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I'm a week in to using my new Samsung Galaxy S8 and here are my comments:

Wow, the battery life is amazing. It dropped to 71% after 12 hours. At this rate, I should have over 40 hours. And I made calls, checked mail, etc, all day long today.

Screen is amazing. The color rage is outstanding. OLED is definitely the way to go. The edge to edge screen is excellent. The shape seemed different, but I'm used to it just fine. The only issue, in screen "off" mode, you have to tap the icon twice to get the screen to turn back on.

I like the screen off mode which shows the time and basic indicators.

Touchwiz - probably the least intrusive version so far. It is the same as my S6, after it updated to Nougat. A few applications are different.

The curved "edge" screen. It takes a little getting used to. I have not yet setup anything for the edges.

CPU is fast! No delay on any operations.

Bixby - Not sure why people are saying bad things about it. So far, it works better than Google Voice and S-Voice.

Camera - It is much better than the S6, which was excellent.

USB - C - I love it! A USB 3 connector and the thing is reversible! No plugging it in the wrong way. On the other hand, I've had to order a bunch of USB-C cables for the car, table charger, etc.

Wireless charger - it works with the one I had for my S6. I understand, the newer version it charges much faster.

Speaking of charging, the new standard cable charger is FAST. If you buy an extra, spend the bucks and get one direct from Samsung. Everything on Amazon and Ebay are fake!