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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  • CJ07
  • Ms@
  • 27 Aug 2015

looks like a good smartphone. Is it available in Europe? any idea guys?

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    • Anonymous
    • 6k$
    • 27 Aug 2015

    Thats a one amazing phone

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      • AnonD-79493
      • vG0
      • 27 Aug 2015

      I bought this phone 2 and a half weeks back. It looks awesome in hand. And the battery endurance, I couldn't believe myself, it's exceptional. The build and feel in the hand is awesome. The screen is gorgeous. I got the Exynos version with gold color. Although the color looks more like brass as mentioned in the review, it is way better than the regular black and white color options. If anyone wants to buy this, I would recommend the gold color option.

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        • Anonymous
        • AIA
        • 27 Aug 2015

        Being metal doesn't make it more or less premium, its specs and performance do. Plastic over metal any time

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          • bhola parsad saini
          • rKv
          • 27 Aug 2015

          Very good samsung galaxy a8 32gb show good phone

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            • AnonD-307318
            • Nay
            • 27 Aug 2015

            AnonD-292864, 26 Aug 2015What do ypu mean ? Dual Sim has 93h and Single Sim has 98h ... moreNo, they corrected it, it was the other way around when it was first written.

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              • AnonD-352420
              • pIE
              • 27 Aug 2015

              They should have just grabbed some.old snapdragon 801, the performance would match the Mali and they could have done slow motion, 4k and given better gaming experience.
              Than the plastic back, really? Samsung, you proved you can do it better, why this plastic back again?
              This and the snapdragon 615 makes this to one of the most overpriced phones released. Samsung could have done it much better.
              Anyway, I like the camera quality for the fact, that it is using 1um small pixels, nice build Samsung

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                • Angry Mobile Nerd
                • tDb
                • 27 Aug 2015

                I totally would want the Exynos version of this phone and totally not want the Snapdrgon 615 version (which is the one they released here, sigh). Samsung has released the same model but with different SoC's in different markets before (like the Note 4) but the performance disparity between the SoC's was never a lot until they came out with this. The Exynos version simply blows the 615 version out of the water. It's quite misleading (and ultimately disappointing) for anyone who ends up buying the 615 version based on reading a review of the Exynos version.

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                  • AnonD-142922
                  • 39x
                  • 27 Aug 2015

                  Best samsung phone!

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                    • barameus
                    • 61{
                    • 27 Aug 2015

                    AnonD-430264, 27 Aug 2015You're crazy. The side by side tests I've personally done a... moreyes performance base A8 won over note 4 but remember it is not with big gap. There are other 5 smartphone with exynos 5430 (galaxy a7, alpha, a8, meizu mx4pro, prestigio5430duo). and only 2 of them won on performance by small margin over note 4.
                    Remember that note 4 also will have L5.1.1 soon...
                    So, my personal conclusion is still..... (considering so many other good thing) at this price range i definitely go for note 4.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • uCk
                      • 27 Aug 2015

                      EugeneOnTheEdge, 26 Aug 2015dude, if you say Note 4 is better, but then you say that yo... moreS6 edge battery sucks. My gf using it. Need to charged twice in a day, but charged incredibly fast.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • uCk
                        • 27 Aug 2015

                        Saw this awesome. Gonna get it by next month.

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                          • xda
                          • YTd
                          • 27 Aug 2015

                          ithehappy, 27 Aug 2015This is the first time ever I have read a full review of a ... moreDude, You've forgotten grand series and core series

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                            • temoor
                            • mIg
                            • 27 Aug 2015

                            thanks for the reviews dude......GSM arena..

                              very expensive. i will g for one plus two.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • XMF
                                • 27 Aug 2015

                                not worthed, better buy and stay with note4

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                                  • sid
                                  • PAt
                                  • 27 Aug 2015

                                  Patchii, 27 Aug 2015How Much that this phone cost? and does it have FM radio?Price is 29,000.00 and yes it dose have fm radio and it also support otg

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                                    • Patchii
                                    • Fv4
                                    • 27 Aug 2015

                                    sid, 26 Aug 2015I want to buy note 5 but due to no sd-card I sell my note 4... moreHow Much that this phone cost? and does it have FM radio?

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • tPG
                                      • 27 Aug 2015

                                      If Samsung market this calling it "Samsung Galaxy S3S" with a removable battery. I would probably consider buying.

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                                        • AnonD-430264
                                        • FEA
                                        • 27 Aug 2015

                                        blaaah!!!, 27 Aug 2015yup!! I think note 4 is really the best phone...You're crazy. The side by side tests I've personally done against my brothers NOTE 4, I'm smoking him in everything with 5.