samsung dual pixel sensor giving it super fast autofocus and low-light capabilities are going to be formidable again and how most people are using their phone these days extra features and capabilities versus improving the core photography experience that's going to be a really hot video to put together and lastly that software experience is also going to be a crucial battle for these two companies we're dealing with taller and skinnier screens and that's fine but we want to see that these companies are really maximizing that screen real estate Samsung's custom interface solutions for shifting up video playback and changing up how split-screen is implemented in Android natively is going to be a big benefit but then we see LG coming out the gate with a lot of features baked into their apps for example the camera situation with those square photos really helping you line up your shots and create content we don't see Samsung taking advantage of the screen real estate in quite the same way with some of those fun features we get stickers and the ability to you know have sort of snapchat style doggy ears or antlers on me and that's fun but that doesn't really mean we're taking advantage of what this screen has to offer now happily we did get to see a demo with some gaming where you can change up the aspect ratio of games it's a little bit of a beta situation it might not work with all software titles once the phone is launched but that does show that Samsung is considering that people probably don't want to be looking at pillarboxing with their standard widescreen video and widescreen gaming which has been a little bit of a criticism for the g6 on a lot of these apps which are lacking native support for this screen res enhanced water resistance taller screens killer camera features and a focus on improving some of those lifestyle features like audio this is going to be a fun battle back and forth between these two smartphone tightenings and of course we want to hear from you are you learning a little more team LG are you learning a little more team Samsung but in the viewer polled it just pops up on your screen and drop us a comment down below now that we have the full skinny on the Galaxy s8 OSS feeling for your perception of Samsung are you looking at some of the competitors we know this phone is going to be facing intense competition from a number of flagship manufacturers this year but Samsung is delivering something really special in this phone did you know that every year more people are killed by falling coconuts than by sharks we'd like to thank our sponsor D brand for reminding us that sharks aren't the bloodthirsty human eating machines they're made out to be or maybe we want to thank them for reminding us that coconuts aren't 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