Breaking news! The highly anticipated flagship phone from Samsung under the Note series, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 has just announced. It enfolds the latest Samsung features, beginning with the display as it carries a 6.3-inch Super AMOLED display with Quad HD resolution. The Infinity Display remains on top of the line factor that was launched first on the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+.
There will be two variants of the Galaxy Note 8. One with the Qualcomm’s high-end flagship chipset, the Snapdragon packing 2.45GHz clock speed with 64-bit architecture and paired with Adreno 540 GPU. The other is the Exynos 8895 octa chipset that comes in four 2.5GHz Samsung M2 and four 1.7GHz Cortex-A53 CPUs. It’s paired with a Mali-G71 MP20 GPU, along 64GB storage plus the 6GB RAM that can handle highly-intensive games and provide better multitasking.
The Note 8 has just about the same camera optics package as the S8 and S8+. It sports a dual 12-megapixel lens, one with f/1.7 aperture and the other is f/2.4 aperture for telephoto and has an optical image stabilization, 2x optical zoom and dual-LED (dual-tone) flash and an f/1.7 aperture. It also comes with an 8-megapixel front camera sensor with f/1.7 aperture. It ships with Android 7.1.1 “Nougat” and is expected to be upgraded to Android 8.0 “Oreo”.
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 key specs:
| Display | 6.3-inch QHD+ Super AMOLED display, 2960 x 1440 resolution, 522 ppi |
| CPU | 2.45Ghz 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 octa-core processor – USA & China only |
| 2.3Ghz 64-bit Exynos 8895 octa-core processor – Other countries | |
| RAM | 6GB RAM |
| GPU | Adreno 540 – USA & China only |
| Mali-G71 MP20 – Other countries | |
| SIM | Dual micro-SIM, dual standby |
| Storage | 64GB |
| Storage expansion | Up to 256GB thru microSD |
| Rear camera | Dual 12-megapixel lens (f/1.7 and f/2.4 apertute, respectively), with dual-LED flash and 2x optical zoom |
| Front camera | 8-megapixel lens, f/1.7 aperture |
| Video recording | 4k (2160p), 1080p (60 fps) |
| Operating system | Android 7.1.1 “Nougat”, Grace UI (upgradable to Android 8.0 “Oreo”) |
| Others | Fingerprint scanner |
| Iris scanner | |
| Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection | |
| IP68 water and dust resistance | |
| Connectivity | WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | |
| GPS, A-GPS. GLONASS | |
| USB Type-C connector, OTG compatible | |
| GSM, HSPA, 4G LTE (Category 16) | |
| Dimension | 162.5 x 74.6 x 8.5 mm |
| Weight | 149 grams |
| Battery | 3,300 mAh non-removable capacity |
| Colors | Maple Gold and Midnight Black |
Availability
The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 will be available here in the Philippines starting September 29, 2017, with a price of P49,990.
According to Samsung Mobile Philippines, pre-order will start from September 8 to 17 at authorized Samsung stores nationwide and on selected online stores like Lazada. Those who will purchase the phone during that period, a free AKG speaker worth P7,990 is included in the package.
