Samsung has released its new flagship Samsung Galaxy A8 into the Indian market. This is the slimmest smartphone that Samsung had ever made. The smartphone comes with a stunning 5.7 inches display and 16MP rear camera. Samsung Galaxy A8 is a new addition to its Galaxy family. Here’s what you need to know about the Galaxy A8 release date and price in India, Specifications, features e.t.c
Samsung Galaxy A8
Display & Design
The brand new phablet from Samsung boasts of a supremely crafted display. Samsung Galaxy A8 houses a 5.7-inch Super AMOLED capacitive multi-touch display with a maximum display of 1080 x 1920 pixels. The display architecture fosters a pixel density of 401 ppi and renders good viewing angles from all directions along with a supreme brightness and colour ratio. Tha handset has the dimensions of 158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm and weighs 151 g.
Configuration & OS
To render a powerful performance, Under the hood device is equipped with a 1.5GHz quad-core Cortex A53 + 1 GHz quad-core processor based on a Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 chipset. The CPU is also mated with a 2GB RAM and a Adreno 405 GPU and makes sure that the premium smartphone gives a lag-free multitasking and high-end gaming experience. The smartphone runs on the latest Android v5.1 (Lollipop) OS.
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Camera & Storage
The phablet comes packed with a whooping 16MP autofocus rear camera with LED flash. The image productivity is praiseworthy and it also records Full HD videos at 30fps. It houses features like Face detection, Geo tagging, High Dynamic Range mode (HDR) and Touch to focus. The 5MP front camera gives the shutterbugs an opportunity to capture good quality selfies and a crystal clear video calling. The device comes with 32GB internal memory and can be extended up to 128GB with a microSD card.
Battery & Connectivity
The Dual SIM (GSM+GSM) Samsung Galaxy A8 comes with a good 3050mAH, Li-ion, Non-removable battery to run all the processes undisturbed for long hours. Connectivity wise the phone registers a superior rank in the market and comes with features like 4G, 3G, GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi 802.11, a/b/g/n, Mobile Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth(v4.0, EDR, A2DP, BLE), GPS, NFC, USB etc.
| PRICE | RS. 32,500 |
| OS | Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) |
| CPU | Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53 |
| RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| SCREEN | 5.7 inches (~73.8% screen-to-body ratio) |
| DISPLAY | 1080 x 1920 pixels (~386 ppi pixel density) |
| SIM | Optional Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| CAMERA | Rear Camera: 16 MP, Front Camera: 5 MP, LED Flash: Yes |
| MEMORY | Internal Storage: 32 GB, microSD Expandable Up to 32 GB |
| BATTERY | Non-removable Li-Ion 3050 mAh battery |
| OTHERS | 4G,3G, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, NFC |