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We knew it was coming, but it’s always good to hear it direct from the horse’s mouth

The Galaxy Note 8 is coming, we've known this for a while, and Samsung itself has readily helped publicise the fact. Samsung wants you to know it's coming. Samsung wants you to know there's a follow-up to the Galaxy Note 7 and is banking on people not presuming that it'll explode just like its predecessor.

Explosiongate was a disaster for Samsung at the time, and one it is probably only just recovering from with the success of the Galaxy S8 series ipad battery replacement . The firm lost a ton of money, but fortunately at least according to surveys conducted around the debacle, didn't lose too much rep. A lot of consumers said they'd buy Samsung devices again.

In the wake of the Galaxy Note 7 "explosiongate" fiasco, Samsung has been all too eager for punters to know that a replacement model is coming by the end of 2017.

The firm has made a few statements to date which confirm the existence of an in-development Galaxy Note 8, even before we'd seen any leaked evidence of one elsewhere.

Most notably, it promised that customers who returned their faulty Galaxy Note 7 and bought a Galaxy S7 series model, would, under this specific scheme at the time, be guaraunteed a discount on a replacement Galaxy S8 or Galaxy Note 8 in 2017. Pretty much a confirmation, wouldn't you say?

Prior to the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8, however, Samsung is busy prepping the re-release of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. That’s right: the ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 will be available to buy in certain regions in the coming weeks.

The rehashed version of the Galaxy Note 7 has been rejigged and the battery has now been deemed safe for use. The handset will apparently be called the Samsung Galaxy Note 7R, according to Samsung.

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