Galaxy S8+
Captivated in Unexpected…
12/07/2017 17:27
This phone is absolutely beautiful to hold and it has a sleek, 'new-car' feeling!
As a cultural travel photographer, I use my camera equipments frequently and yet I would often find myself leaning on my mobile to capture what inspires and moves me - and what captivated me is the way that S8+ delivers beautiful shots! With minimal processing and filter the phone develops stunning colors and layers of the fades, exceeding even my professional camera's low-light capabilities! Quite IMPRESSED!! In addition, there are some new photo functions (swipe left in ‘Camera’). I love that as an inner (or Yelp) ‘Foodies’, I have my very own food filter to snap as many lunch or dinners as I pleased! Use the 'Pro' function and I am Wow'd with the filter package it comes with!
Over all the functionality is similarly comparable across the Galaxy phones (4/7edge) with exception to few obvious changes to the phone. In the quest for the slick, they opted to take away the 'Home' button, which my fingers - as well as other iPhone/Galaxy users - have gotten subconsciously programmed to press, only to find that there are no buttons. I would need to 'swipe up' from the bottom of the screen and a virtual 'Home’ button, 'back' function and 'multi-window' interface becomes accessible.
This phone has a Samsung Note8-esque interface (not to mention, the screen size difference between those two is just 0.1 inch!). So outside of the Stylus, S8+ promises to be just as versatile in its use! One other function they did away with - because of the ‘Home’ button change - I need the Volume down+Power button to take a screenshot to squeeze with my thumb and middle finger. Pretty easy!
The 3500mAh Battery holds well through the day (I use it heavily and I only seem to be down to about 35% by dinner time) and the only thing that seems to 'overheat' the product and/or shorten the battery life is when I am using it with VR.
Getting an unlocked phone will give me the freedom to choose mobile network not just in the US but Internationally - which is great as I travel - it sure beats carrying around multi handsets! As an unlocked phone, this Samsung S8+ has both CDMA and GSM capabilities. I went with a CDMA network, and the company blocked my ‘Talk and Surf’ (perks of being on a GSM network). On the bright side, CDMA does seem to preserve the battery life better so it’s a toss up!
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jannakalima
Englewood , Spojené státy americké
Age: 115
Gender: Female