DHAKA: Samsung has launched its slimmest smartphone, the Galaxy A8, in India pricing at Rs 32,500.

Samsung Galaxy A8 is just 5.9mm thick but is not the slimmest in the market. Handsets like Gionee Elife S7, Oppo R5 and Vivo X5Max are 5.5mm, 4.85mm and 4.75mm thick respectively.

Samsung smartphone are available in Black, White and Gold color variants from Monday, NDTV reported.

The Android 5.1.1 Lollipop-based Samsung Galaxy A8 runs TouchWiz UI on top and features two Nano-SIM slots, of which one also acts as a microSD card slot.

This means that users would either get a dual-SIM support without a microSD card storage expansion or a single-SIM support with microSD card expansion.



The smartphone boasts metal side bezels, near bezel-less screen and appears similar to the flagship Galaxy S6 from the front. However, besides its slim profile, the company has managed to squeeze in a fingerprint sensor, which also doubles as the home button.

As for the specifications, the Samsung Galaxy A8 houses a larger display, better camera, and a bigger battery over its predecessor, the Galaxy A7.

The device equips a 5.7-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) resolution Super Amoled display and runs on the octa-core Samsung Exynos 5430 SoC (four cores clocked at 1.3GHz, and four at 1.8GHz) instead of the 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor used in the China variant.

It is coupled with 2GB of RAM. The smartphone has been launched in India with 32GB internal storage, which is expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB).

BDST: 1421 HRS, AUG 3, 2015
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