Samsung has reached a new horizon in its endeavor of bringing the Galaxy smartphones. And this time, with a new Infinity-O display. Namely known as the Samsung Galaxy A8s, the new smartphone comes with an in-display camera and a capable Snapdragon 710 chipset on the board.
Samsung Galaxy A8s Overview
The major highlight of this phone is the camera. The phone flaunts a 24MP selfie shooter on the front. And to place the selfie camera on the front, Samsung has neither included a bezel on the top of the display nor incorporated a notch. Samsung punched a hole of 6.7mm in its display to house the selfie camera and all other necessary sensors inside.
On the rear panel, the smartphone giant has been quite generous in terms of camera counts. The Samsung Galaxy A8s comes with a triple camera setup on its back just like its sibling, the Galaxy A7 2018. This time, the smartphone giant has included a 24MP main sensor, which comes with a wide f/1.7 lens. An additional 10MP telephoto camera and a 5MP depth camera complete the triple-camera setup.
As mentioned earlier, the phone comes with Snapdragon 710 chipset. Although the SD710 is not a flagship-grade processor, it is fairly capable to run and handle even some high-end games. Samsung has also incorporated 6GB/8GB of RAM alongside to add fluidity on multitasking and app switching. In terms of memory too, the phone has been generous with 128GB of onboard storage. And to expand to storage further, Samsung has also included an SD card slot. Users can expand the storage up to 512GB making use of the SD card.
On the display front, we will be seeing a 6.4-inch (6.2-inch when curved) display on the handset. The display will feature Full-HD+ resolution in a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. So we can expect the contents to look fairly sharp on its display. However, Samsung has not yet disclosed whether it included an IPS or a Super AMOLED panel. But the rumors suggest that the phone will come with an IPS display. If it’s true then the contents may not possess inky colors, which is usually prevalent on AMOLED displays.
In terms of battery, the phone flaunts a 3400mAh battery, which uses USB Type-C port to gulp the power juice. And since the phone supports Adaptive fast charging support, the phone won’t cling to the wall charger for a long time to get itself fully charged.
The pre-order of the smartphone will start from December 21 on China and the actual shipping will start shortly after that. Also, the price of the device has not been disclosed yet. However, it has been clearly disclosed that the phone will be available on gradients colors of Gray, Blue, and Green. So the interested ones would have a decent number of alternatives to choose from.
Samsung Galaxy A8s specifications
- Dimension: 158.4×74.9×7.4mm; Weight: 173g
- Display: 6.4-inch display with 2.5D curved glass on the top
- Resolution: Full HD+ (2340 x 1080 pixels), 19:5:9 aspect ratio
- Chipset: Snapdragon 710, 10nm architecture
- CPU: OctaCore (Dual 2.2GHz Kryo 360 + Hexa 1.7GHz Kryo 360 CPUs)
- GPU: Adreno 616
- RAM: 6GB/ 8GB RAM
- Storage: 128GB onboard Storage, expandable up to 512GB via micro SD card
- OS & UI: Android 8.1 (Oreo) with Samsung’s UI on the top
- Rear Camera: Triple Camera- (24MP, f/1.7 aperture) + (10MP telephoto lens withf/2.4 aperture) + (5MP depth camera with f/2.2), LED flash
- Front Camera: 24MP, f/2.0
- Connectivity:Dual SIM, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4/5GHz), VHT80, Bluetooth 5, GPS +GLONASS, USB Type-C, NFC
- Battery: 3400mAh battery with adaptive fast charging support
- Color: Gray, Blue, and Green
