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Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)

Full Specifications

Released · Jan 06, 2018

5.6-inch · 2220x1080px

Single camera

3000 mAh

4GB · 64GB

Samsung Exynos 5 Octa

Android 9.0 Pie Samsung One UI

This device is also known as Samsung SM-A530F

6.5

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Design
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

Display
Size	5.6-inch
Resolution	2220x1080px, 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

PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20 APL)	Untested
Bright Min	1 (Excellent)
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Hardware
System chip	Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 7885 (14 nm)
Processor	Octa-core 2200 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53
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
This device has different variants: View all

Battery
Capacity	3000 mAh
Type	Li - Polymer
Charging	Fast charging

Camera
Rear	Single camera
Main camera	16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7
Flash	LED
Video recording	1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps) Hyperlapse, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front	16 MP (Dual-Camera), Video capture: 1920x1080 (Full HD)

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

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

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

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

with 32 GB storage

Differences from the main variant:
Internal storage	32GB, available to use: 22.7 GB
MSRP	€ 500

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Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Review

Overall User Rating

(2 reviews)

8.5

Build quality

8.5

Camera quality

8.5

Performance

7.5

Display

Battery life and charging

9.5

hjl2345

Arena Apprentice

A somewhat solid mid-ranger

Edited: Oct 01, 2018, 7:53 AM

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.

Build quality

Camera quality

Performance

Display

Battery life and charging

What I like

Solid battery life
Somewhat decent of a camera
Front facing camera has portrait mode
Samsung pay works 99 percent of anywhere
Gets the same, if not similar Samsung Experience UI
Thank god for the headphone jack
Waterproofing was proven to save my phone a couple of times

What I don't like

Overall performance can be better
Lack of UFS is really showing during performance
Give up playing PUBG on the Exynos variant of this phone
LTE, Wifi speed is a bit slow
Camera is dreadful at low light due to lack of OIS
Lack of overall accessories such as cases :(
No wireless charging.

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jackofspades

Arena Apprentice

Good but...

Posted: Jun 09, 2018, 6:24 AM

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