Dr.Horrible
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Yeah, I tested the dual Bluetooth the other day. It's pretty sweet, but one of the speakers had some minor lag on the sound - which was warned about when you enable it.
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Samsung Galaxy S8 · S8+ |OT| - Available April 21, 2017
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Yeah, I tested the dual Bluetooth the other day. It's pretty sweet, but one of the speakers had some minor lag on the sound - which was warned about when you enable it.
Yeah most definitely, I was scared whenever I picked it up until I got my case.
Zantetsuken
Member
It sounds awesome nonetheless. I wonder if it can be improved with software updates.
plagiarize
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No issues using my S8 with my wife's 2016 Volt and Android Auto. Was using GPS and streaming music.
Seems like it should be possible.
I could imagine something like the phone sending a test sound to each speaker, listening for it and figuring out the delay.
sackboy2197
Member
In the end I went with the Liquid Air case, rather than the Ultra Hybrid I was talking about earlier. It looks good enough and I like the way the back of the case feels.
Zantetsuken
Member
I wonder if a DJ could use this at a party somehow and have A/B songs playing out of different speakers. It'd be neat.
I have this setting enabled and this isn't happening on my phone. What gives?
Zantetsuken
Member
I had to go in and enable exactly what applications will activate the Edge Lighting. At first it was just messages but I set it to Outlook, YouTube, Skype. Or you can choose all available apps. It seems to only activate on the Always-On screen.
Dr.Horrible
Member
Sure hope so, because I plan on using it a ton.
Ahh, well I just noticed that it did do it on messages but I thought it would be persistent. It just happens once. Makes sense I guess.
Is there a way to mix and match the infinity wallpaper theme? I want one of those on my home/lock screen but want the always on to remain plain black.
BBQMan
Member
Yeah it still opens bibxy though so no real point. I'll just wait and see if someone else manages to do it.
mavericktopgun
Member
Performance seems better too and battery life.
Admiral Woofington
Member
just tried it with my S8's base cable and it ran smoothlessly. When they say that cables do all of the difference when people are complaining, they aren't kidding.
Just got this phone. Last Galaxy I had was the S3, and my phone I'm replacing was the Droid Turbo 1. So far biggest things that stand out are the build quality, design, and camera quality. Truly remarkable. It actually seems not quote as smooth framerate wise as my Droid Turbo, but it seems faster than it, so that's good.
Still very early impressions, but I am really liking it. EXTREMELY premium feeling. I LOVE the black, btw. It's so cool how it's COMPLETELY black all around. Best looking phone ever.
Still very early impressions, but I am really liking it. EXTREMELY premium feeling. I LOVE the black, btw. It's so cool how it's COMPLETELY black all around. Best looking phone ever.
Weird that I haven't seen or heard it mentioned in reviews. Is it just Bixby being a resource hog?
Admiral Woofington
Member
god I'm hoping that if they aren't going to let me use that button for google assistant that they at least allow me to turn off Bixby. I have zero interest to use that fucker.
BBQMan
Member
Disabled bixby and all "bloatware" to check. Still seems pretty laggy.
Any one figure out how to disable the forced brightness youtube triggers? Makes watching a YouTube video in bed a night a pain.
Most games I've tried runs as good or better than my pixel.
What games have affected you?
Most games I've tried runs as good or better than my pixel.
What games have affected you?
BBQMan
Member
The Transformers Fighting one, Avengers Academy was awfully laggy at the beginning. Going to try more when they finish downloading.
Admiral Woofington
Member
I bought the official S-flip cover from Samsung and it's pretty sexy looking. It turns off the always on display when you close it and it can supposedly let you answer phone calls even with the cover on. And it doubles as a kick stand.
I don't know how much protection it can realistically give if the phone fell down, but it's better than no protection and it integrates fairly well with the phone so why not.
Video enhancer is what makes it brighter i think.
Super impressed with the battery life on the s8+. I basically had it for more than 40 hours without any charging and normal usage, and it still was at about 19%. And this is at high performance settings.
Also, for all the complaints about the fingerprint sensor location, it's not bad at all to reach it, and the eye scanning works, at least for me, pretty fast with contacts or glasses on. Even with poor lighting, which surprised me.
Very impressed so far.
Also, for all the complaints about the fingerprint sensor location, it's not bad at all to reach it, and the eye scanning works, at least for me, pretty fast with contacts or glasses on. Even with poor lighting, which surprised me.
Very impressed so far.
NeOak
Member
Jesus H. Christ, please quote that.
I have that too and the Keyboard cover. Both are hard plastic shells, so no fall protection from either.
The only decent thing is that the phone detects the case and offers you to change themes according to what case it has.
And yes, you can answer or reject calls with the cover on of the official S-flip case. Done it several times.
Tempted to go for the Otterbox but I imagine taking off the phone will be a PITA so no using the Gear VR much with it.
Admiral Woofington
Member
has someone down a fall test with the official cover? I don't drop my phone like at all, but I can only image it should at least offer basic protection. I mean the phone is still inside of a nest for the s flip cover, so if it fell down face first the cover should in theory hit the ground first and then the 'nest' follows.
Kinda want but flip cases don't work well with car mounts. Hmmm.
howdyjacker
Member
I bought the LED wallet case from samsung and paid full price but I feel it was worth it in looks and usefullness.
I really do love this phone but perhaps i love the most is the SOC 835. This has been BY FAR the best chipset to date by QC.
It runs like a champ with great battery life. I can't say enuff good things about it. 2nd is the screen. Black bezels while small in detail adds overall to a great looking screen that has to be seen to be appreciated.
I recently leaned that using the iris scanner i don't have to always unlock and scoll up , i can just enable unlock directly after power unlock.
I also learned that you can have default ask instead of it automatically choosing default after a 1 and done.
Now i just need to learn how to set up multiple days for Do Not Disturb. I only get to set up a schedule for one day. On LG you can.
Oh and buying a samsung TV was the best ever ...even tho its being used to spy on me I can use my phone to control functions and even output to tv (mirror) or even mirror to my phone! Its like I don't even need an ir blaster even tho i do.
I really do love this phone but perhaps i love the most is the SOC 835. This has been BY FAR the best chipset to date by QC.
It runs like a champ with great battery life. I can't say enuff good things about it. 2nd is the screen. Black bezels while small in detail adds overall to a great looking screen that has to be seen to be appreciated.
I recently leaned that using the iris scanner i don't have to always unlock and scoll up , i can just enable unlock directly after power unlock.
I also learned that you can have default ask instead of it automatically choosing default after a 1 and done.
Now i just need to learn how to set up multiple days for Do Not Disturb. I only get to set up a schedule for one day. On LG you can.
Oh and buying a samsung TV was the best ever ...even tho its being used to spy on me I can use my phone to control functions and even output to tv (mirror) or even mirror to my phone! Its like I don't even need an ir blaster even tho i do.
NeOak
Member
Still hard plastic, I don't think it will offer too much protection on the front either.
Yeh
mavericktopgun
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The Faceless Master
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NeOak
Member
Nice. I'm at 26 hours with 10% left with full res and always on display.
Edit: really tempted to get the Gear Vr. Need to read more about it.
mavericktopgun
Member
Currently at 50% battery with 4h35m SOT and almost 11 hours usage.
S8 Exynos.
This phone!!
S8 Exynos.
This phone!!
mingoguaya
Member
For those of you who have the pinkish red borders on the edges use code *#15987# and select -6 and the tint should go away quite a bit. My screen had it and it is now barely visible.
mavericktopgun
Member
Do you still have pinkish color banding?
The Teachinator
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Hey thanks for this. It really helped with the whites on the whole screen.
Carnby
Member
No. I signed a two year and bought the s6 for $200 dollars. So there's nothing to pay off.
mingoguaya
Member
I hardly see it now and it was visible before. For me it worked wonders.
Zantetsuken
Member
Where do you input this code?
sackboy2197
Member
If it's what I think it is, you use it where you would write a phone number to call it.
NeOak
Member
the dialer?
Zantetsuken
Member
May be because I'm on Verizon, but I just get the number can't be dialed message. Fortunately I don't have the red tint issue but I was just curious to see what it would do.