Samsung Galaxy A8 with metal-body, octa-core chipset, fingerprint scanner launched for Rs 32,500

Samsung India has added yet another member to its 'A' series of metal-clad smartphones. A few days after announcing the Galaxy A8 in China, the South-Korean smartphone giant launched the phone in India as its flagship phone in the series.

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Talking of price, the Galaxy A8 has been priced for Rs 32,500, which is about a few thousands less than the price (about Rs 39,000) at which the Galaxy S6 has been seen selling online.

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The company justifies the price of the phone by saying that it combines a metal body design with a premium flagship-phone like specifications. The Galaxy A8 has in fact been promoted as the company's flagship A series phone that 'doesn't cost as much as a flagship.'

As for its design and specs, the Galaxy A8 is the slimmest ever smartphone from Samsung's kitty, measuring in at 5.9mm thick. It dons a metal body and features a fingerprint scanner that is placed on the home button.

Specifications-wise, the phone flaunts a 5.7-inch Full HD AMOLED display with 1920x1080 pixels resolution. The display is has 2.5mm of bezel on side.

The phone is powered by Samsung's Exynos 5430 octa-core chipset (1.8GHz Quad Core + 1.3GHz Quad Core) paired with 2GB of RAM. It has 32GB of internal memory that can be expanded by up to 128GB using a microSD card.

The phone sports a 16-megapixel autofocus camera with f/1.9 aperture and LED Flash, and a 5-megapixel wide-angle selfie camera up front. It runs on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop with Samsung's native UI that brings several pre-installed apps.

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Connectivity options include of dual-SIM slots with 4G LTE Cat6 support on both SIMs, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and AGPS. Other features include of a 3,050mAh battery.

The Samsung Galaxy A8 will be available across online as well as brick and mortar stores, and comes bundled with Airtel's double data offer for its users.