[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] emigre:
Hi all,

It's been a long time since I last visited XDA (my profile says I last login to XDA on 2011!) and switched to the iPhone 4s from the HTC Aria. I made the leap to Android from Nokia/Sony Ericsson after it went downhill. Blackberry was dominating the market back then but I chose Android because I thought it was more promising—and time has proven that it is. However I switched to iOS because I figured it was the sensible thing to do since my workstations are all Macs. Plus, Android Froyo wasn't very stable back then and all the Android devices weren't as exciting as it is today.

I had the 4s for a couple of years, skipped the 5/5s and have been using the iPhone 6 for 4 years now. Also skipped the 6s and 7/7s. Good investment, had no life or death problems whatsoever and am super satisfied. All of a sudden my iP6 is getting laggy, shutting off for no apparent reason and couldn't reboot—had to force restart, the whole Apple environment appears to be closing in on me, and worse, all of these happened after installing the latest iOS 11 updates. Some of you may realize that Apple has been rolling out patches on the iOS 11 just weeks apart, that has to say something about the inferiority of the latest updates. And now they've launched the iP8 and iPX, but I'm returning to Android and have chosen the S8 to accompany me on this journey!

First thing first, I decided to go with Samsung the company because they have proven themselves worthy of trust. Samsung deserves recognition for what they did when the Note 7 was exploding. Recalling millions of units globally took lots of courage and $$$! Really, they did the right thing and I'm confident they'll continue to commit to their high level of service should anything go wrong with future products.

The S8 is perfect for me, I don't need the extra screen estate as provided with the S8+, and I also didn't need the SPen and dual camera that the Note8 offers. And it's got a mouthwatering design. If I had just one thing to complain about, the back side of the phone feels cheap and very 'plastic'. I wish it had a more 'solid' and durable feel to its build. Already with a premium price tag, I'm sure consumers don't mind spending a little bit more and getting better materials and satisfaction to complement the user experience in return.

Anyway, I had a couple of hours to play around with it, catching up on some of the latest Android news as well. Gosh there's so much to re-learn! I forgot that Android requires you to be more 'techie' to really get the most out of it. Sure you can just use the device as is, install all your favorite apps, take photos, etc. But how do you actually get the most out of it besides filling it with all the apps you need?

I had my share of rooting during my Aria/Froyo days, not sure if those actually helped me get the most out of the user experience. As a non-power user, the heaviest task I use it with is to play games (ie. Mobile Legends, etc). Other tasks includes the usual phone calls, messaging services, social media apps, take pictures, organizing my work, reminders, etc. Is there even any other uses for smartphones? :D

So what's the big deal nowadays people? I'm so confused that I still haven't moved my SIM card out of the iP6 to the S8! Help out a newbie :)