Still an excellent phone with a great camera, lovely design and a fantastic display. It's not the Samsung flagship anymore, but don't let that put you off.

Awesome display, A phone that feels like the future, Stunning camera, It’s actually innovative

Awfully placed fingerprint sensor, Bixby is a bit of a dud

Samsung Galaxy S8: The Samsung Galaxy S8 was the best phone of 2017, but is it still top dog?

Incredible camera, Brilliant display, Sumptuous design

Expensive, Awkward fingerprint reader placement, Battery isn't as good as Galaxy S7

The Samsung Galaxy S8 is the first of what is effectively a new class of Android smartphones. Extra large display, excellent camera performance, large battery, cutting-edge design/materials, next-generation performance, and networks: these are the attributes of the Galaxy S8, and they all contribute...

Stunning design, extra large display, Excellent photo experience, Fastest Android hardware and networking, Stunning design, extra large display, Excellent photo experience, Fastest Android hardware and networking

No support for wide-angle photography, No support for wide-angle photography

The Samsung Galaxy S8 takes Samsung's infinity screen concept into new territory, with an enormous 5.8 inch quad-HD dual-curved display packed into a compact handset. Brimming with market-leading features, the Galaxy S8 is the best-looking and arguably the best-equipped phone on the market in 2017,...

Deal update: Amazon Prime Day has delivered a huge saving on the Samsung Galaxy S8, meaning you can now pick up the SIM-free handset with a 64GB Micro SD card for just £429 . The original RRP of this package was £645.99, so you’d be saving a significant stack of cash.

While it's a shame that picture and sound quality haven't been upgraded, the iPhone 13 was great in these regards and the iPhone 14 is, too Excellent display Admirable headphone performance Solid build quality No upgrades to picture or sound Familiar design Notch is still present

Samsung has taken the best phone around and made it even better with an impressive Infinity screen and premium design. It ticks a shedload of boxes - as you'd expect from a flagship. It's one of the best phones of 2017, and is nearly half the price of the iPhone X. But the biometrics are a let down. If you want a slightly larger screen and battery, then the S8+ also gets our approval. Though now, the OnePlus 5T offers staunch competition on specs and price.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 is the best smartphone available, full stop. It has raised the bar for top-end smartphone design, is one of the most future-proofed phones you can buy and squeezes a large selection of cutting-edge technology into a consumer-friendly package that anyone can use.

Pros: 64GB + microSD card slot, wireless charging, IP68, brilliant screen, tiny body, great camera, iris scanner, 24-hour battery, pressure-sensitive screen, notification LED

Cons: fixed battery, only Android 7.0, no USB-PD, fingerprint scanner placement not ideal

To determine how the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ compare to other smartphones phones, with respect to battery life, we ran the devices through two battery benchmarks you can find on the Google Play store -- AnTuTu Tester's Battery benchmark and PCMark for Android's Work 2.0 Battery Life test.

Gorgeous, near-bezelless design, Beautiful, wide-aspect AMOLED displays, Fastest Android phones on market, Excellent camera performance, Impressive battery life, Super-premium design

Pricey, Maybe a little too slippery for some, Black units are smudge magnets

The Galaxy S8 marks a big change for Samsung—the company has finally updated its phone design. The Galaxy S7, with its hardware buttons and giant front SAMSUNG logo, was a design that had been frozen in time for four or five years. It seemed very dated.

A slim-bezel design finally brings a more modern design to the Galaxy line., On-screen buttons allow for smaller bezels, bigger screens, and a customizable (and correctable) button order., Samsung's always-on hard-press home button is an awesome and innovative feature.

The gimmicks. The iris scanner, curved screen, and heart rate sensor all seem designed to give talking points to your local Verizon salesperson, rather than provide a good user experience for customers., The glass back is fragile and a fingerprint magnet., Touchwiz is still a janky lag-fest.