Samsung Galaxy A8 review: A-game

26 August, 2015
You don't need to be the best if you can be the crowd favorite. The Samsung Galaxy A8 is Samsung's thinnest smartphone yet and is certainly learning from the Note5 in some respects, but while it can't beat it on features it’s likely to rival it on popularity.

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  • JaC
  • 23 Nov 2020

Is my Samsung galaxy A8 Duos a smart phone please

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    • Oden
    • KZJ
    • 20 Jun 2020

    Anonymous, 05 Jun 2018this is outdated the A8 has nfc weather resistance 4gb ram ... moreThis is the older version, I think what you meant is samsung galaxy a8 2018

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      • Bb
      • rJV
      • 04 Feb 2020

      Sumsung A8 Still available in market???

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        • Guru
        • rAW
        • 16 Feb 2019

        Please issued updated for Samsung Galaxy A8 2015 Android 9.0

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          • Anonymous
          • sXP
          • 05 Jun 2018

          this is outdated the A8 has nfc weather resistance 4gb ram and the list goes on

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            • AnonD-734567
            • 7tU
            • 01 Feb 2018

            A8 plus is a disappointment w.r.t camera. Face recognition is so bad! Camera focusses and refocusses and takes blurry pictures even when its taken during broad daylight using timer.

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              • PRETTY
              • Lbq
              • 26 Jun 2017

              I forgot my password, so what can I do to open up my phone.please he

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                • AnonD-647473
                • 45$
                • 25 Feb 2017

                AnonD-647473, 25 Feb 2017Well some of the details are wrong. My Snapdragon version ... moreAnd by what I meant for Janurary and Feburary I meant in 2017, not 2016

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                  • AnonD-647473
                  • 45$
                  • 25 Feb 2017

                  Well some of the details are wrong.
                  My Snapdragon version (A8000) definitely does have NFC...
                  Also as for the back, I think it is aluminum just like all the other A series, NOT plastic!
                  As for the device itself, let me tell you right now, go and upgrade to marshmallow as soon as you can! Believe me, after the first few boots when the OS needed to optimize itself, you will simply forget about lollipop! My Chinese (CHN) version in lollipop was so horrible that the keyboard lags like a $100 smartphone and I couldn't even open and close an app without lags in the animation!
                  Now in marshmallow, I feel like this phone is VERY similar to Galaxy Mega 6.3 which I used to have as my daily driver 2 years ago. It serves as a VERY good upsized Galaxy S6 with identical designs, shatter resistant back and SD card slot while the Mega 6.3 shares identical designs with Galaxy S4! They all share good body to screen ratio and body to thickness ratio. Overall in my opinion this is a solid buy for you to get stylish for Galaxy series. (in fact, in North America where A8 is not available, the phone shines more than S7 edge due to the curiosity of the beautiful design) However, if you want to get one for yourselves, I suggest you to go for the European version (Turkey version gets updates very fast) or Korean version over the Chinese version (the cheapest version with a generic Snapdragon, with 16gb storage and sub-par software support - in fact the Chinese version only received Marshmallow in mid January and Hong Kong version received in February!).

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                    • Anon
                    • JFA
                    • 02 Feb 2017

                    Muhammad Hanif, 16 Jul 2016Samsung A8 or HTC m9+ which is much better please suggest A8

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                      • Joy
                      • Y}E
                      • 02 Jan 2017

                      The main drawback of this phone is its sim card & memory card slot distribution, as those are in same tray .Hence at a time you can take the facility of any one .Battery also exhausted frequently.Snap shot through camera also not distinct.

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                        • k0w
                        • 24 Nov 2016

                        My Galaxy A8 screen is separating from my phone for the THIRD time. This same issue was already repaired twice in Chiang Mai, Thailand at the Samsung Repair Center.
                        In addition the Auto Focus on the camera is hard to focus. It will roll through all the focus points and then remain unfocused when it decides to focus. I don't think I will be purchasing anymore Samsung products.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • f{a
                          • 22 Oct 2016

                          samsung a8 nework how to chame.

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                            • shalu
                            • X$i
                            • 30 Sep 2016

                            my samsung a8 always hanging overheating and camera clarity s very poor

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                              • WASIM
                              • TR1
                              • 26 Sep 2016

                              Muhammad Hanif, 16 Jul 2016Samsung A8 or HTC m9+ which is much better please suggest samsung a8 best phone ever used

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                                • Ramjan
                                • rJ9
                                • 15 Sep 2016

                                A8 sim not work update with 6.0 plz help

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                                  • xyem
                                  • xgA
                                  • 11 Sep 2016

                                  This phone will band or what....?

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                                    • Arianxit
                                    • 7tR
                                    • 27 Aug 2016

                                    Awesome phone truly amazing!! 5/5

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                                      • Rakshith
                                      • Hkt
                                      • 06 Aug 2016

                                      Super

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                                        • AnonD-568115
                                        • 3sE
                                        • 04 Aug 2016

                                        on which chipset does SM-A800IZDEINS works and also .on which chipset does SM-A800IZKEINS works .both are samsung A8 variants ? I want to purchase exynos variant Handset. Plzzzzzzzz help ME... If any one know the difference plzzz guide me .