Galaxy Note 8: Samsung’s follow-up to exploding Note 7 to become unveiled on 23 August

Samsung should be to unveil the follow-up for the exploding Galaxy Note 7, anticipated to be named the Galaxy Note 8, on 23 August.

The South Korean electronics firm posted to Twitter a “save the date” to the unveiling from the Note 8 at one of many company’s “Unpacked” events, complete with a gif showing a representation with the new design.

The Note 8 is anticipated to consider model of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+, which feature curved screens and minimal bezels both for the sides at the top part and bottom of your devices, to another extreme.

The Note series has typically been the most important in the top-end Samsung devices, together with the Note 7 creating a 5.7in screen which includes a 16:9 ratio, rendering it 0.2in bigger to the diagonal than last year’s 5.5in Galaxy S7 Edge. The Galaxy S8+ includes a 6.2in screen by using a longer screen format than previous Samsung devices, that means the Note 7 will have a screen even in excess of that.

The Note series originally defined the large-screens smartphone “phablet” category this season, a product formfactor containing slowly moved from a niche product towards mainstream, when using the tastes smartphones provided by screens in excess of 5in over the diagonal, many more than 5.5in, which has been long considered gigantic.

But the Note 8 has some making up ground to do. The Galaxy Note 7 launched to critical acclaim which didn’t foresee problems with it design that caused overheating as well as the phones to hook really good. Samsung could not one, but two recalls mainly because it attemptedto fix troubles and resell the devices, though the problems forced so that it is discontinued.

The company released upshot of research that blamed flaws in design and creation of batteries offered by two battery makers. The recalls and brand damage limitation cost Samsung huge pounds.

At the start of July, Samsung took reclaimed Note 7 devices and repackaged these for a compact, safer battery to dispose of in limited quantities within Columbia since the Galaxy Note Fan Edition began this morning its efforts to minimise waste. Those efforts also have recycling recalled Note 7 handsets for materials.

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