The Galaxy A8 Star flaunts Dual Intellicam Technology to switch between sensors depending upon ambient light
“The Galaxy A8 Star flaunts Dual Intellicam technology to switch between sensors depending upon ambient light”
The leading chaebol, Samsung has been teasing the launch of the Galaxy A8 Star smartphone in India through Amazon lately. The new smartphone comes in as the global variant of the Galaxy A9 Star, which was launched in China earlier this year. Earlier today, a report suggested that the smartphone could come with a price tag of Rs 34,990. Now, the phonemaker has gone ahead and launched the smartphone silently in the country.
Coming to the specs of the device, the Galaxy A8 Star comes with a 6.3-inch Super AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution and 18.5:9 aspect ratio. The performance of the smartphone is powered by a 2.2GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 chipset backed by Adreno 512 GPU. The processor is further accompanied by 6GB of RAM and 64GB native storage, which can be further expanded up to 400GB using a microSD card. For security, the Galaxy A8 Star offers a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner and facial recognition. The premium glass sandwich design comes with a 2.5D curved glass on front and 3D curved glass on the back.
As for the imaging, the latest launch comes with a dual camera module on the rear panel featuring a 16-megapixel snapper with PDAF backed by a 24-megapixel secondary camera. Both sensors on the smartphone flaunt a large aperture size of f/1.7 and portrait mode called Live Focus. Samsung also claims that the rear camera module comes with Dual Intellicam feature, which means that the module can switch between two cameras depending upon the ambience. As for selfies, you get a 24-megapixel shooter on the front with Smart Beauty and Pro Lighting mode. The A8 Star comes powered by a beefy 3,700mAh battery.
Samsung is offering the latest smartphone in two hues – Midnight Black and Ivory White. The phone is slated to go on sale in India starting September 5th on Amazon India and retails stores. The smartphone will set you back by Rs 34,990, which corroborates with the earlier report.
