Samsung Galaxy Note 8: Availability, price, pre-booking, specs and more

Availability, price, pre-booking, specs and all you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.

New Delhi: Samsung on Wednesday launched the Galaxy Note 8 at a jam-packed event in New York.

This is Samsung`s first smartphone to feature dual camera set-up at the rear with portrait mode and dual optical image stabilisation (OIS).

It also comes with "Bixby" intelligent assistant, water and dust resistance and iris scanner.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Price

Samsung has not officially announced the price of the Galaxy Note 8. Though many media reports said that the base variant of the phone will start at over USD 900 in the US market.

Availability and pre-booking of Samsung Galaxy Note 8

Galaxy Note 8 will hit shops at select markets on September 15. The phone has been made available for pre-orders starting Thursday.

The Global roll out of Galaxy Note 8 is expected in October.

If you want to pre-register the phone, you can do it here.

Here are the key features of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8

Display: 6.3 inch Quad HD+ Super AMOLED (2960 x 1440)

521 ppi

S Pen

    Pressure levels: 4096
    Pen Tip diameter: 0.7 mm
    IP68
    Live message
    Samsung Notes
    Screen off memo
    Smart select
    Screen write
    Translate
    Bixby Vision
    Glance
    Magnify

Front Camera

    8MP AF
    F1.7 aperture
    Pixel size: 1.22µm
    Sensor size: 1/3.6"
    Sensor ratio: 4:3
    FOV: 80°
    Selective Focus
    Wide selfie

Rear Camera

    Dual camera
    Dual OIS (Optical Image Stabilization)
    Max optical 2X zoom
    Max digital 10X zoom
    Live focus
    Dual Capture

Video Recording: 4K video recording at 30 fps

Performance

    Octa-core (2.3GHz Quad + 1.7GHz Quad), 64-bit, 10nm processor
    Octa-core (2.35GHz Quad + 1.9GHz Quad), 64-bit, 10nm processor

Memory: 6GB RAM (LPDDR4), 64/128/256GB

Network & Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5GHz), VHT80 MU-MIMO, 1024QAM

Bluetooth v 5.0 (LE up to 2Mbps), ANT+, USB Type-C, NFC, Location (GPS, Galileo, Glonass, BeiDou)

Expandable Memory & SIM Card

Single SIM model: one nano SIM and one microSD slot (can hold a microSD card up to 256GB)

Dual SIM model: one nano SIM and one Hybrid slot (can hold a microSD card up to 256GB or a nano SIM card)

Operating System: Android 7.1.1 (Nougat)

Water Resistance: IP68

Battery:   3300mAh

Charging: Fast Charging on wired and wireless, Wireless charging compatible with WPC and PMA

Sensors

        Iris sensor
        Pressure sensor
        Accelerometer
        Barometer
        Fingerprint sensor
        Gyro sensor
        Geomagnetic sensor
        Hall sensor
        HR sensor
        Proximity sensor
        RGB light sensor

Intelligence: Press the Bixby button to go to Bixby Home, or press and hold it to interact with Bixby using voice

Colours: Midnight Black, Deepsea Blue, Orchid Gray and Maple Gold