Samsung is out with Galaxy A8s, an android smartphone that comes with Infinity-O display that’s is 6.4-inches (2340 x 1080 pixels) in size and a tiny hole that houses a front-facing 24MP f/20 selfie camera just like Camon 11 Pro.
Samsung Galaxy 8As
This new Samsung Galaxy A8s has three lenses at the back; 24MP main sensor (f/1.7 aperture) , 10MP telephoto lens with f/2.4 and a – 5MP with f/2.2 aperture for depth sensing .
Coming to the Operating System (OS), Galaxy A8s runs on Android version 9 (Pie) that is powered by a Snapdragon 710 chip. The phone comes with 6GB or 8GB RAM and internal storage of 128GB which you can actually expand up to 512GB with microSD card. Let’s look at the full specifications of Samsung Galaxy A8s below.
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Samsung Galaxy A8s Full Specs
| FEATURES | |
|---|---|
| Sensors | Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
| Browser | HTML5 |
| – Fast battery charging – ANT+ support – MP4/WMV/H.265 player – MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player – Photo/video editor – Document viewer |
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| DISPLAY | |
|---|---|
| Type | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 6.4 inches, 100.5 cm2 (~84.7% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~403 ppi density) |
| Multitouch | Yes |
| – Always-on display | |
| MAIN CAMERA | |
|---|---|
| Triple | 24 MP, f/1.7, PDAF 10 MP, AF 5 MP, f/2.2, depth sensor |
| Features | LED flash, panorama, HDR |
| Video | [email protected] |
| SELFIE CAMERA | |
|---|---|
| Single | 24 MP, f/2.0 |
| Features | HDR |
| Video | [email protected] |
| PLATFORM | |
|---|---|
| OS | Android 9.0 (Pie) |
| Chipset | Qualcomm SDM710 Snapdragon 710 (10 nm) |
| CPU | Octa-core (2×2.2 GHz 360 Gold & 6×1.7 GHz Kryo 360 Silver) |
| GPU | Adreno 616 |
| NETWORK | |
|---|---|
| Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| 2G bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) |
| 3G bands | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 |
| 4G bands | LTE |
| Speed | HSPA, LTE |
| GPRS | Yes |
| EDGE | Yes |
| BODY DESIGN | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 158.4 x 74.9 x 7.4 mm (6.24 x 2.95 x 0.29 in) |
| Weight | 173 g (6.10 oz) |
| Build | Front/back glass, aluminum frame |
| SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| – Samsung Pay | |
| CONNECTIVITY | |
|---|---|
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, EDR, LE |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS |
| NFC | Yes |
| Radio | FM radio |
| USB | 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector |
| BATTERY | |
|---|---|
| Non-removable Li-Ion 3400 mAh battery | |
| COLOR VARIANTS | |
|---|---|
| Colors | Blue, Gray, Green |
Conclusion
Samsung Galaxy A8s is the best phone for those that loves taking pictures as the camera is a perfect solution to photography . The performance is also okey as the phone is being powered by 8x Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 SoC clocked at Dual-Core 2.2GHz & Hexa-Core 1.7GHz processor which is not bad.
The battery which is Non-removable Li-Ion 3400 mAh charges fast and the storage is hug enough to serve your need.
Don’t forget that Huawei is yet to release Nova 4 which is expected to have similar features as Galaxy A8s.
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