UPDATED NEWS: Samsung Galaxy A8 prices are unveiled!

The hottest and newest smartphone from the Samsung Galaxy A series, the Samsung Galaxy A8, has just revealed its prices.

Specifically, Samsung Galaxy A8 price is set at 3,199 Yuan ($515 and about RM1,956) for the basic version. The 32GB A8 will cost more, at 3,499 Yuan ($564 and about RM2,140). The device will go on Chinese sale in late July and be expected to be available in the next months.

Some key features of Galaxy A8 Specs for your quick review:

– Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC
– Display: 5.7-inch Full HD Super AMOLED
– RAM: 2GB
– ROM: 16/32GB (expandable)
– Camera: 16MP rear and 5MP front
– OS: Android 5.1 Lollipop
– Battery: 3,050mAh
– Thickness: 5.9mm

Well, do you think that they are reasonable prices for a super slim smartphone like the new A8? 

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As we have already known that the Samsung brand is going to announce the next mid-range smartphone. Recently, it’s official. Earlier this time in China, Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy A8 – an amazing handset with solid specifications and slimmest Androids ever built.

The official Samsung Galaxy A8 is indeed 6mm thin ( 5.9 mm at thinnest ), and the dimension is 158 mm length and 77 mm width. It weights 151 grams of premieum chassis materials. It has 5.7-inch screen with 1080p resolution Full HD Super AMOLED display.

The device powered by Android 5.1 Lollipop with octa-core Snapdragon 615, 1.5 GHz. The Samsung Galaxy A8 has 2 GB of RAM , 16 or 32 GB of internal storage, expandable with microSD card slot.  The memory expansion slot is shared with the second SIM slot. So, it unable to  get both dual-SIM and microSD at the same time

Official Samsung Galaxy A8

The main camera is 16 mega-pixel ISOCELL endeavor, and the front one is 5 mega-pixel resolution. It also has generous battery capacity 3,050mAh, being able to remain for 304 hours of standby time. Besides, fingerprint scanner is also equipped in the home key, as the flagship’s high-end features.

In terms of connectivity the Samsung Galaxy offers 4G LTE, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS with Glonass and Beidou support, and NFC also.

At the present, the official Samsung Galaxy A8 has only been launched officially in China right now where it’s available to pre-order in white, black and gold colors. Samsung is yet to confirm whether or not it’s going to release globally, and pricing details will be  revealed when it is on available.