Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) review
Smartphone Galaxy A8 (2016) by Samsung is made in the classic shape. The phone uses Android 6.0 and supports working with two sim cards like nano SIM in alternate mode. Phone dimensions: width — 76.8 millimeters, height — 156.6 millimeters, thickness — 7.2 millimeters. Weight — 182 grams.
Diagonal of the color screen is 5.7 inches with a maximum screen resolution of 1920x1080 and 386 pixels per inch (PPI). The screen of the device has the automatic rotation function.
Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) runs on 8-core Samsung Exynos 7420 processor and Mali-T760 MP8 videoprocessor, has 32 gigabytes of built-in memory and 3 gigabytes of RAM. The phone has a slot for a memory card of up to 256 gigabytes.
Capacity of non-removable battery is 3300 mA⋅h, this is approximately 22 hours of talk time.
The phone is also equipped with sensors of illumination, approaching, compass and fingerprint scanner. This gives additional functionality to the phone in various applications.
Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) was presented to the public on September 30, 2016.
Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) specifications
General characteristics
- Type
- smartphone
- OS version
- Android 6.0
- Case type
- classic
- Control
- mechanical
- sensor keyboard
- SIM-card type
- nano SIM
- SIM-card amount
- 2
- Multi SIM mode
- alternate
- Weight
- 182 grams
- Width
- 76.8 mm
- Height
- 156.6 mm
- Thickness
- 7.2 mm
Display
- Diagonal
- 5.7"
- Screen size
- 1920x1080
- Number of pixels per inch (PPI)
- 386
- Screen type
- colored AMOLED
- 16.78 mln colors
- sensor
- Sensor screen type
- multitouch
- capacitive
- Aspect Ratio
- 16:9
- Automatic display rotation
Multimedia features
- Rear camera
- 16 MP
- Flash
- rear
- LED
- Rear camera functions
- autofocus
- Rear camera diaphragm
- F
- 1.9
- Video Recording
- Video resolution max
- 1920x1080
- Max. frame rate of video
- 30 fps
- Front camera
- 8 megapixels
- Audio
- MP3
- AAC
- WAV
- WMA
- Headphone jack
- 3.5 mm
Connectivity
- Standard
- GSM 900/1800/1900
- 3G
- 4G LTE
- LTE range support
- FDD LTE: 2100, 1800, 850, 2600, 900, 800 MHz; TDD LTE: 2300 MHz
- Interfaces
- Wi-Fi 802.11n
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Bluetooth 4.1
- USB
- ANT+
- NFC
- Satellite navigation
- GPS
Storage and processor
- CPU
- Samsung Exynos 7420
- Processor cores number
- 8
- Video processor
- Mali-T760 MP8
- Built-in memory
- 32 GB
- The amount of memory available to the user
- 23.50 GB
- Amount of RAM
- 3 GB
- Memory card slot
- yes
- volume of up to 256 GB
- SIM-card compatable
Power supply
- Battery capacity
- 3300 mA⋅h
- Battery
- non-removable
- Talk time
- 22 hours
- Time in music listening mode
- 44 hours
- Connector type for charging
- micro-USB
Other functions
- Control
- voice typing
- voice-activated control
- Airplane mode
- A2DP profile
- Sensors
- illumination sensor
- approaching sensor
- compass
- fingerprint scanner
- Flashlight
- Use as a USB storage device
