Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Review: Specs & Performance Of Android Tablet Makes It One Of The Best For Its Class; $359.99 Slab Includes Long Battery Life, Stunning Display

Samsung Galaxy Note 8 review: Specs and performance of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 makes it one of the best Android tablets for its class. The $359.99 unit has a gigantic 4,600 mAh battery life, quad-core Exynos chipset and a stunning display that makes it a unit of choice for its category.

According to CNET, it has the “best-looking small tablet screen” and writing with S-Pen feels natural. CNET further says that the Note 8 is a stunning tablet with a truly useful stylus. The International Business Times has billed the device as one of the best tablets to come in 2013.

Phone Arena praises the units quad-core processor and the fact that it has lots of RAM. It also supports special active stylus for input. Some of its notable features is its extremely thin body, expandable storage and light weight.

Specs of the Samsung Galaxy Note include a TFT capacitative touchscreen, 16M colors that offers 800 x 1200 pixels, 8-inch display with a 189 ppi pixel density. The device also has a microSD card, enabling storage to go up to 64GB. Immediate storage size for the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 comes in 16 and 32GB; system memory is at 2GB RAM. Battery life could be up to eight hours and the tablet includes a 5MP camera and an Exynos 4412, Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9 processor.

An added plus for the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is its access to an Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update. The rollout for the device’s update, both Wi-Fi and LTE, began months ago and users of the device are expected to have had the update in their hands by this time. The update brings a a new set of features for the already popular tablet.

Once the latest update is installed on Galaxy Note 8.0, users will have an improved level of performance through superior S Pen support, the daydream function and a lock-screen widget.

An immediate price check for the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 shows that it’s available for $359.99 from Best Buy and Amazon. The device is available in Wi-Fi and LTE and is also known as the Samsung KONA and Samsung N5100, according to Phone Arena.