Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy A8 for China. The A8 is 5.9mm thick, and as previously reported, features a 5.7-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, and comes in white, black, and gold. The A8 runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop out of the box.Even with the large display and 3050mah battery the phone is pretty light at 151 grams.
The Galaxy A8 has a 5.7-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display, a 64-bit octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor with 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, microSD card support up to 128GB. The camera setup consists of a 16MP main shooter, which, according to previous rumors is not identical to the one in the S6 and S6 edge and has a reduced pixel size of 1.0 µm to conserve space. It still has OIS and a bright f/1.9 aperture.The front camera is 5MP. Samsung has also included a fingerprint sensor, which will let you unlock your screen, make payments, and more, all with a finger. With the 3050mAh battery.The memory expansion slot is shared with the second SIM slot so you can't get both dual-SIM and microSD at the same time, though.
In terms of connectivity the Samsung Galaxy offers 4G LTE, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS with Glonass and Beidou support, as well as NFC. The Galaxy A8 has only been launched officially in China right now where it’s available to pre-order in white, black and gold colors. Samsung is yet to confirm whether or not it’s going to release this handset in other markets across the globe.
