Samsung Galaxy Note8 specification and prices
The Galaxy Note8 by Samsung was announced on August 2017 and on sale it appeared on September 2017. This mobile phone belongs to the highest price range: the lowest Samsung Galaxy Note8 price in USA for now is $719.99. The cell phone is on sale from carriers including AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile USA as well as retail stores like Best Buy, Wal-Mart.
The cell phone runs on the most popular OS on the market for today - Android OS. Galaxy Note8 has the late Android version: 7.1.1 (Nougat). It means that the cell phone will run all the newest games and apps easily. The Galaxy Note8 is equipped with Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz) - EMEA Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - USA & China processor which shows an outstanding performance. Galaxy Note8 has 6 GB RAM which is a perfect amount of memory.
Samsung Galaxy Note8 camera has 2.4 aperture that is a common size for cell phones. If you want to get photos in dark rooms, you won't get good photos as the camera lets in low light. Galaxy Note8 also will not suit for capturing fast action shots. Galaxy Note8 8 (f/1.7 megapixel front camera is great for getting high quality selfies. Galaxy Note8 can shoot 4K high quality video with its primary camera. 4K is the best resolution that cell phones support for today.
The mobile phone has a big 6.3 inch display. This means that most users may experience difficulties using the phone with one hand. Such screen size has cool benefits in compare to the smaller one: it's more comfortable to use the screen as a viewfinder, better for playing games and great for reading books.
This mobile has non-removable Li-Ion 3300 mAh battery, which will provide about 22 hours of talk time and up to 74 hours of playing music. It is excellent battery life results.
The cell phone's weight is 195 grams (6.88 oz), it is 162.5 mm (6.40 in) high, 74.8 mm (2.94 in) wide and has a 8.6 mm (0.34 in) depth what means that this cell phone is rather thin.
You can purchase Galaxy Note8 in Midnight Black, Maple Gold, Orchid Gray, Deep Sea Blue or Star Pink (Taiwan only) colors.
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- 2017, August
- Available. Released 2017, September
- Android 7.1.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo)
- Exynos 8895 Octa - EMEA Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 - USA & China
- Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz) - EMEA Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - USA & China
- Mali-G71 MP20 - EMEA Adreno 540 - USA & China
- Dual: 12 MP (f/1.7, 26mm, 1/2.5", 1.4 µm, Dual Pixel PDAF) + 12MP (f/2.4, 52mm, 1/3.6", 1 µm, AF), OIS, phase detection autofocus, 2x optical zoom, LED flash, check quality
- 8 MP (f/1.7, 25mm, 1/3.6", 1.22 µm), autofocus, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto HDR
- 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec., check quality
- Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama
- 6.3 inches, 101.1 cm2
- 1440 x 2960 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~521 ppi density)
- Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Corning Gorilla Glass 5 - HDR10 compliant - 3D Touch (home button only) - Always-on display
- Yes
- Non-removable Li-Ion 3300 mAh battery
- About 22 h
- About 74 h
- 162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm (6.40 x 2.94 x 0.34 in)
- 195 g (6.88 oz, 0.43 lb)
- Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
- Single SIM
- Midnight Black, Maple Gold, Orchid Gray, Deep Sea Blue, Star Pink (Taiwan only)
- 64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM
- microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
- 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
- Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
- Yes
- No
- 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
- Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
- SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
- HTML5 - Samsung DeX (desktop experience support) - Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0) - Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) - ANT+ support - Bixby natural language commands and dictation - MP4/DivX/XviD/H.265 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player - Photo/video editor - Document editor
- Yes
- GSM / HSPA / LTE
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
- HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
- LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
- HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
- Yes
- Yes
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