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[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ramoneluis:
I will sale my s8+ and back to Note 5.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
Why exactly ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jfoster38122:
Have had mine a couple of weeks now and it's by far the fastest phone I have had. Battery life IMO is pretty good. Just waiting on root to see if it can be even better.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] cherrychen3033:
ios may make you mad. i just got ipad pro 10.5.

lots of bugs, NO FILE MANAGER!

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i'm looking forward the s pen. it's perfect to have a handwriting phone. so i no longer need to carry a ipad pro.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ron31:
ive had mine for a week now i came from a google pixel xl and this one is way better and i find the finger print scanner no issues and i only have small hands the pixel scanner was harder to find then this one
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] MattyHappiness:
I'm really glad about the S8+ perfomance, 2 weeks ago I was using a S7 Edge.

1st reason - Battery life: With the S7e I got 4.30hs screen on and I think I've got 6hs once. I bought the S8+ and the screen time is always up to 6.30hs, 8hs twice.

2nd reason - Screen (Infinite Display): I know it's annoying to crop almost everything to fit on this new screen ratio, however, all wallpapers or videos/movies seems amazing on this screen, really amazing.

3rd reason - Front camera: I hate s7e front camera, it was really bad, all photos looked w beauty mod (even if it was off). Now it looks more real.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] grmcrkrs:
I do regret it. I had the S7 Active last, which was sturdy and had a great battery. The S8 + is very very fragile, and though the battery is good, overall it has nothing I should have switched for. I do regret the purchase
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Cruzaders:
Here it is.

All apps are suspended, including social media, except whatsapp.

I always wait for a full cycle to put on charge again. From 100 to 0% and 0 to 100% without interruptions.

4g always on. No bt ou wifi.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] antawnm26:
Yes!!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] liggerz87:
love mine also have htc u11
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ramoneluis:
I miss the Spen. I need that. S8+ is good, but is not my darling...

I will get the Note 5 and wait will untill the Note 7 FE come to German.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] mark-in-dallas:
I'm about ready to walk into a Best Buy store and throw my S8+ at a Samsung Rep. Actually I'll probably just sell it on eBay and buy an actual Smart Phone! The Smart Lock rarely works and if I haven't touched the phone for an hour or 2 locks the phone at trusted locations and when on my body or connected to trusted devices. I have a Power Scheduler app that turns the ringer off at night and back on in the morning that worked perfectly on my Galaxy S6, but rarely if ever works on the S8 and when it does it can be as much as an hour and a half after it is supposed too. I have an August Smart Lock and app, which is supposed to automatically unlock my door when I return home that also worked fine on my Galaxy S6, but is very hit or miss on the S8. The facial recognition works maybe 1 in 5 times. I get constant Gmail stopped working notifications and Samsung Email pulls the same email messages in over and over, even though it is set to delete the messages from the server, and I have already deleted the message.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ProzakVizaq:
It is highly advisable to maintain a battery level within 40 - 80%; however, I personally do not do it.

But what I really do is trying not to keep my battery level below 7%. Never ever. It is really harmful to discharge it so greatly.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] dakunclear:
Wait you use the Samsung email app......just use bluemail way better and easier to set up and everything else in between.

As for the rest I don't usually use those settings
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] iceheart3131:
Not really a regret but a deception : S8+ has some feature extremelly strong but the bad are (for me) :

- lag on the system

- bixby (remapped but not totally ) gone away

I really hope a fix but I am not dreaming : the S8 + is a deception . I prefered the S7 Edge to S8 +.:crying:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Bisquit-02:
Deception here also. I'm still not liking my adaptive display, and other modes are too red.

Not a joy for me to pick it up and look at the screen.

Samsung totally unwilling to do anything about it from day one.

But the worst part is I don't like showing it to my friends either, afraid of comments about my screen. I'm still telling myself it's all in my mind...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
What do you mean by "comments about my screen" ? Who cares mate just enjoy your phone
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Jikers:
I regret buying this phone I didn't do any research on the phone I just assumed the g955u would have a unlocked bootloader and what not. All this non since over Samsung pay something I don't even use.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ron31:
i should ve did more research im pissed its snapdragon no root total load of crap .canadian version has been exyno i assumed it was on s8 plus also.lesson learn t do your research it is now sitting in a drawer im using my rooted google pixel xl.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] syther:
Actually this is my first Samsung device and i really like the s8+.

Coming from a Mi Mix (which im selling currently) , this is an big upgrade. Let alone all this things you can buy for the s8+ :D

So no, i really do not regret that i bought the s8+ :D
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jpbl1976:
Using an Exynos S8+. No regrets. Excellent device. I have owned every Galaxy S since the OG Galaxy S and this is the best one.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Incarniac:
I have none of the problems you mention above (and I use smart lock both by location at home and connected to my car bluetooth). I don't use facial recognition but iris recognition works whenever I use it (though I use fingerprint the majority of the time).

Some comments though:

Smart Lock will lock the device if it has been unused for 4 hours (and it should show a notification to this effect, I always have one waiting for me in the morning when I pick up the device). This is a standard Android feature. An hour or two sounds wrong though, unless there's a way to customise (I'm not aware of any).

Using the standard 'Do Not Disturb' feature in Android should mean you don't need to use a third-party tool for turning off the ringer. I don't know if Power Scheduler is used for anything else (I don't use it) but it shouldn't be necessary for this particular functionality.

If it's the August Home app then the S8/S8+ are not specifically listed as supported devices currently (and the Play Store reviews aren't exactly great).

I appreciate these are reasons you're regretting buying it, but saying that the S8 is not 'an actual smart phone' is a bit unfair ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] dieselhazza:
I'm going to go with the XZ Premium. Current phone is a S7 edge and had the note 5 before that. Samsung devices lag no matter the spec sheet. I really like what the XZ Premium has to offer. I have the option to upgrade every 12 months so i want to give sony a shot after samsung always letting me down. Plus i can't deal with the red tint on the S8 and S8 plus. XZ Premium it is
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ron31:
i should ve bought a 1plus 5 i think i will sell this samsung
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rayone:
This is a myth I've read many places, probably caused by NiMH batteries.

Lithium chemistry batteries are always better off staying within their nominal voltages, eg 30-70% charge. Charging to 100% causes slightly more oxidation of the cathode, and depletion to 0% causes oxidation of the anode.

Both over and under charging can cause such high oxidation levels that you end up with puffed batteries and even run away thermal events.

Li-Ion chemistry is pretty good these days and very stable so in reality it doesn't make much difference, but just based on chemistry your cycling 100-0-100% has no benefit, unless it makes you feel better.

It's recommended to keep LiPo at ~60-67% for storage, this is the most stable for the chem. So that's ~3.86v, 0% 3.5v, 100% 4.2v.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] TheUndertaker21:
First time ever can't go back to my pixel xl . Everytime I picked it up it feels so weird and small. I doubt I'd go back to any other phones until the next pixel or note 8
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
S8 plus is the most beautiful phone ever made hands down
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rayone:
True dat, it's kind of like how the Dell XPS 13 makes those fat ass bezel laptops look old school.

The Xiaomi Mi Mix was in my view the first proper infinity edge mobile, but it felt kind of heavy and boxy, whereas the S8 just blends everything in nice and smoothly... roundy. I still don't like how the curved screen affect color uniformity.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I do regret it so much. brings back the lag memories of s3!

S8 plus exynos
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
Lag ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Yes
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
How ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] :
plz no fanboysim if you have spare time put it in something useful.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
What the hell ? Which fanboyism are you talking about i was just asking to know if its because of the UI or apps installed, lol.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ianrobbie:
I use Nova Launcher and have "Force GPU rendering" enabled, background processes limited to 4 in Developers options and experience very little lag. I love my phone and the huge screen has received a lot of admiring glances.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Bisquit-02:
Yes, it feels laggy occasionally. While I see YouTube clips with smooth transition to apps drawer, it's not that smooth on my s8+. And there are more instances where it lags a bit, or shows some micro stutter.

This becomes noticable after some weeks of use, I didn't notice this in the beginning.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] dakunclear:
you my friend have apparently not used an LG phone recently if you think that is lag lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
Damn, hope samsung releases a fix soon :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] cnote74:
I had an LG g4 it was way worse than my note edge at the time, only plus on the lg4 was the memory card slot did kill my memory card.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] simply dave:
Typing isn't as fast on this phone because of the curved display. I make mistakes all the time. Also the curved functionality gets in the way more than it is useful.

That being said, the only other phone I'd want is the Note 8 which is coming out sooner than I thought.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] bhoffman20:
I bought mine without knowing the difference between the Exynos chip and the Snapdragon chip. I got the Snapdragon. I regret my purchase.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
Check this guys : https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1376420202407697&id=155608091155587
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] guaneet:
Update has been out for awhile on the galaxy app store

Made the UI ever so slightly smoother during app drawer transition
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
At least they are aware of it hope its gets better
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] icewolf293:
It takes some getting used to for sure but i'm fine with it now
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jeffonion:
This lag or stuttering has been years . Don't see any reason Samsung gonna fix it without give up something they think very important , more important than user experience.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Place_unique_name_here:
Just got this phone and I am loving it so far. I love all the features and the screen is great. Although, I am coming from a Note 3. Had to finally get a new phone because my Note 3 started getting memory issues and fried my sd card. It made me sad to have to set her aside because it was such a great phone. But I won't lie, the finger sensor does take some getting used to. Maybe if they swapped the placement from where it is and the where the flash is. I tend to hold it in my left hand so I kind of have to awkwardly move my finger back to place it. It just isn't a very fluid motion. But the one thing I will definitely miss is root access. I like having a warranty on my phone and do the root stuff when that expires. But as I have been finding the updates and ad blocking that don't require it. I don't have a necessary need for it. Although, I will miss my Titanium back-up. Oh, and get the US unlocked version. Less bloat!
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
Coming from the Note 3 you will feel like you've upgraded to a hole new universe lol
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] thedarkmunk:
I'll be honest with you.

I upgraded from the S7 Edge to the S8 Plus for 3 reasons:

1) I managed to sell my pristine S7 Edge for a damn good price

2) I managed to find a BNIB S8 Plus for £100 more than what I sold my S7 Edge for

3) I'm labouring under the impression that the S8 Plus will hold it's value better than the standard S8 when I upgrade to either the Pixel 2 or the Note 8.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] insang-droid:
GUI responsiveness is definitely a negative but overall i'm happy.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] adry1988:
I upgraded just this Monday and decided to go with the s8 plus. Was very hesitant to get the bigger one but the deal was to good and if I didn't like it I would've sold it on eBay.

Coming from my note 4 this massive progress, what is there not to love about it.

1. Battery life goes beyond what I expected, makes my note 4 look terrible. And I thought I would of missed carrying a spare battery after what i was reading around, Guess not.

2.looks and holds great. When I first see it after launch I was impressed even though I was wondering if the screen ratio really works. It does and for internet and social it perfect plus I don't mind the black bars on the sides for some videos. The good thing about this narrower screen is usability with one hand that I missed from smaller phones. Big phone that doesn't feel too big.

3. Maybe the only real difference is strength. My note 4 was a beast. Dropped many times and survived anything. I doubt I say the same thing about this one but it feels solid in the hand and of excellent quality.

I have to admit I was only upgrading to sell initially but I now doubt it. Only thing that can change that is note 8.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
GUI ? What is this please ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] galaxys:
graphical user interface
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] azezamere:
I'm loving my galaxy s8 plus it's just amazing no regret at all love the battery display every thing
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
Ah okay thanks ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Great White Avalanche:
Best phone

I love my S8+. I was worried it couldn't be rooted but after trying it I didn't care. The battery and screen are amazing. Have no lag and there's virtually no bloatware anyway. I found plenty of apps that accomplish what my rooted S6 did. All my favorite rooted features from Gravity Box and Gestures I've made work with other apps. Used BK Disabler to turn off Bixby, Flipboard and some other garbage. And there are a lot of great themes. Only thing I can't do is theme the statusbar. Don't care about rooting it anymore, it's perfect.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ajsmsg78:
When I purchased my unlocked S8+ I was concerned with it not getting root. Now that we have a lot of mods for it, not being rooted isn't a big deal at all. We have substratum working on it, we have a total navbar removal so we can use gestures and pie, we have built in DPI settings we can change in Developer Options (Nougat), we have ad blocking that doesn't require root, we have Samsung themes, we have Package Disabler Pro which lets you disable any of the apps in the phone, we have multiple Bixby button remappers like BxActions, I even disabled the Samsung Contacts and Dialer and am using the latest AOSP Google Contacts and the latest AOSP Google Dialer (there is a modified one on XDA so we can use the latest version on our S8's and it will theme properly with Substratum)

I actually don't care much that it's not rooted, but it's always nice to be able to flash TWRP and a Lineage or AOSP based rom. It was a good purchase, albeit the phone is pricey but it's definitely a premium device. I bought the wife one shortly after I got mine because when she played around with mine she liked it a lot.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] adewfaw:
Happy with it. I used to carry a portable charger with my Note 3. Now I don't have to do that. For people who feel some apps are slow to respond, stop battery manager from sending them to sleep. To save even more battery, use Tasker to block all Internet connections when phone's display is off.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
I like it, its a good phone but if your going to get one definitely go exynos...dont waste your $$ on the snapdragon version.

Now i knew for me this was a placeholder phone until the note 8 drops but now I just ordered a note FE lol....ill run it and the s8+ till the note 8 drops then likely ill ditch the S8.

Im a note guy and have been for years but the s8 is a really nice device.

Sent from my S8+, S7 edge or S6
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] odyssey61:
Great Phone

Phones have come such a long way since the first Samsung which we rooted and flashed in order to get the thing to even work without massive lag. Move on a few years and the S8+ is a great phone. I have used a Package disabler to get rid of the bloat, I run another layer and it just flies. Root would be nice though. Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] erclalle:
I'll give my two cents since we're now on the third month with my S8. Coming from a perfectly working S7E, but which had poorish battery, and was just that extra large format for my hands, and was single-sim. Very minor problems, but enough for me to jump in on the S8 (not +) and WOW.

if I had to mention some very very tiny disappointments, which even here the majority haven't even thought about:

- Exynos version has apparently some issues with the Mali GPU driver, making it very poor at emulating GameCube games (even though snapdragon does it like a charm, with similar architecture and performance). I am avidily looking for, but have yet to find someone who circumvented or solved this at XDA.

- I have several USB C hubs, but none works with the DeX mode, and I am still looking for any root or non-root way to bypass samsung's limitations on this. Not going to spend 150 bucks on a stand that has fewer ports than my usb c hubs, and I'm sure the software can be tricked into launching DeX mode without any problems.

I still hope that given our phones are still young we might get somewhere with this, and aside from this, excellent performance by samsung
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] chudnet10:
Had my S8+ for just over a month and I can now say i DO regret retiring my Nexus 6P... I find the display just doesnt look right... and i am not talking about the aspect ratio but the actual colour balance... when looking at a white screen it either looks like it has blotchy red patches to me or if i adjust all the balances etc it looks like it is like a green/blue white screen with slight hint of red... i thought i could live with it but its driving me bandy.... On other notes, i find it quite glitchy, some apps just crash for no reason or hang... I find i am constantly having to close all my apps which i didnt have to do on the 6p and considering what its got under the hood i found my 6P a much smoother overall experience, with the added benefit of vanilla android, no sprinkles

Perhaps i am being a bit harsh but overall I am just not loving this phone anywhere near as much as i loved the 6P... which considering the phone contract i took out and the price i paid for this phone is hard to swallow...
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ike_1985:
S8+ is the best phone I've ever owned without a doubt, 100% content.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] dakunclear:
I've had none of the issues you've had but the nexus 6p was good I wish I could say mine retired but that would be a lie.....mine just up and died a month after warranty.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] eduardmc:
i love this phone but got to say that i love the smooth androind exoerience more. would not probably get a pixel xl after owning this. but will probably get pixel 2 depending how well is build since i heard it will be made by LG.

just so u know. i ha 2013 nexus tablet and a nexus 9 2014 tablet. both running lineage OS 7.1.2. even the 2013 is smoother than this galaxy s8+ ( not faster but smoother) with only 2gb ram and a old Ssnapdragon 400. this is why ill be switch to stock android.

stock android doesnt need 6gb ram, or the best cpu. the 821 on pixel still perform better than all phones with faster cpu.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jel7:
I came from a Note 4 and am very happy. I've been using it for about a week now and it's a night and day difference. It doesn't hurt that I got in on a Samsung promo and only paid $450 for it which is nice. I think I would have major buyers remorse if I paid full price.

My biggest knock on this phone is the root issue. I am someone who has been flashing stuff since the Eclair days and it feels really weird and limiting not having exposed and other apps. I like to maximize my experience and I hate the possibility of losing the warranty.

Gripes aside, battery life is phenomenal where I get about 7 hrs +- 30 mins SOT, which makes me very happy. The camera is super nice and the screen is beautiful.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] breadman2843:
First Android phone since the OG Dtoid that I know I will never have kernel and rom options. The hardware made me buy it, and realistically, with Big Red the likelihood of getting anything top of line with root is vertually nil. Very set in my ways with Nova launcher, stock Google apps, etc. I have made my phone's function in the same way in regards to apps, widgets, etc. , for some time. The non root options in terms of typical customizations with this phone are excellent. I have been able to not only install stock apps but also disable unnecessary services, install goggle dialer, substratum theme's, etc. I honestly don't miss root, or the hours a week I spent flashing ROMs. Phone functions in exactly the same way as my 6P, with a significant improvement in the experience.
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] DAvid_B:
Loved it. Untill my worse fear about the frailty of the curved screen came to bite me. Zero broken screens in 15 years, till this one. ?
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
Damn you're so unlucky....that hurts
[Samsung Galaxy S8+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Jonathan-H:
I have broken my S8+ screen and had a replacement 3 times on insurance. Luckily I have now been given another brand new one and will be using the biggest case I can find.