The iris scanner, the heart-rate monitor and Bixby in its current state exemplifies what's wrong with Samsung's approach to mobile. It's the endless array of features, useful or not, that Samsung throws at its phones. It's the hope that simply doing more makes the S8 better than the competition.

A super-fast, frustration-free phone for everyday use; Stunning design and build quality; Sharp edge-to-edge screen puts the focus on content

Extremely low-light camera performance in auto needs improving; Iris scanner is hopelessly fiddly; Bixby is incomplete and can't compete with Google Now and Assistant

We love the Galaxy S8. It's an incredible smartphone, but there are caveats - not least that terrible fingerprint reader. It's also not a wallet-friendly choice, but then neither is it intended to be. What it is intended to be is one of 2017's best smartphones.

Brilliant display; Blazing fast performance; Bluetooth 5 and dual audio

Rear fingerprint reader placement; Face recognition hit and miss; Bixby needs to differentiate

After a long, twisted and explosive affair with its Galaxy Note 7 , Samsung is back in the flagship smartphone scene with its Galaxy S8. The smartphone was announced in India on 19 April at a price tag of Rs 57,900 with pre-orders beginning the same day, while the device goes on sale in stores and...

That's the first thing Samsung's product manager said to me before introducing the company's new flagship Galaxy S8 last month. He's not wrong: the modern concept of the smartphone has been around for a decade now, and the differences between devices are exceedingly incremental.

Gorgeous design; Meticulous fit and finish; Great camera; Big screen; but not a big phone; Gorgeous design; Meticulous fit and finish; Great camera; Enormous; stunning display

Annoying preinstalled apps; Atrocious fingerprint scanner placement; Merely average battery life; Bixby is useless; Annoying preinstalled apps; Atrocious fingerprint scanner placement; Bixby is useless; Larger size can be cumbersome

The Samsung Galaxy S8 is a landmark moment for the smartphone. In making the seemingly simple decision to stretch the screen, Samsung has created a handset which finally breaks the smartphone mould and ends years of design stagnation.

Easy to use, great Samsung owned apps like S Health; Light weight, great screen resolution with a fast processor

Battery life could be better; I advise using one of the power saving modes to get the most out of the battery

Without a doubt, this is an excellent device in terms of performance, camera and battery life. But two things are annoying placement of fingerprint sensor and dud Bixby.

Excellent screen; beautiful design; performance; camera

Awkward fingerprint sensor placement; dud Bixby

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