http://www.techradar.com/news/heres-how-many-galaxy-note-8-preorders-there-have-been-so-far

While the just-announced iPhone X is the hot new device right now, the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is building up to a big release of its own, and breaking records along the way.

It was revealed just today that Samsung's new handset was pre-ordered a whopping 650,000 times over five days and across approximately 40 countries, according to Reuters.