Samsung launched Galaxy A8 Star in India just a few days back. The smartphone is currently available for sale exclusively on Amazon India. Now Mahesh Telecom, a Mumbai retailer, is claimed to be offering Galaxy A8 Star smartphone for purchase offline at Rs 34,990. It means the smartphone is now available to purchase from offline retail stores as well.
As far as specifications are concerned, the Samsung Galaxy A8 Star runs on Android 8.0 Oreo operating system and id backed up by 3700mAh battery with adaptive fast charging. It has a 6.28-inch FHD+ (1080×2220 pixels) Super AMOLED Infinity display. There is a fingerprint sensor at the back and Face unlock feature as well for security.
TheGalaxy A8 Star directly competes with OnePlus 6, Asus ZenFone 5z and Xiaomi Poco F1 at this price point. But the phone seems to lag behind from all of them since it runs on an older Snapdragon 660 instead of Snapdragon 845.
The Samsung Galaxy A8 Star is equipped with a dual rear camera setup of 16-megapixel primary sensor and a 24-megapixel secondary sensor and a 24-megapixel front camera. The device is powered by 2.2GHz Octa Core Snapdragon 660 Processor with Adreno 512 GPU. It has 6GB RAM, 64GB internal storage and an expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD.