Samsung launched Galaxy Note 8 with dual camera in India.

Samsung finally launched the much awaited Galaxy Note 8 in India. The Galaxy Note 8 has a 6.3 inch QHD+ display 12MP + 12MP dual rear camera setup and 8MP front camera. This smartphone has a dual curved display with the same 18.5:9 aspect ratio just like Samsung S8 and S8 Plus. The fingerprint sensor on Galaxy Note 8 is also located beside the rear camera setup just like Samsung S8//S8+. Samsung Note 8 has been priced at INR 67,000. Buyers can prebook the Note 8 now and the device will be shipping from September 21 onwards.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 design and display

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 has a beautiful design made of glass and aluminum alloy combination. It is 8.6 mm thick and weighs 195g. Galaxy Note 8 bears a 6.3 inch Quad HD Plus Super AMOLED infinity display with an aspect ratio of 18.5:9. This is probably the best smartphone display in the world. The display is HDR 10 compatible and covered by Corning Gorilla 5. The new Galaxy Note 8 is water and dust resistant and the S-Pen also. Both are IP68 certified.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 performance

The international variant of Galaxy Note 8 is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 but the Indian variant of Note 8 is powered by Samsung's own Exynos 9(8895) Chipset. This is a 2.3 GHz 64-bit Octa Core processor built on 10 nm architecture just like the Snapdragon 835. Due to the 10 nm architecture the Galaxy Note 8 will be very power efficient and the battery backup will be better.The Exynos 9(8895) chipset has 4 custom Exynos M2 Mongoose cores which run at 2.3 GHz and 4 ARM Cortex-A53 cores which run at 1.7 GHz. There are 6GB double channel LPDDR4 RAM and 64 GB of native storage present on this device. The storage can be expanded up to 256 GB using 2nd SIM Slot.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Camera

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 has 12MP + 12MP dual rear cameras. One regular 12 MP PDAF camera with f/1.7 aperture and another 12MP telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture. Both the sensors have Optical Image Stabilization feature. Optical Zoom up to 2x is also available. The dual camera set up will help to get shallow depth of field in portrait mode. We can expect the portrait mode on Galaxy Note 8 to perform better than that of iPhone and we can get sharper Images after blurring the background perfectly. There is a 8MP auto focus front camera with f/1.7 aperture. There is a display flash feature that Samsung included for better selfies in low light. Both the front and rear cameras can record 4K videos.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 battery

After the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco Samsung has become very serious about the battery. The new Galaxy Note 8 is  fueled by a smaller 3300 mAh non-removable battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0. Samsung claims that they have performed 7 point checking for the batteries on Note 8 and the device is completely safe and secure. Samsung Note 8 also supports wireless charging.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 price and availability

Samsung has launched the 6GB + 64GB variant of Galaxy Note 8 in India. It has been priced at Rs. 67,000. At the time of writing this article only the black and gold color variants of the Note 8 were available. Users can prebook the Galaxy Note 8 from Amazon and shipping will be started from September 21 onwards.


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Key highlights of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8:

• It has Iris Scanner, face recognition, heart rate sensor and S-Pen feature. It is IP68 certified water and dust proof.

• There are Samsung's own Samsung Pay and Bixby assistant along with a dedicated Bixby button present on the Samsung Galaxy note 8. 

In-depth specifications of Samsung Galaxy Note 8 are mentioned below.

Dimensions: 74.8 x 162.2 x 8.6 mm.

Weight: 195g, Metal and glass combination, IP68 certified.

Sar Value: Head 0.7 W/kg and body 0.93 W/kg.

SIM Type: Dual Sim(Hybrid Slot).

Network: 2G, 3G, 4G, VoLTE.

Connectivity: Bluetooth 5.0, NFC, MST for Samsung Pay, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, 3.5 mm audio jack, USB 3.1 Type~C, USB OTG, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALLILEO.

Display: 6.3" Super AMOLED, 1440 x 2960(Quad HD+), Aspect ratio 18.5:9, PPI 522.

Display Features: Dual Edge Infinity Display, Always On Display, HDR Complaint, 3D Touch Home button, protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5.

Sensors: Iris Scanner, Proximity, light, accelerometer, barometer, heart rate, compass, gyroscope, hall & rear mounted fingerprint sensor.

Operating System: Grace UX based on Android Nougat 7.1.1 upgradable to Android Oreo 8.0 or above.

CPU: 2.3 GHz Octa Core 64-bit Samsung Exynos 9(8895)chipset based on 10 nm architecture.

GPU: 20-core ARM Mali G71 MP20.

GPU Frequency: 550 MHz.

RAM: 6 GB LPDDRX Double Channel.

RAM Frequency: 1866 MHz.

Storage: 64/128/256 GB UFS 2.1 type, expandable up to 256 GB using 2nd SIM slot.

Primary Camera: 12.19 MP Dual Pixel PDAF Sensor(Pixel Size 1.4 µm) with f/1.7 aperture, OIS and 76.4° wide angle lens along with secondary 12 MP Telephoto Sensor(Pixel size 1.0 μm) with f/2.4 aperture. OIS and 45° wide angle lens. 2X Optical Zoom.

Flash: Dual LED flash for rear cameras only.

Video Recording: 2160p 4K video recording @ 30 fps, slow motion video 720P @ 240 fps.

Secondary Camera: 7.99 MP auto focus camera with f/1.7 aperture, Pixel Size 1.22 µm, 80° wide angle lens, Auto HDR.

Video Recording: 4K(2560 x 1440) @ 30 fps.

Battery: 3300 mAh, Li-Polymer, non-removable.

Fast Charging: Qualcomm Quick Charge2.0, Wireless charging.