Samsung Galaxy Note 8 officially launches in the UK

April 7, 2013

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is now on sale from the Samsung Experience store in Westfields Stratford City. The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 version on sale is the WiFi only version with 16GB of internal storage, priced at £339 (around $516). ZDNet reports that a customer representative from the store does not think higher capacity versions will be making their way to the UK, due to the microSD expansion capabilities acting as a solution for extra storage. However, "a mobile data-equipped version should go on sale in around one month". The tablet is currently only available from one store in the UK in Westfields, Stratford City.

From April 15th for a limited time only, customers will receive a £20 voucher for the Samsung Learning Hub, a two-month subscription to The Times, free access to the Samsung Music Hub for a month, 50GB Drop Box free for 2 years, and a couple of games and AVG Anti-Virus Pro for free.

An official press release from Samsung says the new mid-size tablet will come "with a suite of intuitive features and an evolved S pen'.

The tablet features include a suite of S Note templates and tools for documents, multi-tasking with Quick Command, Multi-Window View splitting the 8-inch screen and allowing a number of live applications at the same time.

Key specs of the device are a 1.6GHz quadcore A9 processor, a 1280x900 pixel display, 2GB RAM and microSD support for cards up to 64GB.

Check out our hands-on review of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 here.