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PRICE WHEN REVIEWED

£689

HANDS-ON: SAMSUNG GALAXY S8 REVIEW

Samsung focussed on the Galaxy Tab S3 at MWC but the long wait for its 2017 flagship phone's over. Can the firm really improve on the amazing Galaxy S7? We've been hands-on with the new Galaxy S8 to find out.

Also see: How to watch Galaxy S8 launch live stream and live blog and Galaxy S8 news - UK price, release date, features and specifications

GALAXY S8 UK PRICE AND AVAILABILITY

Samsung isn't hanging about in terms of pre-order as you can get your order in today, 29 March. Be aware that pre-orders will close on 19 April and anyone who does this will have their Galaxy S8 delivered on 20 April before the official release date of 28 April.

The Galaxy S8 isn't as expensive as some feared, costing £689 - with the Plus model costing an extra £90.

You can pre-order the S8 directly from Samsung or Carphone Warehouse. You can also pre-order it on contract from as little as £37.99 per month from EE, Vodafone, and O2 (through Carphone Warehouse) or from Three.

Unlocked mobiles claim to have the lowest UK SIM-free prices - £674.98 for the Galaxy S8and £764.98 for the Plus. Both phones should be in stock 19 April.

We've also put together a full guide to Where to buy the Galaxy S8.

GALAXY S8 DESIGN AND BUILD

If the Galaxy S7 was stunning in design then we're not exactly sure how to describe the Galaxy S8 apart from that it’s on another level.

Samsung has brought its edge screen technology to both phones this year so you don't need to buy the larger Galaxy S8 Plus to get the full experience. This not only looks great but has a big advantage when it comes to keeping the size of the phone from getting out of control.

The S8 is pretty much the same width, thickness and weight compared to its predecessor. It's just a few millimeters taller but jumps from 5.1- to 5.8in when it comes to screen size. So what would typically be an unwieldy device feels barely any different in the hand.

Processor

Once again, the Galaxy S8 will have a different processor for different markets around the world.

Samsung has been a bit vague on the subject but it appears that the UK model will have the firm's new Exynos 9 8895 chip rather than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 which the two companies collaborated on.

We're assuming this as we're told the Galaxy S8 will have an octa-core processor with clock speeds of 2.3- and 1.7GHz (four cores each) which doesn’t match up with the specs of the Snapdragon 835.

Memory and storage

Not a huge amount has changed in this department but here’s the deal.

The Galaxy S8 still has 4GB of RAM and comes with 64GB of storage as standard. Samsung hasn't mentioned anything about a 128GB model but that could come later.

As usual, the phone has expandable storage so you can add up to 256GB via the Micro-SD card slot.