Samsung Galaxy A8 Star with 6.28-inch FHD+ display, Snapdragon 660, dual rear cameras launching in India soon exclusively on Amazon


Samsung introduced Galaxy A9 Star smartphone in China in June, later the smartphone was introduced for the global markets as Galaxy A8 Star. Now the company has started teasing the launch of the A8 Star in India, exclusively on Amazon.in. It has has a 6.28-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED Infinity display, is powered by Snapdragon 660, has a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a secondary 24-megapixel rear camera. It has a fingerprint sensor on the back and packs a 3700mAh battery.

Samsung Galaxy A8 Star specifications

  •  6.28-inch FHD+ (1080×2220 pixels) FHD+ Super AMOLED Infinity display
  • Octa Core Snapdragon 660 14nm Mobile Platform (Quad 2.2GHz Kryo 260 + Quad 1.8GHz Kryo 260 CPUs) with Adreno 512 GPU
  • 4GB LPDDR4x RAM, 64GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
  • Android 8.0 (Oreo)
  • Dual SIM
  • 16MP primary rear camera with LED Flash, f/1.7 aperture, 24MP secondary rear camera
  • 24MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
  • Fingerprint sensor
  • Dimensions: 162.4×77.0×7.55mm; Weight: 188g
  • 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4/5GHz), Bluetooth 5 LE, GPS with GLONASS
  • 3700mAh battery with fast charging

The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star comes in Black and White colors, and Amazon.in teases that it will cost over Rs. 30,000.


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