Samsung Launches Galaxy A8 Star at Rs 34,990 in India to Take On the OnePlus 6

Earlier today, Samsung unveiled the entry-level Galaxy J2 Core smartphone in India, and now, it has launched the upper mid-range Galaxy A8 Star smartphone to take on the OnePlus 6. The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star comes as an upgraded version of Galaxy A8 Plus launched earlier this year. It’s priced at Rs 34,990 and is exclusive to Amazon. Hardware side of things, the Galaxy A8 Star packs the powerful Snapdragon 660 chipset, 6 gigs of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. In addition, the phone has dual rear cameras as well. The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star takes on the likes of OnePlus 6, Honor 10 and the Asus Zenfone 5Z in the Indian market, but sadly, all the three smartphones pack much powerful processors.

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Samsung Galaxy A8 Star Features and Specifications

Starting things off with the display, the Galaxy A8 Star rocks a 6.28-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED display on the front, carrying a resolution of 1080×2220 pixels. As expected, Samsung is calling the display on this device as Infinity Display. At the heart of the Galaxy A8 Star, we have the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 Mobile Platform, coupled with 6GB of RAM and 64GB of onboard storage. Samsung has launched the device in only one variant. The storage can be further expandable up to 256GB with a microSD card. Dimensions wise, the phone measures 162.4×77.0×7.55mm and weighs 188 grams.

The Galaxy A8 Star comes laden with Android 8.1 Oreo with Samsung Experience UI on top. Connectivity options include 4G LTE, VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, NFC and a USB Type-C port. As for the cameras, there’s a 16MP primary sensor on the rear with f/1.7 lens, LED flash which is paired with a 24MP secondary sensor for adding depth effect to the images. On the front, the A8 Star rocks a 24MP shooter with f/2.0 aperture.