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Samsung Galaxy A8

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Released · Jul 24, 2015

This device is also known as Samsung SM-A8000

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8.3

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Design
Dimensions	6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 inches 158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
Weight	5.33 oz (151.0 g)
Materials	Back: Plastic Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics	Fingerprint (touch)
Features	Touch sensitive control keys
Keys	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors	Pearl white, Midnight black, Champagne gold

Display
Size	5.7-inch
Resolution	1920x1080px, 386 PPI
Technology	Super AMOLED
Screen-to-body	73.91 %
Features	Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

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Bright Max (20 APL)	Untested
Bright Min	1 (Excellent)
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Hardware
System chip	Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 5430
Processor	Octa-core 1500 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU	Adreno 405
RAM	2GB (LPDDR3)
Internal storage	32GB
Storage expansion	microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS	Android (6.0 Marshmallow, 5.1 Lollipop)
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Battery
Capacity	3050 mAh

Camera
Rear	Single camera
Main camera	16 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.9 Pixel size: 1 μm
Flash	LED
Video recording	1920x1080 (Full HD) Video calling
Front	5 MP

Connectivity & Features
Bluetooth	4.1
Wi-Fi	802.11 a,b,g,n,dual-band
USB	microUSB, USB 2.0
Location	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Sensors	Accelerometer, Compass
Other	NFC, ANT+

Multimedia
Headphones	3.5mm jack
Speakers	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring	Wireless screen share

Cellular
4G (FDD)	Bands 1(2100), 3(1800)
4G (TDD)	Bands 38(2600), 39(1900+), 40(2300), 41(2600+)
3G	Bands 6(800), 5(850), 8(900), 2(1900), 1(2100)

Regulatory Approval
FCC approval	Date approved: Jun 30, 2015 FCC ID value: A3LSMA800F
Measured SAR	Head: 0.11 W/kg Body: 0.98 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.10 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.98 W/kg

Availability
Officially announced	Jul 14, 2015

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Alternative variants

Differences from the main variant:
Internal storage	16GB

Differences from the main variant:
System chip	Samsung Exynos 5 Octa
Processor	Octa-core 1800 MHz ARM Cortex-A15 and ARM Cortex-A7
GPU	Mali-T628 MP6

News

The first Galaxy A8 made its debut on the market back in 2015. In the meantime, Samsung launched one more Galaxy A8 model last year, but it's unclear if there will ever be another one launched in 2017.The original Samsung Galaxy A8 came with Android ...

The original Samsung Galaxy A8 expected to receive Android 7.0 Nougat update soon

Samsung is bent on updating all of its important handsets from the past two years to the latest Android 7.0 Nougat version, it seems. The account of the head of Samsung Turkey already informed us that the company will start pushing the Nougat update ...

Android 7.0 Nougat update roadmap for Galaxy Note 5, S6 edge+ and others posted by Samsung Turkey

We already saw the official release of Android Nougat for the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge. Naturally, users with 2015 flagships also kept their fingers crossed to see the new OS on their Galaxy S6/S6 edge and Note 5 devices, too.In early Dec...

Android Nougat confirmed for the Samsung Galaxy S6 family, Note 5 and others

Better late than never, some might say, but Samsung didn't really do a timely job when updating its eligible handsets to Android 6 Marshmallow this year. Still, the roll-outs are rolling and new models are gradually being brought up to the latest And...

Galaxy A8 spotted running Android 6 Marshmallow

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Samsung Galaxy A8 Review

Overall User Rating

(4 reviews)

8.3

Build quality

Camera quality

7.5

Performance

8.3

Display

8.8

Battery life and charging

8.3

vikassinghideas258

Arena Apprentice

Nice Smartphone

Posted: May 25, 2016, 6:03 AM

Phone owned for less than 3 months

Samsung galaxy A8 design is more attractive and nice. Galaxy A8 rear camera is fantastic and gives you a perfect picture. This phone attracts people from almost all the age groups because operability is very easy and battery life is last long.

SuperAndroid17

Arena Apprentice

COULD HAVE BEEN THE PERFECT SAMSUNG PHONE

Edited: Nov 01, 2015, 9:27 PM

Phone owned for less than a year

What makes this phone amazing is the looks, very slim, and the body to screen ratio is great. The Sd card reader is what i truly love about this phone and something that i hope samsung brings back. It takes decent pictures as long as you are not moving. Phone is very fluid and fast. Now the cons, the rear facing speaker on the back is VERY weak, no led notification light which are cheap to make, and the phone signal drops a lot when traveling , i guess that is from it being a international phone. These are little personal gripes but to me if this phone didn't have those cons i mentioned it would be what the samsung galaxy s6 should have been.

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micro sd
build
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finger print scanner

What I don't like

weak speaker
no led notification light
poor signal reception when traveling
slow txt input when texting.

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Akkh99

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Just buy it and you won't regret!

Posted: Oct 24, 2015, 8:29 AM

Phone owned for less than 3 months

I have A8 duos exynos version(SM-A800F)
Both design and build quality are good but plastic back reduces some points from overall asthetics and so build quality score is 8.
Camera is good in most occasions but no OIS means you can get blurry pics sometimes.
UI can get sluggish sometimes(you won't get flagship grade smoothness) but most people can live with this.
Display is good in terms of both sharpness and color production. It's 5.7 inch sAMOLED screen is a joy to watch.
Battery life is the department it excels most. You can consistantly get upwards of 6:30 hour screen on time up to astonishing 9:30 hour SOT. It will last at least a day no matter how you use it.
Fingerprint sensor is easy to use, fast and accurate. It will correctly reads your fingerprint 9 out of 10 occasions at least(If you register your fingerprint properly).
Bottom line-a good all-around upper midranger but a bit overpriced.

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