Samsung Galaxy A8s Review & Pros And Cons

Picture of the Samsung Galaxy A8s, by Samsung

- Analysis by KJ David


A high-end Samsung Galaxy A-series smartphone geared towards Phonerated's list of the best phones for photography, the Galaxy A8s's biggest pro comes in the form of a triple-lens main camera that consists of a 24-megapixel main lens, a 10-megapixel telephoto lens promising clear zoomed photos (It supports 2x optical zooming), and a 5-megapixel Live Focus lens for bokeh effects and depth-of-field adjustments.

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The aforementioned perk aside, though, the A8s is not immune from some slight cons, one of which is its 3400mAh-only battery capacity that misses the 4000mAh threshold reached by many semi-high-end and flagship-class 2018 smartphones. Also, its Type-C headset jack might come off as a tad problematic for some users, since, as we were reviewing its pros and cons, a 3.5mm port was still pretty much the industry standard.

Going back to its selling points, this 7.4mm-thin Galaxy A model touts a highly-competitive 24-megapixel selfie camera that brushes shoulders with the front cams of some of the best selfie smartphones around, although the absence of a front-firing LED flash sounds like a minor con.

The A8s rocks what Samsung calls an Infinity-O display measuring 6.4 inches wide and sitting on an expansive 19.5:9 aspect ratio and a 2340 x 1080 Full HD+ definition. Feel free to pit its facade versus those of some of the best large-screen phones here.

Going over to its processing specs, the Galaxy A8s runs on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 710 processor, which is a dual-cluster eight-core chip composed of a 2.2GHz dual-core performance cluster and a 1.7GHz hexa-core cluster for day-to-day activities and undemanding applications. It is coupled with a large 6GB RAM .

Also among its pros and cons are Samsung's signature Bixby mobile assistant (with the Bixby Vision image-searching tool) as well as the NFC-powered Samsung Pay mobile wallet app.

So, with the kind of pros and cons that it brings to the table, the Samsung Galaxy A8s sounds like a solid choice for mobile photographers and multimedia junkies who aren't very meticulous when it comes to battery life.

On-paper Star rating:

First, the Cons:

Obviously no HDMI port:

It's great that the Samsung Galaxy A8s can record high-resolution 3840 x 2160 movies, but we were disappointed not to find any evidence of the Galaxy A8s featuring an HDMI port (which is convenient to watch HD videos on your shiny HDTV.)

Unknown weight:

It's frustrating that we could not find its weight information.

Pros:

Faster processor:

Its Dual 2.2GHz (+ Hexa 1.7GHz) processor speed combined with 8 cores is part of the fastest.

NFC-enabled:

NFC is becoming increasingly important for electronic payments and other applications.

Outstanding camera:

The Galaxy A8s is one of the rare phones to feature a 24-megapixel (combined with 5-megapixel Live Focus cam and a 10-megapixel telephoto cam) camera.

Special features:

It has these special features: Gear Support (Galaxy Watch, Gear Circle (Manager Support), Gear Fit, Gear Fit2, Gear Fit2 Pro, Gear Sport, Gear1, Gear2, Gear2 Neo, Gear S2, Gear S3, Gear IconX, Gear 360, Gear 360 (2017))

Above-average selfie cam:

The 24-megapixel selfie cam offers an above-decent resolution.

** This phone is also known as: Samsung A8s, Samsung SM-G8870

*** These pros and cons are spotted automatically based on our analysis formula and the specifications we have in our database for this cell phone. If you find a mistake, please let us know.


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