OUR EARLY VERDICT

The Samsung Galaxy Note is almost dull in its predictability – it’s a hugely powerful phone that’s great for multi-taskers, has a mind-blowing screen and an improved dual camera, and costs an absolute fortune.

FOR

So much power
Strong camera
Beautiful screen
AGAINST

SO expensive
Easily-smudged rear
Let’s get this out the way now: if the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 hadn’t been so prone to explosions the Note 8 would have been a slam dunk of a phone, so impressive is this new handset at first sight.

Well, it very much still is – there’s very little wrong with the Note 8 if you’re a fan of the phablet – but the spectre of last year’s debacle is still hanging over its shiny body.

As with the Galaxy S8, Samsung has promised that its rigorous battery checks will prevent such incendiary incidents from happening again – and that’s clearly the case with the Note 8 too.

As such, you can disregard the issues from last year if you go for this new and powerful handset from Samsung… apart from the inevitable questions / mocking you’ll have to put up with when you pull it out for the first time.

As mentioned, you’ll have to be a fan of Samsung’s phablets specifically to be drawn towards the Note 8 over the Galaxy S8 Plus, for instance, because despite having more power and a larger and sharper screen than anything Samsung has launched before, it’s got a smaller battery than the S8 Plus and is more expensive too.



Samsung Galaxy Note 8 release date and price



The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is available to pre-order on August 23 in the UK, and Thursday, August 24 in the US. It’ll be in US stores on Friday, September 15, and likely the same date around the world in key territories such as the UK.

In terms of price – get ready for a very expensive phone. In the UK it’s going to be £869 SIM-free, and Note 8 deals will start at around £60 per month if you want a free phone – very much at the pricey end of the scale.

In the US, it costs $930 for a Note 8 unlocked through Samsung, while carrier like Verizon are charging a hefty $40 a month. T-Mobile is only charging $30 a month… with a $210 downpayment. Luckily, there will be Note 8 deals in the US.

You can order the Note 8 in the US through Samsung, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint as well as smaller carriers like C Spire, Cricket Wireless, Straight Talk, US Cellular and Xfinity Mobile. Best Buy, Walmart and Target will also carry it.

More screen than ever before

The big thing about the ‘8’ series of Samsung phones is the Infinity Display, which is Samsung’s name for the edge-to-edge, bezel-less display that adorns the front of the handset.

And the Galaxy Note 8 has the biggest version of this display yet seen, with a 6.3-inch QHD+ offering that just looks sublime. You’re really just picking up a screen with the phone attached somewhere on the back.

The quality of the screen hasn’t been updated a huge amount from the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus – it’s still the same Super AMOLED technology with HDR support baked in, but that’s no issue, as we consider Samsung to be making the best phone displays in the world right now.
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