Samsung Galaxy Note8 ‘Winter Olympic Games’ Edition Unveiled

Samsung, the South Korean technology giant, has unveiled Galaxy Note8 Winter Olympic Games Limited Edition at an international event. The phone will be limited to 4000 units and will be made exclusively for participating Olympians and officials managing the event.

This year, the games are scheduled to start in PyeongChang (Korea). Winter theme on the phone is celebrated through white glass back on each Note 8. All the phones will also carry the five ring symbol for more connected feel with the event.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is a powerful smartphone with 6.3-inch display carrying gorilla glass 5 protection and 18.5:9 ratio. International version of Note 8 comes with Snapdragon 835 processor, 6GB of RAM and up to 256GB of internal storage.

The price for Note 8 in India starts at INR 67,900 and gets 64GB of internal storage. It is the most powerful device in Samsung India’s present day lineup. Samsung offer dual 12MP rear cameras for class leading shots while front comes with an 8MP camera.

Specs of Note8 Winter Olympic Games Edition

• 6.3-inch Quad HD+ (2960 × 1440 pixels) Super AMOLED
• Infinity display with 522ppi, 18.5:9 aspect ratio
• Water and dust resistant (IP68) | Sensors: Accelerometer, Barometer
• Fingerprint Sensor, Gyro Sensor, Geomagnetic Sensor, Hall Sensor
• Heart Rate Sensor, Proximity Sensor, RGB Light Sensor, Iris Sensor
• 12MP Dual Pixel rear camera with LED Flash, f/1.7 aperture
• Wide-angle lens, OIS, secondary 12MP camera with telephoto lens
• f2.4 aperture, OIS, 2x optical zoom, up to 10x digital zoom
• 8MP auto focus front-facing camera with f/1.7 aperture, wide-angle lens
• Pressure Sensor | Dimensions:162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6mm; Weight: 195g
• Samsung Exynos 9 Series 8895 processor (India)
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor (Global)
• Mali-G71 MP20 GPU | 6GB LPDDR4 RAM with 64GB storage
• Expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD | Android 7.1.1 (Nougat)
• Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
• 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4/5GHz), VHT80 MU-MIMO, Bluetooth v 5.0
• GPS with GLONASS, USB Type-C 3.1, NFC, MST | 3300mAh battery
• Fast charging both on wired and wireless (WPC and PMA)