Samsung, the world famous
Korean smart phones maker has launched a new Galaxy A series Smartphone naming
it as Galaxy A8 and as the name suggests its successor to Samsung A series'
Galaxy A5. Galaxy A8 release date was
reported to be in the month of January 2018. Samsung Galaxy A8 is said to be
much similar to Galaxy S8 in terms of
curved glass, the tall screen and so on and it comes with a few upgraded features that makes the
device unique from others from the A series phones.
To introduce, the newly launched
Samsung Galaxy A8 Smartphone has been made up of reliable built material that
embraces aluminum frame and the front and back is made up of glass. It comes in
color of black that adds to the official appeal. Also to withstand water splash
and dust up to .5 metre 30 minutes, Galaxy A8 features IP67 certification just
like 2017's Samsung Galaxy A Series phones had.
To mention about its 5.6
inch display, it looks taller as it is people has a perception that tall is
trendy. It's a Super AMOLED display that renders undoubtedly immersive entertainment.
You will be able to have a finer movie watching experience with the wide horizontal view. The display
bears 18:5:9 aspect ratio but still when compared to S8, A8 is 0.2 inch smaller
than it. More the taller, more the advantage as it enables browsing and reading
with only a less scrolling. To be simple, you can see more stuff at a time. The
size is reported to be thicker and heavier than the S8. Obviously A8 has bigger
bezels that don’t give any harm to the sleeky design of the phone. In the top bezels, you will find two selfie lenses,
a few sensors and a notification LED. A8 doesn't have any key like a pressure
sensitive home key that is found on S8 series.
Designed to be a feature
rich beautiful phone, it has real powerful stuff inside too. Blended with 4GB RAM,
Exynox 7885 Octa chipset, Octa core 2x processor and Android Nougat 7.1.1
Galaxy A8 improves the speed of the working of the device that paves way for an
efficient multitasking with the numerous apps installed. Meeting your deadlines
becomes easier with the high speed performance of the tablet. A8 gives room for bunch of pictures,
documents and other stuff that becomes possible through 32GB/64GB of internal
space and also a dedicated memory card slot that supports expandable memory up
to 256 GB.
For security purposes, Galaxy
A8 comes with Biometric security feature that you can lock /unlock your device
with unique finger print but this time the fingerprint sensor has been placed
conveniently in the rear side just below
the camera. you will never have to remember pincode as the fingerprint makes
the purpose easier.
The Samsung Galaxy A8 Smartphone
sports a 3000 mAh and it becomes possible for the users to work for a really
longer period in the phone itself.
The most crucial feature
that everyone looks up for in any smartphone is the camera Galaxy A8 has a 16 MP rear camera and the astounding
fact is the front side has dual selfie
cam of 16mp and 8 mp with which you can have
an outstanding photographic experience. More than the clarity and
detailing, you would be having a fun-filled selfying with funny stickers along
with face-recognition feature. You can make funny faces and the various other
beauty edit modes which will not leave you keep the phone on the table. Even
the gallery recognizes and segregates different kinds of photos that has been
accommodated in the phone. You can search for any specific kind of photos via
gallery search feature itself.
Your day to day work tasks
can get organized with the help of Bixby, the very own assistant feature of
Samsung. You can keep track of your day, set reminders about important things
to do and even your camera will grab you information with the help of Bixby,
the virtual assistant that helps you stay organized as it observes your habits.
Apart from the typical Smartphone
features, A8 has something interesting to mention about. Equipped with rich
theme support, you can colourfully customize your phone with the help of
flaunting themes from Samsung Theme Store. Another important thing is the Game
Launcher that aggregates all your favourite games in one place. With the Play
Game tool, turn off notifications and disable the home and navigation buttons
when you are indulged in to more engaging games. You can also be able to
screenshot and record the game play.
In the technologically well
developed era, where every transactions are made easy with cashless payment but
with cards, Samsung has now made it even more easier with its amazing feature
of Samsung Pay that becomes the alternative of credit card. You can pay
virtually with A8 instead of swiping credit cards. Yet this payment technology
has been sported with Samsung A8 of certain countries and can be used with
specific merchants.
Galaxy A8' price in India is
said to be around $460 and it is worth the pay as the device is more preferable
by youngsters for its alluring photographic capability and other improved
features that simplify the way whatever task they do on phone.
Advantages of Samsung Galaxy A8 Smartphone
- 4G bands HSPA 42.2 Mbps and LTE A Cat11 600 Mbps
- Dust and water proof up to 1.5m for 30 mins
- Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen display
- 4 GB RAM
- 16 MP primary camera
- 16 MP dual Secondary camera
- Fast battery charging
- Black, orchid grey, gold and blue colors
Disadvantages of Of Samsung Galaxy A8 Smartphone
- No Latest version of Android OS
- Only just 3000 mAh battery
