BREAKING NEWS: Confirmed Samsung Note 8 Set To Be Launched In August, 6.5″ Display

Samsung Electronics will launch the ‘Galaxy Note 8’ in August in New York it will go on sale in Australia in September according to sources, the device will have a 6.3 inch display screen.

At a press briefing in Taipei the President of Samsung’s Wireless division Ko Dong-jin said that Samsung will first release Galaxy Note 8 in South Korea, U.S, and the UK, there was no mention of when the Australian launch will take place. Telstra sources have confirmed a September launch locally.

The Samsung Unpack event is set to be held in New York on the 23rd of August.

Samsung introduced the Galaxy Note 7 in New York on the 2nd of August of last year and released it globally on the 19th of August.

The Galaxy Note 8 will come with a 6.3-inch Infinity Display (18.5:9 ratio) and Exynos8895 chipset. The US market will get the Qualcomm Snapdragon835 chipset.

It will be the first Galaxy Note series to have a dual rear-camera and 6GB of RAM, 64 and 128GB of internal memory.

It will also come with wireless charging, and waterproof and dustproof with IP68 rating and a 3,300mAh battery, which is 200mAh lower than the battery that was used for the ill-fated Galaxy Note 7

We have also been able to confirm that it will support AI (Artificial Intelligence) and the Samsung Bixby voice assistant technology. It is predicted that its S Pen, which is the first S Pen to have speakers installed inside, will support voice translation service.

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