The Samsung Galaxy Tab is a line of Android OS tablet computers produced by Samsung Electronics . The first model was the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2010 with 7-inch display, which was presented to the public on 2 September 2010 at the IFA in Berlin and was available on 5 November 2010. Since then several models have been released, including models with 7.7, 8.9 and 10.1-inch displays. The Wi-Fi versions of the tablet include a GPS system, and the 3G/4G/5G tablets add cellular capability.
28-696: As of 2024, the current products are the Galaxy Tab S at mid-range to flagship level, the Galaxy Tab A in the entry-range, and the Galaxy Tab Active at the mid-range rugged. The flagship tablets support the S Pen . The original Galaxy Tab series was the first line of Samsung tablets. It was later split into four separate lines: the Galaxy Tab S series for high-end tablets, the Galaxy Tab Active series for mid-range rugged tablets,
56-407: A wide-angle lens and the other as a telephoto lens , with both featuring 12 MP resolution and optical image stabilization . The S Pen has increased pressure sensitivity levels and its software has been upgraded to offer improved note taking capabilities on the always-on display , as well as animated GIF and improved translation features. On 20 July 2017, Samsung tweeted a teaser video showing
84-412: A 12 MP wide-angle lens with f/1.7 aperture and a 12 MP telephoto lens with f/2.4 aperture and twice the focal length , both equipped with optical image stabilization . Like the predecessor, it supports video recording with 2160p (4K) at 30 fps (limited to 10 minutes each video ), 1080p (Full HD) at up to 60 frames per second and 720p (HD) slow motion at up to 240 frames per second. In
112-587: A PC-like computing environment with mouse and keyboard input. Both the Note 8 and its S Pen are certified with IP68 rating for water and dust resistance, and is available in five color variants: "Midnight Black," "Orchid Gray," "Maple Gold," "Deepsea Blue," and "Blossom Pink" – which is often dubbed "Star Pink." However, the Maple Gold, Deep-Sea Blue, and Blossom Pink variants are not available worldwide, and are limited to certain regions and/or countries. Similar to
140-443: A darkened device with a stylus , stating the date of its next "Unpacked" event as 23 August 2017. The Galaxy Note 8 was unveiled at that event, with a release date on 15 September 2017. Samsung Galaxy Note 7 owners could buy this phablet at a special discount of $ 524. The Note 8 is powered by an Exynos 8895 or Snapdragon 835 processor, depending on geographic region, along with 6 GB of RAM . The Galaxy Note 8
168-459: Is a wireless digital pen stylus designed and developed by Samsung Electronics featuring Wacom 's digital pen technology. It is made for use (and often bundled) with supported Galaxy mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, as well as selected Samsung Notebook , Galaxy Book , and Chromebook notebooks. It was first released with the Galaxy Note in 2011, becoming a core feature of
196-478: Is equipped with a non-user-replaceable 3300 mAh battery with up to 15 Watts of charging performance using Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0. The Note 8 has a 6.3-inch 1440p Super AMOLED display with curved edges similar to the Galaxy S8 , but with a slightly more flat surface area. Samsung marketed it as an "Infinity Display". It is Samsung's first phone to feature a dual-lens camera system, which comes with
224-461: Is the first S series phone to include a built-in S Pen, a hallmark feature of the Galaxy Note series. The S Pen has latency at 2.8ms, reduced from 26ms on the Note 20 and 9ms on the Note 20 Ultra and S21 Ultra. Compatible Galaxy devices for the S Pen make use of Wacom EMR technology, meaning that third-party pens made for the same technology will also work other than the S Pen. This includes
252-819: The Galaxy A series of mid-range smartphones. The Samsung Galaxy Tab E series is a line of entry-level tablets. The Samsung Galaxy Tab Active series is a line of mid-range rugged tablets designed for outdoor use, mirroring the Galaxy Xcover series. Applications include logistics, construction, and first response . The Galaxy Tab Note series was a line of stylus tablets. Adreno 330 2.4 GHz quad-core and 1.8 GHz quad-core Octo-core (2x 1.8 GhHz ARM Cortex-A73 ) & (6x 1.6 GHz ARM Cortex-A53 ) Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 APQ8060 dual-core 1.5 GHz(Docomo) Adreno 220 Adreno 330 Adreno 330 Adreno 330 S Pen S Pen ( Korean : S펜 )
280-441: The Galaxy Note 10 , the pen is one piece of plastic, instead of two like the Note 9, and supports more advanced Air Actions that allow users to control the phablet remotely with the pen. This includes changing the camera settings and exporting the handwritten text to Microsoft Word remotely. The S Pen on the Galaxy Note 20 features a faster response time than previous models and an extended battery life. The Galaxy S22 Ultra
308-721: The Hi-Uni Digital Mitsubishi Pencil, the Staedtler Noris Digital, the LAMY AL-star black, EMR, as well as the Wacom One Pen. Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Other: The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is an Android -based smartphone phablet developed, produced and marketed by Samsung Electronics . The successor to the discontinued Samsung Galaxy Note 7 , Samsung Galaxy Note Fan Edition and Samsung Galaxy Note 5 , it
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#1732771956638336-471: The Note 5 , the S Pen in the Note 8 has enhanced levels of pressure sensitivity (4,096 distinct levels of pressure), though The Verge noted that those enhancements were featured in the defunct Note 7 . Ports include a 3.5 mm headphone jack and a USB-C port for charging and data transfer. It has support for Samsung DeX as well, letting Note 8 users connect their device to a dock and monitor to enable
364-549: The United States , it is sold with 64 GB of internal storage, along with microSD card support, but increases storage to 128 GB and 256 GB internationally. The handset features a fingerprint scanner next to the rear camera, and retains facial recognition and iris recognition similar to the S8. The Note 8 comes bundled with high-end AKG -tuned earbuds as well as the Note series' proprietary S Pen. Compared to
392-519: The Galaxy S8, the Note 8 has a dedicated physical key for launching the Bixby virtual assistant . A limited edition version for the 2018 Winter Olympics was made, with a white back, gold accents, and themed wallpapers. The Note 8 came with Android 7.1.1 "Nougat" with Samsung's own custom user interface pre-installed. The S Pen offers expanded software features, including "Live Message" for
420-496: The Galaxy Tab A series for mid-range tablets, and the Galaxy Tab E series for entry-level tablets. Further changes saw the A series repositioned to entry-level and the S series extended to mid-range. The original Galaxy Tab Pro devices, released in 2014, were a series of three high-end tablets running the Android operating system . These tablets would be succeeded by the Galaxy Tab S series. In 2016, Samsung released another device in
448-536: The Internet browser (Samsung Samsung Internet ) and for scrolling. On the Galaxy Note 7 , the OS featured several new tools supporting the S Pen stylus, including translation, a screen magnifier , and a GIF recording tool. The previous suite of note-taking apps was also consolidated into a single Samsung Notes app. The S Pen on the Galaxy Note 8 offers expanded software features, including "Live Message" for
476-446: The Note line of products. The S Pen supports features such as translating text by hovering the pen, and creating animated messages. The S Pen was introduced with the Galaxy Note series , the first " phablet ", in 2011. The stylus has an active digitizer by Wacom , with the first generation having 128 levels of pressure sensitivity. A button on the side of the pen can be used to activate special pen-oriented features and gestures in
504-559: The Samsung DEX (UI/UE) docking system as well as introduced improvements to the DEX interface, where the Apps screen displays in full screen instead of in a pop-up window. An update to Android 9 Pie was released on 26 February 2019. Camera testing company DxOMark gave the Note 8 a rating of 94, the joint-highest score of any phone, shared with the iPhone 8 Plus. Just a few days after
532-600: The Tab Pro line, the Galaxy TabPro S, although that tablet ran Windows 10 instead of Android. It was succeeded by the Samsung Galaxy Book the following year. The Galaxy Tab S series is Samsung's mid-range to flagship tablet line, running the Android operating system and mirroring the Galaxy S series of smartphones. The Galaxy Tab A series is a low-end (previously mid-range) tablet line, mirroring
560-415: The creation of handwritten notes combined with emojis resulting in short animated GIFs . Users can remove the S Pen from the device and immediately write notes on the display through "Screen Off Memo," which works due to the screen's always-on capabilities. Starting from the Galaxy Note 9 , the S Pen has Bluetooth capabilities, including the ability to tap the button on the pen to do certain tasks. On
588-561: The creation of handwritten notes combined with emojis resulting in short animated GIFs . Users can remove the S Pen from the device and immediately write notes on the display through "Screen Off Memo," which works due to the screen's always-on capabilities. The screen can collect up to 100 notes and allows the user to easily go back to notes pinned directly on the always-on screen. A "Translate" feature now recognizes punctuation marks, letting users highlight entire sentences rather than single words, and supports 71 different languages. The edges of
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#1732771956638616-399: The rear camera, the S8, S8+ and Note 8 instead had it placed next to the camera, making it uncomfortable and forces many users to shift their hands upwards in order to reach it. Due to the battery incident with the Note 7, Samsung was more cautious with the Note 8, implementing a slightly smaller battery than the Note 7, which had a 3500 mAh battery; a non-removable 3300mAh lithium-ion battery
644-510: The report of the Note 8 published was, the Pixel 2 was tested and given a 98 score, besting them both. It was noted that the Note 8 had better optical image stabilization than the IPhone X . Like the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, the Note 8 was heavily criticized for its placement of the fingerprint scanner, which unlike most other Android phones that have the fingerprint scanner placed underneath
672-469: The screen on the Note 8 allow the user to open two apps at once in a multi-window view, dubbed "App Pair." In the Camera application, a new "Live Focus" effect lets users adjust the intensity of background blur both before and after capturing photos, while "Dual Capture" makes both rear cameras take individual photos of the same subject, with one acting as a close-up shot and the other from a distance capturing
700-482: The system software. The second generation S Pen on the Galaxy Note II is slightly thicker than in the original Galaxy Note, and a feature marketed as Air View allows a user to preview content by hovering the pen over the content, similar to the hoverbox feature of a mouse in some desktop computers, such as thumbnails in the gallery and a preview tooltip on the video player's time seek bar, and zooming in
728-424: The whole scene. The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 received an Android 8.0 "Oreo" update on March 30, 2018, with Samsung's custom skin overlaid. The software update brought enhancements and changes in the user interface with the menu options in the home screen and settings streamlined. The Edge lighting has also been improved with introductions to new lighting options. The Oreo update also brought enhanced stability to
756-468: Was unveiled on 23 August 2017 and became available on 15 September 2017. The Note 8 improves on the core device specifications and hallmark S Pen features of earlier devices. While retaining the same overall look and approximate size of the Galaxy S8 +, it features an upgraded processor and, for the first time in Samsung's smartphone history, a dual-camera system on the rear of the device; one functions as
784-421: Was used in the Note 8. As a result, the Note 8 did not have the best battery life, and many users did not hold back from complaining about it. The Note 8 was praised by both consumers and critics for the "Infinity Display" (meaning the display has much smaller bezels than the traditional smartphone), for its "punchy colors" and brightness, which is approximately 1200 nits. Multiple tech reviewers pointed out that
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