Opinions on Galaxy S8 and Pixel 2

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@thadkinsjr

I would also take pixel, and I also like the blackberry android dtek60. Though it doesnt have the power of the pixel, or s8. I have 2 android phones one is an alcatel vr idol 4, and one is the dtek60. If I can get something to run well in those I know it will do well on the new gen phones. I heard the nvidia blackphone tegra is one of the top performing android phones. The issue is developing for only top end as the large majority of android users dont have this power in their phones. Most are running lollipop. The only reason i know about the nvidia was they ran the elemental tech demo from ue4 on a phone. That is extremely impressive for a pocket device. When I was in china a company called meizu had 8 core phones running with 8gb ram. Xiaomi also has top end phones. The list goes on and on.

I will have a look at the Blackphone, thank you

@gameDNA

Definitely Pixel 2 because Google supports their devices very long. You have guarantee that you will receive update to the next Android version what is very significant for developers. Samsung abandons support for their devices after half a year or a year…

That is what I thought at first, but I am guessing that if S8 gets Android 8.0, it will be up to date at least for one year more, and I am assuming that I will probably have to buy another phone by then anyway.

@motorsep

In USA it’s up to the carriers to update their phones.

I always buy unlocked phones, so no carriers are involved, and from my experience in a Spanish unlocked phone, it is up to the brand to update their devices.

@motorsep

Sure Pixel 2 will have latest Android, but if you look at the stats, the entire world is still on Android 5 or 6 or even older. So running latest Android will hurt you in a way.

I agree with you there, my only concern was about being able to get the latest updates related to Vulkan and VR inside UE4 but as you say, both UE4 and Vulkan are not always up to the latest android version anyway… And as far as I know, S8 is getting Oreo.
I think I will go with the S8 because apart from being cheaper, it also has a better screen and it runs in both DayDream and GearVR whereas so far, Pixel 2 only runs in DayDream.