Just in time for the market launch of the Galaxy Note 8 (test) on September 15, Samsung today released a firmware update for the smartphone, which has already arrived at the test device of the editorial team. The update brings improvements for the camera and cordless charging and should generally increase the performance.
Samsung’s changelog does not show what changes have been made in detail. The talk is among other things of an improved stability of the camera. In the test of the smartphone however were no stability problems occurred. Inductive charging has also been improved according to Changelog. In addition, Samsung will generally have increased the performance of the device.
Samsung has not used the opportunity to update the operating system from Android 7.1.1 nougat to Android 8.0 Oreo (test) or to update the current September security patches for Android, which Google has released a few days ago. The Galaxy Note 8 remains at the market start on the August stand.
| Samsung Galaxy Note 8 | |
|---|---|
| Software: (upon appearance) |
Android 7.1 |
| Display: | 6,30 Zoll 1.440 × 2.960, 522 ppi WQHD+ Super AMOLED, HDR, Gorilla Glass 5 |
| Service: | Touch, Stylus, Fingerabdrucksensor, Iris-Scanner, Gesichtsscanner, Status-LED |
| SoC: | Samsung Exynos 8895 4 × Exynos M2, 2,31 GHz 4 × Cortex-A53, 1,69 GHz 10 nm, 64-Bit |
| GPU: | Mali-G71 MP20 546 MHz |
| RAM: | 6.144 MB LPDDR4 |
| Storage: | 64 GB (+microSD) |
| Camera: | 12,0 MP, 2160p LED, f/1,7, AF, OIS |
| Secondary camera: | 12,0 MP, f/2,4, OIS, AF |
| Front camera: | 8,0 MP, 1440p Display-Blitz, f/1,7, AF |
| Secondary front camera: | Nein |
| GSM: | GPRS + EDGE |
| UMTS: | HSPA+ ↓42,2 ↑5,76 Mbit/s |
| LTE: | Advanced Pro ↓1.000 ↑150 Mbit/s |
| WLAN: | 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Direct, Miracast |
| Bluetooth: | 5.0 LE |
| tracking Systems: | A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo |
| Other Standards: | USB 3.1 Typ C, NFC |
| SIM card: |
Nano-SIM
Variante
Nano-SIM, Dual-SIM
|
| Battery pack: | 3.300 mAh (12,71 Wh) fest verbaut, kabelloses Laden |
| Size (W × H × D): | 74,8 × 162,5 × 8,60 mm |
| protection: | IP68 |
| Mass: | 195 g |
| Preis: | ab 979 € / ab 999 € |
