Uma ujwayele ukusebenzisa amafoni amabili usuku nosuku, eyodwa eyimfihlo nomunye umsebenzi, cishe kungenzeka ukuthi ubulokhu ucabanga ukuthi kungenzeka yini uthenge i-SIM phone ekabili. Iningi lamatheminali aphezulu asungulwe ngabakwaSamsung nawo atholakala ngeSIM yombaxambili, kepha lolu hlobo lwedivayisi lunokusatshalaliswa okulinganiselwe eChina, lapho lolu hlobo lwesiginali lungaphezu kokuvamile. Kepha ngokusho kwesikhungo sosizo se-Samsung, I-Galaxy Note 8 elandelayo ingafika eYurophu ngohlobo lwe-SIM olubili, okungasivumela ukuthi siphathe izintambo zocingo ezimbili ezizimele esiteshini esisodwa.
Imodeli ethize ekabili ye-SIM kungaba yi-N950F / DS. Okwamanje asazi noma isikhala sememori khadi sizosetshenziswa ukwengeza i-SIM yesibili, njengamatheminali amaningi emakethe anikela ngale ndlela, noma uma kunalokho, abakwaSamsung bazokwethula idivayisi ehlukile, nge i-slot entsha ukufaka iSIM yesibili. Ngo-Agasti 23, i-Galaxy Note 8 entsha yethulwa ngokusemthethweni eNew York City, indawo yokugcina inkampani yaseKorea ifuna ukukhohlwa noma iyiphi imemori ehlala kwimemori yabasebenzisi balowo owandulelayor.
Idizayini i-Kumbuka 8 ezosikhombisa yona izofana naleyo ye-S8, kepha ngamakhona we-squarer, enesikrini se-SuperAMOLED esingu-6,4-intshi. Ngaphakathi sizothola i-Snapdragon 835, esivele itholakala kuma-terminals aphezulu kakhulu emakethe, ngaphezu kwe-S8, kepha okuheha ukunakwa kakhulu kuzoba ikhamera ephindwe kabili, eduze kwalapho sithola khona inzwa yezigxivizo zeminwe, iphinde ibekwe esimweni sokuthi konke okukuzuzayo kungcolisa ingilazi yekhamera, okungenani size sijwayele indawo ethize.