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Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)


  • Category:Samsung
  • Year:2017
  • Price: 270 EUR
Display Technology Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M
Screen size 5.6" inch
Screen area 79.6 cm2
Screen format 18.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio
75.6%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2220 px
PPI /points per inch/ 441 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version)
Music and Audio Others 24-bit/192kHz audio -Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Radio FM radio
Headphone jack Yes
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 16 MP , Single
Camera specs 16 MP , f/1.7 , 26mm (wide) , 1/2.8” , 1.12µm , PDAF
Functions LED flash , panorama , HDR
Video 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 16 MP , Dual
Specifications 16 MP , f/1.9 , 27mm (wide) , 1/3.1'' , 1.0µm 8 MP , 24mm (wide) , 1/4'' , 1.12µm
Performance Operating system OS Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) , upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Chipset Exynos 7885 Octa (14 nm)
Processor CPU Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53)
Graphics processor GPU Mali-G71
External memory microSD , up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32/64 GB , 512GB 4GB
Antutu 8 score 142851
Antutu 7 score 116745
GeekBench 5 Single Core 309
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 994
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1482
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 4208
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 3704
General specs Release date 2017 , December
Dimensions (HxWxD) 149.2 Х 70.6 Х 8.4 mm
Weight 172 g
Body build Front/back glass , aluminum frame
Colors Black , orchid grey , Gold , Blue
Battery 3000 mAh ,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time- Up to 24 h (3G) Music play - Up to 66 h
Approximate price 270 EUR
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM , dual stand-by)
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 -4G - LTE band 1(2100) , 2(1900) , 3(1800) , 4(1700/2100) , 5(850) , 7(2600) , 8(900) , 12(700) , 13(700) , 17(700) , 18(800) , 19(800) , 20(800) , 26(850) , 28(700) , 38(2600) , 40(2300) , 41(2500) , 66(1700/2100)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps , LTE-A (3CA) Cat11 600/75 Mbps
GPRS Yes
Edge Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac , dual-band , WiFi Direct , hotspot
GPS Yes , with A-GPS , GLONASS , BDS
NFC Yes
USB 2.0 , Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 5.0 , A2DP , EDR , LE
Harmful irradiation SAR EU - 0.24 W/kg (head)     1.25 W/kg (body)    
Other features Dop Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted) , accelerometer , gyro , proximity , compass , barometer - Fast battery charging -ANT+ - Samsung Pay -IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) - Versions: A530F (Europe , Global Single-SIM); A530F/DS (Global Dual-SIM) Also known as Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Duos with dual-SIM card slots