SAMSUNG BEGINS PRE-REGISTRATIONS FOR THE GALAXY NOTE 8 IN INDIA

SAMSUNG HAS LISTED ITS LATEST NOTE 8 SMARTPHONE FOR PRE-REGISTRATION ON ITS INDIA WEBSITE. THE PHONE WAS LAUNCHED IN US LAST WEEK AT A PRICE OF $930, WHICH ROUGHLY TRANSLATES TO RS 59,500 BUT IS YET TO LAUNCH IN INDIA.

WITH PRE-REGISTRATION ON THE SAMSUNG WEBSITE GET LATEST UPDATES ABOUT THE DEVICE RIGHT TO YOUR MAILBOX/PHONE, INCLUDING THE NOTIFICATION AS TO WHEN THE PHONE WILL LAUNCH IN INDIA. AS OF NOW, RUMOURS SAY NOTE 8 WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PRE-BOOKING FROM 11TH SEPTEMBER -- A DAY BEFORE APPLE ANNOUNCED ITS NEW IPHONES -- WITH SHIPPING TO BEGIN LIKELY TO START ON SEPTEMBER 25TH. THERE IS NO OFFICIAL WORD FROM THE COMPANY ON THIS YET. BUT THE LISTING CONFIRMS THAT IT WILL COME TO INDIA.

GALAXY NOTE 8 IS THE SUCCESSOR TO THE UNFORTUNATE NOTE 7 THAT CARRIES FORWARD THE NOTE LEGACY. IT COMES WITH A STYLUS - THE S PEN AND THIS TIME AROUND, THERE ARE DUAL CAMERAS AT THE BACK, A GALAXY S8-LIKE INFINITY DISPLAY AND LATEST QUALCOMM SNAPDRAGON 835 CHIPSET.

 SAMSUNG'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE KOH DONG-JIN RECENTLY SAID THEY ARE AIMING TO SELL OVER 11 MILLION UNITS OF THE NOTE 8 WORLDWIDE. THERE IS NO OFFICIAL WORD ON THE INDIA PRICING AS OF NOW, BUT RUMOURS SAY IT COULD HIT THE RS 69,900 MARK. THIS IS ALSO EVIDENT FROM THE FACT THAT THE 6GB VARIANT OF THE GALAXY S8+ IS CURRENTLY PRICED AT RS 74,900.

THE GALAXY NOTE 8 ALSO COMES WITH 6GB OF RAM WITH ON-BOARD STORAGE OPTIONS FOR 64, 128 AND 256GB. IT IS ALSO THE FIRST SMARTPHONE FROM SAMSUNG TO COME WITH DUAL CAMERAS. WHILE ONE OF THE 12-MEGAPIXEL SENSOR HAS AN F/1.7 APERTURE AND OIS, THE SECOND 12-MEGAPIXEL SENSOR COMES WITH AN F/2.4 APERTURE, 2X OPTICAL ZOOM AND OIS (IPHONE 7 PLUS MISSES OUT THIS). THE DUAL CAMERA SYSTEM, IN ADDITION TO ALLOWING FOR WIDE ANGLE AND 2X ZOOM PHOTOS, ALSO COMESWITH A FEATURE CALLED LIVE FOCUS THAT ALLOWS FOR FANCY PORTRAIT SHOTS, IN REAL TIME, MUCH LIKE THE IPHONE 7 PLUS' PORTRAIT MODE.

JUST TO ENSURE THE PHONE BATTERIES DON'T SUFFER THE SAME FATE AS THE NOTE 7, SAMSUNG HAS INVESTED A GREAT DEAL OF RESEARCH IN BATTERY TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IT REVEALED DURING THE GALAXY S8 LAUNCH. IN ADDITION TO THE STANDARD TESTS, THE GALAXY S8 AND S8+ BATTERIES HAVE BEEN PUSHED THROUGH 8 OTHER TESTS TO MEET THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SAFETY STANDARDS.