With a 5.9 mm waist, super-slim bezels, metal frame and 5.7-inch Full HD display, this poor man's jumbo-sized Galaxy S6 may have trouble keeping the price bar low.
Ever since we first heard the name Galaxy A8, we had mixed feelings. On one hand, the mobile tech world could definitely use a larger, higher-end variant of the A7 situated just below the premium Galaxy S6/S6 Edge duo on the Android totem pole.
On the other, there's really not much room left between the $440 A7 and $600 S6 for this A8 to squeeze into and find a target audience. Let's say it costs $500. Can Samsung convince enough people to cough that up when only a Benjamin more buys them the best of the (non-curvy) best?
Guess we'll see pretty soon, given the Galaxy A8 holds essentially no secrets anymore and should thus commercially debut before long. Aesthetically, based on a bunch of leaked live pics, this is basically an A7/S6 hybrid, taking design cues from both and somehow slimming their profiles without sacrificing battery capacity.
Of course, you can find longer-lasting phablets and even smaller phones with bigger cells around, but at 5.9 mm thin and a weight of 140 grams, 3,050 mAh juice feels plentiful. Decently grippable and not at all flimsy by the looks of things, the metallic A8 sports predominantly remarkable features by mid-range standards.
Perhaps short of high-end stature, particularly the octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor, 2 GB RAM and 16 GB internal storage, but the huge 1,080p panel, 16 MP/5 MP cameras, 4G LTE connectivity, fingerprint recognition tech, pre-loaded Android 5.1.1 Lollipop and microSD support might be enough to seal the deal for some. Just don't go over the off-contract $500 mark, mmkay, Sammy?
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