The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star is a midrange Android smartphone manufactured and marketed by Samsung as part of the

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. It was announced in June 2018 for East and Southeast Asian markets, namely Korea, China and India. In China, it is sold as the Samsung Galaxy A9 Star.

Availability

The Galaxy A8 Star is intended for Eastern Asian markets, and as such, it is not sold in Western markets. In India, it is available exclusively through

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and retails for Rs34990.

Specifications

Hardware

The Galaxy A8 Star has a 6.3"

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display and is powered by the

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. It has dual 24 + 16 MP rear cameras and a 24 MP front camera. The A8 Star relies on USB-C and has a 3.5mm audio jack as well as Bluetooth 5. Biometric options include a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor and facial recognition. Externally, the A8 Star has an aluminum frame with glass on both the front and back of the phone.

Software

The Galaxy A8 Star runs on Android 8 "Oreo" with Samsung Experience 9.0. It eventually got an update to Android 9 "Pie" with One UI 1.1, and

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with One UI 2 a year later.

Marketing

Samsung was criticized for using a

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to promote the A8 Star's portrait mode effect.

References

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