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Samsung Galaxy A8

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Samsung Galaxy A8
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  • Released 2015, August
    151g, 5.9mm thickness
    Android 5.1.1, up to 6.0
    32GB storage, microSD card slot
  • 4.7% 18,413,163 hits
  • 329 Become a fan
  • 5.7"
    1080x1920 pixels
  • 16MP
    1080p
  • 2GB RAM
    Snapdragon 615
  • 3050mAh
    Li-Ion
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Network Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
Launch Announced 2015, July
Status Available. Released 2015, August
Body Dimensions 158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm (6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
Weight 151 g (5.33 oz)
Build Front glass, aluminum frame, plastic back
SIM Nano-SIM
Display Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches, 89.6 cm2 (~73.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~386 ppi density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Platform OS Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
CPU Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Adreno 405
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Camera Primary 16 MP (f/1.9, 31mm), autofocus, LED flash, check quality
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, check quality
Secondary 5 MP (f/1.9, 23mm), 1080p
Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
 - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
NFC Yes
Radio FM radio, RDS, recording
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5
 - ANT+ support
- MP4/WMV/H.264 player
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player
- Photo/video editor
- Document viewer
Battery   Non-removable Li-Ion 3050 mAh battery
Talk time Up to 17 h (3G)
Music play Up to 51 h
Misc Colors Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
SAR EU 0.32 W/kg (head)     0.55 W/kg (body)    
Price About 250 EUR
Tests Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 1089 / Basemark X: 8838
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 3.859 (sunlight)
Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 66dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB
Audio quality Noise -89.3dB / Crosstalk -53.8dB
Battery life
Endurance rating 98h

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  • Ali Iran
  • HIqI
  • 16 Apr 2018

Hi. My Phone is A8 A8000 is the besf phone. but I need to android 7 update in iran. gsmarena please request android 7 for a8000 for iran country people neeeed.

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  • Darkwolf
  • LfNb
  • 05 Apr 2018

Where's the mute button/switch on that phone?

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  • Moin444
  • XS3H
  • 26 Feb 2018

100% R8 I Am Forget Samsung

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