Galaxy Note 8 release date, price and specs leaked

For the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 this morning several key details were leaked surrounding the release and pricing of the handset.

Previous leaks suggested sizing and contents of the smartphone, closely resembling those of the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus. This device’s specifications are only slightly different from those of the previously released handset, with a few key details in place to make this the most powerful Samsung smartphone released in history.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus featured a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor – the same goes for the Galaxy S8 non-Plus, in standard size. The difference with the Galaxy Note 8, which also sports the same Snapdragon, is that there’s a bit more RAM to roll with. Instead of working with 4GB of RAM, this device has 6GB.

This device has a 3,300mAh battery according to the most recent set of leaks. That’s a bit different from the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, which originally came with a 3,500mAh battery. Moving away from that capacity might make sense in the public eye due to the inconvenient heat-related nature of the Galaxy Note 7 – but it’s also odd. It’s odd that the Note 8 would have a 3,300 battery since the Galaxy S8 Plus has a battery with 3,500mAh capacity. After all, it’s not the capacity that caused the fires, it was the construction of the batteries and connectors and etcetera.

The backside of this device will have a set of lenses, making it one of the few smartphones in the world to have a dual-camera setup. This setup is becoming more and more popular with the rise of Sony’s dual-camera image processing finesse, coming to brands like Apple, Huawei, and Xiaomi – amongst others

The Galaxy Note 8 is said in Venture Beat to have a set of 2x 12-megapixel cameras with optical image stabilization, the both of them. The camera array will appear near the fingerprint sensor, which will appear in a bundle with the LED flash and the device’s heart rate sensor.

The release isn’t tacked down to a single date yet, apparently, but should appear in stores in October 2017. This release will almost certainly be similar to past releases on major carriers in SA, with several colors not unlike those released in the past. Pricing is tipped at around 999 Euro. That would be R13 or so if previous pricing setups remain true.

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Papi Mabele has a marketing background, he is a digital marketing expert with extensive experience in launching and building global brands in the emerging markets. Papi is also an avid tech writer, enthusiast and all round tech junkie. As a freelance writer and analyst he has been numerously published in Popular Mechanics (SA), GQ South Africa, Premier Magazine, Driven Magazine, Bloem News, Courant, The Weekly, Enthooze Magazine and PiE magazine amongst others.