Samsung Galaxy Note 7 battery woes in 2016 meant that this year 2017 Samsung had to come good to compete with Apple, its main competitor in the mobile industry. They also had to rebuild trust with their customers to recover from losses of up to $26 Billion after the recall of the Note 7. This year Samsung released the Samsung Galaxy S8 plus and Samsung Galaxy 8 which were held up to immense inspection due to their 2016 mishap. Here is the review of the phone.

Screen

• One of the selling points for the Samsung S8 + is its Infinity screen. The screen curves around its sides, which gives the phone a border-free look.
• It comes with Gorilla Glass 5, which according to documentation can survive 1.6-meter, shoulder-height drops onto hard, rough surfaces.
• 6.2” Screen size the largest screen that can fit in your pocket more than an inch bigger than the IPhone 7’s 4.7” screen.
• A 2960 x 1440 Resolution Screen with Quad HD+ Super AMOLED 4.3M pixels. Remarkable picture and video quality and the most pixels in the top phones right now. The more pixels the better the picture.

Camera

Samsung does not hype the camera up to much but it is pretty decent for a smartphone camera.

• f/1.7 Front and back apertures help capture clear pictures in low light and from fast moving actions like hand waving.
• An 8MP front facing camera with auto focus. Auto focus on the front facing camera is a welcome addition especially for the selfie and snapchat addicts
• 12MP Back camera equipped with various camera moods such as optical image stabilization, phase auto detect auto focus, HDR and a manual mode that allows you to take professional photos (RAW).

Color  

• Samsung galaxy S8 plus comes in both midnight black and maple gold colors.

Storage & Connectivity

• The phone has an internal storage 64GB.
• The phone is dual SIM (Nano Sim) but one slot can be used to house a microSD card of up to 256GB.
• It also comes with an 802.11ac Wi-Fi a 5.0 standard Bluetooth which improves the range and speed from previous models., GPS and NFC is also included.

Perormance

• Comes with an Octa-core (2.3GHz Quad + 1.7GHz Quad), 64 bit, 10nm processor.
• 4GB of RAM.
• Android 7.0 (Nougat)
• Battery Life 3500mAH  which allows up 18 hours of video play and  internet use of 15hours on WIFI & 4G

Other features

• Water Risistance IP68 means that the phone can be submerged in fresh water up to 1.5 meters deep up to 30 minutes.
• Three biometric security options in iris scan, face recognition and fingerprint scanner.

Price  

You can buy a Samsung S8 plus at the following locally in St.Lucia.

Flow St.Lucia for XCD$3,559.000

Digicel St.Lucia for XCD$3,199

And

Online be sure to get it unlocked if you are purchasing online.

Amazon http://amzon.to/2u8he5x for $739.49 USD

Overall, the phone is a great buy, stylish sleek design, great battery, great performance. This will make a good gadget and I am sure Samsung will see a better year with this phone in their arsenal. It’s a bit pricey but for those who can afford it I am sure you will not be disappointed.