so while some are still thinking of acquiring the s searies, they are back to the A series,and we will still flock along .....Africans smbh for them.....that's y here in sambisa is a bit different

sauceny:


How can you be in love with a phone,if you fill love for a phone,then what kinda feeling are you having for your boyfriend¿

My love for phones is more

IYANGBALI:
but you be orobo now

Lol... M not fat o

Elxandre:

Na lie jare.
The S5 isn't more powerful.
this A8 is running on the same processor as the LG G4 and is running Adreno 405 compared to S5's 330.

The Galaxy A series consist of a bunch of mid-range phones. They have premium looks, but their features and specifications are mid-range.

The Galaxy S series on the other hand consist of high-end phones. They are Samsung's flagship devices. Along with the Galaxy Note series. High-end phones are known to offer more and refined features than mid-rangers.

Craven:


The Galaxy A series consist of a bunch of mid-range phones. They have premium looks, but their features and specifications are mid-range.

The Galaxy S series on the other hand consist of high-end phones. They are Samsung's flagship devices. Along with the Galaxy Note series. High-end phones are known to offer more and refined features than mid-rangers.

Doesn't still change the fact that the S5 is a pretty old phone.
This phone will pretty much match it.
The GPU isn't on the same level with that of the S5.

Craven:


You've not even used the device and you're already proclaiming its death. Funny.

That Chipset have issues. Google for it. They should have used higher snapdragon Chipset.

SELENAqueensy:
Wow... Am so in love with slim phones
Hope the price won't be too high

Why not date d phone since u ar in love wt d phone

Elxandre:

Na lie jare.
The S5 isn't more powerful.
this A8 is running on the same processor as the LG G4 and is running Adreno 405 compared to S5's 330.

Am gonna forgive that misfire cos obviously you don't know how to guage the fire power of a phone. S5 is a lot more powerful and here's why:

First let's talk about their respective chipsets. The S5 is powered by by an high end chipset known as Quadcore Snapdragon 801 which is a lot faster than A8's Octacore Snapdragon 615 and Exynos 5 Octa 5430, depending on the model. In fact, the comparison wouldn't be fair on A8's S615 and E5430 because they are couple of mid rangers and should be compared to other mid range chipsets like S600.

When it comes to processing power, again S5 wins the Derby. It has a krait 400 processors clocked at 2.5ghz. Compared that with A8 slightly inferior cortez A7 and A15 processors, clocked at lesser speed of that of the S5's, you'll have a definite winner on the later

The gpus of each device rely heavily on their chipsets and processors to be able to maximize their potential. on the S5, the adreno 330 is a superstar, while on the A8, the adreno 405 is an underachiever.

Bottom line: like someone once said on a certain thread, and I quote "you can't compare an high end SOC with a mid range SOC. It's like comparing 4 body builders with 8 skinny people."

Samsung na wah for una. Now now that Samsung S6 edge came out, another one is out? This will drop the price of Edge. Then for retailers who already bought it high, it'll now be a big prob.

Bratking:


Am gonna forgive that misfire cos obviously you don't know how to guage the fire power of a phone. S5 is a lot more powerful and here's why:

First let's talk about their respective chipsets. The S5 is powered by by an high end chipset known as Quadcore Snapdragon 801 which is a lot faster than A8's Octacore Snapdragon 615 and
Exynos 5 Octa 5430, depending on the model. In fact, the comparison wouldn't be fair on A8's S615 and E5430 because they are couple of mid rangers and should be compared to other mid range chipsets like S600.

When it comes to processing power, again S5 wins the Derby. It has a krait 400 processors clocked at 2.5ghz. Compared that with A8 slightly inferior cortez A7 and A15 processors, clocked at lesser speed of that of the S5's, you'll have a definite winner on the later

The gpus of each device rely heavily on their chipsets and processors to be able to maximize their potential. on the S5, the adreno 330 is a superstar, while on the A8, the adreno 405 is an underachiever.

Bottom line: like someone once said on a certain thread, you can't compare an high end SOC with a mid range SOC. It's like
comparing 4 body builders with 8 skinny
people.

I was going to explain this but I was too lazy to argue. You stated my point perfectly.

SELENAqueensy:
Wow... Am so in love with slim phones Hope the price won't be too high

ah ah tell sugar bros to buy it 4 u na

Youngzedd:



That Chipset have issues. Google for it. They should have used higher snapdragon Chipset.

The chipset has issues? How? You've used the phone long enough to deduce that? I don't understand how you got this information.

For the umpteenth time though, the Samsung Galaxy A8 is a 'mid-range' phone. No one gives a mid-range phone high-end features. If you want Snapdragon 810 on a phone look elsewhere.

well, not as slim as the Silex X1

i use A7 its as slim too, and ...

Bratking:


Am gonna forgive that misfire cos obviously you don't know how to guage the fire power of a phone. S5 is a lot more powerful and here's why:

First let's talk about their respective chipsets. The S5 is powered by by an high end chipset known as Quadcore Snapdragon 801 which is a lot faster than A8's Octacore Snapdragon 615 and Exynos 5 Octa 5430, depending on the model. In fact, the comparison wouldn't be fair on A8's S615 and E5430 because they are couple of mid rangers and should be compared to other mid range chipsets like S600.

When it comes to processing power, again S5 wins the Derby. It has a krait 400 processors clocked at 2.5ghz. Compared that with A8 slightly inferior cortez A7 and A15 processors, clocked at lesser speed of that of the S5's, you'll have a definite winner on the later

The gpus of each device rely heavily on their chipsets and processors to be able to maximize their potential. on the S5, the adreno 330 is a superstar, while on the A8, the adreno 405 is an underachiever.

Bottom line: like someone once said on a certain thread, and I quote "you can't compare an high end SOC with a mid range SOC. It's like comparing 4 body builders with 8 skinny people."

I factored in other things aside raw speed.
Faster memory speed, faster ram speed, 64 bit , better power management, direct x 11 resulting to better graphics on newer games, a newer version of open CL etc.
And let's not pretend the GPU doesn't really matter, it matters alot.
I've seen slower PC hardwares with better GPU running games better than faster ones with inferior GPU

This phone is pretty much like an A7 anyways

Elxandre:


I factored in other things aside raw speed.
Faster memory speed, faster ram speed, 64 bit , better power management, direct x 11 resulting to better graphics on newer games, a newer version of open CL etc.
And let's not pretend the GPU doesn't really matter, it matters alot.
I've seen slower PC hardwares with better GPU running games better than faster ones with inferior GPU

Again, lemme clear up some things. S801 is faster, better and more power efficient than S615 chipset will ever be.

Okay, lemme put it this way: a phone with octacore S615 (mid range) with A15 & A7 cortez processors clocked at 2.3ghz vs a quadcore S801 (high end) with Krait 400 processor clocked at 2.5ghz, both operating on 2gb ram, which one between the 2 do you think will be able to have better ram optimization?? The answer is pretty clear, isn't it?

A Gpu of a phone is as good as the chipset and processors powering it. Adreno 330 is inferior to the 405 when it comes to direct head to head but with a superior chipset and processors backing it up, the 405 doesn't stand any chance, and thus, the concluding result will be S5 handling intense object oriented graphic programs like Real Racing 3 and Alphalt 8 better than the A8 overall.

Again, I reiterate that comparing a mid ranger with an high ender is absurd.

Elxandre:
This phone is pretty much like an A7 anyways

It is A7 with a bigger screen, better battery life optimization and slimmer body. Their respective specs are pretty much identical.

Bratking:


It is A7 with a bigger screen, better battery life optimization and slimmer body. Their respective specs are pretty much identical.

No, specifications differ also. The A8 has a better primary camera, better screen resolution and pixel density, more camera features. Then there's the processor and chip. The A8 allows for expandable memory of 128GB, the A7 on the other hand stops at 64GB. The A8 comes with Bluetooth 4.1, the A7, 4.0. And lastly, while the Galaxy A8 has a fingerprint sensor, the Galaxy A7 does not. So no, specifications aren't all that identical.

SELENAqueensy:
Wow... Am so in love with slim phones
Hope the price won't be too high

tz like u love slim things,,,,,,,,,,hi

Craven:


No, specifications differ also. The A8 has a better primary camera, better screen resolution and pixel density, more camera features. Then there's the processor and chip. The A8 allows for expandable memory of 128GB, the A7 on the other hand stops at 64GB. The A8 comes with Bluetooth 4.1, the A7, 4.0. And lastly, while the Galaxy A8 has a fingerprint censor, the Galaxy A7 does not. So no, specifications aren't all that identical.

I said "Pretty much", remember? More identical in things that mattered than things that don't.

The issue of better resolution is debatable. On paper, A8 has better resolutions, but in reality A7 has sharper display with deeper colors. Why is this, you may ask? it's pretty simple: A7 has a smaller screen of 5.5 with a pixel per inch density of 401 compared with 577 ppi of the A8 with a bigger screen of 5.7. This may sound impressive, but the thing is, the video formats that could actually maximize the true power of A8's Quad HD is extremely rare to the point of non-existence, thus, negating it's seeming advantage. Make no mistakes, it's something for the future, but for now as far as the naked eyes can fathom, screen display of both are almost identical in colors, with the smaller screen of the A7 appearing slightly sharper overall.

Camera wise, well, it's difficult to call, but I'll have to give it to the A8 because of the more mega pixel, resolution and versatility. It's more pimped up.

mekybabe1:
Samsung na wah for una. Now now that Samsung S6 edge came out, another one is out? This will drop the price of Edge. Then for retailers who already bought it high, it'll now be a big prob.

Price of S6 never come down na that of S6E u dey wait.

A series are diff from S series

The earlier is mid range
The latter is high end

Choose your choice

ollah1:



madam, you and the the dude knows nothing about thing like this.. Do you think Nigeria is a big market for them? Do you now they don't know where their real markets are? How many Nigerians by phones brand new in Nigeria? So consume or no consume. Produce or not, they know their markets

I don't care if Nigeria is a big mkt for them or not. My post was Nigerians should be more of producers than consumers

uzolexis:


I don't care if Nigeria is a big mkt for them or not. My post was Nigerians should be more of producers than consumers

That one dey but whose fault is that ?

uzolexis:


I don't care if Nigeria is a big mkt for them or not. My post was Nigerians should be more of producers than consumers

If you produced something with that level of quality and brand appeal, Nigerians would be more than happy to pay for it. + the techology and know-how required is not possessed by a country that has only been able to manufacture plastic chairs, a country whose citizens only possess crude technology which is still imported and not developed locally. Imagine our university Professors producing grinding machines in this day and age.

samsard:
If you produced something with that level of quality and brand appeal, Nigerians would be more than happy to pay for it. + the techology and know-how required is not possessed by a country that has only been able to manufacture plastic chairs, a country whose citizens only possess crude technology which is still imported and not developed locally. Imagine our university Professors producing grinding machines in this day and age.

We r both saying the same thing,Nigeria should try n develop the skills 2 produce these sort of things

ollah1:


That one dey but whose fault is that ?

Well, it's everyone's fault I guess.

ignis:

We will get there soon.

When is soon?


Nigeria was at the same lvl as the Asian tigers in the 60s what is the situation today?

pls my Samsung s4 is saying unfortunately gallery has stopped when ever I want to snap what can I do about it pls...

South Korea is building, India is building, China is building, interestingly Nigeria has opportunities too bt we r top buyers. Sad!

na dis phone god tak dey call people