Samsung unveiled its Premium midrange smartphone A8 star last week. The smartphone went on sale today via Amazon India. The device was debuted as a global variant of the Galaxy A9 Star, which was launched in China a couple of months ago. Being it is a Samsung smartphone the Galaxy A8 Star will be available across online and offline retail outlets. But at present, it is available on Amazon.
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The Galaxy A8 star is strictly a midrange phone where the company add more features that could make it more impressive to buy. The main competition in terms of price and specs will be Oneplus 6. The OnePlus 6 starts at a price of Rs 34,999 for the 6GB RAM 64 GB storage variant. However, A8 Star features an underpowered Snapdragon 660 in comparison to OnePlus 6’s Snapdragon 845.
Samsung Galaxy A8 Star price in India, launch offers
The smartphone available in 6GB and 64 GB internal storage combination with a colour options White and Black. The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star price in India has been set at Rs. 34,990. Launch offers to include a free 1-year screen protection plan, no-cost EMIs from Bajaj Finserv and all major credit cards, and 5 per cent instant discount using an HDFC Bank Credit card.
Samsung Galaxy A8 Star specifications
Speaking about specification, One of the big advantages that the phone flaunts a 6.3-inch Super AMOLED Infinity display with a resolution of 1080×2220. The display has a screen to body ratio of 80.6 per cent.
The Galaxy A8 star hooked with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC that includes quad-core 2.2GHz Kryo 260 and quad-core 1.8GHz Kryo 260 CPUs, coupled with 6GB of RAM.
Coming to optics, It sports an astonishing dual Rear IntelliCam on the rear panel and a massive single lens sensor on the front. The dual lens camera comes with one 16-megapixel lens and another 24-megapixel lens, both with f/1.7 aperture. On the front, also comes with a 24-megapixel lens with f/2.0 aperture.
Under the hood, the handset is powered by a 3,700mAh unit battery. The phone also gets a facial recognition feature.
The phone comes with a USB Type-C port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. The rear panel also houses a fingerprint sensor.The phone gets 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5, GPS/ A-GPS, NFC for connectivity.