Samsung Galaxy S8

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

Samsung Galaxy S8 review

Samsung needed something pretty special to come back from the fiery debacle that was the canned Note 7, and the Galaxy S8 is indeed a very special phone. It heralds the beginning of a new era in the history of the smartphone, where screens aren't restricted by bezels and your handset becomes even...

The Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ ( review ) are perhaps some of the most high profile smartphones launched in a while. For Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and India, specifications include an Exynos 8895 octa-core SoC, Mali-G71 MP20 GPU, and 4GB of RAM.

But really, there's little to complain about. Almost all the basics are better here than on rivals and the Galaxy S8 is packed full of extras, some of which are more useful than others, but none of which get in the way.

+ Amazing screen; + Great design; + Feature packed

- Small battery; - Camera isn't much of an upgrade; - Bixby needs works