Samsung surprised many when it announced it would be continuing the Note line, following last year's regrettable Note 7 issues.
The company will introduce a new phablet later this year in the form of the Note 8, and if the impressive Galaxy S8 is anything to go by, we're expecting a standout handset.
We've already heard from Samsung Mobile chief DJ Koh, who told CNET we'd see a "better, safer and very innovative Note 8" later this year, but other than that, we've thus far been limited to rumours and unofficial renders.
And today, while we still don't have any concrete spec details, we do have another concept design that frankly looks stunning.
This is another design courtesy of Concept Creator, which posted the following video showing off the sleek new design:
As with the Galaxy S8, there's no physical home button to be seen here, while the bezels have been kept to a minimum – even more so than on the S8.
Also included is the same 'Infinity Display' Sammy introduced on this year's flagship S handsets, this time in 6.4-inch form and sitting on what looks to be a slimmer body than the S-range.
Of course, the removal of the physical home button forced Samsung to move the fingerprint sensor to the rear of the phone on the S8 and S8 Plus.
Here, however, Concept Creator has imagined the phone without such an awkwardly-place feature – though whether Samsung will be able to reproduce the same design remains to be seen.
The company will have to perfect the process of integrating the scanner into the display if it's to avoid a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor on the Note 8 – something which is reportedly quite difficult to do, with Apple said to be struggling with the same issue on its iPhone 8.
Another big Note 8 rumour concerns the camera. Images purporting to show an S8 Plus with a dual camera setup appeared online earlier this month, despite the final handset arriving with the same single lens as the standard S8.
That's led to a lot of speculation over whether Samsung intends to include the feature on the Note 8, and in this particular design, the dual lenses are indeed present.
At this point, though, nothing has been confirmed beyond Samsung's plans to produce the Note 8, and while this is a pretty impressive concept, take it all with the usual due caution, and stay tuned for more in the coming months.
