Samsung A8 (2018) review, advantages, disadvantages and specifications

Samsung A8 (2018) has a superb primary camera of 16 MP, f/1.7, phase detection autofocus, and LED flash, It offers features such as geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, and HDR, It takes wonderful photos with high quality and it presents Full HD video.

Samsung A8 (2018) advantages

Samsung A8 (2018) comes with a video of 1080p@30fps, It presents a secondary camera of Dual: 16 MP + 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p, It has wonderful selfies and it supports a flash that enables you to take superb photos in low light conditions.

Samsung A8 (2018) offers Samsung Pay, It is IP68 certified, It has dust/waterproof over 1.5 meters and 30 minutes, It contains a Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, It comes with a great size of 5.6 inches, 79.6 cm2 (~75.6% screen-to-body ratio) that is very suitable in playing games, watching videos and browsing the internet.

Samsung A8 (2018) comes with a superb resolution of 1080 x 2220 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~441 ppi density), It has a multitouch feature, It includes Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version) for screen protection and it supports Always-on display.

Samsung A8 (2018) contains the latest operating system of Android 7.1.1 (Nougat), It offers Exynos 7885 Octa, It includes a fast CPU, It contains Octa-core (2×2.2 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6×1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), It presents Mali-G71 and it has a superb performance without any lags.

Samsung A8 (2018) has superb expandable memory via card slot, microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot), It supports a superb internal memory of 32/64 GB, It has a great 4 GB RAM that is very suitable for multitasking performance, It has versions such as A530F (Europe, Global Single-SIM), A530F/DS (Global Dual-SIM).

Samsung A8 (2018) is also known as Samsung Galaxy A8 ( 2018 ) Duos with dual-SIM card slots, It offers 2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only), It supports 3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100, It presents 4G bands LTE, Speed is HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat11 600/75 Mbps, It has GPRS and it has EDGE.

Samsung A8 (2018) was announced in December 2017, It was released in January 2018, Its body dimensions are 149.2 x 70.6 x 8.4 mm (5.87 x 2.78 x 0.33 in), The weight is 172 g (6.07 oz), It has Front/back glass, aluminum frame, It supports Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by).

Samsung A8 (2018) supports Sound Alert types such as Vibration, MP3, and WAV ringtones, It offers a loudspeaker, It presents a 3.5 mm jack, It provides you with superb active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic, It has Comms WLAN such as Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, and hotspot.

Samsung A8 (2018) has Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, EDR, and LE, It offers GPS, with A-GPS, GLONASS, and BDS, It includes an NFC feature, It gives you FM radio, It has USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, It presents rich number of superb sensors such as fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, and barometer.

Samsung A8 (2018) has SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, and IM, It offers Browser HTML5, It presents fast battery charging, It supports ANT+ support, It includes MP4/WMV/H.265 player and it contains MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player.

Samsung A8 (2018) offers a photo/video editor, It has a document viewer, It comes with a non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery that lasts for a long time, It has colours such as Black, orchid grey, gold, and blue, It presents a high pixel density, It has a high resolution that makes the display very clear and bright.

Samsung A8 (2018) offers lots of RAM and large memory, It is premium and attractive, It is well-designed and well-built, It presents great performance and features, It includes almost every connectives like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, USB, 3G, 4G, and NFC.

Samsung A8 (2018) disadvantages

Samsung A8 (2018) does not have water and dust resistant, It is a bit heavy weight to carry, It does not have Java, It does not have wireless charging support, It does not have a Quick charging feature, The battery is not user replaceable, It does not have Infrared feature and it does not include a Temperature sensor.

Heba Soffar

Heba Soffar is a Telecommunication Engineer and the founder, editor, and content manager of Science Online, a leading educational and technology-focused platform dedicated to providing accurate, reliable, and easy-to-understand scientific information. With an academic background in Electrical and Telecommunications Engineering from Alexandria University, Heba combines technical expertise with advanced digital publishing skills to create high-quality content for a global audience. Over the years, she has developed extensive experience in scientific writing, search engine optimization (SEO), website management, content strategy, and digital publishing. Her work focuses on transforming complex scientific, medical, technological, and engineering concepts into engaging and accessible articles that help readers stay informed about the latest developments in science and technology.

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