When it comes to the Galaxy S8+, Samsung's over-sized version of the S8, it seems that the company has gone about things the right way - at least on paper: it boasts a giant 6.2in screen, the tiniest of bezels and enticing specs.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus brings flagship class design and is finally a phone that doesn't look like all others. If that piques your interest, then this is the phone you should buy. It's one of the best smartphones out there today, but an incremental update in everything except design.

Beautiful design; Excellent camera; Great display; Waterproof

Battery life could be better; Fingerprint sensor is tough to reach

The Samsung Galaxy S8+ is a super-sized version of the S8, with an absolutely incredible screen, and electrifying capabilities to match. It's the most powerful mobile device you can get your hands on, but the price is sky high too.

There are two reasons to buy the Galaxy S8+ – an epic screen and solid battery life. Everything else is pretty much the same as the smaller S8, but it's more awkward to hold and carry. There's no doubt it's a great phone that's practically unrivalled on the display front.

64GB + microSD card slot; wireless charging; IP68; brilliant screen; good battery life; great camera; iris scanner; pressure-sensitive screen; notification LED

fixed battery; only Android 7.0; no USB-PD; fingerprint scanner placement not great

My other main reason for getting the S8+ is the battery life. Although our battery tests have shown that the S8's battery life is about a half hour shorter than that of the S8+, I want those additional minutes.

Excellent premium smartphone that does come for a price but worth it. Samsung Galaxy S8 is also available that is slightly cheaper and comes with slight smaller screen.

Samsung has broken the mould with its Galaxy S8 handsets, producing two devices that are the same spec, apart from screen size and battery capacity. If you want this phone, just pick the size that fits you with no compromises or additional considerations.

Excellent display for movie watching (will be even better when HDR content is available); great camera; refined and full-featured user interface; option to avoid Samsung bloatware for best software experience yet; eye-catchingly gorgeous design

Internal speaker isn't great; Bixby isn't fully realised; rear fingerprint scanner takes a backseat to iris scanning; Bixby button feels like it could be doing something else; undeniably expensive

If you're lucky enough to have no limitation to your budget for a new smartphone, what do you buy? The options are fairly limited, since not a lot of devices can truly claim to be the complete package.

Another highlight of the S8+ is Bixby, a digital assistant much like Siri and Google Now. You launch Bixby by pressing the button below the volume rocker. Once activated, the phone launches Bixby Home , where a number of cards will be displayed.

Gorgeous design with enormous dual curved display in a small body; Excellent camera; Great benchmark performance; IP68 build; Iris scanning; Edge panel functions on both S8 and S8

Awkwardly positioned fingerprint scanner; Bixby is still a work in progress; Pretty expensive

As with the regular Galaxy S8, we're really impressed by the Galaxy S8 Plus. Samsung has done a great job of making last year's phones even better. However, with both offering the infinity edge screen and the unwieldy size of the S8 Plus, there's little reason to spend the extra.