Samsung Galaxy A8 Duos

General Information

• Colors:
• Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold

• Models:
• SM-A8000, SM-A800F, SM-A800Y, SM-A800I, SM-A800IZ, SM-A800S, SM-A800YZ

• SAR EU:
• 0.32 W/kg (head)     0.55 W/kg (body)    

• Price:
• About 280 EUR

Network/Bearer

• Technology:
• GSM / HSPA / LTE

• 2G bands:
• GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2

• 3G bands:
• HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - A800F, A800Y

• 4G bands:
• LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) - A800F, LTE band 3(1800), 8(900), 28(700) - A800Y

• Speed:
• HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps

Launch

• Announced:
• 2015, August

• Status:
• Available. Released 2015, August

Physical Specifications

• Dimensions:
• 158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm (6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)

• Weight:
• 151 g (5.33 oz)

• SIM:
• Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Display

• Type:
• Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

• Size:
• 5.7 inches, 89.6 cm2 (~73.8% screen-to-body ratio)

• Resolution:
• 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~386 ppi density)

• Protection:
• Corning Gorilla Glass 4

Platform

• OS:
• Android 5.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow)

• Chipset:
• Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 (28 nm) - A800YExynos 5430 Octa (20 nm) - A800F

• CPU:
• Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A53) - A800YOcta-core (4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A7) - A800F

• GPU:
• Adreno 405 - A800YMali-T628 MP6 - A800F

Memory

• Card slot:
• microSD, up to 256 GB (uses shared SIM slot)

• Internal:
• 32GB 2GB RAM

Main Camera

• Single:
• 16 MP, f/1.9, 31mm (standard), AF

• Features:
• LED flash, panorama, HDR

• Video:
• 1080p@30fps

Selfie Camera

• Single:
• 5 MP, f/1.9, 23mm (wide)

• Video:
• 1080p@30fps

Sound

• Loudspeaker:
• Yes

• 3.5mm jack:
• Yes, Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Connectivity

• WLAN:
• Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot

• Bluetooth:
• 4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE

• GPS:
• Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)

• Radio:
• FM radio, RDS, recording

• USB:
• microUSB 2.0

Features

• Sensors:
• Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass

• Messaging:
• SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM

• Browser:
• HTML5, ANT+

Battery

• Browser:
• HTML5, Non-removable Li-Ion 3050 mAh battery

• Talk time:
• Up to 17 h (3G)

• Music play:
• Up to 51 h

Tests

• Performance:
• Basemark OS II 2.0: 1089 / Basemark X: 8838

• Display:
• Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 3.859 (sunlight)

• Loudspeaker:
• Voice 66dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB

• Audio quality:
• Noise -89.3dB / Crosstalk -53.8dB

• Battery life:
• Endurance rating 98h