Samsung launched Galaxy J8 in India last month Rs 18,990. At that time, the company did not reveal the availability date of the phone. Samsung recently announced the sale date for the Galaxy J8 in India. And now the smartphone is available for sale in India. This is for the first time in India that the Galaxy J8 is available for purchase.
Samsung Galaxy J8 comes in Blue, Black and Gold colour variants and will be available on on Flipkart, Amazon, Paytm and Samsung Stores across India. Samsung has partnered with ICICI Bank to offer cash back to the customers. If you buy the Galaxy J8 through ICICI Bank credit and debit cards, users will be able to get cashback of up to Rs 1,500.
The Galaxy J8 comes with 6-inch HD+ Super AMOLED Display with a resolution of 1480 x 720 pixels and will run on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 SoC with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. The device will come installed with a dual (16MP f/1.7 Aperture + 5MP f/1.9 aperture) rear cameras for capturing the depth of field pictures and a 16-megapixel sensor on the front for selfies. The device will equip a larger 3,500mAh battery which is estimated to last you a day on moderate use.
It runs on Android 8.0 Oreo with Samsung’s Experience UI on top. The fingerprint scanner is housed at the back below the camera modules and is rectangular in shape like the one found on the Galaxy S9 lineup. In terms of connectivity, Galaxy J8 will feature 4G VoLTE support, Bluetooth v4.2, WiFi and GPS and will still retain the traditional Headphone jack.