Revival for the first time in 3 years! "Galaxy Note8" aiming for the strongest ever with S pen and dual camera

Samsung is the world's top smartphone maker. Speaking of the company's symbolic model and flagship model, it is the "Galaxy S" series, and the first model was released by NTT Docomo for the domestic market in October 2010, and the Galaxy released by NTT Docomo and au this year. S8/S8+ are gaining popularity.

2011 when the second generation model "GALAXY S II" of this Galaxy S series appeared. Based on this, the "GALAXY Note" series has set a new direction for smartphones with usability using a pen. The first model, which was announced for the global market in September 2011, attracted a lot of attention for its combination of analog items such as a smartphone, which is a symbolic existence of digital tools, and handwriting input with a pen. In addition to this, the 5.3-inch SuperAMOLED (organic EL) display, which was quite large at the time, was equipped with a detachable high-capacity battery of 2500mAh, and it was highly supported mainly by users who want to use smartphones more actively. Obtained. With the advent of this GALAXY Note, the need for large screens and large-capacity batteries has increased in the global market, and it has become the spark of the current market trend.

On the other hand, in April 2012, NTT DoCoMo launched the "GALAXY Note SC-05D" in the domestic market, half a year after the first global model. While inheriting the basic specifications of the global model, it was released as a product that was firmly customized for the Japanese market, such as being the first to support LTE, which the global model was not compatible with, and also equipped with Japanese specification One Seg. After that, in November 2012, the second generation model "GALAXY Note II SC-02E" (NTT DoCoMo) supported Osaifu-Keitai, and in October 2013 the third generation model released by NTT DoCoMo "GALAXY Note 3 SC -01F", au released "GALAXY Note 3 SCL22".

Like the Galaxy S series, the cycle of supplying global models to the Japanese market at about the same time reached a turning point with the fourth generation model "GALAXY Note Edge" released in October 2014. SC-01G” (NTT DoCoMo) and “GALAXY Note Edge SCL24” (au). GALAXY Note Edge was the first to be equipped with an "edge screen" that bent the side of the organic EL display and attracted attention, but the flat screen "GALAXY Note 4" announced at the same time as a global model was postponed to the domestic market. At this time, it is said that some users kept using the GALAXY Note II and GALAXY Note 3 as they were, avoiding the unique shape of the edge screen.

"Galaxy Note8" (right), which has been revived for the first time in three years since the "GALAXY Note Edge" (left) released in October 2014 The “Galaxy Note 5,” which was announced globally in August 2018, will be postponed to the Japanese market. Galaxy Note 5 is positioned as a brother model of "Galaxy S6 edge +" (large screen model of Galaxy S6 edge) released in the same year, and it attracted attention as a model that set out the direction of the new Galaxy Note series in terms of design. , Unfortunately, it was not released in Japan, and this decision resulted in a blank period for the Galaxy Note series. By the way, later, I was told many times by the people involved that I should have put out the Galaxy Note 5 even if I had to force myself to do it.

And what is new in memory is the "Galaxy Note7" announced in August last year. It was developed as a model that redesigned the design of the Galaxy Note 5 of the previous year and the Galaxy S7 edge released in the same year and reconstructed the usability of the pen, which is the origin of the Galaxy Note series. The author, who participated in the presentation held in New York in the United States, was among the first to try out the actual machine, and because of its high degree of perfection, had high hopes for its domestic release. It caused a worldwide recall and was discontinued. In Japan, NTT Docomo and au are expected to release the product, and both companies are said to have been preparing for it. It is said that there was not. After that, in January of this year, Samsung announced the results of an investigation that the cause of the ignition problem was based on a defect in the battery. )” was introduced to ensure safety.

In response to this trend, the “Galaxy Note8” was announced for the global market at the “Galaxy Unpacked 2017” held in New York, USA in August this year. The content at the time of the announcement was reported in the bulletin article, the presentation report, and the first impression, but above all, the hot comments and images of the users who love the Galaxy Note series that flowed at the opening are exactly the first model of the Galaxy Note series. The content was full of the thoughts and love of users accumulated since then, and even the media people who were interviewing at the venue said, "I've come a little crazy."

And finally, in October, it was released for the Japanese market as "Galaxy Note8 SC-01K" from NTT DoCoMo and "Galaxy Note8 SCV37" from au. As mentioned above, it is the first new model in three years since the GALAXY Note Edge in 2014 in Japan, and many users have been waiting for its revival. In fact, there are many users in the industry who love the Galaxy Note series, and writers familiar with this magazine, editors of each magazine, executives of each mobile phone operator and industry people also love the Galaxy Note series. Well, there are people who were looking forward to this revival. At the time of its announcement in the United States, the first impression was that it was "the return of a 'beloved smartphone'", and there must be many users in Japan who feel the same way.