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Usually bein editor is a pretty fun job. You et to mess around with the latest ad ets, travel around the world a fair bit and make a ma azine at the end of the month. Sounds like a proper doss, ri ht? Not on the day when you find out the phone you’ve put on your cover – Samsun ’s infamous Galaxy Note 7 – has started explodin And it’s ettin a worldwide recall. That day was a ni htmare.

So why are we are we proclaimin the brilliance of another Galaxy handset only ei ht months later? Firstly, the S8 is the most excitin phone in the world ri ht now. Secondly, Samsun has put a slew of new protections in place to stop ‘a Note 7 scenario’ happenin a ain. Finally, I really want one, and I reckon you will too.

Not convinced yet? Turn to p36 for our pick of the 20 best phones of 2017, includin the or eous Sony Xperia XZ Premium, the stunnin LG G6 and that Nokia you mi ht have heard about already. Honestly, you are well and truly spoilt for telephonic choice this year.

On the off chance the 3310’s lorious resurrection doesn’t appeal, we’ve rated plenty more mi hty fine kit in this issue, includin the Nintendo Switch, the Tesla Model X and the best 4K TVS that won’t cost you an arm and a le . Plus, we’ve iven the Picks treatment to a coffee machine that’s basically a iant plastic dou hnut. Told you this job was fun, most of the time.

WAIT, HOW DO I GET THAT COVER?!? .