Image Credits: Samsung Electronics
Status: Released date: August, 2015
Price: 550$
Samsung Galaxy A8 Specifications (Specs) At A Glance: Samsung Galaxy A8 the latest Android smartphone from Samsung is announced on 2015, July, This is going to be the thinnest phone ever from Korean mobile king. Galaxy A8 comes in Pearl White, Midnight Black and Champagne Gold color and with 0.23 in thickness.
Highlights
- 16MP Full HD Camera
- Octa Core, Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53
- 5.7 Inch Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
- 5MP front Camera
- 2GB RAM
- Finger Print Sensor
- Nano-SIM
- GSM
- HSDPA
- LTE
- Hybrid SIM/Memory Card Slot
- Type: Li – Ion
- Capacity: 3050 mAh
- Talktime: 17 hours
Camera
- Camera: 16 Megapixel
- Resolution: 5312 x 2988 pixels
- Camera Features: Flash (LED), Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilisation, HDR, digital zooming
- Video Resolution: 1080p HD, 30fps
- Additional Camera: 5 MP,1080p, 30fps
- Video Calling: Yes
Multimedia
- Music Playback: MP3, WAV, eAAC+, AC3, FLAC
- Video Playback: MP4, DivX, XviD, WMV, H.264, H.263
- Radio Type: FM Radio
- Youtube Player
Memory
- Inbuilt Memory: 16/32 GB
- Memory Slot: microSD, microSDHC
- Maximum Card Size: 128 GB
Connectivity
- Wifi: a, b, g, n
- Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
- DLNA
- Bluetooth: 4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
- USB: microUSB 2.0 with MHL 2, USB On-the-go, USB Host, Mass Storage, Charging
- 3.5mm Headphone Jack
- Size: 1080 x 1920 pixels
- Type: Super AMOLED
- Colors: 16000000 colors
- Pixel Density: 386 ppi
- Corning Gorilla Glass 4
- Physical Size: 5.7 inches
- S-creen To Body ratio: 73.8%
- Touch Screen, Type: Capacitive
- Multi-Touch
- Finger Print Sensor
- Accelerometer sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope Sensor
- Light Sensor
- TouchWiz UI
- Smart stay
Built
- Dimensions: 158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
- Weight: 151g
- Form Factor: Bar
- Colors Available: Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Data
- LTE
- UMTS
- HSDPA+ (42.2 Mbit/s)
- HSUPA (5.76 Mbit/s)
- GPRS
- EDGE
Internet
- Browser: Android WebKit
- Supports: HTML5, Flash
- Social Networking Integration: Facebook, MySpace, Twitter
- Google Search
Messaging
- MMS
- SMS
- IM
- Email Supports: IMAP, POP3, SMTP, Push Email
- Gmail, Google Talk
Phone Book
- Capacity: Depends on System Memory
- Features: Caller groups, Multiple numbers per contact, Picture ID, Ring ID
Organizer
- Calendar
- Alarms
- Tasks
- Document Viewer: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF
- Other: Calculator
OS/Software
- Smartphone
- Operating System: Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
- Processor: Quad-core Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 1.0 Cortex-A53
- Speed: 1.5 GHz, 1.0 GHz
- Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- GPU: Adreno 405
- Adobe Flash Support
- Java: Java MIDP emulator
Location Based Services
- A-GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou (depends on market)
Extra Features
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- SNS integration
- Hybrid SIM Slot