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Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018)

Announced: December 2017.OS: Android 7.1 Nougat → 9 Pie. VDRD-summary: It is better not to buy!
Starting price of $600 after the release dropped by 50% and now the average price is $300. Starting price of 37 128 ₽ after the release dropped by 50% and now the average price is 18 564 ₽. Starting price of 22 140 ₴ after the release dropped by 50% and now the average price is 11 070 ₴.
Status: Archived.
  • Screen 6" Super AMOLED
  • Rear сamera 16 MP Wide
  • Selfie camera 16 MP Wide 2 modules
  • CPU 8 cores Exynos 7885 Octa
  • Memory 4/6 GB RAM
  • Storage 32/64 GB ROM
  • Memory cards up to 256 GB microSD
  • Battery 3 500 mAh
  • Thickness 8.3 mm
  • Sim Cards 2 items dual sim
  • WaterProof
All characteristics

Short description Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018)

This is a smartphone on Android 7.1 Nougat with a very fast and productive processor, with a huge touchscreen size, with a very good main camera, and this smartphone also has a very cool front camera, which has 2 modules (16 MP Wide, 8 MP Wide). And Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) has such features: a slot for two SIM cards, dust and water protection.

Also known as: Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) Duos with dual-SIM card slots.

Versions: A730F (Global Single-SIM); A730F/DS (Global Dual-SIM).

Disclaimer. The table shows the main technical characteristics of the device. For a full list of features and capabilities of this model, see the manufacturer’s website. We can not guarantee that the information on this page is 100% correct.

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Important update: this model is updated to Android version 9 Pie.
Check the availability of the update version in your region on the manufacturer’s website.

Android version and market relevance

In December 2017 was announced smartphone Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018). It is located in the series Samsung Galaxy A among many others smartphones Samsung.

The most important thing you need to know before buying is the version of Android on which the smartphone is launched “out of the box”. And Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) works on Android 7.1 Nougat, that by the way is not so bad as for smartphone of 2017. But here it is still important to know whether this model is updated to a more recent version. Our novelty Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) updated to version 9 Pie.

Perhaps it will be important for you that the smartphone was a dualsim. Then we can make you happy, because Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) works great with two SIM cards. And since 2020, after the official launch of 5G networks, it has become very important for most buyers that the new smartphone has high-speed mobile Internet. It so happened that Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) does not have support for fifth-generation networks and cannot provide you with super-fast Internet at a speed of up to 100 Mb/s. If this is important for you, we recommend that you go to the catalog page, which contains all 5G-smartphones on Android.

Screen, body and battery

Super AMOLED touchscreen with a diagonal 6″ mounted on the front panel Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018), thickness 8.3 mm, which has a dust and water protection.

The battery in Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) is installed on 3 500 mAh. It can be said that by today′s standards, such a volume is the minimum acceptable, we recommend looking at other smartphones with a powerful battery.

Main camera and selfie camera

On the back of the smartphone is a good main camera with one module: 16 MP Wide. In addition to the main camera, which is very important, it is also worth paying attention to the quality of the pictures from the front camera. And here at this model the front-seat camera has multiple modules: 16 MP Wide + 8 MP Wide, which is very good. And to appreciate the quality of this camera, look at examples of photos and videos taken with it.

Processor and Internal Memory

After a lot of leaks, we now know all characteristics of the Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018). The smartphone received 8-core processor on the chipset Exynos 7885 Octa. RAM is built-in 4 GB and there is a version of 6 GB.

But the most interesting is the built-in memory of 32 GB and plus another option for 64 GB. Looking for memory cards? There is a special slot for card format microSD up to 256 GB.

Price for Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018): buy or not to buy?

The smartphone Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) got into our price segment “Middle class smartphones from $300 to $400” and began to be sold in January 2018 at a price of $300. Evaluation of the characteristics, probably, you have already folded, and if not, here is our result. Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) is a very smart smartphone with a huge screen and a cool main camera, and the front camera at it turned out simply smart. And to all this we add that the battery here is absolutely normal.

Is it worth buying now this model of the smartphone, we are talking about our status “Droid-or-Junk”. Of course, at the beginning of sales, almost every smartphone becomes a Droid, and we advise buying such models. But over time, the situation is changing, no one updates the Android version in the smartphone, and in six months or a year this smartphone can already become a Junk. In this case, we advise you to go to the DROID smartphones page in our catalog, where we always show the most current models on sale for today. There are variants from different price segments, so you will have plenty to choose from.

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