The past few months have been a humbling time for Samsung. The Galaxy Note 7's explosive debut and double recall eventually led to an unprecedented cancellation of Samsung's flagship device. The recall process and resulting investigation kept the company's name in the mud for months and months.

A slim-bezel design finally brings a more modern design to the Galaxy line; On-screen buttons allow for smaller bezels; bigger screens; and a customizable (and correctable) button order; Samsung's always-on hard-press home button is an awesome and innovative feature; Samsung Pay combination of NFC...

The gimmicks; The iris scanner, curved screen, and heart rate sensor all seem designed to give talking points to your local Verizon salesperson, rather than provide a good user experience for customers, The glass back is fragile and a fingerprint magnet, Touchwiz is still a janky lag-fest.

The S8 is a stunning device with a magnificent screen; it seems fast in use, too. But until we've had some serious hands-time in our testing lab, it's too early to give our verdict.

The Galaxy S8 is without a doubt the most attractive Galaxy flagship yet. The new design is sleek, streamlined and modern – a real break with the previous designs – and the phone's operation is smooth, fast and hiccup free. That said, it's not flawless.

The new Samsung Galaxy flagships, the S8 and the taller S8+, are the supermodels of the smartphone world. They're fastidiously put together, unusually slender and stylish, and look and feel exclusive.

The Galaxy S8 and plus-sized S8+ are absolutely brilliant smartphones. They're not without their flaws, but in everything from industrial design to internal hardware to software refinement, Samsung has knocked this one out of the park.

When it comes to smartphones with best cameras, the Samsung Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 edge have proven to be the ultimate best out there. With this year's Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ , the hopes are way too high.

Samsung's flagship offering just got launched recently, the Samsung Galaxy S8 is instantly noticeable by its gorgeous infinity display. It is the successor to the last year's model Galaxy S7 and now the S8 is completely changed by its looks.

Great Looks; Curved Screen and Bezel-less Design; Excellent Display Quality; High Brightness; SSD-like storage performance; USB 3.1; Top-notch CPU and GPU; IP68 Certified (Dust-proof and Water Resistant; Wireless Charging Support; Iris Scanner Works Good; Gigabit LTE (1 Gbps Cat.

Average Battery Life; Bixby isn't mature enough; Fingerprint Scanner Placement is Awkward; Slippery; May Fall From Wet Hands

Samsung launched the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones in India last month starting at Rs. 57,900. As the name indicates, the S8 is the eighth smartphone in the ‘Galaxy S' series, which is a major improvement when it comes to the design and display compared to Galaxy S6 and S7 series of...

Brilliant display; Gorgeous and compact body; Samsung's new UX is more polished; Good performance

Fingerprint sensor placement makes it useless; Not a huge improvement in camera; Battery life is not impressive

I'm guessing that almost every review of the Samsung Galaxy S8 or S8+ starts out with some mention of last year's recall of the Note 7 due to battery issues that led to the spontaneous combustion of some phones. You would think that all that drama and bad press would have hurt Samsung's reputation.

Gorgeous display; Wireless charging; Good battery life; microSD card slot

Expensive; Fingerprint sensor location; Only one camera on the back; Downward firing speaker

Samsung literally went big this year with the Galaxy S8 , sporting a 5.8-inch display and the Galaxy S8+ going as high as 6.2 inches. This is an unprecedented move and something that we have not seen before.

* Beautiful design; * Gorgeous Infinity Display; * Impressive Performance; * Great camera; * Great battery life; * Large storage capacity; * Iris scanner

* More expensive