Regardless of whether you're lucky enough to tap into Samsung's pre-order gimmes, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ do come with a healthy assortment of bundled accessories, as well as optional add-ons. Pictured here are the new Samsung Gear VR with its controller and Samsung's Wireless Charging Convertible, which retail for an additional $199 and $89.99 , respectively. There's also the optional Samsung DeX Station that adapts these smartphones to a desktop experience on a large display for $149 . However, in the Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8+ boxes you get the handset, a set of earbuds tuned by AKG with extra ear tips, a USB Type-C cable, a travel AC adapter, a USB Type-C to USB converter, a Type-C to microUSB converter, a SIM ejection pin key and a Quick Start Guide.

We are working with Midnight Black T-Mobile versions of both the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. As you can see, the look is totally blacked out and very glossy. In fact it's kind of hard to see where the display ends and the body beings on these two flagships. That's much more the effect of this color version. The other color options you see above tend to have a bit more contrast in styling.In terms of specs, the Samsung Galaxy S8 line marks the first full production, in-market shipments of Qualcomm's potent new Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform . In general, the new Snapdragon 835 is promised to deliver 10 - 15% better CPU performance and up to 25% better graphics/GPU performance. This comes along with better power efficiency, where the majority of mainstream user workloads will largely be serviced on the chip's efficiency quad-core complex, though another quad-core high performance block is available for heavy lifting.Other than a veritable laundry list of the latest creature comforts and connectivity technologies, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+'s big feature stand-outs are their 5.8-inch and 6.2-inch curved QHD+ Super AMOLED displays with Gorilla Glass 5 . Samsung already had the best smartphone displays in the business with its standard Super AMOLED display technology, but these 18.5:9, 2960x1440 displays take that up a notch with super-tight 570 and 529 ppi pixel density.