The Galaxy Note 8 is Finally Official

As expected, the Galaxy Note 8 finally went official hours ago at an exclusive Samsung event in New York City. To no one's surprise, the Note 8 looks exactly like it did in the leaked images and carries the exact same specifications from those leaks as well. Nevertheless, it is a wonderful smartphone and here's a clean and confirmed final look at its specs on paper.

Dimensions: 162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm (6.40 x 2.94 x 0.34 in)

Weight: 195 g (6.88 oz)

Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel

Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

 - IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes

- Stylus

- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)

Display: 6.3 inches (83.2% screen-to-body ratio) Super AMOLED, 1440 x 2960 pixels (~521 ppi pixel density) QHD+

Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Protection

 - HDR10 compliant

- 3D Touch (home button only)

- Always-on display

- Grace UX UI

Android 7.1.1 (Nougat)

Chipset: Exynos 8895 Octa - EMEA/Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 - USA & China

CPU: Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz) - EMEA/Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - USA & China

GPU: Mali-G71 MP20 - EMEA/Adreno 540 - USA & China

microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) - single-SIM model

microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual-SIM model

Internal storage: 64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM

Primary camera: Dual 12 MP, f/1.7 & f/2.4, OIS, phase detection autofocus, 2x optical zoom, dual-LED (dual tone) flash; 1/2.55" sensor size, 1.4 µm pixel size @ 26 mm, 1/3.6" sensor size, 1.0 µm pixel size @ 52 mm

Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto H

Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec.

Secondary camera: 8 MP, f/1.7, autofocus, 1/3.6" sensor size, 1.22 µm pixel size, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto HDR

3.5mm jack 

 - 32-bit/384kHz audio

- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot

Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, EDR, LE

NFC: Yes

USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2

- Samsung Desktop Experience support

- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)

- Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)

- ANT+ support

- Bixby Voice natural language commands and dictation

- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.265 player

- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player

- Photo/video editor

- Document editor

Non-removable Li-Ion 3300 mAh battery

Colors: Midnight Black, Maple Gold, Orchid Grey, Deep Sea Blue

Price: N/A (Expected to be more than 1,000 Euros)