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Samsung Galaxy A8 Specs, Price

26990
5.7 inches 1080 x 1920 pixels
16 MP 5 MP Front
Snapdragon 615 2 GB RAM

Samsung Galaxy A8 Android Smartphone was launched in July 2015. It is priced in India at Rs. 26990 ($396.91), running on the Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 processor with Adreno 405 GPU. The phone has 2 GB RAM and 16/32 GB of internal storage which is expandable using microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot).

The Galaxy A8 has a 5.7 inches Full HD, 1080 x 1920 pixels Super AMOLED display with a pixel density of 386 ppi. Coming to cameras, it has a 16 MP rear camera and a 5 MP front camera for selfies. It has a microUSB port for data syncing and charging. There is a fingerprint sensor present on the Galaxy A8 as well, along with a accelerometer sensor. It is a dual SIM smartphone with support for 4G LTE, NFC, Wi-Fi, FM Radio, Bluetooth and GPS too.

The Galaxy A8 runs on Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) and all this is powered by a 3050 mAh battery. It measures 158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm (height x width x thickness) with a total weight of 151 grams including battery.

Detailed Specifications

General Info

Phone Samsung Galaxy A8
Other Names Samsung Galaxy A8 A800F
Manufacturer Samsung
Announced July 2015
Status Available - August 2015
Price Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Form Factor Candybar
Dimension 158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm (6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
Weight 151 g (5.33 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor

Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution Full HD, 1080 x 1920 pixels [Browse Similar]
Pixel Density 386 ppi
Screen-to-Body Ratio 73.99%
Multi-Touch Yes

Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 405 [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Int. Memory 16/32 GB
Ext. Memory microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

Connectivity

GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
3G & 4G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
WI-FI Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant)
Browser HTML5

User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

Multimedia

3.5 mm Jack
Radio FM radio with RDS; recording
Games Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3050 mAh
Stand by -
Talk Time -
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