TECHNOLOGY:Samsung Galaxy Note 8 vs Galaxy S8+ design, specifications, and more: Here’s what has changed

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 has finally been launched, and the flagship smartphone will hit the shelves in the US starting September 15. The Galaxy Note 8 takes several cues from Samsung’s Galaxy S8 series smartphones, including the larger screen size. With a 6.3-inch Infinity display, Samsung says the Galaxy Note 8 is its biggest Note device ever. Just like the Galaxy S8, the Note 8 smartphone gets a widescreen 18:9 ratio, and it has been designed to easily fit in users’ hand.
As with other Note devices, Samsung Galaxy Note 8 ships with S Pen. The S Pen has a 0.7 mm tip, thinner than 1.6 mm in the one that was released with the Galaxy Note 5. There’s a button on the side of the device that can be pressed to use the S Pen as an eraser. It has 4096 levels of pressure and other features include live message, smart select, Bixby Vision, and more.
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 comes with company’s voice assistant Bixby, which was unveiled with Galaxy S8 series smartphones. Both Galaxy Note 8 and S Pen are rated IP68, which makes the devices dust and water resistant. So how do Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones really differ in terms of design, specifications, and features? We take a look:
Samsung Galaxy Note 8, Galaxy S8+ Design and Display
Samsung Galaxy S8+ and Galaxy Note 8 look similar in terms of design, except the latter has more squarish edges. Both feature dual edged curved glass back and and bezel-less, edge-to-edge (Infinity) display covering the entire front. There’s no physical home button on either of the two smartphones, and fingerprint scanner has been shifted to the back.
Coming to display, the Galaxy Note 8 gets a 6.3-inch Quad HD+ Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 2960 x 1440 pixels and a pixel density of 521 ppi. Samsung Galaxy S8+ has a slightly smaller 6.2-inch Quad HD+Super AMOLED screen. The display in both Galaxy Note 8 and Galaxy S8+ is dual edge. Unlike Galaxy S8+, the Galaxy Note 8 ships with S Pen.

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