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Samsung Galaxy A8 Duos

Samsung Galaxy A8 Duos
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  • Released 2015, August
    151g, 5.9mm thickness
    Android 5.1, up to 6.0
    32GB storage, microSDXC
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  • 5.7"
    1080x1920 pixels
  • 16MP
    1080p
  • 2GB RAM
    Snapdragon 615
  • 3050mAh
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Versions: A800F (Global); A800Y (Asia)

Network Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - A800F, A800Y
4G bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 40 - A800F
  3, 8, 28 - A800Y
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Launch Announced 2015, August. Released 2015, August
Status Discontinued
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)
SIM Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM
Display Type Super AMOLED
Size 5.7 inches, 89.6 cm2 (~73.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~386 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Platform OS Android 5.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 (28 nm) - A800Y
Exynos 5430 Octa (20 nm) - A800F
CPU Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A53) - A800Y
Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A7) - A800F
GPU Adreno 405 - A800Y
Mali-T628 MP6 - A800F
Memory Card slot microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
Internal 32GB 2GB RAM
 eMMC 5.0 or eMMC 4.5
Main Camera Single 16 MP, f/1.9, 31mm (standard), AF
Features LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps
Selfie camera Single 5 MP, f/1.9, 23mm (wide)
Video 1080p@30fps
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Positioning GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
NFC No
Radio FM radio, RDS, recording
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass
 ANT+
Battery Type Li-Ion 3050 mAh, non-removable
Talk time Up to 17 h (3G)
Music play Up to 51 h
Misc Colors Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Models SM-A8000, SM-A800F, SM-A800Y, SM-A800I, SM-A800IZ, SM-A800S, SM-A800YZ
SAR EU 0.32 W/kg (head)     0.55 W/kg (body)    
Price About 280 EUR
Tests Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 1089
Basemark X: 8838
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 3.859 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker Voice 66dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB
Audio quality Noise -89.3dB / Crosstalk -53.8dB
Battery (old)
Endurance rating 98h

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Samsung Galaxy A8 Duos - user opinions and reviews

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  • tVt
  • 03 Jun 2025

this phone's almost as thin as the s25 edge, only 0.1mm diff

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  • 24 Jun 2024

Even if it was still 2018 or whenever this phone was marketed and released, you might not even live in the market that this phone targets - samsung makes a lot of phones for very hyper specific markets like india, brazil or kenya etc

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  • xhm
  • 16 Apr 2024

I still have samsung galaxy a8 (a800f) just must have a new battery... 🙏

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Galaxy A8 Duos in the news

  • Samsung Galaxy A8 (dual-SIM variant) gets security update 11 Nov 2016
  • First-gen Samsung Galaxy A8 Duos starts receiving Marshmallow 04 Oct 2016
  • Samsung Galaxy A8 Marshmallow update coming soon 13 May 2016
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