{"id":228863,"date":"2017-09-13T09:59:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T07:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=228863"},"modified":"2017-09-13T10:00:43","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T08:00:43","slug":"samsung-galaxy-note-8-a-big-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/228863-samsung-galaxy-note-8-a-big-hit.html","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy Note 8 a big hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung has revealed that more people in the US have purchased the <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/225798-samsung-galaxy-note-8-the-next-level.html\"><strong>Galaxy Note 8<\/strong><\/a> than previous versions of the phone during the same period.<\/p>\n<p>Introduced on 23 August, the Note 8 features the largest ever screen in a Note device &#8211; a 6.3-inch Quad HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity Display.<\/p>\n<p>It was also the world\u2019s first smartphone with two 12MP rear cameras with image stabilisation on both the wide-angle and telephoto lenses.<\/p>\n<p>The Note 8 also has a Live Focus feature, which lets users control the depth of field when taking a photo.<\/p>\n<p>It further added Dual Capture mode, where both rear cameras take two pictures simultaneously and allow you to save both images &#8211; one close-up shot and one shot that shows the entire background.<\/p>\n<p>The device packs impressive hardware and features, including high-end octa-core processors, IP68 dust and water resistance, and fast wireless charging.<\/p>\n<p>The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 will <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/225772-samsung-galaxy-note-8-gets-big-south-african-price-tag.html\"><strong>launch in South Africa<\/strong><\/a> on 22 September at a recommended retail price of R18,499.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/225798-samsung-galaxy-note-8-the-next-level.html\">Samsung Galaxy Note 8 \u2013 The Next Level<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung has revealed that the Galaxy Note 8 is proving popular in the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":225808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17934],"tags":[45687,22737],"class_list":["post-228863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smartphones","tag-galaxy-note-8","tag-samsung-galaxy-note-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228933,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228863\/revisions\/228933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}