Samsung begins pre-registration for its flagship Galaxy Note 8 in India
Samsung India has begun pre-registration of its upcoming flagship smartphone for the Indian market — the Galaxy Note 8. Interested buyers looking to get their hands on Samsung’s flagship offering can pre-book the phone on Samsung’s website. There’s no mention of the launch date though.
The Galaxy Note 8 was unveiled in New York last month. With the Note 8, Samsung debuted their first dual camera setup on their smartphone lineup. The Note 8 also regained the title of Samsung’s second flagship after last year’s disastrous Galaxy Note 7.
The Galaxy Note 8 is built on top of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 chipset, although India will get the Exynos 8895 version as was the case with Galaxy S8. There's 6GB RAM as standard and 64GB storage for the base variant, which could be the model that India gets along with 128GB variant. There’s a 6.3-inch 2K AMOLED Infinity Display at the front and a 12MP + 12MP dual camera setup at the back, which is a first for any Samsung device.
The phablet runs on Android 7.1.1 with company’s Samsung Experience UI on top. The Note 8 has a dedicated button for Samsung’s virtual voice assistant Bixby. The Galaxy Note 8 draws power from a 3300mAh battery and is IP68 certified water and dust resistant. Connectivity on the smartphone includes NFC and MST for Samsung Pay and offers USB Type-C charging port.
With the Note 8 pre-booking starting so early in India, it shows that manufacturers are now working hard to reduce the delay between their international launch and the Indian market launch. The Galaxy Note 8 is expected to be unveiled for the Indian market sometime in the last quarter of September 2017.
