Samsung Galaxy Note 8: Technical Specifications and Business Value

This essay provides a comprehensive technical and business overview of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8. It begins with a description of the device, highlighting its release date and key components such as the Exynos 88-90 5 chipset and the 6.3-inch quad HD screen protected by Gorilla Glass. The essay details the phone's features, emphasizing the dual 12-megapixel cameras with optical image stabilization and various software modes, including a unique Portrait mode. It further explores the phone's specifications, including available colors, water resistance, and the functionalities of the S Pen for drawing, live messages, and language translation. The analysis also covers the device's memory, battery life, and sensors. The essay concludes by discussing the value and reasons for purchasing the Galaxy Note 8, focusing on the camera quality, sound system, dual biometrics, secure folder, and the S Pen functionality, ultimately portraying the device as user-friendly and appealing.

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Description
The electronic device that is known as a mobile phone has been useful to all the
individuals across the globe. This essay discusses about Samsung Galaxy Note 8 which is an
Android tablet smartphone designed and developed as it is marketed by the Samsung
electronics. The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 was unveiled on September 15, 2017. As per the
research, the Galaxy Note 8 is part by the Exynos 88-90 5 chipset which is an octa processor.
It is called the Octa processor as it has a six point three inch quad HD screen. This particular
phone is protected by the Gorilla Glass which has 6 gigabytes of Ram and sixty four GB of
internal storage. In the United States, it is sold with 64 GB of internal storage along with
Micro SD card support (Gunnar, Dyrkolbotn, and Stefan Axelsson). It further increases the
storage to 128 GB and 256 GB internationally. This phone comes with a 6.30 inch touch
screen display with a resolution of 1440 pixels by to 2960 pixels. The senior Vice President
of the product strategy Justin denison explain that the consumers of Galaxy Note 8 will be
able to watch movies on a cinematic screen.
Figure 1: Samsung Galaxy Note 8
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Features
Samsung heavily pushed the display with the above-mentioned screen size that had
strongly mooted. This phone gives a resolution of 4K, which will eventually make the
customers go for this particular electronic device of Samsung. Samsung has equipped the
note 8 with two 12 megapixel cameras (Majid and Naik). The regular angle lens has an
aperture of f / 1.7 and the telephoto lens is f / 2.4. It has been observed that both the senses
over an optical image stabilisation. This acts as a benefit as it allows Note 8 to utilise the
telephoto camera frequently as an alternative of defaulting to the regular camera in situations
of low light. Without having a dual camera comes with the plethora of the new software
modes which makes it a better reason for the consumers to opt for this phone (Shani).
However, Samsung has its own take on the Portrait mode that blurs the background behind
the subject that is being focused. It gives an option to dial the effect up or down as per the
requirement of the user instead of being stuck with just the modes of on and off. Another
benefit of the camera section of this phone is the dual capture mode that stitches all the
photos together from both cameras and save them individually. The brightness of the screen
can go upto 1200 nits (Specht, C., et al). The features of Galaxy Note 8 are there for
Classyand edgy as it looks.

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Figure 2: Features of Samsung Galaxy Note 8
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Specifications
This phone is available in various colours including Maple gold, Deep Blue Sea,
midnight black, star pink and Orchid Gray. The colours make it look more appealing to the
consumers all across the world. One of the major pros of this particular device is that it is
water resistant. This means a user does not have to worry about the phone getting wet. This is
because Samsung has designed the Galaxy Note 8 with a durable aluminium and a solid glass

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flat panel which protects the phone from the water and dust and makes it resistant. Unlike the
other ranges of Samsung Galaxy, Note 8 offers a few fresh tricks related to S pen. The user
can hence get 200 pages of notes in the screen that is off memo board that activates once the
S Pen is pulled out with the display being turned off. The purpose of the S Pen is to draw, live
messages, GIFS and other available apps and social media (Mrinal and Roumeliotis). The S
Pen can be easily and instantly translate sentences into 71 languages. Therefore, this concept
of S Pen and the first e dual camera is the major plus point to upsell the consumers of
Samsung on the more expensive note. The premium price of Galaxy Note 8 is $1000. As per
the platform the note 8 tips with Android 7.1.1. This version of Android can be upgradable to
Android 8.4 known as oreo. Regarding the memory card slot, it states that it is a dual sim
model that can go up to 400 GB. This phone has a 3300 mah battery based on which the user
can speak on the phone up to 22 hours at a stretch. The specific features of Samsung Galaxy
Note 8 include the sensors, which consists of the accelerometer, Iris scanner, barometer,
fingerprint, proximity, heart rate and compass. In terms of messaging it allows the user to
SMS, email and MMS. Thereafter it can be stated that this phone has the loudspeaker voice
of 67dB in general and for the ring quality 71dB. It supports fast charging and a wireless
charging even with the fast charger that is supplied with the phone itself (Kor and
Omotosho). This phone takes up Qualcomm quick charge within a period of 1 hour 30
minutes. Thus, it can be stated that Samsung for this product has offered equalization options
to its customers along with the headphone output.

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Figure 3: Specifications of Samsung Galaxy Note 8
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Value and reasons for purchasing
These were the major specifications of Galaxy Note 8 which makes it very appealing
for the consumers to purchase by keeping the price in mind. However, the basic reasons for
opting for this phone r the quality of the camera, music, dual biometrics, S-pen and secure
folder. The camera of Galaxy Note 8 works wonders as it does the job of the DSLR. The
pictures captured in Galaxy Note 8 pushes the boundaries of a reality little and make it look
very realistic. Along with the camera, it is developed the perfect sound system for the phone.
It provides presets for different age groups that boost the overall sound to compensate for the
alterations in hearing as per age. The best and innovative part of this phone is that it has both
a fingerprint and an Iris scan. This shows that it gives a couple of options as to how the user
will unlock the phone is time he or she picks it up. There after comes the security folder
which allows an individual to lock many apps away and keep the files away from prying

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eyes. Lastly, the obvious feature of the S Pen gives the user and ability to both write notes
from the lock screen as well as display them there itself. Thus, it is noteworthy to mention
here that Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is a user friendly and appealing electronic device an
individual should purchase.

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