Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Specs

8.5

Description

Taking a page from the Galaxy S8, S8+ book, the Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) comes with the infinity display treatment, which means no physical hardware buttons up front and rear-positioned fingerprint scanner. So the new Galaxy A8 features Full HD+ displays with a resolution of 1080 by 2220 pixels weighing at 5.6-inches. The hardware inside is an Exynos SOC joined by 4GB of RAM.

This device is also known as Samsung SM-A530F

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Display

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Size: 5.6 inches
Resolution: 2220 x 1080 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio, 441 PPI
Technology: Super AMOLED
Screen-to-body: 75.60 %
Features: Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

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System chip: Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 7885 (14 nm)
Processor: Octa-core, 2200 MHz, ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit
GPU: Mali-G71
RAM: 4GB LPDDR4
Internal storage: 64GB
Storage expansion: microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS: Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat), Samsung One UI Screenshots
Device type: Smartphone

Battery

Capacity: 3000 mAh
Type: Li - Polymer, Not user replaceable
Charging: Fast charging

Camera

Rear: Single camera Camera samples
Main camera: 16 MP (PDAF)
Specifications: Aperture size: F1.7
Flash: LED
Video recording: 1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps)
Features: Hyperlapse, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front: 16 MP (Dual-Camera)
Video capture: 1920x1080 (Full HD)
Dimensions: 5.87 x 2.78 x 0.33 inches (149.2 x 70.6 x 8.4 mm)
Weight: 6.07 oz (172.0 g)
Materials: Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5); Frame: Aluminum
Resistance: Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics: Fingerprint (touch)
Features: Notification light
Keys: Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors: Black, Gold, Orchid grey, Blue

Cellular

4G (FDD): Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700 a), 13(700 c), 17(700 b), 18(800 Lower), 19(800 Upper), 20(800 DD), 26(850+), 28(700 APT), 66(AWS-3)
4G (TDD): Bands 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2600+)
3G: Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 8(900)
Data Speed: LTE-A Cat 11 (600/75 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA
Dual SIM: Yes
SIM type: Nano SIM

Multimedia

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Headphones: 3.5mm jack
Speakers: Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features: Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring: Wireless screen share
Radio: FM
Additional microphone(s): for Noise cancellation

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth: 5.0
Wi-Fi: 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, dual-band; Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
USB: Type-C (reversible), USB 2.0
Features: Charging, Mass storage device
Location: GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Sensors: Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer
Other: NFC, ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval:
Date approved: Nov 14, 2017
FCC ID value: A3LSMA530F
Measured SAR:
Head: 0.26 W/kg
Body: 0.76 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.54 W/kg
Wireless Router: 0.98 W/kg

Availability

Officially announced: Dec 19, 2017
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Alternative variants

Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)
with 32 GB storage
Differences from the main variant:
Internal storage: 32GB, available to use: 22.7 GB
Price: € 500

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User Reviews

Overall User Rating
Build quality
8.5
Camera quality
8.5
Performance
7.5
Display
9
Battery life and charging
9.5
Rating breakdown (out of 10)
8
A somewhat solid mid-ranger
Phone owned for less than a year

I've had this phone for about 9 months. I moved from an iPhone 7 because the experience was horrible during the early iOS 11. Had really short battery life, non-existent ram and the overall iOS experience did not suit me very well.

For anyone that lives in South Korea, a Samsung phone or a LG phone basically has the most practical features in a smartphone compared to an iPhone or a Sony phone. iPhones are pretty popular, but lack of Apple pay and official Apple care plus support was the reason why I gave up using an iPhone.

With this A8, I can pay almost anything with Samsung pay, even public transits. It has a somewhat decent camera, but don't expect anything during low light as the phone's pro mode is pretty weak and it has no OIS. Design-wise it is just a watered down S9. Nothing too fancy or anything but gets the job done. Really hope there was wireless charging but oh well.

Performance is okay for me, I only use messengers, web browsing and some phonecalls and music (headphone jack is a real plus coming from an iPhone 7)but sometimes with a lackluster AP and a eMMC, you can feel the phone sometimes skipping frames and struggling to keep up.

Display is fine. The new aspect ratio is great for Reddit or some web browsing, but really bad when it comes to watching PUBG youtube videos as expanding the video makes me lose the health bar at the bottom of the screen. :(

For anyone that doesn't do anything special with their phone, this is an okay buy, but for me, I will be moving onto another flagship real soon.

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9
Good but...
Phone owned for less than 3 months

i took this phone February to replace my s5 fran8lly the phone is beautiful great batterry display strong WiFi fantastic cameras..the only problem i face is the Gsm reception the 2G is poor specially is you have wifi on i live in an area with a lot tall buildings around me so the signal was always weak..but the s5 never failed me in that matter A8 does ,i have zero or 1 line in my place when s5 had 2or 1 lines always from the other hand the LTA is strong and 3 G works in the other areas very good inless tgis is a beautiful phone oh and sonethig last the guys talking on open speakers will found very mediocre the quality of the call

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