The Galaxy Note 8 will be announced later this year

May 15, 2017 17:30 GMT  ·  By

Now that Samsung released its Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ flagships, the focus is on the upcoming Galaxy Note 8. The smartphone will be the successor to last year’s Note 7, which ultimately represented a disaster for the Korean company.

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 is crucial for the survival of the Galaxy Note line and Samsung intends to launch a model that would rebuild the crushed image of this series of smartphones. A post on Weibo (via The Android Soul) suggests that the Galaxy Note 8 will have a 6.3-inch display, which is quite similar to the 6.4-inch screen size that we’ve heard of in the past.

Such a display size shouldn’t be surprising, considering that Samsung’s Galaxy S8+ has a 6.2-inch screen, while another 0.1-inch would make the Infinity Display even more appealing, presuming that such a screen will be placed on the Note 8.

Still, it would be quite a leap from the 5.7-inch screen on last year’s Galaxy Note 7, but a natural move, seeing how the Galaxy Note series does feature devices that reached phablet-size standards. Moreover, the 6.2-inch Galaxy S8+ was well received on the market, revealing that some customers are very interested in smartphones with a larger display.

Fingerprint sensor built into the display

The post also mentions that the Galaxy Note 8 will come with a dual-camera setup on the back, but it won’t be Samsung’s first smartphone with two lenses on the rear panel. Reportedly, Samsung intends to test the market’s reaction to a dual-lens system with a Galaxy C phone, set to release before the Galaxy Note 8.

Another feature that would make the Note 8 highly appealing is the fingerprint sensor embedded into the display. Samsung attempted to do this with the Galaxy S8, but the technology wasn’t ready for mass production. Hopefully, Samsung will manage to solve any issues and release a Galaxy Note 8 with no home button or fingerprint sensor on the back, the compromise that the company had to make with the Galaxy S8. That being said, take the information with a grain of salt, at least until more details emerge.