https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/5997qb/after-galaxy-note-7-explosion-mess-the-samsung-note-8-battery-has-smaller-capacity

A year after one of the biggest PR and environmental nightmares a phone manufacturer has faced, Samsung is back with the Galaxy Note 8, the successor to a smartphone that had to be recalled because the batteries in some phones exploded.

The early reviews for the Note 8 are good, and Samsung is hoping to a return to form. The company seems to be playing it conservatively with the battery on the new device. However, an iFixit teardown has found that the new battery has a capacity of 12.71 Wh, which is 6 percent less than the 13.48 Wh-capacity battery in the Galaxy Note 7. It's a slight increase over the Galaxy Note Fan Edition, a phone released in July for those who couldn't wait for the newly revamped model.