Samsung Galaxy A8 Specs

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Description

The Samsung Galaxy A8 sports a 5.7" 1080p Super AMOLED display, making it the largest phone in the metallic A-series. The handset runs on an octa-core Snapdragon 615, clocked at 1.5 GHz, and has 2 GB of RAM, 16/32 GB of internal memory, plus a microSD slot. The rear camera is a 16 MP ISOCELL endeavor, while the selfie-snapper is listed with 5 MP resolution, and a wide f/1.9 aperture.

This device is also known as Samsung SM-A8000

Pros

  • Small dimensions (6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 inches)
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Display

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Size: 5.7 inches
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 pixels, 386 PPI
Technology: Super AMOLED
Screen-to-body: 73.91 %
Features: Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

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System chip: Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 5430
Processor: Octa-core, 1500 MHz, ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit
GPU: Adreno 405
RAM: 2GB LPDDR3
Internal storage: 32GB
Storage expansion: microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS: Android (6.0 Marshmallow, 5.1 Lollipop) Screenshots
Device type: Smartphone

Battery

Capacity: 3050 mAh
Type: User replaceable

Camera

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

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)

Multimedia

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

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth: 4.1
Wi-Fi: 802.11 a, b, g, n, dual-band
USB: microUSB, USB 2.0
Features: Charging, OTG, Mass storage device
Location: GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Sensors: Accelerometer, Compass
Other: NFC, ANT+

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

Jul 14, 2015
Officially announced: Yes
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Alternative variants

Samsung Galaxy A8 16GB
Differences from the main variant:
Internal storage: 16GB
Samsung Galaxy A8
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

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User Reviews

Overall User Rating
Build quality
9
Camera quality
7.5
Performance
8.3
Display
8.8
Battery life and charging
8.3
Rating breakdown (out of 10)
10
Nice Smartphone
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.

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8
COULD HAVE BEEN THE PERFECT SAMSUNG PHONE
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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9
Just buy it and you won't regret!
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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