The Samsung Galaxy A8 (stylized as Samsung GALAXY A8) is an
Android phablet produced by
Samsung Electronics
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. It was introduced on July 15, 2015.
Specifications
The Galaxy A8 is thinner than earlier models from the A-series lineup, measuring in thickness.
The display is protected by
Gorilla Glass 4.
Other specifications include a 5.7 inch
1080p
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(1080x1920) Super
AMOLED
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display, touch based
fingerprint sensor integrated to the home button, 16 MP back camera and 5 MP front camera.
It is powered by
Exynos
The Samsung Exynos (stylized as SΛMSUNG Exynos), formerly Hummingbird (), is a series of ARM architecture, Arm-based System on a chip, system-on-chips developed by Samsung Electronics' System LSI division and manufactured by Samsung Foundry. I ...
5430, Exynos 5433 or
Snapdragon 615. All of these
SoCs
SOCS (suppressor of cytokine signaling proteins) refers to a family of genes involved in inhibiting the JAK-STAT signaling pathway.
Genes
* CISH (gene), CISH
* SOCS1
* SOCS2
* SOCS3
* SOCS4
* SOCS5
* SOCS6
* SOCS7 Structure
All SOCS have certai ...
feature an octa core processor and they are backed by 2
GB RAM and 32 GB internal storage. There is a hybrid SIM slot that can also be used as a
microSD card slot. It has a 3050 mAh non-removable battery.
It is shipped with
Android 5.1.1
Lollipop.
The Japan KDDI variant includes Oneseg & full Seg TV features while the Korean SK Telecom Variant has a T-DMB feature.
Notes
References
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Android (operating system) devices
Mobile phones introduced in 2015
A8 2015
Phablets