The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is going to launch today, August 23, after a long period of leaks, rumours, speculation, and general excitement. As per usual these days, all the details have already leaked extensively, so there's little reason to believe much will surprise us when Samsung finally takes the wraps off, and what's more, we can fairly reliably say we have a good idea of what the handset will be like; enough to compare it against other devices already launched.
Typically, the Galaxy Note series is one-upping the Galaxy S flagship series from the same year, but not by a huge leap. For the most part it'll be the same phone, very similar in fact due to the 6.3in screen diagonal being only 0.1in bigger than the Galaxy S8+. It's more squared off in design though, packs the S-Pen stylus with added multitasking features, and it has a dual-sensor camera.
One other device worth comparing it to is the recently launched Essential Phone, aka the Essential PH-1 (its official title). This is the brainchild of Andy Rubin, co-founder of the Android OS and considered by many to be the true father of the platform. The Essential Phone is pretty much another crack at the Google Nexus/Pixel concept of a streamlined, stripped-down handset optimised for running pure vanilla Android as it's supposed to be. It packs some interesting features such as a Titanium body and its own dual-camera hardware, it's also got plenty of other flagship level specs such as Qualcomm's S835 processor.
But how do the two compare? Let's look at the raw specs...
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Rumoured & Leaked Specs
- Dimensions: 162.5 x 74.6 x 8.5mm
- Display: 6.3in Quad HD+ Super AMOLED, 2960x1440 Infinity Display (18.5:9 Aspect Ratio)
- Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 (10nm) octa-core CPU OR Samsung Exynos 8995 (10nm) octa-core CPU - region dependent
- GPU: Adreno 540 (Qualcomm Snapdragon) OR ARM Mali-G71 (Samsung Exynos) - region dependent
- RAM:6GB
- Software: Android Nougat
- Connectivity: 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Type-C USB, NFC, GPS, Fingerprint scanner, Iris Scanner, Face Scanner
- Storage: 64GB, 128GB or 256GB - region dependent
- MicroSD: Yes
- Primary Camera: Dual-12MP, f/1.7 and f/2.4 apertures, 1/2.3" sensor size, 1.55µm pixel size, Dual-Pixel Phase Detection Autofocus, OIS, 2x optical zoom, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama, 2160p video @30fps, 1080p video @60fps
- Secondary Camera: 8MP with autofocus, f/1.7 aperture, Auto HDR, 1440p video @30fps
- Battery: 3,300mAh
- Other: IP68 Certified (Water & Dust Resistant), S-Pen Stylus
Essential Phone PH-1 Specs
- Dimensions: 141.5 x 71.1 x 7.8mm [Titanium Body]
- Weight: 185g
- Display: 5.71in IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen 1312 x 2560 pixels (504 ppi)
- Processor: MSM8998 Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo)
- GPU: Adreno 540
- RAM: 4GB
- Software: Android 7.1 Nougat
- Connectivity: 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Type-C USB, NFC, GPS, Fingerprint scanner,
- Storage: 128GB
- MicroSD: No
- Primary Camera: Dual-13MP, f/1.9 aperture, phase detection & laser autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panoramic capture 2160p video @30fps, 1080p video @60fps, 720p video @120fps
- Secondary Camera: 8 MP, f/2.2 aperture, 2160p video @30fps, 1080pvideo @60fps, 720p video @120fps
- Battery: 3040mAh
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