![]() The Galaxy S8 Plus, for comparison, cost $829 (£779, AU$1,349) at launch, but you can now get Plus for around $750 in the US, while Galaxy S8 deals make the smaller version almost half the price of the Note 8. Either way, it’s going to be the most expensive smartphone you’ve ever bought. The Note 8 price is $929 (£869, AU$1,499), and US carriers have it for as much as $40 a month for 24 months, though we’d suggest getting the unlocked carrier-agnostic version. Pre-orders are open now, and some users are getting the phone early – as soon as this week. The Galaxy Note 8 release date is Friday, September 15 in the US and UK, while Australia will get the new phone on September 22. ![]() Release date: September 15 in US and UK, September 22 in Australia. ![]() Pre-order deals are legitimately good and help alleviate the high price.At $929 (£869, AU$1,499), it’s the most expensive phone you’ll buy.The Samsung Galaxy Note 8’s biggest test could be just around the corner, with rumors of an all-new iPhone X with borderless display, facial recognition and an equally sizable prize tag launching on September 12.įor now though, the Note 8 rules supreme in the big-screen, big-power, big-price arena. The Note 8 costs more than the S8 Plus, although if you’re going to sink a lot of money into a device that you use everyday, you may as well go all the way.Ĭan your wallet, and the extent of your grip, handle the Note 8? That’s pretty much all that you – if you have faith in Samsung again – need to ask yourself before buying this phone. If you want top-of-the-line specs, the most advanced camera, a stunning display, and streamlined multitasking on a phone, you’re really going to pay for them. The on-screen button that replaces it works fine, but the fingerprint sensor is located on the back of the device and off-center – it’s a textbook flawed design, and the alternative iris scanner doesn’t always work when you want to unlock the phone. The big screen also comes at the cost of the Note’s usual oval-shaped fingerprint sensor home button. You’re going to need a Note 8 case to confidently hold this unwieldy glass beast, and two hands to operate it. It’s too big for some – it’s technically Samsung’s best, but not the best for everyone. It does, however, cost you in three ways. This is the most powerful Samsung phone yet. Why buy this instead of the 6.2-inch Galaxy S8 Plus? The extra tenth of an inch doesn’t really matter, but loyal Note fans adore the S Pen functionality, power users are going to benefit from the 6GB of RAM, and we loved the superior dual-lens camera in our tests – you will too. The Note 8 acts like a big, borderless glass canvas for your important handwritten notes and masterpiece doodles The S Pen stylus returns, and it has a larger 6.3-inch ‘Infinity Display’ to work with – but one that doesn’t increase the dimensions of the actual phone too much.
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