After atleast 4 years using a Samsung Galaxy S4(because the first model got stolen from me, the subscription went up two more years), I upgraded towards a Samsung Galaxy S8, meaning that inbetween those two there were at least 3 generations of the Galaxy family.
Two versions were introduced after the official announcement; the regular one, and the Plus edition. I went for the latter because it's bigger and the battery lasts out longer. As my Osiris Vision or grey colored smartphone arrived, I delved into it.
The first thing that's noticable is the screen itself is vivid and clear, and now that I stumble upon those edges, I don't think they're that annoying, rather they just add some style to the massive mobile market. The home button now being more integrated into the Android OS itself is another new feature for me.
The outer camera's megapixels have stayed the same, but the inner camera has improved massively in graphical qualities, it has your "necessary" selfie and Instagram tools to splice things up more, and both of them have awesome camera modes and other upgrades which means that the amount of megapixels on a camera does not say everything about it's quality.
As far as apps or applications go, all of the ones I used before still work good, but I also discovered some new ones, such as the handy Office Lens which lets you take pictures of whiteboards or bills for example and then the software frames it very nicely into 1 size, or Netflix on the go, which is awesome!
I really like the fact that this smartphone can survive under water at some distance up until 30 minutes, meaning that it has very good protection! I'm also a huge fan of Bixby, especially with the object recognition integrated camera feature, letting me translate foreign text into Dutch or English, which is a MUST for traveling.
Other than that, not much else perks my interest at this moment, as I am happy with what I have discovered already. I have yet to try out Bluetooth 5, and I guess it's nice to have 64 GB of internal storage with expansion available, but my personal storage is at this moment still found on my PC.
In overall, the Samsung Galaxy S8 is af of this writing the hottest smartphone to own, and I'm glad to be able to experience it, just like I was with the S4 and S2 previously. Sometimes it feels great to be a hipster and brag a bit!
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