Samsung Galaxy Note 8

After the global appearance, Samsung finally launched the Galaxy Note 8 in India. The Galaxy Note 8 comes with its signature stylus, Bixby support, a true flagship grade hardware and a dual-rear optics setup. Here's the Galaxy Note 8 specification review, features and all you need to know.

Design wise, the Galaxy Note 8 looks very compact and sleek. The metal body and the bezel less screen of the phone are coated with a Corning Gorilla Glass 5.0. The front of the phone shares an 18:5:9 screen-body-aspect ratio.

As for the hardware, the Galaxy Note 8 comes with a 6.3-inch full vision Quad HD+ curved display. It rocks on a Snapdragon 835 chipset processor with Adreno 540 GPU support. The processor is backed by 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage which you can expand to up to 64GB via microSD support.

The Note 8 is a delight for most shutterbug as it is equipped with two 12-megapixel cameras where the regular sensor is a wide-angle lens with f/1.7 aperture while secondary sensor has a telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture. Both these sensors are equipped with optical image stabilization. For selfie lovers, it gets an 8-megapixel sensor with f/1.7 aperture.

Samsung has improved S-pen manifolds. It has become more sensitive to pressure and can now record live messages, write a memo when the screen is off and has few more trick up in its sleeve.

Like its predecessor, the Note 8 is also IP86 water and dust resistant. The phone runs on the Android Nougat with Experience UX 8.5 garnished on top of it. It comes fitted with a 3,300mAh battery which supports fast charging as well as wireless charging.

Connectivity option on the Galaxy Note 8 includes 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4/5GHz), VHT80 MU-MIMO, Bluetooth v 5.0 (LE up to 2Mbps), GPS with GLONASS, USB Type-C 3.1, NFC, and MST. The fingerprint sensor is placed beside the dual-rear cameras.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is best prices in India at Rs 67,990 and will be available on Amazon and all other leading retail outlets. You can subscribe to Smartprix to get instant notifications on price deduction and further updates on the Galaxy Note 8 smartphone.

Samsung opted for a telephoto approach, much like that on the Apple iPhone 7 Plus. The Note8 has two 12MP snappers. They are not exactly created equal, which is unfortunately still a limitation in smartphones. The Note8 can capture stills at up to 4032x3024 pixels with the 12MP snapper. This does mean a native aspect ratio of 4:3 for the sensor.

Samsung's pushing heavily its Bixby AI assistant, and it has a prominent presence at launch events and on promo material. read more →

The Galaxy S8 Plus, is nearly as good, and mostly just lacks the gimmicks that make the Note 8 more expensive. If you’ve always wanted to sketch or write on a phone, the Galaxy Note 8 is exactly what you've been looking for. For the vast majority of people, though, the Note 8 remains a tough sell. read more →

The Note 8's 6.3-inch 2960 x 1440 super AMOLED display is insignificantly larger than the 6.2-inch screen on the S8 Plus. You even get the same annoying Bixby Button below the volume rocker, which still can't be remapped to something useful.

The Note 8 has IP-68 water-resistance likes its smaller siblings too, including the S Pen. read more →

The Note 8 is Samsung’s big phone comeback story, making up for the Note 7 recall. It has an expansive 6.3-inch ‘Infinity Display,’ faster 6GB of RAM performance and two best-in-class rear cameras, which add up to one of the most expensive phones ever.

The Note 8 is IP68 water-resistant, so it can survive up to 1.5m (5ft) underwater for 30 minutes, and it uses the reversible USB-C standard. read more →