The Samsung Galaxy S8 is a gorgeous big-screen phone with a comfortable single-handed feel, and it's packed with top-notch components and promising new software.

Hand-friendly design; Gorgeous screen; Best processor and modem available

Awkward fingerprint scanner placement; Average battery life

The Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ are the best Android phones you can buy, and they're not even finished yet. Starting at a fairly steep $750 and $850, respectively, Samsung's new flagship phones forge a beautiful new path for smartphone design by stripping away unsightly bezels with their respective...

Sleekest phone design yet; Best smartphone display on the market; Category-leading performance; Excellent battery life; Sharper selfie cam and improved rear shooter

Bixby remains in beta; and Vision is hit or miss; Fingerprint sensor is awkwardly placed; Lacks dual cameras for optical zoom

Iterative future In an industry that seems to have hit an innovation plateau, with almost every device looking nearly identical and company's grasping for consumer attention in a saturated high-end Android market, the S8 and S8+ are an iterative jump forward that manages to still feel exciting.

Stunningly beautiful and unique looking; One of the best Android displays out there; Extremely powerful thanks to the Snapdragon 835

Expensive; Still similar to last year's S7 and S7 Edge; Double edges (if you don't like Samsung's previous 'Edge' models; this could be an issue

The Samsung Galaxy S8 is a phone that should be one of the very first you look at when deciding which new phone you buy. The large, bezel-less display is truly iconic and beautiful, and the screen quality excellent.

Amazing; large display; Huge power; Great camera

Irritating biometric unlocking; Very expensive at launch; Bixby pointless

Style

Initially complicated

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.

The phone itself had great features but battery life is terrible

I had read reviews veggie buying this phone but shocked that I don't even get a full day with the battery charged at 100%; My old phones performance is better which is 4 years old! Also taking almost 2 hours to charge up

The Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus continue Samsung's recent penchant of combining outstanding smartphone design with an excellent display to create an all-around fantastic experience.

Incredible & comfortable design Outstanding Super AMOLED display Fast performance Good all-round camera Bixby Voice Assistant has potential Best in class in-box headphones Acceptable battery life Front-facing camera has autofocus Plenty of customization options

Odd fingerprint sensor location Bixby is limited and needs work No major improvements to the camera Iris recognition is hit and miss Bottom-firing speaker is average at best

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)

Samsung definitely needed to do something big with the S8 and the larger-screened S8+. They've not had the best time of it recently, and there's been widespread coverage of the infamous exploding battery issue. The S8 needed to be good, and indeed, it is.