| Local Name | Galaxy A8 |
| Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| 4G Bands | LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) |
| 3G Bands | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
| 2G Bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| Speed | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps |
| GPRS | Yes |
| EDGE | Yes |
| Announced | 2015, July |
| Status | Available. Released 2015, August |
| Dimensions | 158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm (6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in) |
| Weight | 151 g (5.33 oz) |
| SIM | Nano-SIM |
| Display Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Screen Size | 5.7 inches (~73.8% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1080 x 1920 pixels (~386 ppi pixel density) |
| Mulitouch | Yes |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 4 |
| OS | Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow) |
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 |
| CPU | Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A53) |
| GPU | Adreno 405 |
| Card Slot | microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) |
| Internal Memory | 32 GB, 2 GB RAM |
| Primary Camera | 16 MP, f/1.9, 31mm, autofocus, LED flash |
| Camera Features | Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| Secondary Camera | 5 MP, f/1.9, 23mm, 1080p |
| Alert Types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| 3.5mm Jack | Yes |
| Sound | Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | 4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant) |
| NFC | Yes |
| Radio | FM radio, RDS, recording |
| USB | microUSB 2.0 |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM |
| Browser | HTML5 |
| Java | No |
| Features Summary | ANT+ support, MP4/WMV/H.264 player, MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player, Photo/video editor, Document viewer |
| Battery | Non-removable Li-Ion 3050 mAh battery |
| Talk Time | Up to 17 h (3G) |
| Music Play | Up to 51 h |
| Colors | Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold |
| SAR EU | 0.32 W/kg (head) 0.55 W/kg (body) |
