Samsung Galaxy S8 which camera. Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus - Review of new products from the South Korean developer

In the process of testing, a number of comparative tests were carried out in various conditions and modes.

What is the difference between Samsung Galaxy S8 and iPhone 7 Plus

the iPhone 7 PLUS has a double base chamber with wide-angle (diaphragm ƒ / 1.8) and telephoto lens (ƒ / 2.8 diaphragm). This solution allows you to receive, as well as use 10-fold digital zoom. Both cameras have a 12 megapixel sensor. A 7 megapixel sensor (aperture ƒ / 2.2) corresponds to the receipt of selfie (front camera).

Samsung Galaxy S8 has a 12-megapixel main chamber (diaphragm ƒ / 1.7) and 8 megapixel front chamber (diaphragm ƒ / 1.7).

The SAMSUNG GALAXY S8 main chamber body does not get beyond the rear panel of the smartphone, like the iPhone.

Shooting photo on SAMSUNG Galaxy S8 and iPhone 7 Plus

Color reproduction

In terms of shooting, both flagship show excellent quality mobile photography, and the end result largely depends on the scene and the camera software setup.

In most cases, the image of Galaxy S8 turns out more contrast, bright and saturated, and in 7 Plus - relaxed, respectively, and natural.

HDR mode is definitely better at Galaxy S8. For those who do not know, the smartphone with HDR technology (High Dynamic Range is a high dynamic range) makes several pictures with different exposures, and then combines the best characteristics of two photos, creating a single image.

In most cases on the test, the picture from the iPhone turned out to be unnecessarily dark, while the Samsung flagship photographs are obtained lighter and contrasting.

Zoom and portrait shooting

But in the portrait shooting leads the iPhone 7 Plus. Thanks to the second camera with a telephoto lens, there is a two-time optical zoom, which without loss of quality will give the opportunity to bring the picture, while in Galaxy S8 there is only digital zoom. Also, thanks to the double camera in the iPhone, there is the possibility of obtaining images with the "bokeh" effect (the focus remains a clear figure, and the background becomes blurred as in DSLR cameras). However, it is necessary to verify: not always the exposure allows you to achieve the desired effect, the edges are not always clear, and the light with the distance must be withstanding. Also do not forget that the "Portrait" mode is the IOS feature feature.

Photo shoot in motion

With the intensive movement of the object, both chambers are removed perfectly. Of course, flaws can appear in both representatives and here it depends on the time of clicking on the "shutter".

Photo in insufficient illumination

In conditions of insufficient illumination of the iPhone 7 Plus lags behind the South Korean flagship "Thanks to" more noise.

Stock Foto On the front chamber

The Galaxy S8 front camera slightly closes and excessively softens the image upon receipt of selfie. But the main advantage of "galaxies" is a wider angle view of the lens, which allows you to capture a larger amount of space with a minimal removal of the smartphone.

But in the conditions of low luminance of Selfi, Galaxy S8 turned out to be brighter and detailed. But do not forget that in the iPhone 7 Plus, the display can act as a flash, so that this nuance is partially compensated.

Shot video on the main chamber Samsung Galaxy S8 and iPhone 7 Plus

Color reproduction

In practice, when shooting a video, the picture in Galaxy S8 turned out to be more contrasting, albeit less than a clear (slightly washed), but this moment is very much depends on the existence of exposure and lighting. The "Galaxy" lens has a slightly larger viewing angle of the main chamber.

In turn, the seven with the prefix Plus sin sins with gray tones and dark plots. Despite this color rendition when recording video in 7 Plus is more pleasant, although not always realistic.

Optical stabilization

The image stabilization in Galaxy S8 has a slightly better way than in the top "seven." Under low illumination conditions, detailing is better at the flagship of the South Korean giant. With good lighting a special difference you will not notice.

Autofocus speed

In terms of autofocus, with a dynamic approximation and removal, the iPhone definitely wins. In S8, the autofocus process is slower. But with a sharp appearance of an object in the frame (let's say with the right or left side of the smartphone), the opposite is samsung Galaxy S8 copes with this task faster.

Shot video in insufficient illumination

In conditions of reduced illumination, the image is obtained more detailed in S8. Noise in Samsung is also somewhat less, and more minimized objects fall into the image. But in dynamic scenes, autofocus works better at the iPhone 7 Plus.

Underwater shooting

Underwater shooting in bad conditions with turbid water without a different kind of accessories showed that the Samsung camera copes with this task better. Images are obtained by more clear and sharp.

In good conditions of illumination and transparent water, the image is equally good in both flagships.

Slow Motion mode

Slow Motion mode is also good on both smartphones.

Macro shot

When macro 7 plus can focus on a smaller distance to the item.

Video on the front chamber

If, when comparing the main chamber of two flagships, everything is not so unambiguous and in many ways it depends on the scene, then everything is much more clear with the front camera. The iPhone 7 Plus writes a more rich and bright picture. Of the minuses - a large number of dark plots. Focusing on the iPhone occurs at a smaller distance, but the speed of exhaust the autofocus is higher at Galaxy S8.

Outcome

Cameras in both smartphones are really good. Every year, manufacturers with small margins are displayed by the quality of the mobile wallpaper to a new level. In terms of shooting a video, it is difficult to select some of the flagships and some explicit differences will not notice any explicit differences.

But as for the photo, then SAMSUNG GALAXY S8 is definitely leading. Images are obtained better. The camera works in Galaxy shunter. There is access to the RAW "out of the box", and the iPhone only at the expense. Frontalki has more resolution and somewhat better quality stabilization and the possibility of shooting with insufficient lighting.

So if you drop the features with the portrait shooting by the iPhone 7 Plus double camera, then the preference in getting the photo we give Galaxy S8. Let's hope that in September Apple is rehabilitated and demonstrates new technologies, but it will already be a completely different story.

Sony very long sets excellent IPS-displays in smartphones, so the choice between XZ Premium and S8 + based on the image quality will be tasteful. In comparison with the Samsung, the print scanner of the Japanese flagship can already be used without parangular vocabulary, and in terms of the quality of the photo you can first decide that Sony makes a little less bright, but more clear pictures with natural color reproduction, and Samsung is larger than the frame larger the frame, but it gives a wider dynamic range. . And, judging by the preliminary comparisons with the iPhone 7 Plus, Sony still saddled their photoalgorithms properly. It is high time!

Otherwise - no, sorry my English, know-how: neither voice helpers, nor exotic camera modes, no faces, etc. But this is not important - the main thing is that the smartphone has a high-quality camera, display, sound and there were no problems with autonomy and speed. Because it is reliably about it yet - due to the deficiency with Snapdragon 835 and some XZ Premium bureaucracy will be on sale only in summer, a few months after the start of sales LG G6 and Samsung Galaxy S8.

conclusions

Most of the claims for S8 / S8 + refers to ergonomics. Samsung did not remove the fingerprint scanner as Apple removed the audio part, but he did so that the scanner was inconvenient to use. And so that Bixby, in which Koreans swept a lot of money, did not "stream", "knitting it with nails" by a separate key and put the volume button on the place. You want - you do not want, you will use it periodically.

I repeat once again: Galaxy S8 / S8 + is not S7 "under a new sauce", it is in some way, refund to the origins. Because five years ago, passersby crushed the neck to the "huge" 4.7-inch HD display inside the glossy streamlined Galaxy S3 case. In the same model, Samsung first introduced a stupid, as the time showed, voice assistant S-VOICE and multi-deconality to resemble a computer (and in S8 "reubected" Windows Continuum). And even "childhood diseases" with the display were also characteristic of S3 and S8.

I do not like the "soap" design of the body in Galaxy S8 +, and not Like the manner of the fault of inconvenience for old ways to use to courageously overcome them with new ones (whether it is a voice assistant or scanner of the face / rainbow shell of the eye). Do not like "Fresh" sound in headphones and last year's rear camera. Do not like autonomy under load in comparison with S7 EDGE. According to the logic of things, now I have to say "for the same money it is better to buy% the name_smartphone%!" ... But there is no such smartphone.

The Sony flagship will appear only in "Light Future" and is not known whether it will be better in all parameters, LG offers a relatively slow smartphone for comparable to the S8, from which the screen and optical stabilization, and the front camera is worse. Huawei also did not stand nearby in terms of performance, nor by the ratio of the diagonal display on the size of the case, and even the quality of the cameras slightly "did not dare" until last year's Samsung chamber.

The "god-like" Xiaomi, as practice has shown, to compete with the flagships of 2017, the Serenok is not enough. Therefore, the Chinese simply wrapped Snapdragon 835 in an inexpensive case and installed cameras "a little better than the iPhone 7 Plus". Everyone was waiting for a miracle, and got another powerful "Chinese".

Yes, what a miracle there, when no one (even lg, the giant for the production of OLED matrices) is still not able to build as bright, colorful and correctly calibrated display, even if not curved? How it happened that samsung, which up to S7 edge even the kernel for "iron" sculpted on the finished recipe, built the most powerful processor in the world, cooler than the "craft" chip of the experienced Qualcomm?

Photos in the interior

Specifications

  • Android 7, SAMSUNG EXPERIENCE 8.1
  • Display S8 - 5.8 "(146.5mm) Quad HD + (2960x1440), 570 PPI, automatic brightness adjustment, superamoled, adaptive setting of colors and brightness, color correction, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
  • Display S8 + - 6.2 "(158.1 mm) Quad HD + (2960x1440), 529 PPI, automatic brightness adjustment, superamoled, adaptive setting of colors and brightness, color correction, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
  • EXYNOS 8895 chipset, 8 cores (4 cores up to 2.35 GHz, 4 cores up to 1.9 GHz), 64 bits, 10 nm, in some markets models available on Snapdragon 835
  • 4 GB of RAM (LPDDR4), 64 GB built-in (UFS 2.1), memory cards up to 256 GB, combined slot
  • nanosim, up to two cards, one radio module
  • Li-Ion 3000 Mach battery (S8), 3500 mAh (S8 +), built-in WPC / PMA wireless charging, fast charge 75 minutes to 100 percent
  • Front camera, 8 megapixels, autofocus, f / 1.7
  • Main Camera, 12 Megapixels, Dualpixel, F / 1.7, OIS, LED Flash, Videos Recording in 4k, Multiframe
  • Samsung Pay (NFC, MST)
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 A / B / G / N / AC (2.4 / 5GHz), VHT80 MU-MIMO, 1024QAM, Bluetooth® V 5.0 (Le Up to 2MBPS), Ant +, USB Type-C, NFC
  • GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
  • Fingerprint sensor (on the back panel)
  • Scanner iris eye, face scanner
  • Accelerometer, barometer, gyroscope, geomagnetic sensor, Hall sensor, Heartbeat sensor, Sensor approximation, Lighting RGB sensor, Pressure sensor
  • Two simultaneous connections of Bluetooth devices, the ability to listen to the sound at the same time from different programs on different accessories
  • LTE CAT.16 (depends on the support by the operator)
  • Water protection IP68
  • Dimensions: S8 - 148.9x68.1x8 mm, weight 152 grams; S8 + - 159.5x73.4x8.1 mm, weight 173 grams

Contents of delivery

  • Smartphone
  • Charger Fast Charging with USB Type C Cable
  • Clip for extracting a SIM card tray
  • Wired stereo chamber AKG.
  • OTG adapter for connecting external devices
  • USB Type C adapter on microUSB
  • Instruction




Positioning

Since the Galaxy S4, the most successful smartphones of the Galaxy line were S7 / S7 EDGE, and the situation with Note 7, which was removed from the market involuntarily helped them. At the end of 2016, instead of Note 7, all advertising campaigns were focused on the "old" S7 / S7 EDGE, and unexpectedly it turned out that their potential is far from exhaustion. Moreover, these devices are perfectly sold and today, while almost all over the world S7 EDGE sells better, attitude to the usual, flat version - 2 to 1. In 2017, S7 / S7 EDGE will become the most massive devices in the entire history of the Galaxy line, this It will happen most likely in the third or fourth quarters. What does this mean for s8 | s8 +? But it means this simple thing that new flagships will need to be diluted with the previous generation, and this will be achieved primarily due to the price. If in 2016 the difference in the cost between Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S7 was typical, then in 2017 the S7 and S8 will differ much more noticeable. SAMSUNG price strategy is changing, formally S8 + takes place Note 7, and the usual S8 gets up like S7 EDGE a year ago.

SAMSUNG consider such positioning justified, as there is no task to achieve maximum sales for S8 | S8 + in the first two quarters, these devices will be in a small deficit (which does not mean that it will not be able to buy them calmly, just the demand will be high on the part of operators and distributors, for them there will be a fight, and she has already begun). All this suggests that officially supplied devices will not fall in price quickly, however, the Russian consumer was convinced of this on the example of S7 / S7 EDGE, which remained at the same price level for a long time, and fell only along with a change in the ruble exchange rate.

From the point of view of the market, Samsung did not change the positioning of its flagships, these are the most technological devices that can be found. Maximum opportunity for the maximum cost. It should be noted that the eights are built on a completely new chassis, it was developed from scratch and takes into account all the latest developments of the company. Now most of the models will go on this chassis, but the next bright apparatus will be Note 8, other models will only receive some of the functions that are in S8 | S8 +.

The emphasis in the promotion of these models is largely made on the design, it is emphasized more than the filling of devices and their capabilities. For a part of the potential audience, it is important and looks justified. Let's figure it together, which flagship has turned from Samsung.

Design, dimensions, control elements

The first thing that rushes into the eye is the lack of Samsung's inscription on the front panel, there was simply no place for her. For those who were very worried about that such an inscription exists, now it is rapid, the device does not have any identification signs. On the other hand, no model on the market looks outwardly does not look like that already allocates it.

Since the bid in the eighth generation is made on the screen, which occupies most of the surface of the devices, then we only see it, as well as small inserts at the top and bottom. In the top inset there are front camera, speaker, retina scanner, illumination sensor and it is the color RGB sensor. The lower insert is empty, there are no controls in it, in particular, there is no fingerprint sensor, it was transferred to the back surface, placing next to the camera. In fact, the lower insert is designed for symmetry from the top, but they did not place anything in it, and so that you can insert here?

The screen bending reminds such in Note 7, it is small, but in the hand the devices fall as they can. S8 sizes - 148.9x68.1x8 mm, weight - 152 grams, S8 + - 159.5x73.4x8.1 mm, weight - 173 grams. The usual S8 is not felt great, it is typical more for models with 5-inch screens, slightly stretched compared to them in height. With S8 + the situation is approximately the same, but it is similar to models with 5.5-inch screens, for example, the sizes of the iPhone 7 plus - 158.2x77.9x7.3 mm, as you can see, they are very close. Since I have the main phone S7 Edge, then compared the new device with it, they are very similar in size.








I liked to use S8 + without a cover, it becomes too massive, inconvenient, disappears ease of use. And simply without a cover or with a silicone case that tightly fits the case, you will get a compact device for such a screen. From the hands, the phone does not slip, balanced, it is possible to work with one hand in the main applications, for example, to dial the number, it does not cause labor, plus you can reinstate the interface for controlling one hand, then all keys are reduced and will be available. It is impossible to reach S8 + with your fingers to the top edge, you can not even try, you will relieve the device. But the need for it never occurs, including on devices with a smaller diagonal, most of the operations on the screen, for example, during the game, we carry out two hands.

The lack of a mechanical key does not mean that there are no buttons as such, it is on the screen, and in the settings you can specify that it burns in Alwayson Display mode, or turn off at all. Charm this touch key is that it has a special pressure sensor, it is placed under the screen. Press the button with your finger, and it works, though with a small delay. In the same iPhone, pressing the sensory button and the vibrootkkalkalk is still configured, it seems that everything happens instantly, here above this moment the manufacturer should work on this point. On the other hand, the need in the central button in standby mode disappears, as it is easiest to configure unlocking the device to recognize the face. Since the keys are sensory, you can swap them, the back button can be both left and right from the central key.

I was in absentia by the question of the location of the button on the rear surface at the camera. Having tried, I can say that on S8 this location plus-minus is comfortable, the finger finds the sensor (this is a touch pad with sides), but it's difficult to reach it on S8 + to it, it turns into flour in the case. Another thing is that you can customize face recognition (do not confuse the eye scanner of the eye!), Then the smartphone will be unlocked automatically when it sees you. As usual, I have a few news, I will start with good. Recognition works perfectly almost always in bright rooms, the quality depends on the initial setting. Unfortunately, you can customize only one person image. Why "Unfortunately? The answer lies in that, for example, when you, swollen from sleep, try to look in a horizontal position in the phone screen, it turns out not very good, he does not recognize his master in you. Another problem is in the dark time of day, here the recognition does not always happen instantly, but even in a cap or other headdress, the phone will know you.


In most cases, recognition occurs instantly, although, comparing the fingerprint with the sensor, it must be said that it is safer and is always the same, with the same speed. Here the unlock speed may differ, which is noticeable, but it is always up to one second. Absorphers will be upset, as they would like to get the same speed always and everywhere.

The first thing many people will try is an attempt to deceive the face scanner. If you substitute him instead of face photo, then it can work. Is this a security problem? Yes and no. For ordinary people to imagine that someone is wetted into the phone, substituting your face in the photo, akin to considering that someone made your fingerprints, it is also easy to do today. I do not think that someone will bother like this. Those who are baked about their security, can advise to include scanner iris, then recognition will take a little longer, but the level of protection will grow (works in full darkness, for people wearing glasses, recognition takes a little longer time). As usual, this is a matter of choice and opportunities, a scanner of a person for most will be quite sufficient in everyday life.

Color solutions at S8 | S8 + (let's not repeat both models numbers, as they are the same, I will say S8, implying both devices) several, new colors appeared. Will all colors be available in all markets? I think that no, some colors in Russia will not be originally available.



What color to choose? I like the usual black, it looks very pleasant in life, however, and light colors are also good, playing the sun. The fact that the Corning Gorilla Glass 5 glass panels used here can be recorded in the pluses of the device. One of the complaints on the large screen and reasons for absentee complaints was that, in the opinion of the mass unconscious, such phones will easily be broken. This is not the case that the same S7 / S7 EDGE and previous models that survive with drops from the height of the belt are proved. It is clear that it all depends on your luck, but other things being equal, these devices behave better than the same iPhone, which distinguishes the increased fragility of the glass when shuffles.

Also in previous devices, a 3.5 mm connector is saved here, but the main connector is USB Type C. From other features, I will note the protection against IP68 water. SIM card slot combined, that is, you get either two SIM cards or one SIM card and microSD memory card. SIM card format - Nanosim.




The device has two microphones, they are located on the ends, the noise reduction system works fine, the interlocutor heard me well on the noisy street during the rain.

On the rear surface, we see the camera, it protrudes from the body, but now the rim does not drink so much, it is a noticeable difference. To the left of the camera is the heartbeat sensor, it has not disappeared anywhere.


On the frontal side above the screen you can see an 8 megapixel camera, as well as a 3.7 megapixel IRIS scanner and IR illumination for facelight. The resolution of the IRIS scanner has grown, as well as accuracy, recognition speed compared to Note 7. There is also a lighting sensor (it is the RGB-sensor color).



On the right side surface is the on / off key, on the left side - a twin volume keys, and just below - a separate button to start the Bixbi assistant, we will talk about it separately.

The metal chassis of the device is made of aluminum 7000 series, in contrast to the seven, it has a glossy coating, and it is not clear how to behave after some time. This moment confuses, in the future I will try to imitate wear, to look at what you get and what scratches will receive the case.





Speaker in the apparatus one, on the bottom, it is loud and clean, it is well audible in all situations.

In the dry residue I want to say the following - from the point of view of design used by the materials, this flagship without any discounts, and he doesn't have much direct competitors, more precisely, it is one - iPhone 8, which will appear in the fall, the current generation of iPhone is largely inferior and looks weaker .

Display

Samsung came up with a marketing term for new, stretched screens, infinity display, or infinite screen. It does not occupy the entire facial surface at all, but the feeling of first use and then such that you transplant from a small TV in the kitchen to a large, comfortable panel. Considering that the size of the devices has not changed, the larger size of the screens is very much conscious. With QHD + resolution (2960x1440 Points, 570/529 PPI) Screens high-quality, no separate points and other roughness. This is a superamoled-matrix of the last generation, the technology has improved compared to Note 7, it has become even more advanced. The algorithm of adjustment of brightness changed depending on the conditions of external lighting, the operating mode of Alwayson Display has expanded - the devices have become even better in this aspect. The onscreen buttons are hidden in applications, there is almost never needed in them. In the younger apparatus, a diagonal of 5.8 inches, in the older - 6.2 inches.

For S8 | S8 + used technologies that were first applied in the company's TVs. In addition to the fact that the phone analyzes the picture on the screen, it was not simply added a light indicator, and the RGB indicator of colors, which builds the picture for external conditions. Also, the devices support the Mobile HDR Premium standard, which appeared only at the beginning of this year for 4K devices.


DisplayMate analyzed the screen in S8 and once again considered that Samsung engineers made it impossible, this is the most technological screen in a mobile phone. The full study can be found by reference, lower the main points:

  • In automatic mode, the maximum screen brightness is up to 1000 NIT, it is read on any sun;
  • The color range of DCI-P3 Color is applied, it is also used in 4K TVs (in test tests DCI-P3, coverage 113%, which means mapping bright, colorful and realistic colors under any lighting conditions);
  • The function of improving the picture on the screen, which turns the content in the HDR-picture, which did not have an HDR component;
  • Two light sensor - both on the front and on the rear surface of the phone, to better define the lighting conditions and adjust the colors on the screen;
  • Night mode with a blue filter, which allows not to excite the psyche, improve sleep;
  • A separate microcircuit to control AlWayson screen, which allows you to get less power consumption;
  • Improved automatic adjustment of the screen for personal preferences, your smartphone is studying at the examples of how you like to watch movies, networking pages, what are your addictions in games.

It is only half of those capabilities that are described in detail in the DisplayMate test, the screen has become simply outstanding. As far as I liked the screen in S7 Edge, it was so sweating next to S8, just see how white display is different in the menu.


On the S7 edge, the white color goes into the yellowness, but you see just like with direct comparison. In life it seems that the seven, as well as other smartphones, have no problems with the display of colors. But it is exactly until you compare them with eights, they have luxurious screens for any standards.

Screen geometry - 18.5 to 9, which is unusual and causes questions how the interface has changed. An additional row of icons added in the usual menu. Is it convenient? Of course, since more useful information is placed on the screen.

When viewing the rollers on YouTube, the picture adjusts to the screen, you can stretch it both on the entire screen and leaving minor stripes on the sides, the distortion of the picture is not observed.








There are no modes of operation in which the location disappears on the screen, the big screen is comfortable for viewing cards, movies and any visual information. This is a big screen, and deny his pros foolishly.

In ALWAYSON Display mode, a clock or picture, notifications from applications, special changes in comparison with previous models may notice, this mode works well. Competitors have nothing like that.



And the last cherry on the cake, as the chassis of the phone is completely redesigned, the screen integrated more deeply with other components of the device (for example, this is a separate microcircuit for controlling Alwayson Display), as a result, power consumption decreased. Look at how much battery battery spent the screen is a record.

Also as in seven, it is possible to change the screen resolution, the default is FHD +, but the difference with QHD + in everyday tasks is not stuck in the eye. I advise you to install QHD + for games or VR glasses.

In the sun, and in any conditions, the screen remains readable if you have automatic brightness adjustment, then you are guaranteed to see a colorful picture, the colors remain unchanged. In glasses, everything works with a bang, you see a bright picture.


Battery

The built-in battery has a capacity of 3500 mAh, there is a wireless charging, built into the case, fast charging. Everything is typically for the company's flagships, I will note new modes of operation of energy saving, in something more aggressive, which is poured into a little longer hours of work. For example, the video playback time is about 18-19 hours per maximum brightness. On average, the devices will work one or two days, depending on your settings and what you use. There is no particular breakthrough, but certain improvements are observed.


In my case, S8 + worked an on average and a half day at 4 hours of screen operation (illumination by 60%, automatic brightness), a large load for data transmission and also launched different tests, which strongly load the processor and eat energy.

In the usual mode, it is easily achievable 5-8 hours of screen operation at two days of work.

Chipset, memory, performance

RAM 4 GB (in Chinese version 6 GB), built-in memory 64 GB, and memory cards are supported up to 256 GB. For the American market, devices go to Snapdragon 835, to some extent this exclusive Samsung, competitors on this chipset will appear later. All over the world, S8 goes to Exynos 8895, this is one of the fastest processors. In synthetic tests, it gives high numbers.

Synthetic tests do not show how fast the device, but note that even in comparison with the S7 EDGE or Note 7, which I have never had any complaints of the speed, the difference is noticeable, there is no gap between clicking and opening the application, the response is almost instant. These devices are very very fast. In a balanced performance mode, the response is the same as on the current flagships, which is already excellent.

From the point of view of memory, we see an explicit improvement in the form of a transition from UFS 2.0 to UFS 2.1. There are already a number of models on the UFS 2.1 (LG V20, Huawei Mate 9 Porsche Design) on the market), they are shown on Android 7 very high speed. That in reality reduces the download time of the smartphone, as well as the switching time between applications. In the SAMSUNG lineup, it is the first eights become the first devices with UFS 2.1.

With great interest every year I read fairy tales about how the flagships from Samsung in the interface in the interface, in everyday operations, unfortunately, show these problems to me almost never. This stereotype of the lives, but no relation to the devices does not have a certain curvativity of the hands of users who put a ton of left software or remove the "unnecessary" components of the system, and then begin to experience problems.

Communication capabilities

Supported USB 3.0 (Type C), for the first time, Bluetooth 5.0 support appears in the smartphone, there are APTX and other codecs for sound.

There are LTE Cat. 13/16 Depending on the chipset supplier, the frequency aggregation will be supported only with software updates for specific countries and operators. The LTE Advanced network shows the maximum speed of theoretically possible (2x2 MU-MIMO). On the Moscow network megaphone, the real speed that managed to obtain when downloading files was 430 Mbps (theoretical limit of 450 Mbps). A common tests are not suitable for the demonstration of this speed, they are simply not designed for such networks and fail (even the size of the test file is so small that it does not really get it up to download it in such programs).

From the point of view of wireless interfaces there are enhanced Wi-Fi, new algorithms are used. As usual, Samsung adapts everything that appeared during this time. The WiFi repeater function has not disappeared anywhere, it is in this apparatus.

Of the features of the implementation of Bluetooth 5.0, I will note the possibility of simultaneously connecting two headsets or other sound devices, that is, you can listen to the same music or watch a movie with another person. It is just a gorgeous feature that is definitely not enough, although it will be needed a little.

Another point that I liked this is the ability to choose applications and what connected Bluetooth devices will play sound. That is, you can choose that the sound from the video player is broadcast on the outer column, and the messages read only in the headset. Cool? Definitely yes, but you have to spend time to set up everything for yourself. Or such a scenario: you give the phone to the child so that he watches the movie and the sound went through a wireless column or wireless headphones, and listen to music or podcast in other wireless headphones. This feature is perfect, and it is very convenient, tried it in practice several times, regret that it did not exist a few years ago.

Cameras

The front camera has received a resolution of 8 megapixels, as well as autofocus, it is light (F / 1.7), which allows you to do good snapshots, including in the steadmate rooms. As for the main chamber, there are different effects when you can attach inserts from bows, mustache and the like. A good feature that diversifies the use of the camera.

The main chamber at first glance remained the same, that is, it is 12 megapixels, DualPixel technology. The supplier of the chamber module is, as before, Samsung himself, as well as Sony (S5K2L2 and IMX333).

Due to the increased productivity of the system, the camera module received its own memory, the Burst mode mode has appeared, when you can make a few dozen shots. The camera focuses faster at objects, it works better than the complex scenes compared to Galaxy S7 / S7 Edge, which I could make sure. But it is impossible to say that this is a fundamentally different camera, it is not comparable in most situations with the previous generation, it works better in difficult conditions, but most of these differences will not notice, they are insignificant. However, look at the comparison of the pictures with S7 Edge, all of them are made in automatic mode. But before this, what the camera interface looks like.














And now comparing snapshots with Galaxy S7 EDGE.

Galaxy S8. Galaxy S7 EDGE

Look at the enlarged parts of the pictures with S7 EDGE and S8 Plus to understand the difference in the chambers.









The feeling that pictures with S7 are slightly sculled, they are not so sharp. The explanation worth it is to look for the fact that in the eights for the first time the MultiFrame technology is used, which is familiar to us on Google Pixel. The phone makes three frames, chooses automatically the best, and can also choose pieces of frames that came out better on one of the pictures, and then glues it all into a single picture. The result is clearer and brighter than on S7 / S7 EDGE.

For a month, I have accumulated a lot of photos from Galaxy S8 / S8 Plus, so let me show some of them, for example, photos of flowers in the garden, as well as any livery, macro shot, pay attention to the blur of the background and the accuracy of the parts.

However, the camera copes well with view pictures.

In the dark, the camera works noticeably better than that of the S7 EDGE, it works faster and more correctly works out the scenes.

As for me, so formally the camera on S7 EDGE is the same, in fact, new image processing algorithms turned out to be more interesting and better, plus the yield of suitable photos is noticeably higher. On S8 / S8 Plus one of the best cameras in mobile devices from those in the market today.

There are no complaints to the video record, there is support 4K, in FullHD you can choose a frequency of 60 or 30 frames per second.

And a few more videos from the last trip.

DEX Desktop Mode - Continuum Analogue from Microsoft

For these devices, such an accessory appears as DEX docking station, it has its own cooling, allows you to connect up to two USB devices, such as keyboard and mouse (USB 2.0). In some countries, this docking station will be given together with preliminary orders for S8 | S8 +. Separately, it will cost 149 euros.



In addition to the fact that you get the ability to connect the HDMI to your phone to the external monitor and manage it with the mouse and keyboard, the Dex mode appears. This is not just broadcast the contents of the phone screen to the external monitor, and the recycled interface, in particular, add support for MS Office, Adobe Mobile Applications, such as Adobe Lightroom Mobile. These applications are completely recycled under large screens, and while this is available only for Samsung flagships, but I am sure that it will later appear on a bunch of other devices of different manufacturers. The most direct analogy is a similar mode from Microsoft, which was on Windows Phone smartphones. But the death of the platform put the cross on the Continuum, and the declared banner grabbed Dex, Microsoft engineers took part in its development, it can be considered a kind of continuum on Android.


First of all, this solution for corporate users is unlikely to be popular from the start, but this is an interesting direction for development. The DEX has implemented support for remote access to your desktop, this is Citrix, Vmware and Amazon Web Services, that is, nothing new. In principle, on Android, you can already use these services.

My impressions of Dex mixed. On the one hand, this is exactly the future of mobile platforms, on the other hand, in the current reincarnation, it clearly lacks phone performance, the windows are drawn slowly, they twitch, in one word, everything is not so beautiful, as on paper.









Nevertheless, you already receive a complete set of applications and all your data in the likeness of the desktop system, I think there will be lovers of technology, which will be extracting Dex, but the mass consumer will not throw it to use it, everything works too slowly.

Assistant Bixby - Ideology and practical implementation

The idea of \u200b\u200bBixby is directly borrowed from Google Now, this is an assistant that combines voice functions, for example, voice recognition to execute commands (Heritage s Voice), but at the same time he analyzes what is displayed on your screen, that is, conditionally understands the context in which you say. A separate key you call Bixby cards (again analogy with Google Now), you can edit them, add and remove applications and information from them. For example, the assistant knows that you usually call this number at this time, and offers to do it. You can not call the current functions of BIXBY in intellectual, on the presentation it was cut to the impossibility, so, there is no voice input, it will appear only at the end of the month. Yes, and the prediction system is clearly foolish to train it, it is necessary that millions of people began to use Bixby, there are no other ways in such systems - the better they become.

The full version of Bixby with voice commands, prompts and other will be released only in December 2017, along with the update of the device on Android 8. At the moment, instead of Bixby, we have its camera recognizing, as well as software planning.

Multimedia Features of Soft

Samsung reworked the Clean UI, now he has become more air, perceived easier, the designations of the three touch keys changed, the icons changed, however, look at the picture. Also now in the settings you can see the SAMSUNG EXPERIENCE version, this apparatus is 8.1.

In general, I like the way Android 7 looks like on the Galaxy S7 / S7 Edge, there is a slightly different interface, but very simple and understandable, and most importantly, convenient. Although there is a whole cohort of people who do not like any superstructures over clear Android by default, and it seems to me nonsense - everything is done on the mind and convenient for everyday life. For example, a button that allows you to jump at the very beginning of the list to scroll large lists.

Another interesting point - you can do any kind of screenshots, record small Gif-files from the screen, cut out not just rectangles, but also oval, and immediately draw your finger all you want. But what I liked most, so it is saving the URL, when you make a screenshot in Chrome.

From the point of view of sound, we see about the same as in TAB S3, there are improvements from AKG, plus in a set of AKG headphones. Models on Snapdragon 835 have a normal sound, they use sound DSP AQSTICs, which is designed for this chip. It is noticeably better of what is used in Snapdragon 820/821, but worse than DSP from Cirrus Logic, which is used in the Exynos-version of the smartphone (Cirrus Logic SC43130). I managed to listen to the AKG headphones both versions of the smartphone, on an exynos a little above the volume of the volume, the sound seemed a little different. But definitely sound has changed, very reminds of how HTC 10 plays, in which its separate DSP (this is not a solution from Qualcomm, as it is considered in the market). Changes as sound are noticeable compared to seven.

Finally, a nice little thing, separately the AKG headphones will cost about a hundred dollars / euro, these are top hips. Having tried these headphones, I can say that the game goes to a new level for flagships, I wonder what they will answer in Apple and whether they will change their standard Earpods for new iPhone. If you ignore, it will be sad, since Akg tears them in quality, like a tuzy-harrant, it's just products from different price niches, and they differ very strongly.






In the software a lot of "small things", which strongly divert your user experience, many features were on previous devices, but it will not be superfluous to repeat the most visible ones. For example, it can be an emergency message (three pages on the power button), the phone sends the SOS message, also records the sound recording for 5 seconds and a photo from the front chamber.

Comparison with Galaxy S7 / S7 EDGE

In Samsung, they prepared infographics, which shows the differences between the models, everything is simple and understandable in it, and most importantly, clearly.

But you can also see a separate video in which I tell about these devices in detail on the basis of my rich experience.

Impression

There are no complaints about the quality of sound and volume call to the device, the volume is higher than the average, reworked the melodies, they became more interesting, and they can be recognized in any situation. Vibrating shifts can be customized for itself, which is important. The quality of the work of the apparatus in Russian networks is good, there are minor improvements compared to seven.

With the work of Samsung Pay there are no questions here, everything is exactly the same as it was in previous models.

Also as in the transition from S7 EDGE to Note 7, it was impossible to say that these are completely different devices technically, but in life they were perceived very differently, and here - the eights turned out very worthy and interesting. By combination of characteristics and ease of use, I can not call any device that approached them. As before, these are the main flagships on the market, apple devices are interesting from an image point of view, but technically still in the rank of catching up, although the gap in the seventh generation they reduced. Perhaps there are two direct competitor on the market, this is Apple and Samsung, all other companies are among the catchy.

In S8 | S8 + Pluses compared to Apple seventh generation WHO and small cart:

  • Face scanner, iris scanner eye
  • In the same size of the body screens with a much larger diagonal and resolution
  • Fast battery charging, wireless charging
  • Better sound, complete headphones on the head above, as AKG created
  • 64 GB of Integrated Memory Plus Memory Cards - More than Standard Memory Resume in iPhone
  • Dex mode, work on a large monitor (suddenly someone will like)
  • Support for VR glasses, which iPhone does not have a class

You can list these "trifles" for a long time, but in fact they are very different, the product from Apple is very inferior not only technologically, but also by perception, which was not so noticeable. With the advent of the eight, it is the perception of phones becomes another, they look at the head higher than the closest competitors.

There is only one company on the Android market of devices, which managed to prepare your answer, but somewhat hurried, of course, we are talking about LG G6. This device is built on Snapdragon 821 (the chipset of the previous generation, not for the flagship), he has the default sound and worse the headphones from the kit, it is sufficiently awkward in his hand, it is not perceived as easy as S8 | S8 +, but the main thing is that for him They want about as much as for the younger model from Samsung. For what?




The cost of S8 in Russia is 54,990 rubles, the older model costs 59,990 rubles. Considering that these prices are comparable to the current value of the iPhone 7, which looks weaker in many aspects, and also put up at the level of the future iPhone 8, which comes out in the fall, the price seems to be adequate to me. Those who wish can buy Galaxy S8 in May-June on the gray market, the price will differ by 10-15% at a smaller side (the youngest model is already with delivery from Germany about 42 thousand rubles). These smartphones belong to the new generation, and not only at the expense of the numbers, it is ideologically processed from scratch, they have a large number of advantages - screen, opening hours, performance, sound, security system, and so on. But for those who consider them exactly the same as S7 / S7 EDGE, the previous models will always remain, they did not lose their relevance, as they are noticeably cheaper and more accessible. I am sure that in parallel they will be able to exist for a long time. For the market output S8 | S8 + - this is a landmark for the coming years, all companies will try to create similar solutions, including Apple. Another thing is that they have the opportunities for this are very limited, and the resulting "flagships" will remind a story with LG G6, then one will be worse, then another, and the price will be comparable. In this aspect, LG G6 is interesting only as the closest in time to the S8 model, the one called in the flagship company, and it has an approximately comparable approach that could not fully implement.

In S8 | S8 +, it turns out that these devices are beautiful outwardly, although there is no taste and color of comrades, everyone has its own ideas about the beautiful. The success of these models has already taken place, during the pre-order in Russia they were sold by a volume of more than 15,000 pieces in the amount of Billion rubles. In the future, you can wait for stable sale of eights, as they have a high potential.

From childhood diseases S8 | S8 + I will note the red screens, which is easy to check, it is enough to go to the settings menu, and the white color in them will cast in red. The company may fix this by software update, but I recommend checking the apparatus in the store to avoid the tedious exchange or return procedure. Especially since it takes less than a minute, you just need to look at the screen. Other children's sores in models have not yet been revealed, for the month my devices have shown themselves from the best side.

Every year, describing the flagships from Samsung, I say standard phrases that they have become more faster, they have no direct competitors. And every year it is so, but with the exit S8 | S8 + you can talk about the fact that competitors, to put it mildly, are not just behind, the abyss between them and Samsung has just increased. Try these smartphones in life, screw in the store to evaluate how good they are. I am sure that the majority will like them, and then the issue of accessibility is incorporated in the case.

As you understand, there are changes in the chamber, but not a revolutionary nature. Samsung has not yet delivered a double chamber. Perhaps two lens will appear already in Samsung Galaxy Note 8, but up to this point will have to wait a couple of months.

As always, at the beginning we set the camera in the simplest for the device conditions: daytime shooting on the street. Here, Galaxy S8 feels just great, demonstrating high quality pictures, detailing and excellent color reproduction.

SM-G950F Installation: ISO 40, F1.7, 1/2072 C, 26.0 mm eq.

SM-G950F Installation: ISO 40, F1.7, 1/447 C, 26.0 mm eq.

SM-G950F Installation: ISO 40, F1.7, 1/128 C, 26.0 mm eq.

SM-G950F Installations: ISO 50, F1.7, 1/500 C, 26.0 mm eq.

SM-G950F Installation: ISO 40, F1.7, 1/1544 C, 26.0 mm eq.

SM-G950F Installation: ISO 40, F1.7, 1/434 C, 26.0 mm eq.

SM-G950F Installation: ISO 40, F1.7, 1/376 C, 26.0 mm eq.

SAMSUNG GALAXY S8 SAMSUNG GALAXY S8 (F1.7) is well coping with macro and beautifully blurs the back plan. We also note the exact work of autofocus. The speed and accuracy of the focus is provided by Dual Pixel technology.

SM-G950F Installations: ISO 40, F1.7, 1/403 C, 26.0 mm eq.

SM-G950F Installation: ISO 40, F1.7, 1/1836 C, 26.0 mm eq.

SM-G950F Installations: ISO 40, F1.7, 1/424 C, 26.0 mm eq.

The application has no separately selected HDR scene (Extended Dynamic Range mode). By default, it is automatically enabled, you can enable it and disable forcibly. The result of this mode is noticeable. But still, the automation and algorithms of processing Galaxy S8 focus on too dark pictures, almost ignoring too bright areas.

Another mode that we took advantage of the daylight is "Panorama". Galaxy S8 confidently copes with a frame gluing from a variety of pieces obtained during the smartphone.

SM-G950F Settings: F1.7, 26.0 mm eq.

Let us turn to the shooting indoors. Here we looked at the work of the focus, the accuracy of the color reproduction and the correctness of the choice of colors. In artificial lighting conditions, the Galaxy S8 camera also works very accurately and gives a qualitative result.

SM-G950F Installations: ISO 160, F1.7, 1/50 C, 26.0 mm eq.

SM-G950F Installation: ISO 200, F1.7, 1/25 C, 26.0 mm eq.

SM-G950F Installation: ISO 80, F1.7, 1/50 C, 26.0 mm eq.

The flash in the device is single and for many years Samsung is ignored both double LED element and flashlight mode. The quality of the flash image is high: the image is not crosslinked, and the object of shooting is highlighted on the background of the rest.

There are not many plot scenes in the camera application. Couple for video (slow motion and interval) and several photos. We have already told about the "panorama", and now we will pay attention to the mode of the selective focus, which allows, after the frame is made, change the focus point, choosing between the front and background. However, the excellent job of the lens demonstrating a beautiful blur of the back plan makes this story scene not so necessary.

Another mode is called "Food" and is suitable for this genre of photography. After all, as you know, I did not take a picture - I did not eat. In this scene, you can choose a point with radial blur, as well as to adjust the color temperature so that your food looks as delicious as possible.

SM-G950F Installations: ISO 160, F1.7, 1/50 C, 26.0 mm eq.

SM-G950F Installation: ISO 100, F1.7, 1/50 C, 26.0 mm eq.

SM-G950F Installations: ISO 160, F1.7, 1/50 C, 26.0 mm eq.

Well, as always, on Sweet - the most complex not only for smartphones, but also for many cameras conditions: shooting at twilight, in the evening and night, in conditions of insufficient illumination. And here Samsung again gives brand quality. Yes, you can complain about some passion, but the smartphone camera copes very well with his work. Sometimes automation increases the shutter speed, but it saves the presence of optical image stabilization. The colors remain as natural, the white balance is not confused, and as a result, highly modified pictures are obtained.

SM-G950F Settings: ISO 160, F1.7, 1/36 C, 26.0 mm eq.

SM-G950F Installation: ISO 40, F1.7, 1/166 C, 26.0 mm eq.

SM-G950F Installations: ISO 250, F1.7, 1/25 C, 26.0 mm eq.

SM-G950F Installations: ISO 125, F1.7, 1/30 C, 26.0 mm eq.

And of course, we cannot not note the presence of the "Pro" mode with fully manual settings. Here you can choose ISO, shutter speed, white balance, manually adjust the focus and even highlight its area (at a central point or by several points), as well as an exposer. Everything else, in manual mode, you can take pictures in RAW. The files in the extension DNG are very plastic and allow a lot of post-processing. CANON PIXMA TS8040.

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It is worth saying that we have not doubted how to shoot at Samsung Galaxy S8, but still decided from printing pictures in 10 to 15 centimeters on paper Photo Paper Pro Platinum. Excellent detail and color - everything says that you need to get another paper format.

In A4 format, we printed another pair of pictures on the same type of paper and again were impressed with the quality of the smartphone camera and printing on the printer. And by chance to put the phone on the printed snapshot, we almost lost the device: a frameless design on the one hand and the highest quality paper fingerprint made yourself felt.

However, Samsung noticed at the expense of a little warm display (AMOLED film mode), natural colors and magnificent details were noted in the picture. The last, of course, the merit is not only the Samsung Galaxy S8 camera, but also the CANON PIXMA TS8040 printer.

We can not pass by shooting video. On Galaxy S8, you can record videos in 4K-resolution, but in this case the image stabilization will not work. You can also remove spectacular timellaps and slow video - this device turns out perfectly. As an example, we offer to watch a video in Full HD format at a speed of 30 frames per second. Here it is great to see how optical image stabilization works, as the device writes the sound and removes under conditions of low light.

Already two weeks I use Samsung Galaxy S8 as the main smartphone. In addition to a heap of new chips in it, they updated the frontal chamber.

And they updated it very much - so much that it is worthy of a separate article.

SAMSUNG GALAXY S8 and his awesome front camera

Frontalka in Samsung Galaxy S8 evolved from the Samsung Galaxy S7 camera: it was good, it became just great. But at first about what has not changed.

Used wide-angle lenswhich seems to give you from the camera and allows you to make group selfie much easier than on the iPhone. The aperture, as before, f / 1.7 instead of F / 2.2 in the iPhone 7 Plus, that is, light in the sensor is skipped much more.

Because of this, snapshots in the dark come out clear, noticeably less noise and artifacts. See for yourself.


Well, now to upgrades.

In the front of Galaxy S8 added pixels - 8 mp Against 5 MP in Galaxy S7. Purely technically, it gives sharper snapshots in the same conditions, and it also makes it stronger to cut a photo, while maintaining its quality high.

SAMSUNG GALAXY S8 portraits makes coolAgree. Even if I do not believe, the pictures will tell everything for me. The color of the face is natural, the teeth are white, the hair is well worked out - there is no stop on the yellowness that the iPhone loves so much. Snapshots are saturated and sharp, the latter can be configured: for example, soften the skin tone!


Stock Foto Made on samsung galaxy s8

But the main trump card Frontali SAMSUNG GALAXY S8 - autofocus .

It works as quickly as on the main chamber. Automatically focuses on all faces in the frame, so it is almost never needed to press the display.

It is straight bomb. Autofocus oh as not enough on the iPhone, because of this, almost all selfie from a more or less close distance are blurred. I think the next generation will appear optical stabilization - and happiness will come.

The self-chamber at Samsung Galaxy S8 has more chips.

For example, you can take pictures using a pulsometer. Just turn on the camera and tap the sensor with your finger - it is from behind, close to the camera. This is if uncomfortable poke into the screen. Minus in the way one - the finger gets on the camera and docks it. We will have to be rejected.

As in the iPhone, I do not advise you to photograph using the volume button - the pictures often come out are blurred.

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Stock Foto Made on samsung galaxy s8

In addition, all selfie is retouching right during shooting. Before making a snapshot, you can "otphotoshop" in advance: for the sake of jokes to make huge eyes, well, and to correct the tone of the face.


Stock Foto Made on samsung galaxy s8

There is a superwire mode, a la panorama. During the shooting, you tighten the smartphone to the left and right, it will turn out a panoramic self-portrait. Using a selective focus, you can make selfie with steep bokeh - analogue of "portrait mode" on the iPhone 7 Plus.

Well, the last. Appeared stickers masks: Animated, with sound and without. You can apply text, filters, effects on the snapshot.

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We are naturally them checked. But, alas, we are not so beautiful. Although they tried very much.

Stickers really rule, especially in the hands of other people. Give them Samsung Galaxy S8, they are tickling themselves with funny people, then all this is stored in memory. And you, of course, do not post it in your instagram, noting them, so that it was no way;))

TOTAL. SAMSUNG GALAXY S8 is a front camera, which:

  • removes brighter and more clear than in iPhone 7
  • perfectly removes in even dark
  • supershire Selfie Rulyat, especially with the crowd
  • stickers masks blast any Tusu)

Now iPhone 7 Plus. And his 3-year-old camera


The front camera in the iPhone 7 Plus has not changed much from past generations. The angle of the lens is still small, you look close in the photo. It is necessary to either have long hands, or carry a selfie stick with you. Especially if you decide to make a joint photo with friends.

The number of megapixels in the iPhone 7 Plus has grown from 5 to 7 megapixel. At the same time, the aperture remained the same - F / 2.2. With good lighting, pictures are good, but in the evening shuma come out, rear background turns into porridge.

This is no longer an outstanding result, and its lacks In any restaurant: Fashionable yellow decorative lamps and muffled light from a pretty photo make a set of pixels, each of which can be counted on the fingers.


Stock Foto Made on iphone 7 plus

To somehow smooth this jamb, Apple offered a Retina Flash flash. It adjusts to the surrounding light to transfer the natural tone of the skin. With her photos, it turns bright, except that the slightly washed. Well, not everyone loves the outbreak.

Reality: Selfie on the iPhone 7 Plus left 6s Plus and merge such in Samsung Galaxy S8.

The pictures became more clear, but the predecessor problems remained. It is strange that Apple scores to the frontal chamber. But while they think there, in Samsung do. Yes, and other competitors do not drell.

It is rumored that in the iPhone 8 it is waiting for fundamental changes, but it seems she will simply catch up with a competitor.

What is the result. Although stop, you all know

Have to admit. If you are in the subject of modern mobile cameras, they knew the result of this article in advance. Apple remained on the side of the progress in the quality of its cameras, and the next example above.