GFXBench listing reveals that Galaxy A8 will run on a Snapdragon 615 SoC and have a 5.5 inch display.
Samsung Galaxy A8 smartphone will reportedly feature a 5.5 inch display screen according to a GFXBench listing.
An entry on the benchmark's website reveals that the Samsung Galaxy A8 will come with a 5.5-inch 1080p display, which is the same as the one used in the Galaxy A7. The listing also reveals that the handset will have a 16 MP autofocus camera with features like face detection, touch focus and LED flash. The device will come with a Snapdragon 615 1.4 GHz chipset with 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB internal memory of which 12 GB is available to the user. The smartphone will come with inbuilt accelerometer, face detection, compass, light and proximity sensors. Other rumoured specifications of the Galaxy A8 are an integrated fingerprint sensor in a slim 5.9 mm body. It will also have a 5 MP front-facing camera for clicking selfies. The device will run Android 5.0 lollipop with TouchWiz UX. Connectivity options included in the Galaxy A8 are 4G LTE support, WiFi, Bluetooth and NFC. It will be backed by a 3,050 mAh battery.
Samsung’s Galaxy A-series smartphones have received a good response. After MWC 2015, a trademark filing had revealed Samsung’s plans to add more devices to the A-series. The devices feature a metallic design that gives it a premium look. Earlier reports had suggested that Samsung may launch the Galaxy A8 only in China, but now new reports have surfaced which state that the device will be launched in various markets in Asia and Europe.
According to a recent report by CyberMedia Research Samsung has become the no 1 4G LTE smartphone vendor in India in Q1 2015, replacing Apple. Samsung has grabbed 27 pc stake in 4G device market, followed by Xiaomi which has a 27 pc stake and the third spot has been taken up by Apple which has 17 pc market share. The reason has been attributed to the success of Samsung Galaxy A6, A5 and S6 handsets in the country. Vikrant Singh, analyst at CMR Telecoms Practice, said: "Samsung made a jump from third spot to top spot mainly on account of the launch of new handset models like A5, A6 and S6.”
Source: GfxBench
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