Samsung's super-slim Galaxy A8 lands in India for Rs. 32,500

Samsung has launched its slimmest smartphone, the Galaxy A8 in India. With a waistline of just 5.9mm, it is Samsung's slimmest phone to date. The Galaxy A7 was the earlier holder of the title with its 6.3mm body. However, Galaxy A8 is not the slimmest phone out there, Gionee Elife S7, Oppo R5 and Vivo X5Max are 5.5mm, 4.85mm and 4.75mm thick respectively.

The Samsung Galaxy A8 sports full metal uni-body design and has ultra-narrow bezels. It runs Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box and has fingerprint sensor integrated on the home button. The phone has Hybrid Dual-SIM slot, the second slot can also be used as a microSD card slot.

The Galaxy A8 features 5.7-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) Super AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. Inside there is an octa-core Samsung Exynos 5430 SoC (four cores clocked at 1.3GHz, and four at 1.8GHz) instead of the 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor used in the China variant. It packs 2GB RAM and on-board storage is 32GB (expandable via microSD card up to 128GB).

Camerawise, it sports 16-megapixel auto-focus rear camera with LED flash, f/1.9 aperture. It comes with HDR mode, voice activation, face detection and full HD video recording capabilities. On the front there is a 5-megaixel shooter with 120 degrees wide-angle lens for clicking selfies. 

Connectivity options include 4G LTE, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.1, and GPS/GLONASS. It is fueled by 3050mAh battery and comes in Black, White and Gold colors.

The Samsung Galaxy A8 is priced at Rs. 32,500 and is available via all retail and online stores across the country. It comes with double data offer for Airtel subscribers for 6 months.