Samsung's next Galaxy Note will be announced on August 23rd

Samsung has officially sent out invitations for an Unpacked event on August 23rd in New York City, where it will presumably reveal the next Galaxy Note device. While Samsung hasn't quite outright confirmed the Note 8 will make an appearance, the invitation pretty blatantly confirms it between the "Do bigger things" slogan and the image of an S Pen.
Samsung has used previous Galaxy Note handsets to test out new design concepts. In fact, we first saw Samsung’s curved ‘Edge’-style display on a Note phone, and it’s now a staple of the core Galaxy S series.

However, the most likely scenario will be that we’ll see a repeat of the new Galaxy S7 design for the Galaxy Note 8. This is quite a drastic departure from the Galaxy Note 7 aesthetic, but the response to the new design has been positive so far, so we’re hopeful Samsung will keep it up.

With the Galaxy S7, Samsung introduced what it’s calling an ‘Infinity Display’. This means that the front of the phone has redesigned, with the Home button moved to the back of the handset. The curved ‘Edge’-style edge-to-edge display is retained, but the top and bottom part of the bezel are much slimmer. The result is that most of the front of the phone is occupied by display, making for a very attractive handset.

Given the hype that Samsung has created around the ‘Infinity Display’ design, we’d be surprised if it was scrapped for the Galaxy Note 8.

The Galaxy Note 8 is expected to borrow many of the design cues from the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus, including the edge-to-edge curved Infinity Display, although with potentially a larger screen than even the S8 Plus. The upcoming device is also expected to feature a dual-camera system, comprised of two 12-megapixel sensors. The Note 8 will also serve as a long-awaited upgrade for Galaxy Note fans, given that last year's Note 7 was famously recalled due to battery issues.

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