General
- Brand Samsung
- Model Galaxy A8
- Device Smartphones
- Added January 1, 2019
- Updated June 16, 2024
Launch
- Announced 2015, July
- Status Available. Released 2015, August
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
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)
- Protection Gorilla Glass 4
Platform
- OS Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow)
- Chipset Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 (28 nm)
- 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
- RAM 2 GB RAM
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)
Sound
- Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
- Loudspeaker Yes
- 3.5mm jack Yes - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Connectivity
- 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
- FM radio Yes
- USB microUSB 2.0
Features
- Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass
- Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
- Browser HTML5
- Java No
Battery
- Type Non-removable Li-Ion
- Capacity 3050 mAh battery
More
- Color Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
- Other Features - ANT+ support - MP4/WMV/H.264 player - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player - Photo/video editor - Document viewer