New York: Samsung unveiled a new model of its Galaxy Note as it seeks to leave behind the debacle over exploding batteries in the previous generation of the device, and mount a renewed challenge to Apple and its soon-to-come iPhone 8.
The device is claimed to be one of the most powerful smartphones made by Samsung so far. The smartphone will hit the retail shelves on September 15 in the US.
In the US, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8’s base variant is priced between $930 on T-Mobile and $960 on Verizon. This makes the smartphone company’s costliest phone so far. Samsung Galaxy Note 7 launched at base price of $834 (varies from carrier to carrier), while Samsung Galaxy S8+ launched at base price of $840.
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 sports a 6.3-inch Quad HD+ (2960x1440 pixels) Super Amoled ‘Infinity’ display with 521ppi. The screen size is tad-bit bigger than the Galaxy S8+. Rest of the specifications are same.
The handset is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, clubbed with 6GB LPDDR4 RAM. In some countries, the phablet will be launched sporting an octa-core Samsung’s own Exynos series processor. India variant is most likely to have Exynos processor.
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is the first smartphone from the company to sport dual-camera set-up. The rear camera setup includes two 12MP sensors. While the first one is a wide angled lens with f/1.7 aperture, the secondary camera includes a telephoto zoom lens with f/2.4 aperture. At the front, there is an 8MP f/1.7 aperture shooter. Samsung also says that both the rear cameras come with OIS or Optical Image Stabiliser.
Backed by a 3300mAh battery, the Galaxy Note 8 supports wireless fast charging tech. The battery capacity is 200mAh lesser than what was found in the Galaxy Note 7 last year.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 base models comes with 64GB inbuilt storage. Two other variants come in 128GB and 256GB as well. The device additionally supports a microSD card for expanded storage.
As for the stylus, Samsung has introduced an ‘enhanced’ S Pen that can take notes in ‘Screen off’ memo or quickly annotate documents and photos. It has a finer tip and improved pressure sensitivity.
Samsung has also introduced Live Messages that lets you handwrite a message, add special effects and share it as an animated GIF.
Users will now be able to continue video chats while docking the handset on to the DeX. Sharing screens while video chatting are also possible using the phablet. — AFP
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