Samsung Galaxy Note 8 which was launched in India on 12th September has won the ‘Gadget of the Year’ award at the inaugural India Mobile Congress (IMC), 2017. Galaxy Note 8 which is now available in India at Rs. 67,900 is Samsung’s most powerful smartphone and has received overwhelming response in India.
“At Samsung, we believe in inspiring the world and bringing meaningful innovation to help make lives better. With the launch of Galaxy Note8, we have further strengthened our leadership in the premium smartphone segment in India and this prestigious award bears testimony to our efforts. Our ear to ground approach led by innovative technologies across product and service categories have made Samsung a popular choice amongst consumers and it is a great honour to be bestowed upon with this recognition,” said Mr. Asim Warsi, Senior Vice President, Mobile Business, Samsung India.
Galaxy Note 8 sports a 6.3-inch Quad HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity Display. It is powered by Octa-Core Samsung Exynos 9 Series 8895 processor with Mali-G71 MP20 GPU paired with 6GB RAM (LPDDR4) and 64GB of internal storage which can be further extended upto 256GB via microSD card.
This phone is mounted with two 12MP rear cameras with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) on both the wide-angle and telephoto lenses. In Dual Capture mode, both rear cameras take two pictures simultaneously and allow you to save both images; one close-up shot from the telephoto lens and one wide-angle shot that shows the entire background. The wide-angle lens has a Dual Pixel sensor with rapid Auto Focus for capturing sharper, clearer shots even in low-light environments. For selfies, it has an 8MP Auto Focus front-facing camera with f1/7 aperture.
The Note 8 gets its juice from 3,300mAh battery with Wireless Charging compatible with QC 2.0. It offers connectivity options of 4G LTE,Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4/5GHz),
Bluetooth v 5.0 (LE up to 2Mbps), USB Type-C, NFC, MST,GPS, Glonass. It runs on Android 7.1.1.
It comes with enahnced S Pen which is the trade mark feature of Note series. For security, it offers a choice of biometric authentication options—including iris and fingerprint scanning.
Besides above, the Note 8 is IP68 certified Water and Dust resistance and you can write with S Pen even when the display is wet. Samsung has also announced Bixby support for Note 8 for Indian users.
