Korean Mobile Company Samsung created history of sorts when it added a new a new smartphone to its A series.
Samsung is one of the first to innovate even at the cost of failing once a while. The is never afraid of failures and accepts them. This is the spirit behind its long list of achievements. Samsung’s latest achievement is the newly released slimmest phone ever.
Samsung A8 the latest product from its stable is an extremely thin 5.9 mm phone with a huge 5.7 inch screen. The home button in this handset also doubles up as a fingerprint sensor.
Some of the other festures include Android 5.1.1 Lollipop OS, powerful octa-core Snapdragon 615 chipset and 16 and 32 GB storage options with 4G/LTE connectivity and 16 MP main camera and a 5 MP front camera.
The phone has a fixed 3,050 mAh Lithium-Ion battery and is available in black, white and gold colour and weighs just 151 grams.
Many manufactuurers tried competing against each to launch the ‘slimmest smartphones’. Gionee launched the World’s Slimmest Smartphone – ELIFE S5.5 in India. HTC launched One M9, came up with BlackBerry Leap while Sony announced its flagship Sony Xperia Z4.
Not to be left behind Samsung one of the largest manufacturers of smartphones in the world managed to create a slim and fully featured-phone.
Galaxy A8 is a beauty of a phone with pretty impressive features. The fingerprint sensor and sophisticated hand-wave detector enables users to turn it into a photo timer.
Samsung needs to be complimented for creating an affordable and slim phone without missing out too many features. This is no mean achievement but let’s see what the user’s have to say.
Experience has shown that larger phones like the A8 tend to be popular in Asian markets. No wonder Samsung offered it for sale initially in China only.
