Great Samsung Giveaways | Samsung Galaxy A8

Finally! Got my new phone! ^_^

Samsung Galaxy A8

My Samsung Galasy S3 which I bought 3 years ago just died last week

after restoring it a lot of times to factory default.

 I still love my Samsung Galaxy S3 & will still try to have it repaired.

I was choosing from 3 of their latest mobile phones which are

the Samsung Galaxy Note 5, Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+, and this Samsung Galaxy A8.

I chose this Samsung Galaxy A8, the specs are a little close to both

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 & Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+,

it's just that this has only 2G RAM, and that's why it's the cheapest among the 3.

And I bought this phone with a lot of freebies.

here's a complete phone specifications from gsmarena.com

NETWORK	Technology	GSM / HSPA / LTE

LAUNCH	Announced	2015, July
	Status	Available. Released 2015, August

BODY	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
	Size	5.7 inches (~73.8% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	1080 x 1920 pixels (~386 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 4 (To be confirmed)

PLATFORM	OS	Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
	Chipset	Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
	CPU	Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53
	GPU	Adreno 405

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 128 GB
	Internal	32 GB, 2 GB RAM

CAMERA	Primary	16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
	Video	1080p@30fps, check quality
	Secondary	5 MP, 1080p

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

COMMS	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
	Bluetooth	v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
	NFC	Yes
	Radio	FM radio with RDS; recording
	USB	microUSB v2.0

FEATURES	Sensors	Fingerprint, accelerometer, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
	Browser	HTML5
	Java	No
		- ANT+ support - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - MP4/WMV/H.264 player - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player - Photo/video editor - Document viewer

BATTERY		Non-removable Li-Ion 3050 mAh battery
	Stand-by
	Talk time	Up to 17 h (3G)
	Music play	Up to 51 h

MISC	Colors	Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
	Price group	8/10

TESTS	Performance	Basemark OS II 2.0: 1089 / Basemark X: 8838
	Display	Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 3.859 (sunlight)
	Camera	Photo / Video
	Loudspeaker	Voice 66dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB
	Audio quality	Noise -89.3dB / Crosstalk -53.8dB
	Battery life	Endurance rating 98h

now here's what I got in the box with the phone.

A Wall charger with detachable micro USB cable.

Batteries are fixed and cannot be opened.

And an in-ear headset with 3 different sizes of earbuds.

I am not very sure, but I think this screen protector is also from the box.

Sorry I didn't notice because I purchased a 0.26 mm tempered glass screen protector.

Also there's a pin included that you have to use in order to open

the sim and the microSD slots.

Now here are the freebies from their "Great Samsung Giveaways" promo.

A 5,000 mAh Powerbank

Ultra-slim and lightweight design with dual USB ports,

and can charge up to two full charges.

The box includes a micro USB cable and a multi-functional pouch.

It's also indicated in their promo ad that they're

giving over Php 1,000 worth of Zing vouchers.

I didn't received any vouchers but I got this 

A 16GB SanDisk microSDHC card.

Sorry, the card is already in my phone.

One thing that made me sad is that I have to change my mobile number.

I've been using that globe prepaid number since my college days,

and my phone during that time is the Nokia 3210. Those were the days, hahah! :p

The Samsung Galaxy A8 has 2 slots.

The first slot is for the nano sim and

the second slot is for either your 2nd sim or a mircoSD card.

And so I bought this Globe prepaid sim which has 3 different cut or what they call the Tri-cut. Bought this prepaid sim for P50 though the pack shows only P40, another store was actually selling it for P65.

What's yours? Feel free to share here. Thank you! ^_^