Rumored Images Of Yet To Be Announced Samsung Galaxy A8 (Photo : Twitter)
Coming at par with Chinese razor sharp smartphones like Gionee and Oppo, Samsung is soon going to plunge into the market of extra-thin phones after the much awaited release of Samsung Galaxy A8.
Recent reports of Galaxy A8 being approved by China's telecom regulator, TENAA, has cleared the air around the possibility of its launch. The phone is likely to be released by the third quarter of this year, Christian Today reported.
Powered by Qualcomm's MSM8939 Snapdragon 615, the major attraction of Galaxy A8 is its well-trimmed body and extra light weight. The phone will be unquestionably the thinnest handset yet made by Samsung with just over 5.7mm in thickness as compared to 6.3mm of its predecessor, Galaxy A7.
The apparent measure of the phone is 158×76.77×5.74 mm. The extra slim phone will weigh just 142 g.
The new handset developed by the South Korean electronics giant will have display screen with a 1080 x 1920 resolution and will run on the Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system, Engadget reported. The 2GB worth of RAM and 16 GB internal memory space will make the much awaited release more desirable.
The phone's 5 MP front-facing shooter will prove a boon to selfie-loving users.
Just like the other smartphones of A-series, Galaxy A8 is being made specifically for Asian and European market. Although A-series phones were not readily available in U.S. earlier as well, the Galaxy A8 is bound to find a new popularity owing to its extra slim and attractive features, which will come in three major variations, champagne gold, pearl white and midnight black.
