Where to start with a Samsung Galaxy S phone launch? These phones aim to be the very best on the market and in recent years, they’ve arguably succeeded. But Samsung has always had a habit of hyping them through the roof and sending them to market laden with gimmicky features that can range from I-can’t-believe-they-invented-it to utterly terrible. And yet last year’s Samsung Galaxy S7 ended up being our Phone of the Year (once the price had dropped) and is still a great buy.

Samsung shovels in the features (as usual) but at least the important ones are good... Very good. It's not cheap but it excels where it matters and that camera is outstanding. It's the best phone you can buy.

Very pretty; Very fast; Superb camera;

Bixby virtual assistant is a joke; Average battery life;

When it comes to smartphones with best cameras, the Samsung Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge have proven to be the ultimate best out there. With this year's Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ , the hopes are way too high.

CNET contributor Jessica Dolcort or her cohorts engage in stacking the user commentary. She/they did it on their initial Note 7 review, and she/they do it again here on the S8/+ review burying vocal negative user reviews about the very real bugginess of the current Samsung Galaxy flagship.

Galaxy familiarity and improvement evolution

Constant Arbitrary Rebooting (at least 4 times per week)

To conclude our Galaxy S8 review: there is a lot of good to be said about the "New Galaxy," as everyone calls it. Those of you that were left nostalgic by the beauty of the Note 7 will be happy to see even more beauty shown off here.

Modern 2017 flagship design (Phablet that feels small; Great build quality; Software optimized for one handed use; One of the best cameras of 2017; Good audio performance through headphones; IP68 water and dust resistant; Best specs on a flagship so far; Iris scanner and Secure folder are awesome,...

Third-party software needs to scale up to 18.5:9; Lacks stereo speakers; Battery life is just ok; Where is Android 7.1; Some variants are fingerprint magnets; Hello Bixby is half baked and slow; Software tends to stutter; Fingerprint scanner placement makes no logical sense

Samsung's flagship offering just got launched recently, the Samsung Galaxy S8 is instantly noticeable by its gorgeous infinity display. It is the successor to the last year's model Galaxy S7 and now the S8 is completely changed by its looks.

Great Looks; Curved Screen and Bezel-less Design; Excellent Display Quality; High Brightness; SSD-like storage performance; USB 3.1; Top-notch CPU and GPU; IP68 Certified (Dust-proof and Water Resistant; Wireless Charging Support; Iris Scanner Works Good; Gigabit LTE (1 Gbps Cat.

Average Battery Life; Bixby isn't mature enough; Fingerprint Scanner Placement is Awkward; Slippery; May Fall From Wet Hands

It doesn't take long to fall in love with the S8, thanks to its glorious Infinity Display, blowing away all the nay-sayers and winning over fans previously dedicated to another brand.

When Samsung declared that it would be foregoing Mobile World Congress in favour of a separate event to launch the Galaxy S8 at a later date, alarm bells may have rung for some. Especially as the company was still trying to reassure consumer confidence following the Galaxy Note 7's battery issues .

Beautiful design and display; Powerful processor and multitasking; Great camera performance

Big price tag; Doesn't make most of increased screen size

The Samsung Galaxy S8 is without a doubt the most beautiful, polished phone I've ever held. These words were true when I first reviewed it in April, and are still true a month on. I do have some additional insights since then -- scroll down a bit for those.

The Samsung Galaxy S8's fast speeds and fantastic curved screen make it a top phone for 2017, but the annoying fingerprint reader could sour your experience.

The best-looking phone around crushes it in performance, battery life, water-resistance and wireless charging; An external storage slot lets you keep more photos, videos and music.

Its awkwardly placed fingerprint reader leads to camera smears and longer unlock times; which is aggravating when you use it to unlock your phone dozens of times a day.

No words to describe the beauty of this phone....Best design ever created ...Battery life is best ...worth every penny

I'm guessing that almost every review of the Samsung Galaxy S8 or S8+ starts out with some mention of last year's recall of the Note 7 due to battery issues that led to the spontaneous combustion of some phones. You would think that all that drama and bad press would have hurt Samsung's reputation.

Gorgeous display; Wireless charging; Good battery life; microSD card slot

Expensive; Fingerprint sensor location; Only one camera on the back; Downward firing speaker