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Last updated: November 22nd, 2017 at 11:10 UTC+01:00
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The lack of any changes to the design of the phone is a red flag, although it's possible Samsung isn't willing to give us a glimpse of the Galaxy Note 8 Star Wars edition just yet. Or, the company will only be adding wallpapers, ringtones and other Star Wars media to differentiate it from the regular Note 8, which would be in line with the Pirates of the Caribbean edition of the Galaxy S8 that launched in China earlier this year. Of course, we would prefer a heavily customized version akin to the Galaxy S6 edge Iron Man edition, but that probably won't happen.
The image seems to have been captured at the recent event in China where Samsung also announced Bixby for the country and teased a new artificial intelligence-based user interface for the Galaxy S9. Considering the wallpaper shows BB-8, the cutesy droid character introduced in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it's possible Samsung was only using it to showcase the aforementioned AI user interface.
For now, there's no guarantee a Star Wars edition of the Galaxy Note 8 will be released. If it is, here's hoping Samsung makes it widely available instead of keeping it exclusive to a galaxy far, far away China.
Would you be interested in the Galaxy Note 8 Star Wars edition?
Abhijeet's writing career started with guides for custom firmware for Samsung devices (including the original Galaxy S), and he moved to SamMobile in mid-2013 and worked up the ranks to Editor-in-chief. In addition to phones and mobile devices, his interests include gaming on both PC and console, PC hardware, and spending countless hours on YouTube watching videos on tech, movies, games, politics, and internet dramas.