8 ways the Galaxy S8's screen is better than the iPhone

Indeed, the Galaxy S8 is a great smartphone, and much of that greatness comes from its stunning hardware design. Just look at those narrow borders around the screen:

Check out how the Galaxy S8's screen is better than the iPhone's:

1. The Galaxy S8+'s screen can show you more of a website than the iPhone.

Both the Galaxy S8 and S8+ have bigger screens than the regular iPhone and iPhone Plus, so it shouldn't be surprising that the Galaxy S8 can show you more of a website's content. There's more screen real estate.

Even when I scroll down a little bit to hide the web browser's search bar, the Galaxy S8 shows you more.

2. It can also show you more of your apps, like Instagram, which lets you get a few extra details without scrolling.

While the Galaxy S8 phones have a bigger screen than the iPhone, they display content and apps a little differently. Instead of making that content bigger, it shows you more of it.

The pictures on Instagram will be the same general size on both the Galaxy S8 Plus and the Plus models of iPhone, but the extra height on the S8+'s screen lets you see a little more without scrolling down, like the photo's caption or comments.

3. It adapts YouTube videos to use the full width and height of the screen.

Most videos on YouTube aren't produced with the Galaxy S8's 18.5:9 aspect ratio, so we were expecting YouTube videos to show videos in the regular 16:9 aspect ratio that most YouTube videos are produced, resulting in black borders on either side of the video, called "letterboxing"

However, the Galaxy S8 automatically adjusts the video to display in the phone's 18.5:9 aspect ratio, making full use of the phone's glorious screen and avoiding the letterboxing effect (though it does partially crop the video).

4. It's much sharper than the iPhone's screen.

The Galaxy S8's screen has a 2K (1440p) resolution, which means it's very sharp. It's actually a slightly higher resolution due to the extra tall or wide — depending on how you hold it — 18.5:9 aspect ratio.

That's sharper than the 1080p full HD resolution on the Plus models of iPhone, and a much higher resolution than the 750p resolution of the regular iPhone models.

5. The Galaxy S8 has Samsung's Edge feature.

When you swipe the Edge tab on the screen, it pulls out a handy shortcut to your favorite apps, contacts, and Samsung features.

6. It's easier to type with one hand on the Galaxy S8+ than the iPhone 7 Plus.

Typing a message with one hand on larger phones can be difficult, but my colleague Avery Hartmans found it was much easier to do one-handed typing on the Galaxy S8+ than it was on the iPhone 7 Plus.

The Galaxy S8+ is narrower than the Plus models of iPhone, making the S8+ easier to hold, use, and type with one hand than the iPhone. This actually has more to do with the S8+'s incredibly narrow borders around its screen, which reduces its footprint in your hand. The S8+'s footprint is especially narrow compared to the iPhone with its thicker borders around the screen.

7. The Galaxy S8 uses a screen technology that produces better colors and better contrast between dark and brighter parts of the screen.

Apple touted a screen with better brightness and color than previous iPhones when it announced the iPhone 7, but it's still no match for Samsung's AMOLED screen technology.

In the photo above, it's clear that the Galaxy S8 Plus produces better colors, which is especially noticeable in the blue sky and the green in the trees on the side of the scene.

The Galaxy S8's AMOLED display also reveals more detail in shadowy parts of the scene, which is especially noticeable in the tree on the right of the scene.

For reference, both screens were at maximum brightness, and I didn't adjust any settings while processing the photo.

8. You can change the way the Galaxy S8's screen produces colors and brightness.

On the Galaxy S8, you have the choice to make your content look the way you like it, whereas you're stuck with the way Apple thinks you should view your content on the iPhone. Apple's way is generally fine, but it's nice to have the choice in the Galaxy S8.

8 ways the Galaxy S8's screen is better than the iPhone

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