Samsung officially announces the presence of Galaxy A8
smartphone which is referred as the thinnest smartphone from Samsung because
its body has a thickness of only 5.9 mm.
The presence of Galaxy A8 smartphone has added a new variant
in the Samsung's A series product line. The A series smartphone is the
middle-class smartphone category that's presented to meet the needs of
smartphone market about the affordable price. This category of smartphone is
now quite popular and is also produced by a number of vendors.
Although it's intended as the middle class smartphone but
its metal body makes this smartphone looks more elegant and premium. The front
display of Galaxy A8 looks almost similar with the Galaxy S6, one of the
Samsung's flagship smartphones which is intended for upscale market.
Not only the elegant look, Samsung Galaxy A8 also has
brought a number of features that are commonly found on Samsung's upscale
smartphones, such as a fingerprint reader, NFC (Near Field Communication), GPS
GLONASS and 4G LTE connection.
Galaxy A8 Smartphone comes with a large screen, i.e. 5.7
inch with AMOLED technology that supports a resolution of 1080 pixels. The
screen is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass that will avoid it from scratches
or bad impact.
Galaxy A8 Smartphone which runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop
operating system is supported by Qualcomm's octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor
that's combined with 2GB RAM and internal storage that's available in two
options: 16GB and 32GB. Samsung also provides a microSD slot that can be
inserted by 64 GB memory card as extra
storage space.
Furthermore, Samsung has equipped the Galaxy A8 with a 16
megapixel camera with f/1.9 aperture at the back of smartphone as the main
camera. This rear camera is supported with some features such as OIS (optical
image stabilization), autofocus, and also LED flash to provide more light when
it's used in dim area.
While on the front, there is also a 5 megapixel camera as a
second camera that can be used to take selfie or make video calls. The Galaxy
A8 Smartphone is powered by a 3,050mAh battery which is claimed to have standby
time more than 300 hours. With a battery installed, this smartphone weighs only
151 grams. Galaxy A8 will be available in three color variants: black, white
and gold.
Although there is no official news regarding to the selling
price, but according to the Softpedia, this smartphone perhaps will not exceed
the price of € 440 or about $ 485 for each unit. However, for now it seems that
Samsung only releases this smartphone for the Chinese market and still no
information when the Galaxy A8 will be available for other regions.