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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  • 14 Sep 2015

Anonymous, 08 Sep 2015I want to buy a new phone.I want good battery life, good di... morego with lg g4

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    • 12 Sep 2015

    Anonymous, 08 Sep 2015I want to buy a new phone.I want good battery life, good di... moreOnly two brand Samsung or Apple.the rest forget it

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      • qDC
      • 11 Sep 2015

      Can someone please tell me what I have to do to this phone to send/recieve texts!!! I have tried and tried. What the heck!!!

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        • 11 Sep 2015

        Anonymous, 10 Sep 2015Do it supports both the sims with SD card?? Guys plz do ... moreNo, in DUOS version you have to choose if you want 2 sim cards or 1 sim card + 1 SD card. You can't use 2 sim cards + 1 SD card at the same time. You can see a clear photo of the combined SIM/SD card tray in the second section of the review, "2. Unboxing...".

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          • 10 Sep 2015

          Do this phone support both sims with SD card??

          Guys do rly...

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            • vG5
            • 10 Sep 2015

            Do it supports both the sims with SD card??

            Guys plz do reply...

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              • Anonymous
              • RIE
              • 08 Sep 2015

              I want to buy a new phone.I want good battery life, good display, battery charges fast and good performance. Please suggest:
              1.Oppo R7
              2.Vivo X5Pro
              3.Asus Zenfone 2 (4gb ram/64gb rom)
              4.Samsung Galaxy A8

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                • 07 Sep 2015

                matanga_brother, 07 Sep 2015Hi there, so I've got the A8 duos and it doesnt' have NFC, ... moreThanks for the info. Does your phone have a metal back or plastic?

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                  • 07 Sep 2015

                  AnonD-13068, 01 Sep 2015Can any body plz tell does dual version of this phone has n... moreHi there, so I've got the A8 duos and it doesnt' have NFC, I know the regular A8 doesn't have it either. The battery is a monster! I've had the A8 for about a month now and I charge the phone every 2 days. I don't game a lot but I use YouTube and Instagram a lot and also keep my phone connected to my ChromeCast all afternoon long. Two big plusses: A8 has fast charging and you can go from 0% to 50% in about 30min. Also, Ultra power saving mode can be used to make the battery last forever, my A8 lasted over 50 hours with the battery on 65%, that's over 2 days. GSM Arena say they got a record of 98 hours on standby with a full charge, whaaaaat!? Go buy it now!

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                    • 06 Sep 2015

                    AnonD-413387, 06 Sep 2015Could we confirm whether or not the back of the A8 is metal... moreSamsung refers to its plastic-backed Galaxy Alpha as having "a high-quality metal frame", again making it seem like either there is a mistake in the review or Samsung is being pretty misleading in its marketing.

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                      • 06 Sep 2015

                      Could we confirm whether or not the back of the A8 is metal? The review states that it is plastic, which seems to contradict Samsung's marketing of a "Full Metal Body". The gold model I played with at a store in Taiwan certainly felt like it had a metal back. Perhaps the reviewer was thrown off since the rim is polished and chamfered metal while the back appears to be painted and given a different texture.

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                        • 05 Sep 2015

                        AnonD-13068, 01 Sep 2015Can any body plz tell does dual version of this phone has n... moreNFC is not there in this phone. However the battery life is excellent. I am easily getting 5 hour SoT with phone running more than 24 hrs with still some juice left in the battery. Much better than my earlier note edge.

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                          • 03 Sep 2015

                          Samsung said PEOPLE DONT NEED FM RADIO when they were asked why there is no FM in s5,s6,note4,note5 ....... now this samsung has FM radio with broadcast recording !!!!
                          maybe SAMSUNG IS JUST LYING....

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                            • 01 Sep 2015

                            AnonD-13068, 01 Sep 2015Can any body plz tell does dual version of this phone has n... moreNo NFC & battery is awesome better than Note 4

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                              • 01 Sep 2015

                              Can any body plz tell does dual version of this phone has nfc and how is its battery usage?plz rply i wnt to buy this phone

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                                • 31 Aug 2015

                                Within 12 hrs of purchasing the product had a bend in the body.. After going to the service center and making numourous calls they point blank refused to give a replacement saying that its physical damage and we made the phone bend.. tHERE IS NO PHYSICAL DAMAGE wats so ever.. no scratches nothing at all.. The phone just bended.. Now the customer service is not listening to us and telling us we bent the phone...HOW CAN A PERSONE BEND A PHONNNE ... After 12 hrs of paying 35000 now we are stck with a bent phone and no body helping us...

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                                  • 31 Aug 2015

                                  nice mobile very smooth to use...i like samsung....wonderfull display for SAMSUNG A8☺☺☺☺☺

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                                    • mTV
                                    • 31 Aug 2015

                                    honestly speaking this device has far more beautiful design than their flagship models... i salute their designers... for not choosing this design for flagship

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                                      • 30 Aug 2015

                                      The Indian variant has Exynos (same as alpha), which is far better than this 615...But Samsung, how can you come up with such a thin device with such a great battery? I mean, could u have not made the same with your flagship?

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                                        • 30 Aug 2015

                                        Anonymous, 30 Aug 2015the only thing affected would be battery. but their panels ... moreno its ok...