Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) specifications

All the technical specifications of the Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) in one place: a 5,6 inch screen and 3000 mAh battery. Below you will find the full overview, from storage and connectivity to what's in the box, so you can check and weigh up every detail.

Height:149,2 mm

Weight:172 gr

Width:70,6 mm

Thickness:8,4 mm

General

• Status:No longer available new
• Announced:19 december 2017
• Available since:15 january 2018
• Predecessor:Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017)
• Product code:SM-A530
• EAN codes: 8801643258009, 8801643218997, 8801643130572, 8801643103521, 8801643061111, 8801643055004, 8801643052416, 8801643051631, 8033779043161, 5413729232099

Design type

• Monoblock:

Controls

• Fingerprint recognition:
• Touchscreen: Multi-touch, Capacitive
• Voice command:
• Voice dialing:

Operating system

• Android: 7.1

User interface

• Samsung Experience:

Display

• Auto-rotate:
• Colour display: Adjustable display brightness, 16.777.216 colours (24 bits), Full HD+ Super AMOLED
• Size: 5.6 inch
• Resolution: 2220 x 1080 pixels
• Aspect ratio: 18.5:9
• Pixels Per Inch (PPI): 441
• Screen-to-body ratio: 75.6%

Cameras

• Flash rear:
• Front camera: Dual camera sensor
• Resolution: 16 MP + 8 MP
• Aperture: f/1.9
• Max. resolution: (camera) 4640 x 3480 pixels
• Video resolution: FHD
• Main camera: Autofocus
• Resolution: 16 MP
• Aperture: f/1.7
• Rear camera system: Blink Shot, Gezichtsherkenning, Nachtmodus, Panoramamodus, Portretmodus, Smile Shot
• DxOMark score: 79

Hardware

• Haptic feedback:
• Integrated antenna:
• Processor: Samsung Exynos 7885, Octa core
• Clock Frequency: 1.6 GHz + 2.2 GHz

Materials

• Dirt and waterproof: IP68
• Gorilla Glass:

Telephony

• Flight mode:
• Integrated handsfree speaker:
• nano-SIM (4FF):
• Vibrating alert:
• Videoconferencing:

Operating frequency

• Quad band:

Data network

• 4G (LTE): Cat 11 (600 Mbps)
• EDGE:
• GPRS:
• HSDPA: Cat20 42 Mbps
• HSUPA: Cat6 5.76 Mbps
• UMTS:

Personalisation

• Multiple homescreens:
• Widgets:

Personal Information Management (PIM)

• Agenda:
• Alarm clock:
• Calculator:
• Contact list:
• Date and time notation:
• Document viewer: Excel files, PowerPoint files, PDF files, Word files
• Phonebook with groups:
• Photo phonebook:
• Reminder list:
• Stopwatch & countdown timer:
• To-do list:
• Voice memo:

Available applications

• Image editor:
• Java application support:
• Movie editor:
• Photo album:
• Video codec support: H.263, H.264, MPEG-4, Sorenson Spark, VC-1, VP8
• Video file support: 3G2, 3GP, ASF, AVI, FLV, M4V, MKV, MP4, WebM, WMV

Messaging

• E-mail: POP3, SMTP, IMAP4
• Instant messaging: Google Talk
• MMS: Video MMS
• Predictive Text Input: T9
• SMS: Group messaging, Receive and send concatenated messages

Internet

• Internet browser:
• RSS reader:
• YouTube support:

Navigation

• A-GPS:
• Beidou:
• Build-in navigation system: Google Maps, Google Maps Navigation
• Digital Compass:
• GLONASS:
• GPS receiver:

Audio

• Audio codec support: AAC, AAC+, AMR, eAAC+, FLAC, MIDI, Mobile XMF, MP3 VBR, OGG Vorbis, OTA, RTTL/RTX
• Audio file support: M4A, MP3, WAV, WMA
• FM-radio: Stereo, RDS
• Polyphonic ringtones: MP3 ringtones

Build-in memory

• Internal memory:
• Size (RAM): 4 GB
• Storage: 32 GB
• Memory card slot: MicroSDHC memory card

Connections

• Audio jack plug: 3.5 mm
• USB: Type-C

Connectivity

• Bluetooth: v5.0, Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP)
• DLNA support:
• NFC:
• Synchronisation: ActiveSync, SyncML
• Tethering:
• WAP: 2.0
• Wireless Lan (WLAN/Wi-Fi): Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)

Power supply

• Battery: Li-ion
• Capacity: 3000 mAh
• Fast charging:

Sensors

• Ambient light sensor:
• Barometer:
• Gesture recognition:
• Gyroscope:
• Proximity sensor: