Hmmmmmm....Breaking with the usual traditions....
Samsung mobile division’s boss confirms when the Galaxy Note 8 will be announced
ADNAN F. / 16 HOURS AGO
There have been a lot of reports recently about when Samsung is going to unveil the Galaxy Note 8. Many expected Samsung to stick to tradition and announce the handset at IFA in Berlin this September but the rumor mill believes that Samsung is going to host a separate event for the new flagship.
We started hearing not too long ago that Samsung’s event is going to take place in New YorK City and that it will be scheduled towards the end of August. Even specific dates are being rumored even though nothing has been confirmed by Samsung as yet.
However, it appears that the head of Samsung’s mobile division has dropped a big hint. The president of Samsung’s mobile division Dongjin Koh, better known in the media circles as DJ Koh, has reportedly said that the Galaxy Note 8 will be announced at the end of August.
Koh and several other Samsung executives visited Taiwan this week to meet with executives from the local telecom industry. Later, they sat down with local media outlets in a brief question and answer session.
According to a report out of Taiwan, Koh said that there are a considerable number of Galaxy Note users in Taiwan. The company has sold more than 2.3 million Note units in Taiwan so far since 2011. He also mentioned that the Galaxy Note 8 will be announced by the end of August.
Koh added that the Galaxy Note 8 will be released in the first wave of launch markets in early September while other markets will have to wait until October.
He didn’t say anything about the price of the new flagship or the precise date on which the event will take place. Koh didn’t confirm where the event will take place as well.
Given that the event is now said to take place by the end of next month, it’s only going to be a few weeks before all of this becomes known.
So expect the unexpected?
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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 to Be Unveiled in August in New York
Posted by Rajesh Pandey on Jun 20, 2017
Samsung will reportedly be unveiling the Galaxy Note 8 in August this year at an event in New York. After the delayed launch of the Galaxy S8 this year, it was presumed that the Galaxy Note 8’s launch will also be delayed.
However, to better compete with Apple’s iPhone 8 launch in September, Samsung plans on unveiling the Galaxy Note 8 in August. Last year, due to an aggressive release date of the Galaxy Note 7, Samsung ended up shipping the phone with faulty batterieswhich ultimately ended with the company completely recalling the phone and also incurring losses running into billions of dollars.
As per sources, the unveiling of the handset is currently scheduled for the third or fourth week of August.
Consider that Samsung has changed its routine to be ahead of Apples calendar. This will also factor in to the SM-R365 in ways we will NOT know.
Samsung had traditionally introduced new Galaxy Note variants at IFA every year, but it has revised its schedule to ensure the Note 8 is widely available everywhere by the time the iPhone 8 is unveiled by Apple.
The Galaxy Note 8 is expected to come with a 6.3-inch QHD+ Super AMOLED panel, a 3500mAh battery, an Exynos 8895 chipset, and 4/6GB RAM. Samsung was initially planning on using an in-display fingerprint scanner on the handset but has been unable to get the tech to work without running into issues. Due to this, it has decided to fall back on the traditional fingerprint scanner on the handset.
Samsung will also be releasing refurbished models of the Galaxy Note 7 with a smaller 3200mAh battery in selected markets of the world where it will have received the necessary regulatory approvals. Other specs of the handset will remain the same as the original Note 7, with the retail price expected to be around $600.
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