It looks like we have our first official press shot
of the new Samsung Galaxy Note 8. The picture was posted on Twitter by Evan
Blass. Samsung will make their Galaxy Note 8 official later this month. The
company is holding a press conference for the handset on the 23rd of August.
The Note 8 had appeared at
the FCC, the handset is expected to go on sale later this month or early next
month. The device will come with a 6.3 inch display with a QHD or QHD+ resolution
and it will feature two different processors depending on the region. In some
regions the handset will come with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. In others the
device will come with a Samsung Exynos processor, it will also feature 6GB of
RAM.
There will be three storage options for the Note 8,
one with 64GB, another with 128GB and an Emperor Edition with 256GB. The new
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 will also feature high end cameras. On the back of the
device there will be a dual camera setup with one 13 megapixel camera with a
wide angle lens. The other camera will coke with a 12 megapixel sensor, and a
telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is expected to come with
Android 7.1.1 Nougat at launch. The device should get the Android O update shortly
after release.