SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE8 Camera Test. Now double

Unprofitable stylus

Stylus S Pen is a distinctive feature of the Galaxy Note line. The pen recognizes 4096 degrees of clicking and easily slides across the screen. There is no feeling that scraper on glass: movements natural and smooth.

Why do I need Pen? Draw, write reminders, make note in the photo. Feather draw faster and more convenient than a finger.

You can still draw notes on the locked screen. Give S Pen, click on the button on the side and quickly write "feed Barsika". The reminder flies to the notes, or remains on the lock screen - so that you do not forget about Barsike.

And no, the stylus will not get stuck if insert into the smartphone with the opposite side. And yes, following the trends, S Pen is not afraid of water. Suddenly it will be impatient to write a note in the pool or in the rain?

New features s Pen - "live messages" and "translation". How the first works, you have seen at the beginning of the review. The translation works like this:

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For two weeks of working with Note 8, the stylus came in handy twice: draw the route on the map and translate one word in Instagram. This does not mean that S Pen is a bad thing. Creative and business people will find it apply: This is a responsive and convenient tool for drawing and work. But most people are simply not needed.

Two cameras with zoom and portrait mode

Samsung for the first time equipped his flagship double camera, and the world's first added optical stabilization in both modules. Now you can shoot smooth videos and sharp photos not only in the usual mode, but also with a double optical approximation.

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List the gallery to estimate the quality of the photo with different lighting and different shooting modes.

In our opinion, this is one of the best cameras today. With bad lighting, it may except HTC U11 (). We are waiting for a quick response from LG V30, iPhone 8 and Google Pixel 2.

The main chamber is wide-angle, with a focal length of 26 mm and a diaphragm F / 1.7. The second is a "narrow" telephone with 52 mm. This approximately corresponds to the corner of the human eye review, so it is also suitable for shooting portraits without distorting perspective. Both modules with a resolution of 12 MP.

Maximum blur

Without blur

Move the slider to the left and right to see the difference.

Optical zoom is on many smartphones, such as iPhone 7 Plus. But very cunning: when there is little light, the smartphone closes the "narrow" camera and removes the first, more highlighting. And the object is not optical, but the digital zoom. Because of this, it falls the detail.

Thanks to the optical stabilization and relatively high luminosity of the second chamber (F / 2.4), Galaxy Note 8 continues to shoot on it. Therefore no less noise and lubricants.

And here is the Galaxy Note 8 (left) and the iPhone 7 plus (right) remove portraits in the dark:

It cannot be said that "one year old" iPhone 7 Plus loses Galaxy Note 8. Both allow mistakes with the blurring of small, monophonic parts. The iPhone gives the best detail, but the fee for this is the "grain" pictures.

We will not forget that Apple had a year to improve the processing algorithms, and from the moment the announcement of Galaxy Note 8 has passed two weeks.

The frontal chamber of the Galaxy Note 8 on Lights as the main one - f / 1.7, resolution of 8 megapixel. There is autofocus. With good lighting, the quality is excellent, a low dynamic range is striking in the dark. You can shoot 1440p video with a frequency of 30 frames / s.

The display has no analogues

For a short display Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus was considered the best in the world: experts from DisplayMate Championship title Galaxy Note 8. Its screen is 22% brighter, the viewing angles are more, and the color rendition is more correct.

It is difficult to feel the difference, but that the Galaxy Note 8 display gives a stunning picture, even under the "hard" lighting - the fact is indisputable. Colors covers the entire DCI-P3 range, there is support for HDR10 with a wide dynamic range.

The Galaxy Note 8 "endless" screen is, that is, with thin frames and aspect ratio of 18.5: 9. Therefore, the diagonal of 6.3 inches does not sound like a sentence: typing the text and take pictures with one hand real.

What samsung without the ALWAYS ON function? Here she is also there. This is when the time and notification icons are highlighted on the locked screen, and the battery is not spent. In theory. In fact, 8-10% per day "eats", keep in mind.

Beautiful, but is not too huge?

Externally, Galaxy Note 8 is a strict, serious version. Square corners and flat edges replaced smooth circuit. At the same time, Note 8 has not lost its charm and charm.

The device is protected from water according to IP68 standard, even when S Pen is extracted from the smartphone. If the fluid goes into the groove is not scary. Have you wanted to draw pictures in the rain or by the sea? Dare!

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (6.3 inches) is higher and narrow than Apple iPhone 7 Plus (5.5 inches). Therefore, keep it more convenient.

Many argue that Galaxy Note 8 is grapted than S8 Plus. In fact, there is no difference - both huge. The scanner is still high, it is uncomfortable to reach it, but given the length of the smartphone - dangerous.

It is necessary to intercept the apparatus in the hand, which is not so scary: Galaxy Note 8 is not bad "sticks" to fingers, despite the fully glass case from Gorilla Glass 5. The glass is not afraid of small scratches, but it will not save from cracks.

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Look at Samsung Galaxy Note 8 from all sides

Another way to unlock - on the eye iris. True, people in the subway begin to look strange when after 2-3 attempts highly blow up the smartphone and let the eyes looking into the screen.

Can cope with any tasks

6 GB of RAM in Galaxy Note 8 and 4 GB - in Galaxy S8 Plus. That's the whole difference in the "hardware". Extra 2 GB will hold more applications running, but it does not affect the power. Built-in memory can be 64, 128 or 256 GB.

In Russia and Europe, a version with the Samsung Exynos 8895 processor will be sold, in the USA - with Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. Both eight-core, both are made according to an energy efficient 10-nanometer process. We have a European version on our test, and here's its results in the benchmarks:

In the games, the smartphone is practically not heated. WOT: Blitz on high graphics settings issued the highest possible frame rate - 55-60. Switched screen resolution with Full HD on Quad HD - a couple of times "asked" to 40 frames / s, which is also not bad.

With other "heavy" games, order: Asphalt Extreme, Dead Trigger 2 and Guns of Boom never lag. So business people - namely, the Galaxy Note 8 is calculated on them - will be able to break away in the break. The interface runs smoothly, as it should be flagship.

During the test, the Internet behaved strangely: sometimes the connection was "fell off", when leaving the building, it could not switch from 2G to 4G for a long time, and in the subway and 2g most often did not catch. There was no such thing on the test Galaxy S8 Plus. We hope that there will be no such a firmware on the Galaxy Note 8 with the final firmware.

The sound will like music lovers

Sound quality in Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is no different from Galaxy S8 Plus. One of the best among smartphones, but not the best: now leads HTC U11.

Galaxy Note 8 boasts the DAC from Wolfson, a good headset AKG in the kit and a 3.5 mm audio connector. Samsung is still not amenable to provocations of Apple and HTC, refused by Jack. And this is good.

Alas, stereo speakers in Galaxy Note 8 were not delivered. For two, one speaker is fused on the bottom face, and it turns out not bad: the volume of the volume is large, the sound does not turn into a porridge at the maximum.

You can configure everything

From the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 box running on Android 7.1.1 Nougat, and until the end of autumn, the company promises to roll out Android 8.0 Oreo update. On top of the system - SAMSUNG branded shell.

The interface looks neat and spacious, most of the settings are really useful. But there are so many of them that, most likely, you will never use half.

Double icon from below is called "pair of applications". By pressing it, the screen is divided into two parts, each of which is running the program. You can create any pair.

Samsung does not leave hopes for the success of Bixby and promotes his intellectual assistant. Even a separate button on the housing allocated. The Russian language BIXBY does not yet understand, so boldly assign on this Google Assistant or any other application. For example, via bxactions.

Got rid of jokes about the battery, but what price

The burning batteries Galaxy Note 7 forced Samsung to be reinsured with batteries in Note 8. Capacity reduced to 3300 mAh, and from now on, each party passes a multi-step control. Let me remind you in the Galaxy S8 Plus battery for 3500 mAh.

For a smartphone, where the main page of charge costs is a screen, a loss of 200 mAh is noticeable. Galaxy S8 Plus worked for me from morning to 12 night, and Galaxy Note 8 went to charge at 9 pm. The screen time of the screen also fell: from 5.5-6 hours on Galaxy S8 Plus up to 4.5 hours on Galaxy Note 8.

Falling the survivability confirm the tests. We have flimsy twisted full HD video on the maximum brightness, again charged to 100% and did the same with the SUBWAY SURFERS game. What happened in the end, and how competitors showed themselves - look at the chart:

From the flagship for 70 thousand rubles, you expect maximum opportunities - and Galaxy Note 8 gives them. In addition to maximum autonomy. And she plays not a last role. Especially in the smartphone, which is "sharpened", communication, game and media system.

Pill swee down quick wireless charging and fast wired by Qualcomm QuickCharge 3.0 technology. Half an ocean at the outlet, and the battery is enough for 3-4 hours. Charging from 0 to 100% will take 1 hour and 41 minutes.

Competitors

Fighting with Galaxy Note 8 will be either new flagships or devices from the nearest future - iPhone 8, which will show September 12, and Google Pixel 2.

LG V30 has already entered the battle. He also has an elongated display with thin frames and a double chamber, only instead of zoom - a wide angle. The main module was optical with a diaphragm F / 1.6. In addition, LG V30 is much more profitable: $ 750 against $ 930 for Galaxy Note 8. Sales start on September 21 - a day before the Samsung flagship.

Now the main rival Galaxy Note 8 is collected - Galaxy S8 Plus (

At the disposal of our Internet project turned out to be a new premium smartphone from Samsung - Galaxy Note 8. In technical terms, the novelty is organic continuation of the flagship Samsung Galaxy S8. Among the differences - the screen diagonal has grown to 6.3 inches, the drawing function using the Pen stylus supplied in the kit, a double chamber, 6 GB of RAM, and more severe appearance. At the start of sales, the price of the device as a powerful laptop - from 69,990 rubles. Does Note 8 be able to become a full-fledged computer replacement, and is it good?

A story with self-turning batteries in Note 7 last year did not stop the plans of the Korean company to develop a rule of super-high smartphones. A painstaking work was carried out and now in Samsung assured that no problems with the new Note 8 model would be. Warranty 146%!

The novelty itself turned out to be extremely interesting and rich in terms of functionality. Samsung Galaxy Note 8 has a strict appearance, and the glass and metal housing has been protected against dust and water IP68. The most interesting visible detail of the device was 6.3 inch screen with curved edges on the sides. In the hardware plan, the novelty can boast the highest possible iron: an eight-year EXYNOS 8895 processor, MALI-G71 graphics, 6 GB of RAM. Integrated memory 64 GB, you can add it to microSD memory cards (cards up to 250 GB are supported).

The smartphone has support for all wireless communications - LTE CAT.16, dual-band Wi-Fi, NFC, Samsung Pay. The main chamber received a double module - 12 MPIX each, with the possibility of recording in 4K, optical stabilization and a dozen special modes. Front camera 8 MPIX. To unlock the smartphone, you can use the built-in fingerprint scanner, as well as the recognition sensor of the iris and face recognition. The device comes with a pre-installed Android 7.1.1 Nougat with a Clean UI shell. According to Samsung, the device can be updated to the newest Android versions, including Android 8 Oreo.

Thanks to the DEX docking station, the phone can be turned into a full-fledged computer or its similarity. This is especially true, taking into account the price of Samsung Galaxy Note 8 in 70 thousand rubles.

SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 8 SM-N950F technical parameters

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Characteristic	Description
Case materials:	Aluminum (7000 series), Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Case protection:	class IP68 from water to 30 minutes at a depth of 1.5 meters
Screen:	curved on both sides of Superamoled, diagonal 6.3 inches, resolution 1440x2960 \u200b\u200bPoints (521 PPI), Adaptive setting of colors and brightness, color correction, AlwaySon Display function
CPU:	64-bit exynos 8895 (4 cores up to 2.35 GHz, 4 cores up to 1.9 GHz) 10 nm
Graphic processor:	Mali-G71.
RAM:	6 GB (LPDDR4)
Flash memory:	64 GB (user Available 52.3 GB) + microSD memory card slot (up to 256 GB)
Mobile connection:	2G (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), 3G (850/900/1900/2100 MHz), 4G (including LTE 800, 1800, 2600)
Type SIM card:	Two Nanosim cards, one of which is combined with a memory card slot
Communication and ports:	Wi-Fi 802.11 A / B / G / N / AC (2.4 and 5 GHz), NFC, USB Type C, Bluetooth 5.0, 3.5 mm for headset, Ant +, Samsung Pay, Stylus S Pen, handwriting recognition, 2048 Pressing degrees, drawing and notes app
Navigation:	GPS, AGPS, GLONASS
Sensors:	light Sensor, Approximation, Accelerometer / Gyro, Barometer, Digital Compass, Fingerprint Scanner, Rainbow Eye Scanner, Face Scanner, Vibration Sensor, Heart Rate Sensor
Main camera:	Double, both modules for 12 MPIX, F / 1.7, autofocus, LED flash, recording video 4K, optical stabilizer
Front-camera:	8 MPIX, autofocus, f / 1.7, 1 / 3.6 "
Battery:	valid, 3300 mAh, built-in Wireless WPC / PMA charging, fast charge for 65 minutes
Sizes, weight:	162.5x74.8x8.6 mm, 195 grams
Operating system:	Android 7.1.1 Nougat with Clean UI branded shell
Case Colors:	black (Midnight Black), Golden (MAPLE GOLD), Blue (Blue Saphire)

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Delivery set and first impressions

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The premiumness of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 (SM-N950) is visible absolutely in everything, including packaging. So, the device is supplied in a box of thick cardboard of black color on a super bind magnet. The turning side is a summary of the technical characteristics. The name of the model is applied to the front part. Gadget images are missing.

In the box you can see the device itself, as well as:

Charger Adapter Plug with USB Connector

Cable for Synchronization with USB Computer - USB Type C

MICROUSB adapter on USB Type-C (OTG adapter for connecting external devices)

AKG stereo charter with minijack connector 3.5 mm

Clip for tray with sim cards

Instruction, warranty card

If you take averaged data with a ridiculous mode of use, then you will get two days of autonomous work. Those who use only calls can calmly count on 4 days of work. From the point of view of autonomy, the device differs for the better from the overwhelming majority of Android smartphones.

The device provides several power saving modes. Some of them limits the brightness of the screen backlight, processor frequency. With this scenario, the time of work will increase at least 20%. There is an extreme (maximum) energy saving mode. In this case, the screen displays only white and gray, all applications with the exception of telephone communication, SMS, calendar and alarm clocks are disconnected.

The phone received a quick charging function. Fully battery charging in 1 hour 5 minutes. There is also a built-in wireless charging.

User Interface and Operating System

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 comes with a pre-installed Android 7.1.1 Nougat operating system and Clean UI user interface.

All Samsung's branded programs are available to the owners of the smartphone, including S Health to monitor physical activity and health, voice assistant Bixby, support for gestures, KNOX - for dividing data to personal and workers, etc. The missing programs can be downloaded from the Samsung App Store and Google Play. The model supports the SAMSUNG PAY service.

In the smartphone there are gesture management features, the possibilities of drawing s Pen capable of facilitating and make more convenient everyday use. So, there is support for managing one hand and gestures.

The "Intelligent shooting" function allows you to make a screenshot even hidden screen areas, which is useful when you need to capture the entire page on the Internet or if the text does not fit on one screen.

Using Game Launcher and Game Tools applications, you can turn off the touch control buttons during the game, which will prevent accidental clicks, quickly answer the message, without turning the game, or block any notifications at all.

Stylus s pen.

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As I noted a little higher, on the lower end Galaxy Note 8 there is an electronic pen S Pen. It received a thinner tip, improved sensitivity to pressing strength, as well as new features and functions. Here is some of them.

The Animated Messages feature allows you to share animated texts or pictures with friends using different platforms that support animated gif images.

"Screen Notepad" allows you to store up to 100 points of notes on the phone, which can be done immediately after removing S Pen, "fix" notes on the screen off and subsequently easily edited them.

It also provides an improved translation function using S Pen. It allows you to quickly translate not only individual words, but also entire proposals in 71 languages, as well as convert foreign currencies and units of measure. To do this, it is enough to bring an electronic pen to the desired word on the screen of the smartphone.

Voice Assistant BIXBY

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Voice Assistant S Voice has become Bixby. Samsung fully believes that its development will become something similar to Siri, Cortana or Google Assistant. In addition to the standard Bixby voice command recognition, it seems the context at which the request is pronounced, that is, the behavior of the user; an application that is open at that moment; location, etc. In fact, BIXBY works with Big Data, which accumulates your smartphone.

While the current Bixby functions cannot be called intellectual. The prediction system works correctly only in each second case. To train it, it is necessary that millions of people began to use Bixby, there are no other ways in such systems - the more use, the better they become.

According to analysts, a full version of Bixby with voice teams, prompts and other will be released only in December 2017, along with the device update on Android 8. So waiting.

Camera. Photo and video features

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 got a double main chamber. These are two sensors of 12 MPIX each. One of them is a matrix 1 / 2.55 "with a wide-angle lens (F / 1.7), the second - 1 / 3.6", telephoto (F / 2.4), and it is it that provides a double optical zoom. Phase autofocus is present, there is an optical image stabilization. Due to the increased performance of the system and the fact that the camera module received its own memory, the BURST MODE mode appeared. This mode allows you to make several tens of pictures. In addition, the camera focus faster at objects.

The camera makes slightly the best pictures in difficult lighting conditions. In the settings, you can detect additional modes of shooting, including Pro. The rest of the improvement of the camera is not so significant compared to the predecessors.

The camera interface is made in the traditional SAMSUNG style. There are many settings and pre-installed modes, among which there is a self-portrait, panorama, night, continuous shooting, HDR and the creation of gif animation. Video features allow you to shoot in 4K. In FullHD you can select a frequency of 60 or 30 frames per second. There is optical stabilization.

In manual mode, ISO settings are available values \u200b\u200bof 50, 100, 200, 400, 800. The following shooting modes are available: one snapshot, smile recognition, continuous, panorama, vintage, portrait, landscape, night mode, sports, indoors, beach / snow, Sunset, dawn, autumn colors, fireworks, text, twilight, against light.

The front camera has a resolution of 8 megapixels. It is quite photosensitive (F / 1.7), the matrix 1 / 3.6, "has autofocus. When shooting Selfie, it is possible to correct the skin tone, the face and the size of the eyes. There is also a function of panoramic selfie, although optics and so wide-angle - capture a small company will succeed without special modes.

RESULTS

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is a vivid example of a very interesting premium level device. It is clear that very secured people can afford it. The device is addressed primarily creative and business audience. For the first, it is impossible to use the ability to draw on the screen of the device, as well as take pictures and shoot the high quality video. Double basic camera is very good here. For the second, the smartphone is suitable for work outside the stationary workplace. Here, the function of several windows in different applications is conveniently implemented, the ability to make some notes using the Pen stylus, as well as a very solid battery life even with an extreme load.

To the pluses of the device, I can attribute a chic 6.3-inch screen, which occupies almost the entire front part. In addition, the device has a high-performance hardware stuffing with a large volume of operational and built-in memory. The user interface flies, heavy games and video is working without loading. There is a mode of operation with VR helmets and programs of augmented reality.

I also note the protection against dust and water in the IP68 class. This allows the smartphone to be at a depth of 1.5 meters to 30 minutes. This, of course, does not mean that the phone can be washed under water and, moreover, test water resistance in the washing machine. But if you drop it into the water, then nothing happens to him. It is worth attributing a face recognition, a scanner of a rainbow shell, gesture control, two-band Wi-Fi, NFC, Samsung Pay.

By default, users have an HEALTH application available to monitor its physical activity, KNOXX to create a secure data area. The main chamber also turned out to be at a high level.
Among the minuses can be noted the risk of breaking the smartphone from the first fall on asphalt or stones. But in most cases the screen fails without consequences. Much more critical was the transfer of fingerprint scanner to the rear panel of the smartphone. Because of this, Samsung Pay has become unusual. Also, the minuses include combined with one of the SIM card slot for memory cards.

As for potential SAMSUNG GALAXY Note 8 competitors, only the iPhone 8 Plus comes to mind. Both devices have comparable chamber quality, performance. However, Note 8 looks more interesting in terms of appearance and a variety of technical chips. The device from Samsung is more versatile. It is not necessary to buy accessories worth 7-9 thousand rubles for wireless charging or listening to music at home.

Benefits

High-quality assembly and stylish appearance

Excellent big screen

High performance

LTE CAT support. sixteen

Water and dust protection

Support two SIM cards

AKG headphones included

Face scanner and iris eye scanner

High quality camera

disadvantages

Uncomfortable location of the fingerprint scanner

High price

Combined SIM card slot and memory card

For the day of publication of this test review, you can buy Samsung Galaxy Note8 (SM-N950) at a price of 69,990 rubles.

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Characteristics of Samsung Galaxy Note 8 improved significantly compared to the 2016 smartphone. First of all, the improvements affected the computing power of the device.

With the advent of the Note line, it was distinguished first of all the dimensions of the displays. However, afterwards, the screens of smartphones and grew up between the top S and NOTE, the difference de facto disappeared. However, the manufacturer still needed to somehow dilute the devices on the market, so I had to improve Note.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 received the samsung exynos 8895 processor, which has 8 cores. Four cores are represented by its own modified EXYNOS M2 architecture and have a frequency of 2.3 GHz. The second half is Cortex-A53 with elevated 1.7 GHz. Such cores in less expensive smartphones are used as a productive cluster, they also perform a "economical" role.

Mali-G71 graphics are almost the best that ARM has.

SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 8 has received an enlarged amount of RAM. Now it is 6 GB, which allows him to easily compete with Chinese proposals. There are also several drive options, up to 256 GB. Samsung produced such versions of Galaxu S8 + specifically for the Chinese market.

The device supports the latest versions of wireless communications. It is also about Wi-Fi 802.11ac, and about Bluetooth 5.0, and about the 16th category LTE, which practically goes to a gigabit line of mobile data transmission.

The screen also increased a little: from 6.2 to 6.3 inches. Formally, its clarity decreased, but in reality at 500 ppi and above the human eye will not notice the difference.

A dual camera with an optical zoom and video recording 4K is new and, probably, the main feature for Note 8, not counting the stylus. But we have seen this in all the incarnations of the device, and the camera is for the first time.

A little confuse battery capacity. 3300 mA * h For such frequencies it seems not enough. But let's see how the device will manifest itself in tests. We do not forget what an attempt has led to maximize the battery in Note 7.

Testing productivity

SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 8 has a little rivals. It is logical that SAMSUNG GALAXY S8 + will be spoken. Results must be very close.

In Basemark Benchmark, parity is observed. But Galaxy S8 + is still a little faster.

A browser rendering test indicates that Galaxy S8 + is still a little faster.

In the three-dimensional graphics of Galaxy Note 8 takes its own, as it has a large amount of RAM.

SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 8 IN ANTUTU

In Antutu, more points earns Galaxy S8 +, but the difference is minimal, so it can be associated with the difference in Android versions. Note 8 We received from Android 7.1.1 from the box.

Now we estimate autonomy. As usual, we have done a certain number of action that imitates not a particularly active user: a little video, some music, reading books, viewing websites, calls.

After the test, Samsung Galaxy Note 8 remained 81% of charge, Galaxy S8 + 83% remained. The difference is small, but Note 8 still consumes a little more. At the same time, we note that for such a trimmed gadget as a whole, the result is excellent, that is, the device is guaranteed to last day at intensive load, and if we use without fanatism, then not every day will be included in the outlet.

A major contribution to the power consumption of Galaxy Note 8, of course, makes a large OLED screen. It can be seen that as soon as it turns on, then consumption is growing. Especially good is noticeable when reading. Usually, smartphones in this point energy consumption is no more than 1%. Also, the display Always One still consumes something, so in standby mode there is a charge consumption, albeit small.

Energy saving management is performed in the Optimization menu of the smartphone settings menu. You can also get from the EDGE panel, which leaves the right when the tap on the twisted part of the display, if such a panel is activated in the EDGE settings.

There are two power saving modes, each of them is configured and has its own parameters. Additionally, reduce the load on the GPU by changing the resolution in the screen settings.

In addition, you can configure applications that will have permissions to work in the background. Similarly, it is also possible to prohibit the specific software in the background and updated.

SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 8 games

In games, we wait for the Galaxy Note 8 of the highest results. Everyone must work well.

• RIPTIDE GP2.: Excellent, everything flies;
• Asphalt 7.: Excellent, everything flies;

• ASPHALT 8.: Excellent, everything flies;

• Modern Combat 5.: Excellent, everything flies;

• Dead Trigger.: Excellent, everything flies;

• Dead Trigger 2.: Excellent, everything flies;

• Real Racing 3.: Excellent, everything flies;

• NEED FOR SPEED: NO LIMITS: Excellent, everything flies;

• Shadowgun: Dead Zone: Excellent, everything flies;
• Frontline Commando: Normandy: Excellent, everything flies;

• Frontline Commando 2.: Excellent, everything flies;
• Eternity Warriors 2.: Excellent, everything flies;

• Eternity Warriors 4.: Excellent, everything flies;
• Trial Xtreme 3.: Excellent, everything flies;
• Trial Xtreme 4.: Excellent, everything flies;
• Dead Effect. : Excellent, everything flies;

• Dead Effect 2.: Excellent, everything flies;

• Plants VS Zombies 2: Excellent, everything flies;

• Dead Target.: Excellent, everything flies;

• Injustice.: Excellent, everything flies;

• Injustice 2.: Excellent, everything flies.

No game was able to make Galaxy Note 8 even stumble. Everything is just fine.

Still a decent level of performance, now with additional memory

In April, we already that Galaxy S8 has more than a sufficient level of performance: "In the tests, none of the applications could load Galaxy S8 to the limit. The new smartphone provides more than sufficient performance for all applications, and for two or three years ahead. Of course, if the memory is not a" bottleneck ". The smartphone is equipped with LPDDR4 memory capacity 4 GB. "

Galaxy Note 8 We got the former SOC, but still worth looking at the level of productivity

Samsung has chosen two hardware versions. If in the United States and in some Asian markets, the smartphone is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, then in Europe and Russia - EXYNOS 8895, the same chip as in the smartphones of Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 + - there are no differences in the details. Thus, the four Cortex A53 kernels and four exynos m2 at frequencies of up to 1.7 GHz and up to 2.3 GHz operate in SOC. Note GPU MALI-G71 MP20 at a frequency of 576 MHz. SOC is made by Samsung on 10-nm LPE process.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 provides more than a sufficient level of performance, which is even excessable for everyday scenarios (3DMark Slingshot)

But Samsung decided to change the memory. Compared to Galaxy S8, the LPDDR4 RAM increased from 4 to 6 GB, which theoretically affect performance. In practice, in most cases, the increase is from 1 to 3%, so here we can talk about measurement errors, rather than about the increase. However, there are exceptions that explain quite difficult. Galaxy Note 8 in 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited scored almost 32,000 points by going by 11% Galaxy S8. However, in the case of Slingshot and Slingshot Extreme, it turned out to be 11% slower. Judging by GEEKBENCH 4.1, computational performance turned out to be about 12% less. But in the tests of GFXBENCH Manhattan offscreen and T-Rex offscreen, we received 64 and 121 FPS, that is, approximately the level of Galaxy S8.

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 users will benefit from the UFS speed memory in everyday scenarios (PCMARK)

In any case, Galaxy Note 8 is one of the fastest smartphones on the market. Exynos 8895 Performance is comparable to KIRIN 960 and SNAPDRAGON 835, although from three Soc it is unlikely to highlight the leader, they all occupy the first places with alternate success. So it is unlikely that the performance of the Samsung smartphone will be somewhere missing in the near future. The larger amount of memory also contributes.

Despite the large corps, Samsung has not been able to solve another problem that will affect the practice. Exynos 8895 The Galaxy Note 8 smartphone also includes high load trottling. In the worst case, we get a drop of about 20%, especially the performance of the GPU. However, under the daily loads, trottling is unlikely to show itself, which is true for Galaxy S8.

Almost all conceivable interfaces

Interfaces were transferred with Galaxy S8 almost unchanged. The LTE modem operates with a maximum speed of 1 Gbit / s for downloading and 150 Mbps to download, the wireless module in the MU-MIMO design (802.11ac) also promises a high level of bandwidth when working in WLAN. For small distances and connections with accessories, Bluetooth 4.2 is provided - the new version 5 is not activated due to the lack of drivers, although it is supported by hardware. Of course, it was not without NFC and MST. The latter is designed to work in a pair with Samsung Pay.

If you prefer cable connections, then there is a USB Type C port with USB 3.1 GEN standard support. As a result, you can quickly transmit large amounts of data into the internal memory or from it, especially since the high-speed domestic drive UFS 2.1 is supported, as in the case of Galaxy S8. In the test Androbench reading speed amounted to 403 MB / s, recording speed - 63 MB / s, in PCMark we received 636 and 117 MB / s.

If the built-in 64 GB is not enough, you can use the microSD card slot. But for the memory extension will have to pay support for Dual SIM, the second SIM card uses one slot with a MicroSD card.

The USB Type port C smartphone Galaxy Note 8 provides high bandwidth thanks to the support of USB 3.1 Gen 1, as well as high-speed UFS 2.1 memory.

Galaxy Note 8 has all the usual sensors. The smartphone determines the position in space and acceleration, external brightness and accurate position due to satellite systems. Behind the heart rhythm sensor and a fingerprint scanner. If you do not want to use a fingerprint to unlock the smartphone, you can rely on the face recognition technology. It can be adjusted quickly, in our tests she worked well - there were not so many mistakes. However, it is worth noting that this protection system crafts has already managed to deceive, so the best option remains a fingerprint or good old pin. There is a scanner of an eye iris, which provides a high level of protection, but he again worked unreliable.

In our tests, we did not encounter any problems of telephony or data transmission. There was no unusual WLAN shutdowns, nor strange transitions with LTE on UMTS or GSM. The speakers and microphones provide good quality playback and speech record, the external noise suppression system worked in our tests satisfactory. The second speaker installed on the bottom frame of Galaxy Note 8 is worth using only the speakerphone function. Due to the lack of most of the middle and low frequencies, it is not suitable for listening to music.

Results of the test Galaxy Note 8 According to the results of our test, surpassed everyone: this is at the moment the largest, most expensive (price tag is 69990 rubles) and the best smartphone company Samsung. In this case, its sizes compared to the Galaxy S8 Plus and iPhone 7 Plus can still be called moderate. The real "highlights" of the device are wonderful, unprofitable display, as well as a camera with two lenses and a 2-fold zoom. We liked us and new functionality of the stylus S Pen. As for the size of the built-in memory, here Samsung, due to the high cost of the apparatus, could be a little more generous. It is also a pity that only Android 7 works on the device on the device, and not a new Android 8 Oreo. The advantages are incredibly elegant and at the same time a waterproof body of a very large amoled display with QHD-resolution camera with two lenses and a large number of additional features new, practical functions s PEN flaws despite the high cost, here only 64 GB of built-in memory gets to the fingerprint scanner The center of gravity is too much shifted up at the start of sales is offered only with Android 7, and not with Android 8 test results Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Price / quality ratio Average place in general ranking 1 of 119 ratio Price / Quality: 50 Productivity and Management (35% ): 99.9 Equipment (25%): 100 Battery (15%): 87.1 Display (15%): 93.9 Camera (10%): 96.9 Testing Testing Item Results Rating - 97% Editorial Establishment - Custom Evaluation has already rated an estimate after the disaster with Batteries Galaxy Note 7 expectations from the new Galaxy Note 8 are very high. To avoid new problems, Samsung has reduced the battery capacity compared to the preceding model of 200 mAh, that is, the battery capacity is 3300 mAh.

The story with the new Note 8 battery is the most early, that even the minimum "smaller" Galaxy S8 Plus offers 3500 mAh. The above changes were reflected in the performance of the battery testing in the "online" -rezhim: Galaxy Note 8 reaches good 9 hours of 54 minutes, but Galaxy S8 Plus can hold out more than one hour longer. Thanks to the support of fast charging technology, the battery fully restores energy reserves in 113 minutes - it is fast.

An elegant smartphone is in any doubt is high-performance. In Galaxy Note 8, as in S8 and S8 Plus, an eight-year EXYNOS 8895 processor is installed, the clock frequency of which reaches the maximum 2.3 GHz. Despite this "the same", Galaxy Note 8 in our performance tests showed itself a little more faster. In particular, it loaded a rather demanding resource web page and displayed for a wonderful 5.4 seconds (both S8 models needed approximately 8.5 seconds). However, in Note 8, in contrast to Galaxy S8, 6 GB of RAM is installed, and not 4 GB. Whether it provides greater amount of memory higher performance - it is difficult to say, but this in any case allows you to look with confidence in the future.

Color options Note 8 Galaxy Note 8 housing: elegant and while waterproof

Note 8 got a highly elegant appearance that we liked right away as soon as we took the device in hand. Despite all its elegance, thanks to the compliance with the Protective Standard IP86, the case is also waterproof. In the hand, the mobile phone is well lies, however, with its 162 mm turns out to be very long. Not only is it now is not very convenient, if at all placed in the pants pocket, it also felt some advantage of the top if you keep your smartphone for the bottom when the text set.

Located next to the double camera, the fingerprint scanner moved strongly to the top. It is necessary to keep the device at least in the middle to reach your finger to the sensor. Since very many users hold smartphones closer to the bottom, it can deliver some inconvenience. We had to grope the sensor before it turned out. Nevertheless, you can do without this scanner, using the face recognition systems or the iris scanner of the eye to unlock the smartphone. On the device tested, everything worked reliably. Some users, although they proved that the face recognition system can be deceived using the printed image, but we failed to reproduce this trick.

The scanner of the iris is safer thanks to the infrared sensor, even in complete darkness, but when it is used, it is necessary to keep the face directly in front of the phone (at a distance of about 25 cm). If you are involved in the face recognition system, you can keep yourself more at ease - it works even with some slope of the head, loose hair, wearing headphones and even glasses - all this was tried by us.

Display: Warmless and QHD-Resolution

Display: endless splendor

The focus of the novelty attracts, of course, the so-called "Infinity" - Dyspals with ultrashirikim (2960x1440 pixels) by resolution and 6.3-inch diagonal. Fonts, symbols and images look on the display extremely clearly, with typically for amoled technology saturated and bright colors. The screen displays about 150 percent of the RGB standard color space and in manual mode is capable of reaching a good maximum brightness of approximately 484 cd / m2. But with automatic regulation, it switches to the "turbo" brightness when direct sunlight falls on the corresponding sensor. In this case, with more than 700 cd / m2 display begins to glow so much that there are no problems with the reading of content.

Similarly, other models of the Galaxy family from Samsung are also valid. Compared to S8 and S8 Plus, however, we targeted a slightly lower chess contrast (which is hardly noticeable).

If you say briefly: the curious big display visually smartphone gives a lot and really pleases the eye. But such large sizes of the amoled panel have another advantage: you can use two applications at once with each other, for example, whatsapp and google maps. But the SPLITSCREEN function does not work with each application.

SPLITSCREEN function on the screen: practical, but limited by the number of applications supporting it

Camera Note 8: Two lens and 2-fold zoom seriously worked for Samsung and over the camera of his novelty. Note 8 became the first smartphone of this manufacturer with a double chamber, and with an optical image stabilizer for each lens. The main matrix works with the "light-free" maximum diaphragm value in F1.7. In combination with the second matrix, you can smoothly blur the background to the object in the center of the image, as it were to put forward on the front plan. A similar function is already available in smartphones such as iPhone 7 Plus or OnePlus 5, but not with such a thin gradation of the intensity of the bill. During testing, everything worked very smoothly, our tester truly "advanced" to the fore.

We also liked the 2-fold "optical" zoom with F2.4-diaphragm. Since both matrices work with lenses of various focal lengths, television sensor allows you to shoot a scene with a 2-fold increase with very good quality. The results are convincing: compared with the digital increase in the pictures made on the standard lens, the image quality is significantly higher. Who wants to take a picture of remote objects, one must touch the small symbol "2x" on the display. However, the "regular" lens compared to the one that increases the images, allows you to get even more beautiful pictures.

When checking in the walls of our laboratory, it turned out to be convincing photos taken both in daytime lighting and at dusk. Essentially, their quality is at the same time as in Galaxy S8. The best quality with insufficient lighting reaches, however, HTC U11, which in this plan can be said, plays in his own league.

Sainless adjustment of the rear plan disk: during the test it works very smoothly

Improved S PEN: Rational Stylus Functions

What makes Galaxy Note Real Note? That's right, stylus. Thus, and Note 8 has an "electronic pen", which you can fully stubcide into the housing. It, however, leaves some kind of plastic feeling, and its small activation button is not very convenient. Here we would like to see a better accessory.

Samsung integrates new features that are partly familiar to us on Tab S tablet. For example, one of these functions is called "Screen Off Memo". With it, you can make handwritten notes directly on the locked screen, for example, to draw a list of purchases or mark on it already put in the basket. In addition, such notes immediately rush to your eyes as soon as you take a smartphone in your hands. Another interesting feature is a real-time translation. So, you can translate individual words and entire proposals over which keep the tip s Pen. Although the function is quite interesting, the quality of translation of the proposals is not visible to excellent. In addition, this little stylus must be kept above the screen at all. Not one point - the system could work and quickly.

LIVE-translation: Note 8 translates whole phrases

Cost and accessories: only well-secured

Note 8 is the most expensive mobile phone from Samsung: you will have to lay out about 70 thousand rubles. Such a price tag can do an impressive hole in the budget. Therefore, you can consider a reasonable idea that if the user is able to live without a Pen stylus and a double camera, then in the face of Galaxy S8 Plus, he will be able to find no worse, but noticeably more affordable alternative. By the way, along with the usual version, Samsung sells both a Dual-SIM support model.

Who will have time to arrange pre-ordered until September 21 - will receive Samsung Dex docking station for free. Otherwise, then it will have to pay extra. At the same time, we are talking about a device that does not represent an inductive charging, but by giving the ability to use the phone as a desktop computer. This approach makes sense primarily for games, for example, if you want to play at home on the big screen. Working with office applications will be also more convenient.

Golden Case: Suitable for an indiscreet price tag for almost 70 thousand rubles.

Specifications Note 8 Display: 6.3 inches, 2960 x 1440 pixels (QHD)

Sizes, weight: 162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm, 195 grams

Display Type: AMOLED, Flashless

Processor: Exynos 8895, manufactured by 10-nm technical process, eight cores, 64 bits, 2.3 GHz RAM: 6 GB

SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE TESTING Results 8 Features and test results SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 8 Price / quality ratio 50 OS when testing Android 7.1.1 with Samsung Experience 8.1 UX Actual Android OS 7.1.1 Planned Android OS update 8 app stores Weight 195. Length x width 163 x 75 mm; 8.8 mm thick; Expert design estimate Excellent expert estimation speed performance Very good Download speed: PDF 800 KB in WLAN 2.5 with Download speed: Home chip.de via WLAN 0.4 with Download speed: CHIP.DE Test Table by WLAN 5.4 with quality Sound (Loud Communication) OK SAMSUNG EXYNOS 9 OCTA 8895 CPU Architecture CPU Frequency 2.300 MHz Number of CPU 4 + 4 Number of RAM 6.0 GB Battery: Capacity 3.300 MA · H Battery: Easy Recoverable - Battery: Surfing Time 9:54 H: Min Battery: Charging time 1:53 h: Min Function Fast Charging Yes Herage and Quick Charging Cable In Climber Battery: Duration Time / Charging Time 5.3 Wireless Charging Function Yes WLAN 802.11 N, AC Voice Over LTE LTE: Frequencies 800 , 1.800, 2.600 MHz LTE: Cat. 4 to 150 Mbps LTE: Cat. 6 to 300 Mbps LTE: Cat. 9 to 450 Mbps LTE: Cat. 12 to 600 Mbps Screen: OLED Type Screen: Diagonal 6.3 inches Screen: Size mm 71 x 144 mm; Screen: Resolution 1.440 x 2.960 Pixels Screen: Density of points 521 PPI Screen: Max. Brightness in the dark room 483,5 kD / m² Screen: Chess Contrast in Light Room 42: 1 Screen: Chess Contrast in Dark Room 143: 1 Camera: Resolution 12.2 MPIX Camera: Measured Resolution 1.489 Par Lines Camera: Expert Assessment Score Snapshots Very good Camera: noises VN1 1.8 VN1 Camera: Minimum focal length of 4.3 mm; Camera: Minimum shooting distance 6 cm; Camera: Shutter time with autofocus 0.76 with camera: Optical stabilizer Yes Camera: Autofocus Yes Camera: Flash LED video resolution 3.840 x 2.160 Pixels Front camera: Resolution 8.0 MPIX LED-indicator Yes (Multicolor) Radio - type SIM Nano-Sim Dual SIM cards - protection against dust and moisture (IP certificate) IP68 Fingerprint Scanner Yes Available to User Memory 53.1 GB Memory Card Slot Yes Connector USB Type-C-USB 3.1 Bluetooth 5 NFC Yes Output for headphones 3, 5 mm; HD Voice Yes SAR 0.34 W / kg Firmware version when testing NMF26X. N950FXXU1AQ9 Date Test 2017-09-11