You have probably seen the TV commercials focusing on the new Infinity Display and it is rather stunning to hold a Galaxy S8 Plus with a 6.2 inch display next to a 5.5 inch iPhone 7 Plus and enjoy the narrower design and better form factor of the Galaxy S8 Plus.

Stunning display with no side bezels; Big display in device smaller than competitors; Multiple security features; including an iris scanner; Fast and wireless charging; microSD expansion card slot; High level water and dust resistance; Gorilla Glass 5 front and back panels

Tough to accurately tap fingerprint sensor; Fingerprints on back glass; Bixby voice control not ready at launch

Just when I thought I was done with big phones, Samsung drags me back in. There's an obvious commentary happening here. The return story. The rebuilding. Samsung's comeback. This company weathered a brutal public disaster last year.

Attractive design; More screen area to overall body size; Respectable camera performance

Characteristic Samsung stutters; especially with Bixby; Little software to actually take advantage of this aspect ratio; Concerns over curved glass; ergonomics; and durability

With a gorgeous 6.2-inch display and a design that needs to be seen, the Galaxy S8+ truly changes the smartphone conversation.

Amazing; brilliant; eye-popping display; An incredible design that makes a 6.2-inch screen feel like a 5.7-inch one; Camera offers nice refinements...

Fingerprint sensor is in a horrible location; Bixby isn't very useful or compelling

The Infinity screen is the main wow factor - I can't see any phone is beauty now except this S8+ and G6. The camera is finally in great output and no over sharpening issue or any fake color render. Build quality is outstanding solid! The new UI is clean and even far nicer than original stock.

Stunning Infinity Screen; Stunning Camera; Stunning UI Design and Look; Fast Charging; Memory card expansion

Animation Smoothness could be better; Wish they came with dual camera and one of it is wide angle; Loudspeaker could be better in dual; Extremely stupid position of fingerprint sensor

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.

The S8 has one of the most striking designs yet for a smartphone. It's an evolution of the Galaxy Note7 and is elegant, classy and unmissable.

Beautiful design; Superb screen; Feature packed; Great performance

Fingerprint sensor poorly located; Bixby is a work-in-progress; It's not cheap

So what do we think of the Galaxy S8+? We think it's probably the best phone of 2017 so far, shading the LG G6 and Huawei P10 Plus and Mate 9. But it's not a unreserved recommendation; there are flaws here and not even the incredible display can mask them.

Brilliant 6.2-inch display; Blazing fast performance; Bluetooth 5/dual audio

Rear fingerprint reader placement; Bixby needs to differentiate; Face recognition hit and miss

Great features and user friendly

Too big to fit into front jean pocket

Must buy as an expensive device ,great performance , superb battery .

Excellent in looks ; Samsung brand ; Nice processor ,pretty good ram management ,Great phone

No stereo speakers ; weird location for fingerprint scanner

I may sound a little lukewarm on the Galaxy S8+, but that's just because I can only name one of them our Editors' Choice. The S8+ suffers from a bit of the middle child problem that the iPhone 7 does, trapped between an eminently pocketable little sibling (the iPhone SE ) and a more capable big...

Longer battery life than the Galaxy S8

Bigger; heavier; and more expensive than the Galaxy S8