I dislike it when they review devices that are Dbrand sponsored because the video ends up not showing how the device looks in its default state. I wouldn't mind them extending the video showing them applying the skin themselves though (would also be hilarious probably).
That skin is awful. I won't be able to think of that phone without picturing the nightmare that was that tragically poor choice of skin texture. Good way to drive people away from dbrand I guess.
Seb TF it was a dbrand skin , and he is Right it was disgusting , i ended up not linking the phone just because it looked like semi digested alligator vomit , it is really bad.
I do not even know how the phone looks like since you always put dbrand skins on it... I have nothing against dbrand, but can you keep the skins only on the ads and not on the review?
He prob a iphone user and is hating on androids. But you know what, I think samsung is more advance in my opinion then a iphone. And the Samsung galaxy S8 is very gorgeous phone. Dont be fooled by the cases. lol
I thought the phone was super ugly, and that Samsung had just really screwed up the design and gone with some one-off charcoal finish. Then halfway through I realized it was some awful D-brands skin. So, I don't even know what the device looks like. And at this point, I'm so sick of seeing D-brands products on channels like JerryRig everything and LTT that I'm going to go out of my way to never buy them.
Wahots I totally agree with you. In a phone review I want to see what the, you know, actual phone looks like and not the D brand skin that's on it. I get that they sponsor the videos but there has to be a better way then covering up all of the review products with the skins so that we can even see what they actually look like in the review itself.
Anyone else had enough of dbrand on what seems like nearly every phone review on UA-cam? I'd actually like to see the native unblemished phone for once.
I think there are some less popular reviewers that show that. I know there's "The Daily Note" (based in South Korea, specific to Galaxy Note devices), and a few reviewers based in India. However, I don't know of any in North America that aren't sponsored by Dbrand.
Yea man, i always say that They don't even have that many choices for skins. There are so many better companies out there, but they pay the big UA-camrs to use then, so we are stuck. I just support the smaller tech Channels now.
fucking exactly. I mean i love dbrand sponsoring youtubers i like, but jesus christ, I want to see the unskinned phone for most of the video, not a skinned, customised phone. I mean sure, i can just go on the Samsung website, but I can't see all the angles they pull in on these. It's just stupid annoying now.
I don't get the front skins it just draws more attention to the bezel as it takes the glossy black look of the phone away which blends nicely when the display is off
I want a switchable battery a lot more for the possibility that the battery goes bad then I can just replace it. It adds to the longevity of the phone because over time batteries don't hold charges like if they were new too.
In my opinion the ad spot is much more fitting after the intro. Just my thoughts. It feels much better to have it after the intro and not before it because then you aren't jumping from one thing to another.
Juho Leiniö They're trying to fake us out. I was in the habit of hitting the L key to skip 10 seconds as soon as the intro was done. Now they're managing to sneak the brand name in just before I can skip, but it WON'T throw me off for long!
I feel the intro and outro is better now simply because how they didn't have to do two separate takes to integrate an advert. Never thought how unnatural it was to fade into an ad.
Linus, I understand that you have to show off that dbrand skin for the sweet sweet sponsorship money. However could you please show how the phones you review look without a skin applied? Maybe 50 percent of the video with the skin and 50 percent without it?
Humble Lifestyle My school's leaders are stupid and that explains why do I have i7 on my school too. Pd they raised their monthly price by twenty dollars
In the future can you please not showcase a phone with a dbrand skin on it? How are we supposed to know what the phone actually looks like? It's like filming/reviewing a phone while it's in some ugly, cheap case the whole time. Really annoying.
Come on Erik, this is a phone review. The commenters are far too entitled to care about that. They think money grows on trees in the shape of their parents. I mean, who cares about its features, its battery life, its operating system, its hardware...nah, you don't buy a new phone for what it can do, you buy it to be super fab.
The only phone I can work overnight with and do whatever I need without worrying about charging. Playing games, watching videos, texting phone calls, all night and come home with 40% easy. Standby time is crazy. Went to sleep in 💯% off the charger for about 6 hours, woke up on 💯%. 5 days standby time is ridiculously good. Best phone I ever had
You need to do an update video because November 2017 they released the S8 active for T-Mobile and it has none of the problems that you talk about. it's awesome.
I picked up a Galaxy S8 Active a week after my local ATT store got it in stock. This was in August and after using it for two months as my daily driver I can say that I have never once experience an unexpected reboot, screen has froze but very uncommon and not noticably more than my Galaxy S7, and the only app that I experience crashes with is Snapchat, which has happened to me on every Android phone I have used. I really do think the issues you mentioned are isolated to your device. I suggest that you try another S8 Active and see if the issues go away.
I've had my S8 active since the week after release and I've never had any issues with the screen freezing or random reboots or the screen not functioning when trying to unlock. I'd guess some sort of app could be causing some of these issues as I only play mobile mobas and use chrome/facebook/instagram, and music apps.
I've never had problems with crashes Linus mentions here. After a year of usage, i'm still in love with this phone. I'm furious that Samsung didn't make S9, S10 or S20 Active.
As far as I know, the Gorilla Glass 3 is more scratch resistant, while the Gorilla glass 5 is more shatter resistant. That should explain why newer devices have more scratches than older devices that have the Gorilla Glass 3.
That's really odd about the crashing and locking up. I've had mine from the day it released and have not seen any of that. It's been rock solid. The battery life was a big seller, and the phone is damn near indestructible. I'd fully recommend it to anyone who wants a more sturdy phone...
Do you really have to put a Dbrand on it, idk maybe we would like to see how the phone looks? Get your AD money, but don't rub the AD in our faces, thank you.
It's literally unacceptable that gorilla glass has taken steps back on the quality. I mean, shatter-proof over scratch-proof? That's idiotic. I am ok with my screen braking when dropped, but hell no am I ok with my phone scratching with careful usage.
Man they can make it super scratch-proof but it is going to break super easy unless they cover the edges of the glass.That is their weak spot.I see what are they trying to do but i is not going to work.When i look the people around me 20-30% of the phones are with broken glass and that is the problem(not for samsung tho,becouse people buy a new phone after they break their old one)
Then be careful. I had a similar phone to an active, and that was the galaxy xcover 3 value edition. It had a plastic screen too, and it Never scratched because I simply never put it in the same pocket as my keys, and that's coming from a guy that doesn't even step outside the door without a key. And it survived 3 years until in high school someone wanted to play 'anger management'and failed, so he took it and slammed it against pure concrete with force.
Problem is also that they make the glass thinner every time. I had an old and chunky phone back in the days and the only time it got a (very small) crack was when I was mountainbiking and it dropped from around 1.5 metres on the stones. It got almost no scratches though. However, looking at the current phones, 1mm of glass would be way too much for them and I'm sure curved displays wouldn't be possible either.
With s8 and other curved screen protectors, that's not bullet-proof either. Due to the curved nature some dirt may get under the protector and cause similar damage. My s6 survived 9 months in the army with no screen protector, through multiple weeks in the woods and with no damage on the back or the front. And yes, there definitely was dirt and sand that got on the phone. So my point is, I'd take a harder more scratch-proof screen over shatter-proof due to the fact that there's no real way to avoid scratching, yet shattering is all about how clumsy you are.
I'm with you all these comments say note 8 is work version or same as active. note has the curved glass. I never broke a screen until the curved. I hate curved phones
At 1:13 I thought the start of the song was the USB device disconnected sound in windows, which scared me because I'm currently running a stress test on the computer next to me.
I was wondering if you would still recommend this phone now that it is nearly 2 yrs old. My wife has the S6 version and likes it but its starting to show signs of age.
I would rather Corning focus their gorilla glass products on scratch resistance than on shatter resistance to be honest. Scratches are way way more common then full shattering of the screen.
I've had s4 s5 s6 s7 and now the s8 active this is by far the best Samsung I've ever had. I hated bixby at first but now I'm starting to like it. I recommend this phone
I use custom software on my droids, and the issues you experienced with samsung ux are similar to what ive faced. ive always believed that Samsung's havent had enough ram since android 5.1/galaxy s6 and later. 4GB of ram for samsung just isnt enough for their bloated software anymore.
Your reviews make so much sense. I agree with you so much. I do wish Samsung would appeal more to both tech groups and average consumers and allow bootloader unlocking for performance and UI tweaking while keeping security intact for those that care that much about it.
Got my S8 active by accident, and it sort of grew on me, like a boil. Yes screen scratches are too easy, but I just put a screen protector on it all good. It has never crashed. I would like to do more with it so there goes my life watching UA-cam videos. Very entertaining video.
Gorilla Glass 3 is the most resistant, as far as I know. Didn't they need to make the glass a bit softer with 4 and onward because they needed to get those curved edges?
Gorilla Glass 3 was more scratch proof than Gorilla Glass 5. With 4 & 5 they began focusing on shatter proofing and thinning/lightening the glass. So the number no longer defines superiority when going from 3 -> 4 -> 5. Personally Scratch Proof > Shatter proof for me any day, since the shatter proofing largely doesnt work, but the scratch proof would eliminate the need for a screen protector.
rolanie3 I bought a note3 when it got released. Still have it. The screen with no screen protector ever Stil is perfect. My s8 got almost instantly micro scratches.
I think you're right about the glass. It seems to be more shatter resistant, however, is softer and less scratch resistant. Take plexiglass for example, super shatter resistant but scratches super easy.
Just got my new S8 Active, which I got for cheap as a "parts only" for $68 and got a new screen from china for $197 after shipping and handling and it is an obviously big improvement from my J3 that I had! Definitely keeping this phone for a minimum of 5 yrs (or until it dies on me)
I think whatever bloatware or tracking AT&T put on the phone is ruining it. I hope this isn't affecting users of the normal S8/+ on AT&T. I've got the + on Sprint and after some apps got updated (snapchat) it never freezes or crashes. My fingerprint scanner also takes me directly to the homescreen or w/e app i was using last. I never have to swipe out of the lock screen after... very strange indeed.
The coating that makes it shatter resistant is probably plastic. Which is soft. Microscratches will be present, but wont shatter. Why cant all phones have 4000 mA batteries?
Wistbacka Because people are concerned about style, so if it's too big that's not the style. Bigger battery = bigger phone. But yeah I'm into more practicality
this video came at the perfect time. both middle-aged clumsy parents are finally looking to upgrade to smartphones but they're being put off by battery lives. i didn't even know the active line existed.
they review pretty much every major flagship phone. The only way they would review more is if there were more good phone manufacturers like Samsung, Google, and the joke that is apple.
Also saying the word "Pee" with the new UA-cam Censor Bot roaming around. We all know for a fact Linus isn't getting paid for this video. Welcome to 2017.
Still rockin my s8 active in 2020... it's still a beast..phone size not too small or too big, rugged, great camera, perfect screen size, etc...alot of new phones since this one have come out, including iphones... but I haven't been intrigued enough to give this beast up...
You show an iPhone: ok, put skins on it, we all know how it's made. You show a new phone nobody knows? Show us how it's actually made, for God's sake. You can't allow the sponsor to make your reviews unprofessional.
Skylake_TheDank He complains about reviewing a product that has a custom skin over it, instead of having it how it looks out of the box. And I agree with OP.
Thats true. Maybe they could first show atleast the oustide of a phone without skin and then apply the skin and every one would be happy. It's really dissapointing that I now have to find review of this phone from another youtuber just to see the outside.
I've now had this phone since it's release. I upgraded to a note 10 plus I'm August and gave my 2 year old daughter this phone because it's INDESTRUCTIBLE!! I've thrown it into lake Erie, and into the Aegean sea and it worked perfectly fine. I've literally thrown the phone at walls and at a cast iron engine block with full force as well as drop it off a 3rd floor window on to concrete. Yeah it has micro scratches but mine never crashed and still works to this day. If it were to ever break or battery were to eventually go I'll buy a refurbished one off Amazon. I'd recommend getting a wireless charger as my charger port did short circuit, so I can only wireless charge BUT still a great phone if you work construction or have a kid that can be destructive and you don't wanna spend money on a tablet, this is the way to go.
i think that scratching part depends on Oleophobic coating used. It does not strengtheners the glass but it makes it scratch resistant by not allowing materials to get to easily stretchable glass ...
Love my S8 active. Dropped it off my roof yesterday (Halloween decoration mishap) onto concrete. Cracked the screen protector, phone has a little scuff on the rubber corner on the top. Why can't they just make rugged flagships a common thing?
Its coming from the guy wearing socks and sandals tho
DANNYonPC You mean shoebie?
So what????Its a phone damnit
You are still fuckin everywhere.
Ow bro again😂
Don't act like you wouldn't fuck Linus, we all would.
Pressure
Temperature
Shock
Dust
proof device.
in short. Its PTSD Proof Device.
Best comment I have read all week!
That front Dbrand skin looks hideous
ace 1121 Thats why when i ordered dbrand skins for me and my bro, i only took the back, fuck the front and camera cover
true af
FatRaccoon boi ikr front looks idiotic, I do like their skins tho. But the front SUCKS 😂
I dislike it when they review devices that are Dbrand sponsored because the video ends up not showing how the device looks in its default state. I wouldn't mind them extending the video showing them applying the skin themselves though (would also be hilarious probably).
SECTORTWO agreed, would totally watch linus attatching a dbrand skin 😂
Linus, please, when you review a phone, don't do it with the skin on :| We want to see the phone nakeeed! Thx.
Saba Kvavilashvili you fukin perv
@@Garry2527 Australian or Edgy?
დაიკიდე
TheBigChicken probably Australian
Especially if it's his sister linus
That skin is awful. I won't be able to think of that phone without picturing the nightmare that was that tragically poor choice of skin texture. Good way to drive people away from dbrand I guess.
Sam Spain that's not the real skin. It must be a cover
"Don't judge a book by its cover"
Seb TF it was a dbrand skin , and he is Right it was disgusting , i ended up not linking the phone just because it looked like semi digested alligator vomit , it is really bad.
So pick a different one?
Actually the skin is not debrand actually it's a case/skin mod. Look at Linus's Note 8 it's exactly the same case/skin mod.
I do not even know how the phone looks like since you always put dbrand skins on it...
I have nothing against dbrand, but can you keep the skins only on the ads and not on the review?
I agree I don’t like the skins
Dbrand probably bought that phone for them
He prob a iphone user and is hating on androids. But you know what, I think samsung is more advance in my opinion then a iphone. And the Samsung galaxy S8 is very gorgeous phone. Dont be fooled by the cases. lol
I searched up S8 Active and underneath the Dbrand skin is the same black glass as the S8
I thought the phone was super ugly, and that Samsung had just really screwed up the design and gone with some one-off charcoal finish. Then halfway through I realized it was some awful D-brands skin. So, I don't even know what the device looks like. And at this point, I'm so sick of seeing D-brands products on channels like JerryRig everything and LTT that I'm going to go out of my way to never buy them.
Wahots I totally agree with you. In a phone review I want to see what the, you know, actual phone looks like and not the D brand skin that's on it. I get that they sponsor the videos but there has to be a better way then covering up all of the review products with the skins so that we can even see what they actually look like in the review itself.
I don't mind the proper dbrand skins, not those ugly fake skins
@@MegaTechpc true. They can showcase the phone in stock and then, as part of promotion or sponsorship just pop it on during the middle of the video.
Ew a furry
Also, pretty fucking pointless to put a case/cover on a phone that you're already paying extra to have built-in from the factory
Anyone else had enough of dbrand on what seems like nearly every phone review on UA-cam? I'd actually like to see the native unblemished phone for once.
I think there are some less popular reviewers that show that. I know there's "The Daily Note" (based in South Korea, specific to Galaxy Note devices), and a few reviewers based in India.
However, I don't know of any in North America that aren't sponsored by Dbrand.
Chris Wright Jerryrigeverything is sponsored but only has the skin on at the end of the video during the sponsored part. It's a good system I think.
Yea man, i always say that
They don't even have that many choices for skins. There are so many better companies out there, but they pay the big UA-camrs to use then, so we are stuck. I just support the smaller tech Channels now.
fucking exactly. I mean i love dbrand sponsoring youtubers i like, but jesus christ, I want to see the unskinned phone for most of the video, not a skinned, customised phone. I mean sure, i can just go on the Samsung website, but I can't see all the angles they pull in on these. It's just stupid annoying now.
I don't get the front skins it just draws more attention to the bezel as it takes the glossy black look of the phone away which blends nicely when the display is off
New smartphones have such a terrible battery life, after a full day of heavy use I'm still on 50%
Lol my smart phone dies in 2-3 hours.. ;p If i even use it to watch movies... I wish it lasted me half a day after some use (not even heavy!)
Yet people STILL want switchable batteries. I can't even comprehend how they could kill a battery in a day.........
David Horgan battery lasts a couple hours so i need 2/ 3 charges to gete thrlugh
I want a switchable battery a lot more for the possibility that the battery goes bad then I can just replace it. It adds to the longevity of the phone because over time batteries don't hold charges like if they were new too.
4 year old iphone lasts at least a day for me. Charge it every night and have no problems.
But can it run angry birds?
Yez...but You are a little kid who wouldn't get this phone
Xx_EGG_xX That was sarcasm 👐
It can run even the heaviest games. It has a snapdragon 835
Can it run fortnite?
@@_egg_2933 Good Roast
I hate being active
Jan Beat me tooo
Jan Beat l
just use your home phone
Then be inactive 😂😂😂
I know I wish i were dead.
In my opinion the ad spot is much more fitting after the intro. Just my thoughts. It feels much better to have it after the intro and not before it because then you aren't jumping from one thing to another.
Juho Leiniö
They're trying to fake us out. I was in the habit of hitting the L key to skip 10 seconds as soon as the intro was done. Now they're managing to sneak the brand name in just before I can skip, but it WON'T throw me off for long!
Yes, exactly. Now it just feels awkward and unnatural. Ads after intros!
Agreed
I feel the intro and outro is better now simply because how they didn't have to do two separate takes to integrate an advert. Never thought how unnatural it was to fade into an ad.
Really!? But it's also not a normal ad.
Linus, I understand that you have to show off that dbrand skin for the sweet sweet sponsorship money. However could you please show how the phones you review look without a skin applied? Maybe 50 percent of the video with the skin and 50 percent without it?
InfectedSoap Or just get a better sponsor. Or better yet no sponsor at all.
OR JUST GOOGLE IT...
you ever heard of google?
TheMonroe654HD
Companies need to make money.
I'm TheMonroe654HD and people should work for free to me. Who are they that they want money for their work I consume?
I just noticed my schools new computers have a I7-7700
You should swap a bunch of i3s into them and sell the i7s nobody will notice
runescapefan0001 🤔
Take that shit nigga
I'd so swap em out with pentiums
Humble Lifestyle My school's leaders are stupid and that explains why do I have i7 on my school too. Pd they raised their monthly price by twenty dollars
Dennis putting headphones on with the camera app on the pone at 2:42 haha
Vernon Albayeros this has no skin on it though
In the future can you please not showcase a phone with a dbrand skin on it? How are we supposed to know what the phone actually looks like? It's like filming/reviewing a phone while it's in some ugly, cheap case the whole time. Really annoying.
Or you could spend literally 3 seconds on Google. I know that's super hard for most people though.
hey, and while we're on Google, we can find a different reviewer that doesn't do that kind of shit! Win-win!
You do know thats how he manages to keep LMG afloat, right?
Come on Erik, this is a phone review. The commenters are far too entitled to care about that. They think money grows on trees in the shape of their parents.
I mean, who cares about its features, its battery life, its operating system, its hardware...nah, you don't buy a new phone for what it can do, you buy it to be super fab.
ootdega That made no sense at all.
"Oooo the active is known for its buttons! Hopefully we'll get the damn buttons back again!" S8 active comes out. "Dude what the FUCK!?"
At least it has a headphone jack.
Yea, I was really hoping Samsung would show a bit more *_courage_* with their phones...
[/sarcasm]
Random Person Yea Apple has the courage to make all iPhone users angry.
thecomputergeek95 they had the courage to make me an android user
Deathstalkr1 You know you should have the courage to know that Google removed the headphone jack in the pixel 2
Deathstalkr1 we’re looking at you Apple
I just upgraded from the Gen 1 Droid turbo to the S8+, loved that plug you had for it. It was a solid phone for it's time!
I wish this channel did more phone reviews. Literally the best review out there.
5:38 missed opportunity for a Synergy ad...
lol was thinking the same....
The only phone I can work overnight with and do whatever I need without worrying about charging. Playing games, watching videos, texting phone calls, all night and come home with 40% easy. Standby time is crazy. Went to sleep in 💯% off the charger for about 6 hours, woke up on 💯%. 5 days standby time is ridiculously good. Best phone I ever had
Those micro scratches are on the oleophobic coating layer, not the glass layer itself. The gorilla glass 5 specs are the same for all manufacturers.
You need to do an update video because November 2017 they released the S8 active for T-Mobile and it has none of the problems that you talk about. it's awesome.
LOVED the seamless ad intergration. Slick review, keep it up.
I picked up a Galaxy S8 Active a week after my local ATT store got it in stock. This was in August and after using it for two months as my daily driver I can say that I have never once experience an unexpected reboot, screen has froze but very uncommon and not noticably more than my Galaxy S7, and the only app that I experience crashes with is Snapchat, which has happened to me on every Android phone I have used. I really do think the issues you mentioned are isolated to your device. I suggest that you try another S8 Active and see if the issues go away.
I've had my S8 active since the week after release and I've never had any issues with the screen freezing or random reboots or the screen not functioning when trying to unlock. I'd guess some sort of app could be causing some of these issues as I only play mobile mobas and use chrome/facebook/instagram, and music apps.
Alex Walters l
Must be the dBrand sticker
What about the s8 passive?
yuval buda it died of heart disease...
S8 sedentary
Lollllzzzz
Pssh.. rolls eye. Decides to talk shit about you to your boss.
4:45
Driving with a broken windshield is illegal, bud.
Potencially dangerous, too.
really ive had one on my car all the way across the center for almost 6 years
RobSellsTacos I know you can have a cracked windshield in Iowa if it doesn't hinder the drivers view, don't know about other states though
hes in canada
Blame Canada!
I've never had problems with crashes Linus mentions here. After a year of usage, i'm still in love with this phone. I'm furious that Samsung didn't make S9, S10 or S20 Active.
Your cell phone reviews are amazing. You should have a channel just for phone reviews, and other more main stream tech.
my s8 active has never crashed something is wrong with yours
blaze fox its because you never owned a s8 active
He isnt lying, even the previous gen S7 Active has the same issues
Silent Prototype Yeah tons of problems with my s6 active
My s8 active has none of these issues except the screen one which is why I put a protector on right away
If I had the s8 active, I would only use it for the 4000mAh.
Still got my S6 edge , works perfectly fine.. going to switch to 9 next year
Saketh Kurapati I got my galaxy s8 lol
Good call
Wind Blade just switch to the iPhone X C is cheaper and better
Consumer 999
Nah definitely stick with Samsung there's just way better and actually innovative stuff coming from them
I think that my S6 Edge will stay with me for like another 3-5 years but I am still excited about the new S9 :-D
As far as I know, the Gorilla Glass 3 is more scratch resistant, while the Gorilla glass 5 is more shatter resistant. That should explain why newer devices have more scratches than older devices that have the Gorilla Glass 3.
In 2022 I still use mine and aside from the screen burn ins it's a great phone.
The touch screen not responding issue is something I've experienced several times on my "normal" S8 as well.
That's really odd about the crashing and locking up. I've had mine from the day it released and have not seen any of that. It's been rock solid. The battery life was a big seller, and the phone is damn near indestructible. I'd fully recommend it to anyone who wants a more sturdy phone...
I loved my active, honestly the best phone I've ever had, I wish they would make and active style flagship or like a note active.
Do you really have to put a Dbrand on it, idk maybe we would like to see how the phone looks? Get your AD money, but don't rub the AD in our faces, thank you.
Un-Joshed you're*
It's most likely not ltts fault, dbrand most likely made them put the skin on for the whole video.
DBrand sent them the phone with the skin on it.
Thats how sponsorships work lol
Had a similar active for a while absolutely loved it, kinda miss it over my s21 ultra ngl
Good to know about the technical issues with the S8 Active.
It's literally unacceptable that gorilla glass has taken steps back on the quality. I mean, shatter-proof over scratch-proof? That's idiotic. I am ok with my screen braking when dropped, but hell no am I ok with my phone scratching with careful usage.
Man they can make it super scratch-proof but it is going to break super easy unless they cover the edges of the glass.That is their weak spot.I see what are they trying to do but i is not going to work.When i look the people around me 20-30% of the phones are with broken glass and that is the problem(not for samsung tho,becouse people buy a new phone after they break their old one)
Then be careful. I had a similar phone to an active, and that was the galaxy xcover 3 value edition. It had a plastic screen too, and it Never scratched because I simply never put it in the same pocket as my keys, and that's coming from a guy that doesn't even step outside the door without a key. And it survived 3 years until in high school someone wanted to play 'anger management'and failed, so he took it and slammed it against pure concrete with force.
Just use a screenprotector
Problem is also that they make the glass thinner every time.
I had an old and chunky phone back in the days and the only time it got a (very small) crack was when I was mountainbiking and it dropped from around 1.5 metres on the stones. It got almost no scratches though.
However, looking at the current phones, 1mm of glass would be way too much for them and I'm sure curved displays wouldn't be possible either.
With s8 and other curved screen protectors, that's not bullet-proof either. Due to the curved nature some dirt may get under the protector and cause similar damage. My s6 survived 9 months in the army with no screen protector, through multiple weeks in the woods and with no damage on the back or the front. And yes, there definitely was dirt and sand that got on the phone. So my point is, I'd take a harder more scratch-proof screen over shatter-proof due to the fact that there's no real way to avoid scratching, yet shattering is all about how clumsy you are.
When Samsung sends out an Update, AT&T won't release their version till 3-5 months after.
Sad but true...
Put a stylus with it and I'm sold. You had me at flat screen.
Overdrive buy a note 8 same phone and has a stylus
Kristi Ballard different phone. Have you seen the video?
Note 8 is kind of a work version of the s8
LG Stylo 4
I'm with you all these comments say note 8 is work version or same as active. note has the curved glass. I never broke a screen until the curved. I hate curved phones
The Active was what I went for when I upgraded to an S8, primarily because I take lots of pictures and take my phone along on walks.
At 1:13 I thought the start of the song was the USB device disconnected sound in windows, which scared me because I'm currently running a stress test on the computer next to me.
Please put the product name in the title for the love of god
Might want to get that highly illegally cracked windscreen replaced soon Linus.
He dropped his car
I was wondering if you would still recommend this phone now that it is nearly 2 yrs old. My wife has the S6 version and likes it but its starting to show signs of age.
i have this phone, its amazing
Get the s9 and get a case. It's way too cheap
I would rather Corning focus their gorilla glass products on scratch resistance than on shatter resistance to be honest. Scratches are way way more common then full shattering of the screen.
I've had s4 s5 s6 s7 and now the s8 active this is by far the best Samsung I've ever had. I hated bixby at first but now I'm starting to like it. I recommend this phone
so is it ok to just keep using my s6 active or should i need to upgrade? i love this phone too much too much, the durability is topnotch
I use custom software on my droids, and the issues you experienced with samsung ux are similar to what ive faced. ive always believed that Samsung's havent had enough ram since android 5.1/galaxy s6 and later. 4GB of ram for samsung just isnt enough for their bloated software anymore.
Ugly Sisters need love too :)
These phones look similar in design. Twins?
HomeAutomationX Woooo We do love ugly sisters too.
Remember everyone, when you don't have talent Just use bodyparts to gain views.
^ lmao someone is throwing shade
HomeAutomationX well maybe you come to my place and we can figure somthin' out
Your reviews make so much sense. I agree with you so much. I do wish Samsung would appeal more to both tech groups and average consumers and allow bootloader unlocking for performance and UI tweaking while keeping security intact for those that care that much about it.
Got my S8 active by accident, and it sort of grew on me, like a boil. Yes screen scratches are too easy, but I just put a screen protector on it all good.
It has never crashed.
I would like to do more with it so there goes my life watching UA-cam videos.
Very entertaining video.
Gorilla Glass 3 is the most resistant, as far as I know. Didn't they need to make the glass a bit softer with 4 and onward because they needed to get those curved edges?
That's true, but not for the active series, as they don't have edge displays.
I have a Note 3 with gorilla glass 3. It's on the 5th battery already. Never used any screen protection. And have ZERO scratches!
Rogerio Luis s4 mini coming up on 5 years of use, not a single scratch. we're going backwards here.
I'm more disappointed by that disgusting DBrand advertisement
Gorilla Glass 3 was more scratch proof than Gorilla Glass 5. With 4 & 5 they began focusing on shatter proofing and thinning/lightening the glass. So the number no longer defines superiority when going from 3 -> 4 -> 5.
Personally Scratch Proof > Shatter proof for me any day, since the shatter proofing largely doesnt work, but the scratch proof would eliminate the need for a screen protector.
rolanie3 I bought a note3 when it got released. Still have it. The screen with no screen protector ever Stil is perfect. My s8 got almost instantly micro scratches.
@@p0s3s3sD And my Nokia 7 Plus got very many micro scratches, so I put an another screen protector.
Awesome to finally see an active with top tier specs!
I love your reviews! Keep it up
S6 Active and S8 Active here and love them both.
S8 Active looks like an LG G6
LG G6 looks like the old note 5
@@azexy21
I own a 2016 LG K8.
I had the G6 I think its one of the sexiest phones ever imo.
Frankieare gray or black?
Titanium Labs black
This is the best phone I know, for my purposes. Just stick a tempered glass on the screen to protect from scratching.
Nikita Dubrovskih thanks, I think I'm gonna get it
2023 and I still use my s8 active. Bixby disabled because its stupid.
I think you're right about the glass. It seems to be more shatter resistant, however, is softer and less scratch resistant. Take plexiglass for example, super shatter resistant but scratches super easy.
Can't you review the phone without a skin? ffs.
idkthetime The skin maker is a sponsor.
idkthetime they get them from dbrand
idkthetime its 1:51 AM
Interspect was my
Is it not possible that linus simply got a bad test unit? I havent had a single crash on my Note 8 in almost 3 months of use.
This is s8 active not note 8
Making an S8 Active review whilst wearing an Apple Watch.
Was there a challenge to make every video you did this week about cell phones?
Just got my new S8 Active, which I got for cheap as a "parts only" for $68 and got a new screen from china for $197 after shipping and handling and it is an obviously big improvement from my J3 that I had! Definitely keeping this phone for a minimum of 5 yrs (or until it dies on me)
I think whatever bloatware or tracking AT&T put on the phone is ruining it. I hope this isn't affecting users of the normal S8/+ on AT&T. I've got the + on Sprint and after some apps got updated (snapchat) it never freezes or crashes. My fingerprint scanner also takes me directly to the homescreen or w/e app i was using last. I never have to swipe out of the lock screen after... very strange indeed.
probably right
The coating that makes it shatter resistant is probably plastic. Which is soft. Microscratches will be present, but wont shatter.
Why cant all phones have 4000 mA batteries?
Wistbacka Because people are concerned about style, so if it's too big that's not the style. Bigger battery = bigger phone. But yeah I'm into more practicality
Which is why I want the Oukitel k10000 max
Should probably get that windshield crack repaired...
Yeah, windscreens aren't mobile screens. It's not OK to have cracks running along their length.
would have to replace entire windscreen for that, also that type of crack will not fail MOT most of the time
ah that crack isn't really obscuring the drivers view, so it doesn't matter.
Rocking an Droid Turbo here, using RR 5.8.5 (Android 7.1.2). Love this screen, camera, batery and the Snap 805
this video came at the perfect time. both middle-aged clumsy parents are finally looking to upgrade to smartphones but they're being put off by battery lives. i didn't even know the active line existed.
7th gen still?
I wish you guys did more phone reviews.
they review pretty much every major flagship phone. The only way they would review more is if there were more good phone manufacturers like Samsung, Google, and the joke that is apple.
Sry for bad hi
English
4473021 apology accepted.
You know english because you know the short form of sorry. You are a liar
real minecraft play no kidding
Or becuz of his bad English he spelt it wrong
Keep up the good work chaps. Loving the new style.
Think I'll upgrade, using the S7 Active right now, and it's amazing
Assuming the phones gender.... its 2017 Linus you should know better
But it has female port...
You'd think that would be enough to say the phone's female... but then again, it's 2017 hahahah
On many "gender all the things" languages phones are male.
Also saying the word "Pee" with the new UA-cam Censor Bot roaming around. We all know for a fact Linus isn't getting paid for this video. Welcome to 2017.
My HTC 10 has lately begun freezing just alike...
The active should never have a infinity display
He could've said "I'm poppy" still the theme of the video wouldn't change
Still rockin my s8 active in 2020... it's still a beast..phone size not too small or too big, rugged, great camera, perfect screen size, etc...alot of new phones since this one have come out, including iphones... but I haven't been intrigued enough to give this beast up...
You show an iPhone: ok, put skins on it, we all know how it's made.
You show a new phone nobody knows? Show us how it's actually made, for God's sake. You can't allow the sponsor to make your reviews unprofessional.
??
Skylake_TheDank He complains about reviewing a product that has a custom skin over it, instead of having it how it looks out of the box. And I agree with OP.
cicalinarrot ur point is fair. But active phones are always ugly af.
Thats true. Maybe they could first show atleast the oustide of a phone without skin and then apply the skin and every one would be happy. It's really dissapointing that I now have to find review of this phone from another youtuber just to see the outside.
Maybe he used the skin to show the S8 active's bezels.
[sarcasm]
Do more tech showdown please!!!!
What's the song in the background that starts around 6:37?
im using the S6 now and im considering upgrading to this when i can
Whoa! Never noticed how gigantic that windshield crack was at 4:51!!
6:30 Linus' mysterious wife
Ohh! dbrand cover.
*sees when they ship*
*long inahale* March 2018...
5:23 LinusNailsTips
I've now had this phone since it's release. I upgraded to a note 10 plus I'm August and gave my 2 year old daughter this phone because it's INDESTRUCTIBLE!! I've thrown it into lake Erie, and into the Aegean sea and it worked perfectly fine. I've literally thrown the phone at walls and at a cast iron engine block with full force as well as drop it off a 3rd floor window on to concrete. Yeah it has micro scratches but mine never crashed and still works to this day. If it were to ever break or battery were to eventually go I'll buy a refurbished one off Amazon. I'd recommend getting a wireless charger as my charger port did short circuit, so I can only wireless charge BUT still a great phone if you work construction or have a kid that can be destructive and you don't wanna spend money on a tablet, this is the way to go.
i think that scratching part depends on Oleophobic coating used. It does not strengtheners the glass but it makes it scratch resistant by not allowing materials to get to easily stretchable glass ...
Can they not integrate sponsors any better? I know FPC has no burn ins, but holy hell the transitions are trash.
Those freezes are resource issues.
That's the phone I'm using in 2019
Ahah. Is it Taran who put windows alarm clock (1:30) as a background music? :)
I've thought I'm late xDDD
Love my S8 active. Dropped it off my roof yesterday (Halloween decoration mishap) onto concrete. Cracked the screen protector, phone has a little scuff on the rubber corner on the top.
Why can't they just make rugged flagships a common thing?