Samsung confirms Galaxy A8 (2018) and A8+ (2018) release date

22 December 2017
During a recent event in Vietnam, the South Korean company confirmed the devices will go on sale there January 6 onwards.

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Mr, 22 Dec 2017It means galaxy s9 will be same price as iphone X. And it m... moreSo in my country you can buy brand new S8 for 600-700 Euros.

And A8 2018 will have starting price at 600 Euros? Because of dual selfie camera or what?
Everyone knows it will just rise the sales of S8 if prices will really be like that, and S9? Will S9 cost over 1000 Euros? And to imagine price of S9+ or Note9... I'm just glad I got S8.

    It's becoming kinda sad that every comment section on either article about Samsung or opinions about Samsung phones are flooded by comments of Xiaomi fanboys. I mean, it's mostly the same names everywhere but I just don't get it WHY? Why make stuff up and literally seek for any "reason" why is Samsung bad?
    I don't really see Samsung fans talking bad about their phones and their companies, even tho, there is a lot to say about them!
    - Exploiting their labour
    - Getting caught red handed sending your data to China, backdoors in phones, spyware
    - Poor built quality
    - Lacks of features and software bugs
    Only thing to complain about Samsung is actually the price sometimes...

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      • j83
      • 23 Dec 2017

      Its been 15 minutes, time for a new Samsung phone model.

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        • AnonD-441601
        • SH3
        • 23 Dec 2017

        AnonD-720827, 22 Dec 2017Samsung has a much much much better ROM than both Xiaomi an... moreYea yea you pay samsung for their crap which they are likely to give you for your extra pay.
        Dont know how you came to that yoou said but its a lie.
        Xiaomi phones works as good as Samsung.
        Most of my customers can prove that.

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          • AnonD-441601
          • SH3
          • 23 Dec 2017

          Luxor, 23 Dec 2017By your logic anything above $500 is overpriced for a flags... moreHahaha you are funny. Iphone X made by xiaomi could cost up to 700 and everything will be 100% genuine. Thats facts.
          600 eur extra is going for a greedy company where Ceo lives like kings and chinese labourers working for Apple gets just a crumbles from coins not even paper money.
          Try to imagine how much could cost Iphone asembled by USA where USA Worker gets 10 USD per hour netto.
          Same for other companies like Samsung and Sony etc.
          Everything is made in china just because they cant pay people properly.
          In my country workers for a huge Samsung warehouse earn up to 700 eur. My cousin works there so i know. And average salary here in slovakia is 927 eur.

            Luxor, 23 Dec 2017By your logic anything above $500 is overpriced for a flags... moreDude semi flagship A series? What a joke! Try an S series phone for one month and an A series phone for one month as well. You'll miss: haptic feedback, vibration intensity control, 1440p screen with 4k and 1080p 60fps (even 1440p 60fps) recording and youtube playback!!!, curved display, and 64 gb ROM, OIS, screen mirroring, iris scanner, heart rate and SpO2 sensors, and so much more! So don't tell me that is a good price tag! S8 in my country is 600 euros, this one will be 500 euros! And you get half the performance and the features!
            For 350-400 euros this is great! But 500 euros is simply overpriced...
            And I bet my ass that s8 will be priced at 700 euros in my country after A 2018 series release. Just to blind the consumer! Same happened with a5 2017 and s7 edge this year!

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              • g39
              • 23 Dec 2017

              A gorgeous phone with a matching price tag. Nice!

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                • sF$
                • 23 Dec 2017

                AnonD-468012, 23 Dec 2017Much Much Better at UI? Haha, you are underestimate them. E... moreCan MIUI expand notification at lock screen? Can MIUI expand notification with one finger? Does MIUI have pin to top multi window and app heads? I'm not talking about performance im talking about the overall ROM expeience. MIUI tries hard too be iOS but it can't even handle notifications properly for easy usage day to day and that is certainly a deal breaker and makes Samsung Experience superior to MIUI. MIUI is only catching up with MIUI 9 with the addition of multi window, double tab recent button to quickly switch to last app which is present on Samsung and even stock android which makes life alot easier.

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                  • AnonD-274973
                  • YUT
                  • 23 Dec 2017

                  For the price and spec, i rather buy Oneplus 5T or Essential phone.

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                    • Luxor
                    • tue
                    • 23 Dec 2017

                    AnonD-441601, 22 Dec 2017700 eur for a semi flagship? Like WTF. Mi 6 its a flagshi... moreBy your logic anything above $500 is overpriced for a flagship. Standard of flagship price depends on brands. Different brands start their flagship at different price. If a brand start their flagship from $100 is that going to be the standard for all flagship just because one brand selling their flagship super cheap?? Dont be a fool. Chinese brand always put their price lower obviously. What exactly OP can make with $700? Not much really. $600 iphone 8 and $1000 iphone X? See that, what exactly $400 difference make? Not much. Same innards just prettier exterior.

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                      • vgM
                      • 23 Dec 2017

                      AnonD-720827, 22 Dec 2017Samsung has a much much much better ROM than both Xiaomi an... moreMuch Much Better at UI? Haha, you are underestimate them. Even Xiaomi phones has much better perform at MIUI 9. :)

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                        • K3e
                        • 22 Dec 2017

                        hopefully that is not going to be the price for usa otherwise people will rather purchase other options from the likes of Huawei once plus etc..

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                          • sF$
                          • 22 Dec 2017

                          AnonD-441601, 22 Dec 2017700 eur for a semi flagship? Like WTF. Mi 6 its a flagshi... moreSamsung has a much much much better ROM than both Xiaomi and one plus. It has more features and is on a totally different level than the crappy MIUI ROM. One plus' ROM is for stock Android lovers and not for people like me to treat their phone as a mobile Windows PC who uses about 80%of the Touchwiz (or Samsung Experience) features

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 7Ac
                            • 22 Dec 2017

                            Sorry Sammy. Your designs don't match your price tags

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                              • Ixv
                              • 22 Dec 2017

                              It means galaxy s9 will be same price as iphone X. And it means more people will choose iphone over galaxy because of price. With same price Samsung will not be able to compete with iphone. Not sure why Samsung is doing that.

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                                • SH3
                                • 22 Dec 2017

                                Luxor, 22 Dec 2017It is not midrangers. From what I know A series had always ... more700 eur for a semi flagship? Like WTF.
                                Mi 6 its a flagship phone with flagship specs and cost 400.
                                What you say on that?
                                OP5T cost 500 and its a flagship phone.
                                Try to imagine what Oneplus can make for 700 eur?

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                                  • AnonD-441601
                                  • SH3
                                  • 22 Dec 2017

                                  Kyo, 22 Dec 2017Problem is OnePlus is still considered a Chinese phone and ... moreApple is assembled in china so its a chinese device also???
                                  LOL like WTF.
                                  You make me laugh.
                                  Samsung its just a very funny company ruled by very funny people and thats it.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • p32
                                    • 22 Dec 2017

                                    Considering there's so many great phones around the 500€ budget, with flagship specs, it would be smart for Samsung, to release the A8 + around 450€ tops, and the A8 At 399€, but keep in mind, the A series of Samsung usually drops in price quite radically, the A5 2017 was around 430€ when released, and now you can get it for 250€ in some online stores.

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                                      • TrV
                                      • 22 Dec 2017

                                      Anonymous, 22 Dec 2017Now why shouldn't I buy a Note 7 FE which is currently sell... moreWhere exactly is it selling for that price ? In some shady back alley garage store?

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                                        • BLS NE
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                                        • 22 Dec 2017

                                        $710 for midrange phone made of glass--Yikes.