[UNBOXING] Samsung Galaxy S8+ - To Infinity (Display) & Beyond

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And finally here it is, the phone I have been waiting for.

I moved away from Samsung after Galaxy S4, same bland design, same bland UI, offering nothing much special.

Moved on to Sony Xperia Z2, which was (and still is) an amazing phone. But after moving to Sony Xperia Z5 Premium from Z2, it didn't feel that much of an upgrade, same design, bigger screen size, offered nothing much solid.

Hence after the unveiling of Galaxy S8/S8+, and the new design, the beautiful screen and I know it was going to be fast and will have a better suited camera (believe me, my dad's S7 Edge's camera puts my Xperia Z5 Premium's 23mp to shame)

Well, without further ado, here are some of the unboxing pix (taken with Z5 Premium's camera, bare with the crappy pix)



Fresh Out Of The Shipping Box



FRONT



SIDE



BACK



ACCESSORIES



THE BEAUTY



WIRELESS CHARGING STAND (PRE-ORDER GIFT)

CLEAR COVER (PRE-ORDER GIFT)



SCREEN PROTECTOR x2 (PRE-ORDER GIFT)



DATA CABLE (PRE-ORDER GIFT)​
 
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Congrats Congrats!

Looks great no doubt, even nicer while sitting on the wireless charger though, might have to grab one of those myself. :D

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Congrats Major! Phone looks marvelous. [emoji106]

Nice to see that S7's wireless charger working with this device. Let us know how well the screen protector sticks to the screen.

About the gifts... did they advertise about these when they started pre-orders or did they surprise you?


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murtaza12 said:
[MENTION=23390]Major Aly[/MENTION]

Congrats Congrats!

Looks great no doubt, even nicer while sitting on the wireless charger though, might have to grab one of those myself. :D

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Thanx thanx :D

Seriously the phone looks phenomenal on the wireless charger stand, makes me want to buy a separate one for my office.
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Congrats Major! Phone looks marvelous. [emoji106]

Nice to see that S7's wireless charger working with this device. Let us know how well the screen protector sticks to the screen.

About the gifts... did they advertise about these when they started pre-orders or did they surprise you?


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Thanx buddy :D

Yeah many wireless chargers are compatible Qi or something.

As far as the protectors go, I read they are full adhesive. Will be applying one in a while myself to confirm.

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[MENTION=42544]murtaza12[/MENTION] Question, have you used Bixby? Were you able to talk to it and stuff?

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[MENTION=42544]murtaza12[/MENTION] Question, have you used Bixby? Were you able to talk to it and stuff?

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I hate these Assistant things, hated Siri, I hate Google Assistant, and because Bixby is just a crappy knock-off, I hate that too.

I find it odd to talk to my phone.

I remapped the Bixby button to the camera app. :)

Edit: I believe Samsung said the voice feature isn't available yet and it'll be activated in a future update.


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murtaza12 said:
I hate these Assistant things, hated Siri, I hate Google Assistant, and because Bixby is just a crappy knock-off, I hate that too.

I find it odd to talk to my phone.

I remapped the Bixby button to the camera app. :)

Edit: I believe Samsung said the voice feature isn't available yet and it'll be activated in a future update.


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I see.

My question was that I couldn't get it to listen, can only launch bixby and see cards manually.

I guess the talking/listening functionality still hasn't been released for English.

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I see.

My question was that I couldn't get it to listen, can only launch bixby and see cards manually.

I guess the talking/listening functionality still hasn't been released for English.

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It has for English (US) I think.

I set my phone to English (UK) and as far as I know, the one time I did accidentally launch Bixby, there was no mention of voice activated features.

Q3 2017 is the planned date for Bixby to become available almost everywhere.

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Does your phone have a DUOS monogram at the back?? My s8 is duos but it does not say DUOS on its back!


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Does your phone have a DUOS monogram at the back?? My s8 is duos but it does not say DUOS on its back!


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Surprisingly but happily nope. Its Dual Sim but doesn't have any branding/logo at the back indicating such and srriously with the DUOS logo it looks like a chinese type phone lol, not a premium look

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Surprisingly but happily nope. Its Dual Sim but doesn't have any branding/logo at the back indicating such and srriously with the DUOS logo it looks like a chinese type phone lol, not a premium look

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Thanx for info. I saw few Unboxings in which it had. s8 Sm-g950fd and s8+ Sm-g955fd international versions luckily dont have duos written on it


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Thanx for info. I saw few Unboxings in which it had. s8 Sm-g950fd and s8+ Sm-g955fd international versions luckily dont have duos written on it


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Depends on region.


My friend had a Dual SIM S7 edge from KSA but it had no DUOS branding.
My first S7 edge was a UAE import and that had DUOS branding, whereas my second S7 edge was the local Pakistani model with accidental warranty and that did not have DUOS branding.

My S8+ is G955FD and it does have the DUOS branding since I got it from the UAE. I kinda wish I got the Orchid Gray now since the branding is less visible on that.
 
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