The Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus vs. S7 Edge: A Comprehensive Comparison

The Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus and S7 Edge are two flagship smartphones that have been pitted against each other to see which one comes out on top. In this article, we'll delve into the details of both devices and compare their features, performance, and price.

**Design and Display**

Both phones have a large 5.8-inch Quad HD+ display, but the S8 Plus has a slightly larger screen with a resolution of 1440 x 2960 pixels, while the S7 Edge has a resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels. The S8 Plus also has a more rounded design and a metal frame that gives it a premium look and feel.

The S7 Edge still has a large display, but its design is slightly different from the S8 Plus. It has a home button at the bottom of the screen, which is made of glass, whereas the S8 Plus has a fingerprint sensor placed at the back near the camera. The S7 Edge also has a microSD card slot, which allows users to expand their storage capacity.

**Performance**

The Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus comes with the newer Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, while the S7 Edge still uses the Snapdragon 821 processor. However, the S8 Plus's processor is expected to provide better performance and power efficiency.

In terms of RAM, both phones come with 4GB of RAM, but we expect the S8 Plus to perform slightly better due to its newer processor.

**Camera**

The rear camera on both phones has remained relatively unchanged, with a 12-megapixel sensor with optical image stabilization. However, the S8 Plus has an improved camera system that includes multi-frame image processing, which takes multiple images when you press the shutter button and uses the information from all of these images to give you the best possible image.

On the other hand, the front-facing camera on both phones remains at 5 megapixels, but we expect the S8 Plus's improved camera system to provide better selfies.

**Software**

Both phones run Android 7 with Samsung's UI on top, but the S8 Plus is expected to receive software updates sooner than the S7 Edge. This means that users of the S8 Plus can expect newer features and security patches more quickly.

**Features**

One of the standout features of the S8 Plus is its "Big" speed, which is Samsung's new advanced AI assistant. This feature allows you to do voice commands to control pretty much anything on your phone, as well as visual assistance that uses camera technology to identify objects and provide relevant information.

The S7 Edge also has a fingerprint sensor, but it's located at the bottom of the screen instead of being placed at the back near the camera. The S7 Edge also supports Bluetooth 5.0, which is faster and more efficient than Bluetooth 4.2 on the S8 Plus.

**Battery**

Both phones have a large battery capacity: the S8 Plus has a 3500mAh battery, while the S7 Edge has a slightly larger battery with a capacity of 3600mAh.

However, we expect the S8 Plus to last longer due to its more efficient processor and improved power management. Both phones support fast charging and wireless charging, which gives users flexibility when it comes to charging their devices on the go.

**Price**

The Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge is expected to be priced around 30% less than the S8 Plus once both phones are available for purchase. This makes the S7 Edge a more affordable option for those who want a flagship smartphone without breaking the bank.

In conclusion, while both the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus and S7 Edge are powerful and feature-packed smartphones, there are some key differences between them. The S8 Plus has a newer processor, improved camera system, and advanced AI assistant that sets it apart from the S7 Edge. However, if budget is a concern, the S7 Edge remains a great option with its larger battery and slightly more affordable price tag.

**Additional Features**

The Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus also supports fast wireless charging, which allows users to charge their device faster than traditional wired charging methods.

Additionally, the S8 Plus has a 5000mAh power bank that can be used to charge other devices on the go.

Both phones have IP68 water and dust resistance, but the S7 Edge's rating is slightly lower at IP67.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus also supports wireless audio streaming, which allows users to stream music directly from their device to a pair of Bluetooth headphones or speakers.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enonce of YouTube's a few on Superstock TV and in this video we're going to be looking at the key differences between the Samsung Galaxy s7 edge and the Samsung Galaxy s8 plus what's new what's different and is it worth upgrading from the s7 edge to the sa-2 Plus well let's find out so the biggest visual difference between the s7 edge and the s8 plus is the display you now have a 6.2 inch display on the s8 plus compared to the 5.5 inch display on the s7 edge both of these are Super AMOLED displays so very vibrant colors with deep blacks but the s8 Plus is actually the first mobile device that's been certified by the UHD Alliance what's even more impressive is that the exit plus is actually not too much bigger than the s7 edge does 0.8 millimeters in terms of the width zero point four millimeters in comes of the thickness and eight point six millimeters in terms of the height now the additional height is because of the new aspect ratio eighteen point five by nine versus sixteen by nine on the s7 edge and the thinking behind the new aspect ratio is that when scrolling so much on our smart phones these days whether that be on Twitter Instagram Facebook this way you can fit so much more in your screen also with advanced features like multi window you can now have a video playing have your messaging app open as well as the keyboard and this is all going to fit in better on the s8 plus compared to the s7 edge the additional height of the s8 plus also means that we have more pixels to 960 by 1440 qhd+ versus q HD 2060 by 1440 on the s7 edge now personally I really love that the display of the s7 edge and it was definitely one of the best displays of 2016 and with the s8 plus it's definitely been improved having in much large display on a similar footprint and the overall design of the s8 plus also makes it actually easier to hold compared to the s7 edge the SI plus is cut symmetrically on all sides which is a great touch with the s7 edge although is final role you could definitely feel the edges when holding the device in one hand now the overall design language is similar so we've still got a metal frame with curved grille glass panels on the front and back but we have Gorilla Glass 5 on the s8 plus versus Gorilla Glass 4 on the s7 edge so the s8 plus is going to be a little bit more durable compared to the s7 edge and both also have IPC the water under sisters which is definitely a useful feature both devices can be a little bit slippery in the hand and because of the glass they do attract finger prints so I definitely recommend a skin from our sponsor D brand I'll be leaving a link to D brand in the description below so definitely do go ahead and check them out now the internals is where you have another improvement on the SCT plus with the Snapdragon 835 versus the 820 or the Exynos 88-90 five versus the eight eight nine zero on the s7 edge now the s7 edge has been pretty smooth and snappy overall but with the newer internals you are going to be getting better performance overall on the s8 plus it's also going to last you longer you've got four gigabytes RAM on both and if you want a detailed speed test between these two they definitely let me know in the comments below I'll be doing that once we have the retail version of the s8 plus available the si+ also has a large base storage 64 gigabytes vs. 32 on the s7 edge both also have a micro SD card slot which is definitely a useful thing to have now moving on to the cameras the refacing camera really hasn't had much of a change in terms of the hardware you still have 12 megapixels with optical image stabilization and then 1.7 aperture and dual pixel autofocus which was one of the facts that I tested last year the main improvement on the s8 plus comes on the image processing side of things so you've got something called multi frame image processing which basically takes multiple images when you press down the shutter and it will take information from all of these images to give you the best possible image we do have an upgrade in terms of the front-facing camera however 8 megapixels up from 5 megapixels last year still with an F or 1.7 aperture at this time we also have autofocus front-facing camera generally don't have autofocus so the se+ having this will improve your selfies once again if you wanna see a detailed camera comparison super-safe style between these two then definitely leave a comment below both have Android version 7 with Samsung's UI on top but the s8 plus will be getting the updates sooner compared to the s7 edge just because it's in your device now looking at some of the other features both have a fingerprint scanner the s7 edge has a fingerprint scanner on the home button and it's a physical button the si+ now has a capacitive home button because there is no more space for a physical home button this is also pressure sensitive so you can press it anywhere you are and that we'll bring you back home and because of this the finger scanner has now moved to the back near the camera now I know the placement of this is questionable but something have now included an iris scanner as well as facial recognition which should hopefully mean that you don't have to use a fingerprint scanner as much the si+ also has bluetooth 5.0 this is going to bring you improvements and is also going to let you connect on to multiple devices at one time and I believe it's one of the first smartphones with this feature you also have USB type-c compared to microUSB on the s7 edge in terms of the speakers both of them still have a single bottom facing speaker and the big standout feature on the sh+ is big speed this is Samsung's new advanced AI assistant which is going to let you do voice commands to control pretty much anything on your phone but more importantly it also has visual assistance so you can point your camera at say a book QR code street sign and it's going to pull up more relevant information about that now for the batteries you've got a 3500 mAh battery on the s8 plus the s7 edge actually has a slightly larger battery coming in at 3600mah now would be newer processor the s8 plus is most likely going to be performing a little bit better yes have an edge started off great in terms of battery life but all the time the battery life has deteriorated I'm going to spend some more time with the s8 plus when it has the final software to really determine how good the battery is and both smartphones support fast charging as well as fast wireless charging this as always gives you lots of flexibility for charging but also will allow you to get be faster top ups when needed now finally look at the price for the SI plus you are going to be paying premium because it is 8 a new device coming out on the 21st of April with the s7 edge you can expect to pay around about 30% less compared to the s8 Plus once the s8 plus has released commercially I can only expect the s7 edge to drop further in price so if you are in a bit of a budget then the s7 edge may still be a good option for you so guys that was the s7 edge versus the Samsung Galaxy S II Plus what do you guys think how much improvement do we have here on the s8 plus draw me a comment below and let me know I hope you enjoyed this video in party so if you did them please do it that sums that bum for me Yuri desert me out if you have already then be sure to subscribe Twitter notifications we've got plenty more coverage coming up on here thanks for watching this app on super sacks TV and I'll see you next timeonce of YouTube's a few on Superstock TV and in this video we're going to be looking at the key differences between the Samsung Galaxy s7 edge and the Samsung Galaxy s8 plus what's new what's different and is it worth upgrading from the s7 edge to the sa-2 Plus well let's find out so the biggest visual difference between the s7 edge and the s8 plus is the display you now have a 6.2 inch display on the s8 plus compared to the 5.5 inch display on the s7 edge both of these are Super AMOLED displays so very vibrant colors with deep blacks but the s8 Plus is actually the first mobile device that's been certified by the UHD Alliance what's even more impressive is that the exit plus is actually not too much bigger than the s7 edge does 0.8 millimeters in terms of the width zero point four millimeters in comes of the thickness and eight point six millimeters in terms of the height now the additional height is because of the new aspect ratio eighteen point five by nine versus sixteen by nine on the s7 edge and the thinking behind the new aspect ratio is that when scrolling so much on our smart phones these days whether that be on Twitter Instagram Facebook this way you can fit so much more in your screen also with advanced features like multi window you can now have a video playing have your messaging app open as well as the keyboard and this is all going to fit in better on the s8 plus compared to the s7 edge the additional height of the s8 plus also means that we have more pixels to 960 by 1440 qhd+ versus q HD 2060 by 1440 on the s7 edge now personally I really love that the display of the s7 edge and it was definitely one of the best displays of 2016 and with the s8 plus it's definitely been improved having in much large display on a similar footprint and the overall design of the s8 plus also makes it actually easier to hold compared to the s7 edge the SI plus is cut symmetrically on all sides which is a great touch with the s7 edge although is final role you could definitely feel the edges when holding the device in one hand now the overall design language is similar so we've still got a metal frame with curved grille glass panels on the front and back but we have Gorilla Glass 5 on the s8 plus versus Gorilla Glass 4 on the s7 edge so the s8 plus is going to be a little bit more durable compared to the s7 edge and both also have IPC the water under sisters which is definitely a useful feature both devices can be a little bit slippery in the hand and because of the glass they do attract finger prints so I definitely recommend a skin from our sponsor D brand I'll be leaving a link to D brand in the description below so definitely do go ahead and check them out now the internals is where you have another improvement on the SCT plus with the Snapdragon 835 versus the 820 or the Exynos 88-90 five versus the eight eight nine zero on the s7 edge now the s7 edge has been pretty smooth and snappy overall but with the newer internals you are going to be getting better performance overall on the s8 plus it's also going to last you longer you've got four gigabytes RAM on both and if you want a detailed speed test between these two they definitely let me know in the comments below I'll be doing that once we have the retail version of the s8 plus available the si+ also has a large base storage 64 gigabytes vs. 32 on the s7 edge both also have a micro SD card slot which is definitely a useful thing to have now moving on to the cameras the refacing camera really hasn't had much of a change in terms of the hardware you still have 12 megapixels with optical image stabilization and then 1.7 aperture and dual pixel autofocus which was one of the facts that I tested last year the main improvement on the s8 plus comes on the image processing side of things so you've got something called multi frame image processing which basically takes multiple images when you press down the shutter and it will take information from all of these images to give you the best possible image we do have an upgrade in terms of the front-facing camera however 8 megapixels up from 5 megapixels last year still with an F or 1.7 aperture at this time we also have autofocus front-facing camera generally don't have autofocus so the se+ having this will improve your selfies once again if you wanna see a detailed camera comparison super-safe style between these two then definitely leave a comment below both have Android version 7 with Samsung's UI on top but the s8 plus will be getting the updates sooner compared to the s7 edge just because it's in your device now looking at some of the other features both have a fingerprint scanner the s7 edge has a fingerprint scanner on the home button and it's a physical button the si+ now has a capacitive home button because there is no more space for a physical home button this is also pressure sensitive so you can press it anywhere you are and that we'll bring you back home and because of this the finger scanner has now moved to the back near the camera now I know the placement of this is questionable but something have now included an iris scanner as well as facial recognition which should hopefully mean that you don't have to use a fingerprint scanner as much the si+ also has bluetooth 5.0 this is going to bring you improvements and is also going to let you connect on to multiple devices at one time and I believe it's one of the first smartphones with this feature you also have USB type-c compared to microUSB on the s7 edge in terms of the speakers both of them still have a single bottom facing speaker and the big standout feature on the sh+ is big speed this is Samsung's new advanced AI assistant which is going to let you do voice commands to control pretty much anything on your phone but more importantly it also has visual assistance so you can point your camera at say a book QR code street sign and it's going to pull up more relevant information about that now for the batteries you've got a 3500 mAh battery on the s8 plus the s7 edge actually has a slightly larger battery coming in at 3600mah now would be newer processor the s8 plus is most likely going to be performing a little bit better yes have an edge started off great in terms of battery life but all the time the battery life has deteriorated I'm going to spend some more time with the s8 plus when it has the final software to really determine how good the battery is and both smartphones support fast charging as well as fast wireless charging this as always gives you lots of flexibility for charging but also will allow you to get be faster top ups when needed now finally look at the price for the SI plus you are going to be paying premium because it is 8 a new device coming out on the 21st of April with the s7 edge you can expect to pay around about 30% less compared to the s8 Plus once the s8 plus has released commercially I can only expect the s7 edge to drop further in price so if you are in a bit of a budget then the s7 edge may still be a good option for you so guys that was the s7 edge versus the Samsung Galaxy S II Plus what do you guys think how much improvement do we have here on the s8 plus draw me a comment below and let me know I hope you enjoyed this video in party so if you did them please do it that sums that bum for me Yuri desert me out if you have already then be sure to subscribe Twitter notifications we've got plenty more coverage coming up on here thanks for watching this app on super sacks TV and I'll see you next time\n"