Galaxy Note 8 rumored to get a dual rear camera and a 6.4-inch display
Even as the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus are
only a few days away from their official launch, rumors about the company’s
next flagship device, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, have started to hit the
Internet. The latest report claims the Note 8 could be the first phone from
Samsung with a dual rear camera setup.
9to5Google reports that the rumors come
from the usually reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities. He claims the
Note 8’s rear cameras will be better than the ones on the current iPhone 7 Plus
from Apple, and could match the rear cameras that are rumored for the upcoming
iPhone 8. Kuo says they will include a 12 MP wide-angle CIS supporting dual
photodiodes, along with a 13 MP telephoto CIS, plus dual 6P lenses and dual
OIS. He also reports the cameras will have a 3x optical zoom feature. You may
remember that Samsung was creating prototypes of the Galaxy S8 Plus with a dual
rear camera, but the company decided to cancel those plans for the phone.
Kuo also claims the Galaxy Note 8 will have a
6.4-inch QHD+ OLED display, compared to the 5.7-inch display on the
recalled Galaxy Note 7 and the 5.8-inch and 6.2-inch displays on the Galaxy S8
and S8 Plus, respectively. He also says the phone will have a rear-facing
fingerprint sensor, similar to the new Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus. Finally, he
claims the processor inside the Note 8 will be either Samsung’s own Exynos
8895 chip or the Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8998 (Snapdragon 835) processor,
depending on the market where the phone is released.
In related news, Kuo now believes that sales
of the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus will be better than first expected, due to the
solid public reception for their large edge-to-edge displays. As a result, he
has increased his shipment estimates for those phones from between 40 million
and 45 million units to between 50 million and 55 million units.
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