Samsung finally launched their long awaited Galaxy Note 8 in New York.

As per the Galaxy 8 series, the Note 8 will feature the infinity display. Sporting a bigger 6.3-inch Quad HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity Display, it is the first dual rear camera ever to grace a Samsung phone. Fitted with a wide-angle lens and a telephoto lens, both 12MP lenses sport Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS). It comes with 64GB of storage and 6GB of RAM, powered by a 10nm processor. The Live Focus function allows users to adjust the depth of field during or after taking the photo. The wide-angle lens has a Dual Pixel sensor with rapid Auto Focus. The Note8 is also equipped with an 8MP Smart Auto Focus front-facing camera.

The Galaxy Note8, allows users to share animated texts or drawings across platforms that support animated GIFs. Screen off memo allows you to take up to 100 pages of notes as soon as you remove the S Pen, pin notes to the Always On Display and make edits directly from the Always On Display. The S Pen is designed with a finer tip and greater pressure sensitivity. It also comes with new features including S Pen Translate, letting you hover over text to quickly translate entire sentences in up to 71 languages, and instantly convert units and foreign currencies.

The phone is IP68 water and dust resistant, supporting wireless charging. As per the Galaxy 8 series, the phone will ship with Bixby Assistant, and features biometric authentication options—including iris and fingerprint scanning. The Galaxy Note 8 will be compatible with Samsung DeX as well.

The Note 8 will be available 15 September, in 4 colours: Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Maple Gold and Deepsea Blue; with pre-order available 5th – 10th September. Local releases will be announced soon. The phone will ship with a pair of Harmon headphones.

Samsung also confirmed other gadgets in the Galaxy series to be launched on 30th August at IFA.