Samsung Galaxy Note 8: Company starts pre-orders, check out release date and features of the smartphone

Samsung has started the pre-order bookings for its newly launched Galaxy Note 8. The smartphone will be released officially on September 15.

Samsung has commenced taking pre-orders for only a few countries which include the United States and the United Kingdom. The tech giant is expected to start pre-orders for its home country, South Korea on September 7, according to media reports.

It is still not known when the pre-order would start in the Indian market. Reports suggest the smartphone can be released in the country in early October.

As a matter of fact, the cost price of Galaxy Note 8 has not been revealed by the company. The cost of the smartphone is expected to be above $1000.

Galaxy Note 8 64GB model is being sold in the United States at a price of $929 including taxes. In Indian currency, it amounts to approx Rs 60,000.

There are reports which indicate that the actual production cost of the model is $350 (approx. Rs 23,000).

Talking about the features of Samsung Galaxy Note 8, it has a 6.3-inch AMOLED quad HD display with a pixel resolution of 2960 x 1440. The smartphone is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 835/ Exynos octa core SoC.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is backed by a RAM of 6GB & internal storage of 64GB and also supports microSD card.