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BumbleBee

BumbleBeeMetropolitan Adelaide, SA

  • 66 reviews
  • 47 likes
  • Verified purchase

Great phone but screen cracks too easily

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Purchased in July 2021 at eBay for $935.00.

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Helen B

Helen BHunter Region, NSW

  • 5 reviews

Very smart

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Quicker when sending messages, easy to make phone calls and easy for hands free. Takes nice photos and easy to download across to computer. Easy to operate even kids can.

Richard SMITH

Richard SMITHPerth, WA

  • 7 reviews

Great product.

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Was advised to try several different phones and models but this was by far the easiest to use. Works perfectly. The menu and keyboard are larger to see a large screen is a bonus.

Purchased in June 2021 at JB Hi-Fi Retail Stores for $295.00.



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Anna

AnnaFar North Queensland, QLD

  • 13 reviews
  • 2 likes

Still working

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The rear camera of S8 is good. The front camera is a no for me as it looks edited even without using filters. Night time makes it hard to use the camera as well. But it takes a decent photos at day time. I've been using S8 since 2017. I have a good case so its still intact even after multiple drops. I mostly use it for my social media accounts, play games and watch movies. It used to be fast, but I've noticed that the performance slowed down this past couple of months. I still enjoy using it, though.

Purchased in September 2021 at The Good Guys for $1,299.00.

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Patty

PattyPerth, WA

  • 2 reviews

Great phone

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The camera is Fantastic awesome quality photos and so easy too use. I was an I phone user but won't go back I'm converted - Samsung is so much more versatile.

Purchased in October 2021 at On line for $650.00.

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Tuija

TuijaPerth, WA

  • 2 reviews

Love the functionality of the S8. Great phone with plenty of storage and memory.

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I've had this phone for about a year now and couldn't be any happier. It is a stylish look and a great size. I take a lot of photos and videos and am getting awesome quality pictures 12MP. Battery life is great, with everyday use with calls and photos and googling, I get at least 4 days use before having to recharge. I also send a lot of emails and find attaching photos to them is easier than any other phone I've had. Hesitant to upgrade as I can't fault this phone.

Purchased in August 2021 at JB Hi-Fi Retail Stores for $600.00.

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darren s.

darren s.Greater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

  • 2 reviews
  • 1 like

Slowing down

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Used to be really a good phone when i bought is but now i have reasons to think that this phone is slowing down since the last update, i have two phones and they both are the same, Samsung is doing this deliberately to gain more sales SO disappointing

Purchased at JB Hi-Fi for $1,200.00.

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Dania L.

Dania L.Canberra Central 2601, ACT

  • 2 reviews

Perfect

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This phone is amazing really easy to use and very tough. Grate battery life and can run all apps and games perfectly over all very happy with this phone and more than happy to recommend to anyone

Purchased at Cex Physical store for $500.00.

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Hey Dania, we're happy to hear that the you've treated yourself right with the S8! If you need any assistance with setting up your device, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.

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Rachael

RachaelWimmera, VIC

  • 3 reviews

Samsung S8

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The Samsung S8 is a beautiful looking phone, the size is a brilliant size in that it's not too big or too small, it fits snug into my jeans pocket, and is a wonderful size to watch movies without too much effort

Purchased in October 2021 at optus for $1,200.00.

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Hi Rachael, we're glad to hear that you are enjoying your S8! If any questions arise, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.

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Andrew

AndrewSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 14 reviews

Great Camera, Fast snappy phone hard to see a reason to upgrade

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One of the best camera phones I've used everyone always comments how great the shots are, I noticed a big speed increase from the S7, plus it recently got updated to Android V9 64gb storage is plenty for me

Purchased in October 2021 for $499.00.

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Dayana

Dayana

  • 5 reviews
  • 2 likes

love this!

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I absolutely love this phone! for so long I've only had nothing but iPhone, they were constantly dying chargers break easily! you can't replace the battery and to top it off no memory card! I would constantly have to purchase one with extra memory which cost me more!.
The thing I love about Samsung is it has everything an i phone doesn't! ill never go back!

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Thanks for joining the Samsung fam, Dayana! We're glad to hear that you are enjoying your new S8. If you require any assistance with setting up your device, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.

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Raman

RamanGreater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC

  • 2 reviews

Best and easy to use

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Highest quality photos. Easy to carry.Easy to navigate. Easy to download apps. Better than iphone.
Apps make life so much easier. No need to open laptop.
Samsung is the best. Highly recommended.

Purchased in May 2021 at Doncaster for $800.00.

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Sonja

SonjaSydney, NSW

  • 4 reviews
  • Verified purchase

Poor battery life is a real let down - otherwise terrific phone

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Camera quality is fabulous (even at night). Has lots of data space for apps and photo/video storage, which I love. If new apps fail to work immediately, I uninstall them and install them again and then I dont have any problems. Quick connection to WI-FI is terrific. Brightness of display is good. The ONLY let down for me is poor battery life, from 100% to 0% in 8 hours.

Purchased in March 2021 at eBay for $499.00.

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Mendo V.

Mendo V.Greater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC

  • 4 reviews

Should be a bit better.

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I have gone from iPhone to android each 2 years and this time thought I chose the best Android. It hasn't impressed me after a year with its speed. It also crashes if I try to Bluetooth inside a store. I felt it get superseded within the first 6 months. I will go back to Motorola.

Purchased in March 2021 at Optus.

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02ekzza

02ekzza

  • 4 reviews

Can't live without the phone

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Camera is great. Battery is very long lasting. I have always loved the Samsung devices. They are reasonable with the upgrades. And being connected with Optus the plans were always pretty good.

Purchased in February 2021 at optus for $589.00.

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Mr Popular

Mr PopularSouth East Queensland, QLD

  • 2 reviews

Great phone

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I upgraded from the S6 and this was better in every way. It takes great pics, connects to wifi quick and easy, can store lots of data and has super fast processing speed. Highly recommend.

Purchased in May 2021.

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Allan N.

Allan N.Greater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

  • 2 reviews

Very solid phone and meets all ur needs

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This model of phone is great a upgrade from last model. Battery saving options seem work and processor seems a lot quicker and chargers at better rate. Over all as each model has improvements its enough would recommend skipping every second model.

Purchased in September 2021 for $799.00.

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Malissa B.

Malissa B.Perth, WA

  • 4 reviews

Super Hnady nad does what we need

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We bought this product for our car to provide maps etc for camping, it is brilliant and does exactly what we need it to do.
would purchase another one when required

Purchased in May 2021 at Tobys Deals for $220.00.

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S San

  • 4 reviews
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Excellent

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Purchase this because it is cheap. The camera was better than expected.
At first, the battery can last for 3 days, but now, I have to charge at least once a day. Not sure if there's any difference between local and import quality.

Purchased in April 2021 at Toby Deals for $485.00.

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Angry cutomer 1000

Angry cutomer 1000Greater Melbourne (Metropolitan), VIC

  • 6 reviews

Disappointing for the price

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For the first few months this phone amazed me. It was quick, very responsive and lasted all day with heavy use on one single charge. However this was short lived, I had to replaced the battery and it became very slow. My phone also had a small fault when sometime the focus of the back camera would fail to function. You can get a phone if equal quality for much less so simply save that money and look for a cheaper phone with the same specs from a smaller company without the brand name

Purchased in August 2021 for $1,500.00.

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Cilititz

Cilititzasked

I want to replace the screen of my samsung s8 how much will it cost. Any help?

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John
John

I had mine replaced by Samsung to keep the warrantee and waterproof it cost AUD$245

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Hi, we have provided a link below with further information on the price of a screen replacement for your device. We hope this helps.

https://www.samsung.com/au/support/repair/process/

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FrozzSkodaasked

what's the best Samsung Galaxy S8 Guide or first time smart phone owners?

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Cliffo

Cliffoasked

Anyone having problems with "OK Google" voice recognition? I have not been able to get this working on my phone since I took it out of the box. There are huge numbers of people on the internet complaining about similar issues - "OK Google" not accepting your voice training, or, if it does, will only run your commands spasmodically, (if you can get it to accept the OK Google command at all, that is). Very frustrating for an Uber driver who really needs accurate voice control to keep the cops off my back while I am driving. Soft reset, app removal and reinstall have no effect.

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Brett Leete
Brett Leete

I dont seem to have a problem. Just gave it another test run then. May depend on whether your commands are shoirt and sweet or drawn out. Dont know

Cliffo
Cliffo

Thanks Brett. I did a full backup to my pc with Wondershare MobileTrans then a full factory data reset. I then brought the stuff back that I had copied into my PC and reloaded all the apps I needed from scratch rather than importing the old apps. It may have been that there were conflicts in the pile of apps I already had previously. Anyway it is now working absolutely perfectly thanks very much. Regards cliff

ptiva
ptiva

Google voice dial is awefully slow, unreliable. Impossible whilst driving.
Bixby was designed to help with stuff like this better (like Siri) and has many other functions besides (like navigating in a big shopping centre) but you have to hand Samsung access to so much of your privacy to use it optimally. A Samsung centre can open up a whole new world if you don't encounter a D_ckhead (= inept semi-geek).
Don't tell em if you imported the phone. They refused to help me b/c of this.... what would HQ think about those shunning a significant # of customer problems?

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