“What’s in a name?”, Shakespeare once asked. Well some people use names on people and things to be self-fulfilling prophecies. Apparently, Samsung has the same idea and after the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco, they probably need all the help they can get. The rumor is that the upcoming phablet from the Korean OEM, the Galaxy Note 8 has been codenamed “Great”, although no one really knows yet if it indeed lives up to that nickname. We’ll find out soon enough as it is expected to launch sometime this year.
The model number of the Galaxy Note 8 has also been leaked and it is SM-N950F. Not that it tells us anything about the device, except that it expectedly skipped the number 4 again since Koreans consider it unlucky. This is also the international version of the phablet, and when it gets released to other territories, the last letter in the model number changes according to country. But as for the features of the Galaxy Note 8, we don’t know much so far, except that it has to more than just exceed its doomed predecessor after the whole recall of the Galaxy Note 7.
And speaking of that failed phablet, Samsung is also reportedly working on a refurbished Galaxy Note 7 and it is codenamed Grace R (for refurbished of course). You actually have to wonder what they will do with all those recalled devices as it is not environmentally friendly to just destroy all of them. Someone from Greenpeace actually interrupted a Samsung event at the Mobile World Congress and asked them to recycle the components of the returned smartphones.
The question would be would people still buy a refurbished version of something that used to catch on fire because of battery issues? And would people still be interested in the Galaxy Note 8 given the now bad reputation of this line of devices? Only the release of the smartphones and time will be able to tell us.
VIA: SAM Mobile
Absolutely! Samsung went to great pains to determine the cause of the Note 7 fiasco – it cost the company BILLIONS of dollars, and they could NOT have that happen again. Ever. In order to make up for the disappointment of the Note 7 (which was a phenomenal phone otherwise), Samsung is going all out on the Galaxy S8 and – particularly – the Note 8, to absolutely wow consumers and win back their loyalty. The S8 will be a great device… but for power users like me, the Note 8 promises to be EPIC. Samsung can’t afford for it to be anything less.