The Galaxy S8 is the best looking smartphone out right now, period. It's better looking than Apple's iPhone 8, and it's sleeker than Samsung's Note 8.
With the S8, Samsung took the curved glass design it used with the S7 and refined it. Meanwhile, the ultra-narrow borders around the S8's screen make it the new standard for premium smartphone design.
In addition to its good looks, the Galaxy S8 is also full of great features. It's water resistant. It has a taller-than-average screen that allows you to see more of your apps or web pages. It supports both fast and wireless charging, and face and iris recognition. And it has a best-in-class camera, includes support for the Samsung Pay wireless payments service, and has a hidden home button.
With all those attributes, you're likely wondering why the S8 didn't make the top of this list. Here's why: I'm not a fan of TouchWiz, Samsung's software interface that runs on top of Android. I prefer the clean look and features of stock Android.
But it's more than a simple personal preference. Modifications like TouchWiz almost always prevent the phones running them from installing the latest Android updates when they're released. And that will almost certainly be the case here.
The S8 does rely on TouchWiz for its face and iris recognition capabilities. But those features don't make up for its likely inability to install timely Android updates.
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