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Luca Colantuoni ,

Samsung has officially presented the Galaxy A8 , the thinnest smartphone in the catalog and one of the thinnest Android devices ever. The new Series A thus joins its “brothers” Galaxy A3, A5 and A7, all characterized by a frame metal . The newcomer will be available first in China, but is likely to be distributed in other countries.

The Samsung Galaxy A8 has a thickness of just 5.9 mm . This surprising result was obtained thanks to the use of a sensor ISOCELL for the rear camera of 16 megapixels. The Super AMOLED display full HD phablet has a size of 5.7 inch , but the width of the device is only 0.6 mm larger than the 5.5-inch Galaxy A7, as Samsung He has almost eliminated the side frames. The hardware also includes an octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor at 1.5 GHz, 2 GB of RAM, 16/32 GB of storage, expandable with microSD cards up to 128 GB.

The front camera 5 megapixel camera features a wide-angle lens with f / 1.9 , the same present in the Galaxy S6. Connectivity is provided by WiFi 802.11a / b / g / n dual band, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, NFC, ANT + and micro USB. The Galaxy A8 is dual SIM and supports LTE networks. The battery has a capacity of 3050 mAh. There is also a Fingerprint Reader that can be used to unlock the smartphone, authentication and digital payments.

The operating system is Android 5.1. Lollipop 1 , personalized with the familiar user interface TouchWiz. The Galaxy A8 will be available in white, black and gold. The price is not known, but should not exceed $ 500.