5 top features and 2 no one is talking about

http://bgr.com/2017/03/30/galaxy-s8-featur...nd-specs-top-5/

I am fine with any of the 3 colors. Given a choice, my Preference will be dark grey follow by black and gold.
Based on pre-order situation I can pick any which is convenient
Don't be surprised those so called "haters" will join in too to pre-order !

This post has been edited by benny888: Mar 31 2017, 09:57 AM

Yet so many YouTube n even website reviewers said is same as S7. Anyway I do find the S7e camera is very good and than the only closest competitor was LG V10.
Great all supplied accessories is now black instead of white which I find simply an awful color - that is my personal opinion.

There was much talk previous Note7 owners could get some special offers ?? I don't know how they are going to identify these ? Those who bought directly from Samsung I am sure their ID is in their database. If there are indeed such offers how about those who bought from Courts, Yes and others during the pre order period ? It would be another problem by Samsung to confirm such buyers. Well it is possible it Samsung wishes to do it.
Anyway had not heard of such special offers from US market till now.

This post has been edited by benny888: Apr 3 2017, 11:26 AM

Have a paypal account ready as direct credit card payment unlikely will be accepted.

Yes, only Paypal. Paypal is more secured than you keying in your credit card details online

Seriously I am more attracted to coming Note8. However will pre order the S8+ ( if offers are attractive) and sell it off with Note8 arrival. I do hope Samsung will have additional offers for ex Note7 users.

It is purely my hobby as a smartphone enthusiast. Well I am not the only one here. I even had the underrated n many said expensive Oppo Rs9 plus . I must say critics simply don't know what they are saying without even testing it out. With even a SD653 processor it performs equally well as say V20, Mate9 series, S7e, OP3T, HTC U Ultra. Just because it has a SD653 chip doesn't make it poor. Yes I do agree it is comparatively more expensive. Most amazing is it's very fast app installation which shame most SD820, SD821 phones. The phone s super ultra smooth too.
Many look down at SD650,652 chipset but I must say I had good time w them on MiMax, A9pro

This post has been edited by benny888: Apr 4 2017, 08:05 AM

10 things one might not know about S8



https://youtu.be/gAOL-O9mN_o

As said is my hobby. Price is immaterial to me. - is within my budget and I can afford it. I had paid premium averaging rm500 and above u for unavailable phones here - just to test eg recent Mi Mix I both 128 and 256gb models. Just as pricy iPhone 7+ , it now lies mainly unused these days as I simply don't like it vs Androids. But I will still buy the ip8 to test

This post has been edited by benny888: Apr 4 2017, 09:06 AM

Quote from Spore hardwarezone.sg :

friend of mine in the industry shared some info with me. All more or less confimed

S8/S8+ : 1078/1198

Preorder gifts: New Samsung Gear VR headset with controller for all purchases

Unlocked device only purchases from Samsung also get a 256gb microsd card


Unconfirmed but it is pricy ( converted to ringgit)

This post has been edited by benny888: Apr 4 2017, 09:20 AM

Yes you can choose to flip it

My favorite is always back at right...As far as possible I will always choose it to be on the right if there is such a choice to select eg on all HW , LG, Oppo, Nexus, OP phones. To me is best natural position for me as I always use right index finger on phone while holding it on my left hand

This post has been edited by benny888: Apr 4 2017, 12:05 PM

Quite sure it will be limited. For Note 7, I remember it was about 5000 from Samsung and another 4-5000 to Courts, Yes n others. All sold out I recall within half a day

Anandtech review
http://www.anandtech.com/show/11225/samsun...axy-s8-hands-on

Yes , based on previous Note7 pre order.

Samsung should release their pricing and offer by now. I recall for Note7 it was about a week before preorder start.

With MYR so horribly weak now at average MR 4.3 to US$1 vs say 3.5 last year, the indicative prices are still OK
RM 3099 is last year S7 price - don't expect the S8 be same with our weak ringgit
However Samsung could ( hopefully) discard the weakened ringgit in its pricing?
Let's hope at least a 10% discount plus some freebies !

This post has been edited by benny888: Apr 4 2017, 07:32 PM

Increase is close to currency differences vs last year ??

Only Korea and China will have the 6gb/128gb version for now