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Samsung has spent the last x months without any Galaxy Notation devices to sell following the cancellation of the Notation seven. Now, at that place's a new Note about to hitting shelves. Samsung has made the Galaxy Note viii official at its Unpacked event, and there aren't a lot of surprises here cheers to aplenty leaks and a bit of educated guessing.

The Galaxy Note 8 is basically a scaled up version of the Galaxy S8 Plus with the addition of a stylus and a dual camera array. The Super AMOLED brandish is 6.three-inches with a 2960 10 1440 resolution and a 18.5:ix aspect ratio. That's a larger version of the setup we saw on the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. And then, even though the 6.3-inch measurement is big, the display fills the entire front end panel of the device, save for a tiny fleck of bezel at the top and lesser. That means the overall device is nonetheless rather compact.

The Due south Pen stylus is i of the things that sets the Note 8 apart from Samsung'due south other flagship phones. The South Pen slots into the body of the phone when y'all're not using information technology. Not much has inverse here compared to older Note devices. The Stylus uses inductive engineering licensed from Wacom to interact with the screen. It's pressure-sensitive and is ideal for taking notes, cropping screenshots, and and so on.

Like a lot of high-end devices, the Note 8 chassis has an aluminum frame and glass back console. The iii,300mAh battery is not-removable similar last year's Note 7, but information technology'south hopefully non defective and prone to catching fire like that telephone. Samsung says information technology has a revamped battery testing process in identify to make certain of that. The sealed-in bombardment makes it easier to get this phone certified for IP68 water and dust-resistance.

The back of this phone is dwelling to the most significant modify to Samsung's production portfolio — a dual camera. At that place'south a 12MP standard sensor like y'all get on the GS8, and adjacent to that is a 12MP telephoto camera. Both take optical stabilization, and the telephoto lens has 2x optical zoom. Well, it'due south not technically optical zoom, but y'all get a closer expect at your discipline without losing resolution.

This telephone runs the same version of TouchWiz that we saw on the Milky way S8, simply it'southward based on Android 7.ane.1 now. The GS8 is still running seven.0, only Samsung hasn't made whatsoever other notable changes to the software. And of course, Android Oreo was appear earlier this week, making the Note 8'due south software out of engagement earlier it even launches.

The Annotation 8 will exist available on all carriers, and you tin get a free Gear 360 camera or a free 128GB microSD card and wireless charger combo if y'all pre-social club the phone. It'll cost y'all a pretty penny, though. Pre-orders are going live tomorrow (August 24th) for $930-960, depending on carrier. Most will offer to split that up over the course of two years, then you're looking at nearly $forty per month.