The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is finally, officially here. With top-of-the-range specs, Samsung's best camera yet, a huge (and gorgeous-looking) 6.3-inch screen, plus the usual Note S Pen stylus, it's designed to take on the best that Apple and Google will have to offer in the coming months.
If you're new to the Note series, these "phablets" are usually oversized versions of the Galaxy phones that Samsung launches each year – with bigger screens and a stylus, the idea is the Note devices are more serious and more professional, though the gap between the Notes and the normal Galaxy phones isn't as big as it used to be.
Last year was a major disaster, with the Galaxy Note 7 eventually recalled after going up in flames one too many times, which means the level of interest around the Note 8 is even greater than normal. It looks like Samsung has delivered on the hype, and there are a lot of functions and features packed into this handset, many relying on the S Pen: Instantly translating a page, for example, or making handwritten notes on the lock screen.
That 6.3-inch screen follows the same "Infinity Display" template as the Galaxy phones launched earlier this year, with minimal bezels, a stretched 18.5:9 aspect ratio, and a resolution of 1,440 x 2,960 pixels (522 ppi).