Last week delivered a shock: arguably the Galaxy Note 8's biggest headline feature will not make it into the final design. Now two new leaks have have confirmed this...
Posting on Twitter Jonathan Endicott, CEO of popular case maker Slickwraps, revealed a crude CAD of the Note 8 which again shows that Samsung has not managed to integrate its fingerprint reader into the display. Instead it will try to placate users by addressing arguably the biggest criticism of the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus.
According to the CAD, Samsung has increased the distance of the rear mounted fingerprint reader from the rear camera.
This should mean users don’t smudge their camera lens so often, something Samsung recognised happens so frequently with the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus that it inserted a regular warning that users should remember to clean their camera lens. Yes, the reader a) be in the display to avoid this completely or b) sit both more centrally and lower down, but it's something.
Next comes the ever prolific Mobile Fun, which contacted me to confirm it has received Samsung’s official cases for the Galaxy Note 8.
The company isn’t sharing images at this stage, but speaking to me Mobile Fun confirmed there are 21 cases spread across six different ranges including basic and leather cases, two-piece support cases and cases which continue Samsung’s ‘LED view’ preview feature.
