Samsung may have just leaked, or possibly teased, the Galaxy Note 8, while tipsters reveal that the sony parts will ship inside September.
The Twitter account of Samsung's Exynos processor division posted an image showing "a processor to create infinte possiblities" with the little Exynos 8895 silicon chip perched on the edge of a smartphone. The smartpone in question appears to be the Galaxy Note 8, and of course the "infintine possibilites" is a bit of nudge-nudge-wink-wink regaring in the 18:9 Infinity Display. Granted, it could be the Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8+ but it looks...different. It may simply be a generic Samsung style render, and it's also worth noting that no power key is visible.
On top of this, DigiTimes reports having heard from "upstream component makers" in Samsung's Taiwanese supply chain apparently confirming September will see the Galaxy Note 8 go on sale. This would fit with earlier rumours below for a mid-August launch.
A new report claims that a Samsung exec has now confirmed the Note 8 will launch in August and hit the market during September. The word comes PhonesDaily, which reports that Samsung's president of mobile communications, Gao Dongzhen, dropped the info. He said there will be a two-stage release with early September for the US, Korea, and the UK, while other regions will get it in October.
A report from reliable tipster Evan Blass (@evleaks) claimed the Galaxy Note 8 would be launched in late September - some time during the second half of the month. The news directly contradicted previous reports we catalogued further below, but being @evleaks there was good reason to believe this information trumped what came before...at the time.
The info was attributed to "an individual briefed on the company's plans," according to Blass writing for Venturebeat. He also adds that it will be the most expensive Samsung phone to date with an unlocked RRP of €999 inside Europe; to put that in some kind of perspective, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, which were the most expensive Samsung flagships so far, cost €799 and €899 in the same market.
However, following reports that Samsung Galaxy S8 sales are already slowing down, Samsung is allegedly brining the Galaxy Note 8 launch forward, back into August again in-line with previous rumours. According to Korean source The Bell, Samsung will launch the Note 8 on August 23, which is earlier than the previous rumoured August date. Does this indicate the Galaxy S8 is not only not selling as well as was hoped at this stage in the year, but is in pretty dire trouble? Who knows, but either way, a mid August launch is what's occuring now. Once again, the event will be branded as Samsung Unpacked, and it will take place in New York, US.
Previous reports indicated Samsung was planning to launch the Galaxy Note 8 on August 26 at a dedicated event in New York. The word came via SamMobile and Naver.com, which stated that this specific date comes from the mouth of an unnamed Samsung official.
This would have made the Note 8 the third handset from the series in a row to not launch at its previously traditional slot at the IFA expo, which takes place in September in Berlin, Germany. Last time Samsung launched there was the Galaxy Note 4. Since then it has hosted its own independent events; both the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy Note 7 (the Galaxy Note 6 was skipped entirely) launched at dedicated events in New York.
The word of a mid-August launch came via The Bell, which is a news website from Samsung's home nation of South Korea; local news sources tend to have their finger on the Samsung pulse in the region, and although we'd suggest taking things with a grain of salt, it remains a fairly believable report.
We know Samsung is keen to get the Galaxy Note 8 out before the iPhone 8 sony replacement parts , so a mid-August release sounds about right, as it gives Samsung a free run at the market for a good month or two.
The latter part of 2017 will be INSANELY competitive with releases from Apple, Samsung, Nokia and OnePlus all competing for your hard-earned bucks. Expect HUGE marketing campaigns from Samsung and Apple, alongside a big push from OnePlus online.
We have seen plenty of leaks about the iPhone 8, so come September there shouldn’t be too many surprises. What Apple has created, though, is suitably impressive and should easily win over a lot of floating voters.
The iPhone 8 will be the first time Apple has changed the core design of its iPhone since 2014. This is a big deal for Apple fans and the phone space at large, because new iPhone designs ALWAYS drive massive sales. Just look at what happened with the iPhone 6.
Couple this with big updates to the camera, CPU technology, internal spec and overall performance and you’re looking at one hell of an update. The A11 chipset that will power the iPhone 8 is now in production and should be a market-leader once it land inside the iPhone 8.
Samsung definitely has its work cut out for it in this regard. No doubt the company will be spending big bucks advertising the Galaxy Note 8 and Galaxy S8 once the iPhone 8 drops. But even with this it is difficult to see how Samsung could out-sell Apple in 2017/18, when analysts are predicting 100+ million sales of the iPhone 8 before the close of 2017.
Back at the beginning of the year, sources suggested Samsung was being careful with this year’s Note release – lest we forget what happened with the Note 7 – but it now seems as if Samsung is happy with the phone and is confident that it won’t blow up.
