SAMSUNG HANDY NOTE 8 UPDATE
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So my time with this one was fleeting: a few days rather than weeks, enough to discover that I like the concept and to show up some niggles, but not enough time for serious problems to make themselves obvious.ДЄ cautionary tale was last yearвЂ™s Note 7. The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is officially on sale tomorrow and at the moment there are very few of the handsets doing the rounds in Ireland. Additionally, a new feature called Live Message lets you send a GIF of your S Pen drawings in action to your friends.Consider this review a preliminary one.

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You can also translate full sentences instead of just words, and hover over currency numbers to convert them. Screen Off Memos has been expanded to allow editing and up to 100 pages of notes. Are there any new S Pen features?ДЄ couple things are new with the Note 8вЂ™s S Pen.

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Presumably, an update will bring HDR support at some point soon, but neither Samsung nor Netflix have made an announcement. While the Note 8 isВ HDRВ certified by the 4K Alliance just like the Galaxy S8, the Netflix app only supports two phones for HDR playback: the LG G6 and the Sony Xperia XZ Premium. The slightly bigger screen means the Note 8 is incompatible with the older Gear VR headsets, so Samsung is selling a new one to accommodate it. But I can use Note 8 with my old Gear VR headset right?ДЄctually, no. Google added Daydream support for the Galaxy S8 and S8+ in July, and since the Note has the same WQHD+ Super AMOLED display, it should be technically able to run Daydream right out of the box. All of which is to say, the Note 8 should be safe to take on an airplane. Additionally, Samsung is running Note 8s through the same rigorous 8-point battery safety check that it implemented for the S8, and has established a partnership with UL to certify the Note 8 complies with the firmвЂ™s specific standards. The handset features a 3,300m Ah battery, which is smaller than the S8+ and the Note 7, both of which sport 3,500 mAh batteries.

Note 8 batteryДЄfter last yearвЂ™s exploding batteries spurred a global recall, Samsung is playing it a little conservative with the Note 8. It also has IP68 water resistance, support for fast wireless charging, and a headphone jack. As far as storage goes, the Note 8 comes with the same 64GB of internal storage as the S8 and keeps the microSD card slot as well for expansion up to 256GB. It does, however, have 6GB of RAM, an increase over the S8вЂ™s standard 4GB. The Note 8 is powered by the same Snapdragon 835 chip thatвЂ™s inside the Galaxy S8. Note 8 performance, features, and storage Adam Patrick Murray/IDGДЄn S Pen slot, USB-C port, and headphone jack are all present on the Samsung Note 8. The corners of the device are slightly squarer than the S8+, but unless you compare them side by side, itвЂ™s very difficult to tell the two phones apart. Flip it over and youвЂ™ll find a dual camera and a fingerprint sensor, still unfortunately positioned to the right of the camera. The design takes most of its cues from the S8 as well, with thin bezels at the top and bottom and an all-glass enclosure. It features a 6.3-inch AMOLED display (up a fraction of an inch from the 6.2-inch S8+), and it features the same stunning Infinity Display design. If youвЂ™ve used a Galaxy S8+, then you already have a pretty good idea of how the Note 8 looks. The Galaxy Note 8 looks a lot like the Galaxy S8+ but there are subtle differences. Note 8 display and design Michael Simon/IDG However, the carrier is offering the the device for zero down and $20 per month for 24 months ($480) with the Sprint Flex leasing plan for new customers.

Over at Sprint, the Note 8 will also costВ $960.

VerizonВ will be selling the phablet for $960, or $40 a month for 24 months.

AT&TВ customers will pay $950 up front for a Note 8, or $31.67 for 30 months on an AT&T Next plan.

Also, Jump On Demand customers will pay $39 a month with no down payment, for a cost of $936.

T-MobileВ is charging $930 for a full-priced Galaxy Note 8, or you can put down $210 up front and spread the rest of the cost over 24 $30 monthly payments.

SamsungВ is selling the unlocked Note 8 for $930, and carrier pricing is as follows: Preorders are already being accepted and the device will begin shipping on Friday, September 15.

The Galaxy Note 8 is SamsungвЂ™s most expensive phone to date, clocking in at around $950-about $100 more than the Galaxy S8+.

Ports:В USB C, nano-SIM slot/microsSD, 3.5mm audio jack.

Rear camera:В Dual 12MP telephone and wide angle,.

CPU:В QualcommВ SnapdragonВ 835 (octo-core, 10nm, up to 2.45GHz).

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Operating system:В Samsung Experience based on Android 7.1.1 Nougat.

Color:В Midnight black, orchid gray in the U.S.

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