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Korean media: Galaxy Note 8 to launch on August 26 in New York
June 21, 2025
It looks like August will be a busy time for mobile aficionados. Rumors suggestLG will launch the V30 in the final days of the month, and now new reports out of Korea claim Samsung will unveil the Note 8 around the same time.
TheKorea Heraldand the news portalNaverran stories today purporting to reveal the release date of Samsung’s Next Big Thing. According to theKorea Herald, citing industry sources, Samsung is planning to introduce the Galaxy Note 8 “in the third or fourth week of August.” Like theNote 7 before it, the new S Pen device will reportedly make its debut in New York.
Citing an unnamed Samsung official,Naverventures a specific date: August 26, give or take a couple of days.
Samsung initially planned to launch the new Note at IFA in the first week of September, according to theKorea Herald. The impending arrival of rival devices fromLGand especiallyApplemight have prompted Samsung to bring up the big release.
For reference, theNote 7was announced on August 2 last year. Reports that surfaced after the phone was recalled due to faulty batteries suggestedSamsung rushed the device to marketin a bid to outshine Apple.
A caveat – we’ve heard this before. Almost every flagship release from Samsung from the last few years has been preceded by rumors claiming Samsung was accelerating release schedules in order to beat competitors to the mark. In several cases, the rumors turned out to be off the mark.
Galaxy Note 8: Everything we know so far
The Galaxy Note 8 is just two months away, but there’s another Note coming even sooner. Expect theNote FE(as in “Fan Edition,” not “Formerly Explosive”)in the first week of July.
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