The Galaxy A8 is the slimmest Samsung phone to date and sports a 5.7″ 1080p Super AMOLED display, making it the largest phone in the m...
The Galaxy A8 is the slimmest Samsung phone to date and 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.
Samsung Galaxy A8 Specifications
| General Information | |
| 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
| 4G Network | LTE |
| SIM | Nano SIM |
| Status | Unannounced Expected 2015 |
| Body | |
| Dimensions | 158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm, 151 grams |
| Keyboard | Touchscreen |
| Colors | Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold |
| Cover | Aluminium |
| Display | |
| Type | Super AMOLED capacitive, multitouch touchscreen with 16,000,000 colors |
| Size | 5.7 inches, 1080 x 1920 pixels, 386 pixels per inch |
| Memory | |
| Card Slot | MicroSD, up to 64GB |
| Internal | 16GB |
| OS | Android 5.1 Lollipop, TouchWIZ UI |
| Processors | 1.5GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 & 1.0GHz quad-core Cortex-A53 CPU, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 chipset, Adreno 405 GPU |
| RAM | 2GB |
| Audio | |
| Alert types | Vibration; Polyphonic |
| Loudspeakers | Yes |
| Audio port | 3.5mm jack |
| Connectivity | |
| 2G | GPRS up to 85.6 kbps; EDGE up to 236.8 kbps |
| 3G | Up to 42 mbps downlink; Up to 5.76 mbps uplink |
| 4G | Up to 150 mbps downlink; Up to 50 mbps uplink |
| WI-FI | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct |
| Bluetooth | Version 4.0, A2DP, LE, EDR |
| GPS | A-GPS, GLONASS |
| NFC | Yes |
| USB | MicroUSB v2.0 |
| Camera | |
| Primary | 16MP, up to 5312 x 2988-pixel pictures, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, panorama, HDR, autofocus camera with dual LED flash |
| Video | 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps |
| Secondary | 5MP, up to 2592 x 1944-pixel pictures |
| Battery | |
| Capacity | 3050mAh Li-Ion battery |
| Stand-by | N/A |
| Talk time | N/A |
| Music play | N/A |
| Other Features | |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, Compass, Proximity, Gyroscope |
| Messaging | SMS, MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM |
| Browser | HTML5 |
| Java | Yes |
| - SNS integration MP4/MPEG4/H.263/H.264 player MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player Document viewer Image viewer/editor Voice memo/dial/command Predictive text input via SWYPE Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
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| Price | N/A |
