After so long lasted with one front camera, Samsung finally released the first smartphone equipped with dual camera in front, Galaxy A8 and Galaxy A8 Plus.
Galaxy A was previously known as the Samsung smartphone line for the middle class, but the presence of Galaxy A8 Plus makes grade A rise in level so premium mid-end.
How not, this smartphone comes with specifications and designs offered by Samsung on its flagship smartphone.
Design in question is full screen aka Infinity Display, as in Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8 Plus, and Galaxy Note 8.
Meanwhile, a number of premium features include Bixby Vision, face scanner, to dual camera. About the price, this smartphone is priced at Rp 6.499 million for Galaxy A8 and Rp 8.099 million for Galaxy A8 Plus.
So, what kind of experience when using Galaxy A8 Plus which has premium features and dual camera on the front?
1. Design and Display
Talk design, Galaxy A8 Plus brings a revolutionary design than the previous Galaxy A series. This South Korean company presents Infinity Display design on Galaxy A8 Plus so as to make it appear more premium.
With bezeless design aka Infinity Display this, no more Home button and capacitive button Recent Apps and Back like Galaxy A before.
Even so, there are different than the Galaxy S8's Infinity Display, ie Samsung does not present a curved edge screen alias on the right side left Galaxy A8 Plus.
Talking body, Galaxy A8 Plus comes with a glass body and metal bezel. Although made of glass, Galaxy A8 Plus is not slippery when gripped at the same time rather heavy.
On the front, Galaxy A8 Plus is equipped with a 6-inch wide screen complete with an earpiece at the top center of the screen, two dual cameras, and a proximity sensor
Because it does not have the Home button, the fingerprint scanner is placed in the rear body, precisely under the camera. Thus, the user is easier to reach the fingerprint scanner. Meanwhile, to the right of the main camera, there is LED Flash.
Furthermore, on the right side there are sound speakers and Power button.
On the left side is placed up and down volume buttons and SIM card slot that can be opened using SIM card ejector.
One of the nice things on the Galaxy A8 Plus is that there are two SIM card slots, on the left side and on the top side. Especially for the slot on the top can be used to embed the second SIM card and micro SD up to 400GB.
Last on the bottom, Samsung still maintains 3.5 mm audio jack. For the purposes of charging the battery and data transfer there is a USB port type C.
Switch to its 6 inch screen, Galaxy A8 Plus uses Super AMOLED screen technology with 1,080x2.220 pixels resolution (FHD +).
With this Super AMOLED screen, the colors that appear on the screen Galaxy A8 Plus appear more ngejreng and live. With a screen that displays a brighter color, the content that aired even more interesting.
Samsung also presents features Always On Display that can display the notification icon applications, time, until the music is being played by a smartphone.
Not to forget, the Galaxy A8 Plus screen has a broad aspect ratio of 18: 9, so that the entertainment experience that produced was more leverage.
2. Specifications, Performance, and Interface
Galaxy A8 Plus equipped with Exynos 7885 processor, 6GB RAM, and 64GB of internal memory. With alloy hardware, performance Galaxy A8 Plus no obstacles, switching from one application to another application is also deft, so there is no problem when this smartphone is ruled with many tasks.
It does not matter when the Galaxy A8 Plus is used to meet daily needs. For example, for photographs, video recording, actively play social media, typing, sending and receiving emails, to play music or streaming music service.
This smartphone is equipped with a 3.500mAh battery that will be fully charged for approximately 1 half hour thanks to fast charging fast. However, for the above use, Galaxy A8 Plus needs to be filled twice a day in order to meet the needs.
As an illustration, after charging since 05.00 AM, the smartphone is actively used for music streaming until about 08.00, the remaining battery about 70 percent. During the hours of 08.00 to 13.00 the use of, among others, to play social media and instant messaging with the remaining about 50 percent.
With similar active usage, at around 16.00 the battery shows 20 percent. That is, charging the battery needs to be done up to twice a day in order to stay online. Surely the battery will last longer if the use is not too active.
Then, based on benchmark testing through AnTuTu Benchmark app, Galaxy A8 Plus managed to get a score of 116,607 points.
Not enough there, we also tried a heavyweight game such as Injustice 2. As a result, the experience when playing the game Injustice 2 quite nimble and not ngelag. Even so, it's natural if the battery feels hot after playing for 45 minutes.
Galaxy A8 Plus uses the Android operating system Nougat 7.0 with Samsung TouchWiz Home interface. This interface is also used Samsung on Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, Galaxy Note 8, up to Galaxy J7 Plus.
In principle, the user just needs to slide the screen up to open the whole menu so that it is very practical. Even so, users can also set to bring up the menu button on the settings of the Apps Button.
All applications you have downloaded will also be made shortcuts on the face. That way, you do not have trouble finding the app you want to open.
3. Camera
The camera is a major advantage on the Galaxy A8 Plus. How not, Galaxy A8 Plus is Samsung's first smartphone equipped with dual cameras on the front. Each lens on the front camera Galaxy A8 Plus 16MP resolution and 8MP F1.7 aperture.
With both these lenses, Galaxy A8 Plus can produce selfie with background blur aka Bokeh effect.
How to use the effects of Bokeh too easy, just stay pressed on the part you want to focus, for example, the face. Then, the background of the image will blur. Users can also adjust how the background blur as desired.
4. Not just a camera
Galaxy A8 Plus not only comes with the benefits of the camera and hardware specs above, here are some other excellent features embedded in this device:
a. Face Scanner
Galaxy A8 Plus has some plus features, such as security features of the face scanner. One of the most fun aspects of the Galaxy A8 Plus face scanner is its speed in recognizing faces that have been registered, thus unlocking the smartphone unnecessarily by hand.
Even so, should you when you want to unlock with the face scanner you can remove your glasses so that the results of face scanning can be more optimal and fast.
Of course this feature is fairly new because previously only pinned on the flagship smartphone class like Galaxy S8, Galaxy Note FE, and Galaxy Note 8.
Carrying Infinity Display design, dual camera in front, Samsung TouchWiz interface, Bixby, NFC, and facial scanner Samsung Galaxy A8 Plus is enough to meet the daily active needs.
Galaxy A8 Plus is also equipped with a full screen 18: 9 aspect ratio that is suitable to meet the needs of the user will be entertainment such as playing games or watching streaming video.
5. Conclusions
Although quite expensive that is Rp 8.099 million, Samsung provides features that exist in the smartphone class flagship to this smartphone. It seems a bit confused to classify this smartphone into the middle class or premium because of the various things offered.
Of course, this smartphone will fit to meet the needs of those who love selfie, video recording, and share it to social media, but also prioritize other features.
Advantages:
- Infinity Display design, without Home button, thinner bezel, widescreen display, and glass body
- Dual camera in the front body (16MP + 8MP) which can be adjusted bokehnya effect.
- Face scanner security features that are able to unlock quickly and quickly
- The fingerprint scanner is placed under the main camera making it easier to reach
- Convenient interface
- Fast charging
- Bixby Vision
- On the packaging comes with a protective casing
- Two SIM card slots
Deficiency:
- The battery can not be used for a full day
- Sometimes the face scanner is unresponsive when the user is wearing glasses
b. Bixby Vision
Samsung presents smart assistant Bixby on Galaxy A8 Plus. On this smartphone is not embedded Bixby button, but the Bixby menu can be accessed by sliding the screen to the right.
Bixby will show the day-to-day agenda, set reminders, show weather forecasts, recommend frequently accessed pages, manage theme views, to sync devices with social media like Twitter.
On the Galaxy A8 Plus also pinned Bixby Vision capabilities that can be used to recognize the object to translate the text. This is certainly very helpful when you want to shop or travel to a place with a language that is not mastered.
c. Etc
Do not stop there, other features pinned on Samsung Galaxy A8 Plus is Near Field Communication (NFC), always on display feature, to support the use of Samsung Gear VR. Just to note, this smartphone is the first A line that supports the use of Gear VR.
Samsung Galaxy A8 Plus also has been equipped IP68 certification that makes it as a smartphone resistant to water with a depth of 1 meter for 30 minutes.
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