Is the camera the most important element of a new smartphone? That may be arguable, but there's no denying that expectations have been high for the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 when it comes to photography. The fresh phablet breaks new ground for Samsung, not to mention giving arch-rival Apple some features we'd like to see borrowed for the next iPhone.
Samsung doesn't just have a brand new smartphone for you today, it also has a batch of new Galaxy Note 8 accessories, too. Launching alongside the Android phablet is an updated range of Note 8 cases, shells, QWERTY keyboard sleeves, and a new Gear VR with Controller. However, if you're an existing Galaxy S8 or S8+ user, some of the accessories you already have might play nicely with the Note 8, too.
Today Samsung revealed the release date, pre-release date, and mobile carrier info for the Galaxy Note 8. This includes Verizon, T-Mobile USA, AT&T, and Sprint - as well as the all-encompassing unlocked, SIM-free edition. This information comes amid our own first hands-on with the Galaxy Note 8, which includes one whole heck of a lot of info!
Is the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 the most highly-anticipated Android smartphone of 2017? There's a good case to be made for that; certainly, given the fiery fall from grace of its Note 7 predecessor, launched to rave reviews and then forced into an embarrassing, and costly recall over battery issues, many have been waiting to see what Samsung would do with its new phablet. The answer, it seems, is double-down. More productivity, more S Pen features, more cameras, and more screen. If you expected Samsung to be coy, the Note 8 will prove you wrong.
Excited? If you're a phablet fan you probably should be, as we're only minutes away from Samsung showing us exactly what it has in store for the next generation of Note. The new Samsung Galaxy Note 8 has been talked about, leaked about, predicted over, compared ad-infinitum to iPhones new and unreleased, and generally the go-to topic of conversation for smartphone fans for months now.
We’re just counting down the hours for one of the major Android events this year but for LG, it is unsurprisingly a non-event. But for a non-event, it still took time to make not one but two short video clips that leave no doubt in anyone’s minds that it is poking some fun at the Galaxy Note 8. Whether all in good fun or not, the true test of LG’s own mettle will happen when the V30 is unveiled just a week after the phablet that it is mocking.
Tomorrow is the big day for the Galaxy Note 8. Samsung is set to take the stage in New York tomorrow and reveal its new phablet flagship, and it's then that all of the rumors can be laid to rest and we'll find out some facts once and for all. Before that can happen, though, we have a new last-minute leak that's telling us when the Galaxy Note 8 will actually release.
Bixby is both the highlight of Samsung year and also its biggest disappointment. Bixby Voice, the only part of Bixby that does matter, came late and was underwhelming. To be fair, it was a completely new venture for Samsung and a company exec admits it didn’t have the necessary big data for it. And to its credit, Samsung has been consistent in pushing and improving Bixby, which it is now pushing to over 200 countries around the world, allowing anyone with a compatible device to speak with Bixby. Presuming they can fluently speak US English or Korean.
The Galaxy Note 8 is almost upon us and so all attention is turning toward the next big (Samsung) thing: the Galaxy S9. The successor to the popular Galaxy S8 is still largely unknown at this time, but a new tip has arrived indicating that big things may lie in the Samsung flagship's future. A source claims the Galaxy S9 will feature a modular design not unlike what Motorola has done with its Moto Mods.
Samsung fans are just counting down the days to the company’s next big thing, but that’s not stopping the hype from flowing. Although it’s not giving out details the way LG does, Samsung is doing its own small thing to build up interest in the Galaxy Note 8. While expertly not showing any part of the smartphone itself, Samsung is practically confirming one of the headlining feature for the phablet: its dual cameras.
Augmented Reality through 3D-projected images (holograms) are just one part of Samsung's newly revealed headset plans. Glasses, that is to say, or as Samsung called it, a "holographic see-through optical device." That's about as simple as they make it in the plans we're looking at - a new way to look at the world through augmented reality. This is not the first glasses or "glass" that we've seen from Samsung, but it is the first that makes augmented reality and holograms a part of its main objective.
By the time Samsung announces the Galaxy Note 8 next week, there will really be nothing left to be surprised about. While it isn’t exactly spilling most of the information the way LG does, almost every aspect of the Galaxy Note 8 has been leaked, some even coming from official sources. Like this marketing brochure snagged from Samsung Australia, which confirms the highlight features of the pen-enabled phablet just days before its official reveal.
