Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Releasing

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8

Samsung is now taking the precaution of sourcing its battery cells from a new supplier; reports state the firm will bring in fellow Korean OEM LG, or at least its subsidiary, LG Chem, to produce battery cells for the Galaxy Note 8. As far as we are aware, LG hasn't produced an exploding battery smartphone to date, so this SHOULD mean the Galaxy Note 8 will be a safe device for consumers.

Galaxy Note8

New word has emerged following the Galaxy S8 launch suggesting that Samsung is already hard at work on the Galaxy S9 for 2018. This is not too surprising given how the industry works.

The news comes via Korean publication The Bell, which cites unnamed inside industry tipsters who allege that Samsung has been working on the new display panel for the Galaxy S9 since March this year. If this is true, it means Samsung is six months ahead of the schedule it had in place for the Galaxy S8 in 2016.

The report goes on to add that systems Samsung has put in place following the Galaxy Note 7 "explosiongate" debacle have streamlined its development processes. This greater efficiency is thought to be the cause of Samsung being able to have the Galaxy S9 already on the drawing board.

"Since late last month, a display team for the S9 has started the development work with aims to supply samples from mid-April. About a month after the display, other key parts such as modules are expected to be developed in phases," said one of the sources.

However, of REAL interest right now is that this tip-off also brings us word of the Galaxy Note 8. Allegedly it will feature the largest Samsung smartphone display to date at 6.32in. What's more, although the feature was rumoured for the Galaxy S8 and did not appear on launch, the Galaxy Note 8 will apparently feature a fingerprint sensor embedded under the display glass.

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The Galaxy Note 8's dual-camera hardware will be better than the equivalent dual-snapper on current-gen iPhone 7 Plus. This is according to the latest research note from Ming-chi Kuo, the prominent analyst from KGI Securities who has a reputation for being accurate regarding Apple rumours.

In the note, Kuo said the dual-camera on the Note 8 will be "the most important upgrade" for the handset. It's believed it will feature a 13MP wide-angle lens, as well as a 12MP telephoto lens, both will feature optical image stabilisation (OIS) and 6-element lenses, and the setup will be capable of 3x optical zoom. Kuo also reaffirmed existing rumoured specs including a 6.4in QHD+ Super AMOLED display, and either Exynos 8995 or Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processing hardware.