The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 was launched on 11th September, 2017 in India. The device features infinity display with a near bezel less, full frontal glass, edge to edge screen. The S pen coming along with device enables with effective communication be it drawing emojis or making handwritten notes. The dual rear camera supports 2*optical zoom, producing sharp photos or videos even from a distance. The high performing 10nm processor along with 6GB RAM, make downloading of games or multitasking faster and seamless. With Smart Switch you can easily move important stuffs from your old phone to the new Galaxy Note. The smartphone is available in Midnight Black and Maple Gold.
DISPLAY
The smartphone comes with a 6.3 inches infinity capacitive touchscreen display with a screen resolution of 1440 x 2960 pixels, and display type of super AMOLED. With aspect ratio of 18.5:9, you get superfine viewing angles while gaming and watching movies or scanning photos.
PROCESSOR AND STORAGE
The smartphone makes use of an Octa Core Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 8895 that is coupled with Mali-G71 MP20 GPU, 6GB RAM and 64GB Storage default memory capacity. This storage can be expanded up to another 256GB with the help of a microSD Card.
CAMERA
For imaging, the device sports a 12 MP + 12 MP Dual Camera with 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, dual OIS, 4k Video recording, Geo-tagging, Slow motion, dual-video recording, HDR. The lens of F1.7 allows maximum light to fall in, giving very sharp images. Up front, the smartphone makes use of a 8 MP Camera with AutoFocus and 4k Video recording selfie camera.
CONNECTIVITY
The connectivity aspects include Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, v5.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO and hybrid dual sim (nano+nano/microSD).
BATTERY
The smartphone gets the power from a Non-removable Li-Ion 3300 mAh battery.
SOFTWARE
The smartphone runs Android 7.1(Nougat) out of the box.
SENSORS
The fingerprint sensor mounted at back, unlocks the device with fast and secured way. The other sensors are Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyro Sensor, Geomagnetic sensor, Hall sensor, HR sensor, Iris sensor, RGB Light sensor, Pressure sensor and Proximity sensor.
KEY ACCESSORIES
The device comes along with Samsung Dex, Bixby, Gear VR and Gear 360.
PRICE
The Note 8 price in India starts from Rs. 67,300 for 6GB and 64GB variant.
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