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a week ago
The A40 is very compact as well so I would recommend looking at it (it's smaller than the A8 and a6 but slightly bigger than the A3)
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a week ago
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Just to let you know, Samsung no longer keeps water resistance in any of the A 2019 Series phones despite having it in 2017 and A8 2018. The a50 was rumoured to maybe have it, but it was confirmed by Samsung it doesn't
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2 weeks ago
Unfortunately the reason is that Samsung totally cheaped out on the j6+ for profit. The j6 has a Oled (better than LCD) HD+ screen and an exynos 7870 (2017 midrange CPU). However, the J6 + doesn't even have an oled screen and has a snapdragon 425 (A VERY low end CPU from 2016 which is about half as powerful as the j6). No one knows why they did it, and unfortunately many people Unrightfully get the thought that due to the name it is better - it only has 1 more camera lens
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2 weeks ago
Go into the camera app, tap the settings icon in the top left and at the top there should be an option you click on to change photo resolution. The xcover 4s has one UI and I can confirm it does work on the same software (albeit another phone)
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2 weeks ago
I guess that would be good, but Samsung hasn't even given AR emoji to my a8 or any A8 for that matter (same specs as A7, and dual front camera which was HEAVILY marketed- they even have it to j6+ with sd425 a budget CPU from 2016) so I doubt they would do so for the a7. The a series really has poor support to be honest.
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2 weeks ago
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Yeah, it's really annoying on my a8( plus not having slo mo with more than capable specs as the a7 has it). I use an app called footej camera which is better than nothing but it cannot produce contrast as good as stock camera and the pro mode photos look worse than on friends S8. The UI is good though (similar to one UI app)
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3 weeks ago
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Maybe it's that the a5 has support for 5ghz WiFi while the a10 only has 2.4ghz, and the WiFi networks that don't show up are 5ghz ones
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4 weeks ago
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Unfortunately, the list mentions the a8/a9 star and star lite, which are two phones, also known as the a8 star(not a8) and A6+ Respectively in some countries. It has also been confirmed to be unnoficial but is likely what the real one would be. The a8 did launch with nougat however which going by Samsung's current policy which is clearly wrong, it hasalready received its 2 updates.
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4 weeks ago
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The problem is they won't roll out for S8, and therefore not A8 going by the nonsensical Samsung philosophy as A8 was sort of 's8 lite'. I still don't get how they can update budget phones like the j4+ and other less premium midrange phones like A6, A7 2018 and A40 and below which are all worse than A8. Samsung should apopt an update policy like apple, who actually look at the device specs before updating. This is really stupid and they must update the a8- if this means they must update the note8 and S8, sure! What difference would that really make- and if needed they could skip some very low end devices which would likely run smoother on pie or even Oreo in the case of the j4+ and J6+ to make room for these ones we paid s lot of money for just 1 year ago!
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09-09-2019
07:33 PM
Sorry for sending it twice - please ignore this one and look at the other identical post
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08-09-2019
05:24 PM
Despite the image on the website of surfing, the A50 does not have an ip68 rating. I do agree that the image was very misleading and considering previous a devices had ip68 you would expect the A50 to have it too
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08-09-2019
05:02 PM
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Samsung's update policy, which means every phone gets 2 major updates MUST change. The Galaxy A8 2018 launched in January 2018 with nougat, before the s9 and Oreo while the j7 duo launched 2 months later with Oreo . This means the j7 duo, sold at exactly the same time as the A8, probably for half the price, will get android 10 while the A8 will not. Also, most A8 owners bought it after Oreo rolled out, 2-3 months later so not updating the phone to the newest version on android and making it a year's update before a worse phone should not be acceptable. And this may happen just because it was launched with a 1.5 year old os and had it for about 2 months. The Samsung update policy of 2 years is a lie for the A8 and a 2017 devices - it is more like only 1⅓ years of updates. Also there is nothing that the A6 2018 and all of the 2018 j series do better than the a8, despite all being sold at the same time and they will get android 10. Last year there was a similar petition for A 2017 devices to get pie, but Samsung didnt update them. Hopefully they do read this and learn that they won't make more sales of newer devices if they don't update older ones - it would just further damage their reputation. We must convince them to do this not just for the A8, but other devices like the S8 and note8 and for future updates as well. Android 10 will not roll out to Samsung devices for months, but if this is started now we can let them know early on so they have no excuses of not having enough time to make a new update, etc
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08-09-2019
04:49 PM
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Samsung's update policy, which means every phone gets 2 major updates MUST change. The Galaxy A8 2018 launched in January 2018 with nougat, before the s9 and Oreo while the j7 duo launched 2 months later with Oreo . This means the j7 duo, sold at exactly the same time as the A8, probably for half the price, will get android 10 while the A8 will not. Also, most A8 owners bought it after Oreo rolled out, 2-3 months later so not updating the phone to the newest version on android and making it a year's update before a worse phone should not be acceptable. And this may happen just because it was launched with a 1.5 year old os and had it for about 2 months. The Samsung update policy of 2 years is a lie for the A8 and a 2017 devices - it is more like only 1⅓ years of updates. Also there is nothing that the A6 2018 and all of the 2018 j series do better than the a8, despite all being sold at the same time and they will get android 10. Last year there was a similar petition for A 2017 devices to get pie, but Samsung didnt update them. Hopefully they do read this and learn that they won't make more sales of newer devices if they don't update older ones - it would just further damage their reputation. We must convince them to do this not just for the A8, but other devices like the S8 and note8 and for future updates as well. Android 10 will not roll out to Samsung devices for months, but if this is started now we can let them know early on so they have no excuses of not having enough time to make a new update, etc
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23-08-2019
01:40 PM
Yeah, same on my a8 however with navbar it is smooth. My friends' s8 performs smoothly the whole time. As for the camera features, I agree with you. Many people, including me, picked the a8 after all the other 2018 a series had released because it was the only one without lacking features (only one with ip68, metal and glass apart from a9, notification led) and the a7 2018 gets all these features we should also get - even A6+ has slowed mo. Also, I really hope we still do get android 10 (wish there was still a dessert name) as a8 launched 2-3 months before A6 with nougat instead of Oreo and knowing Samsung they don't seem to care about specs (j 2017 get pie a 2017 doesn't?). Instead of updating overpriced devices with sd425 (j4+ and j6+) the a8 should get the update. Even I asked for slowed motion in Samsung members and guess what the reply was? 'Your device doesn't rhave the required specifications'. Oh, really? Why does a7 get it then?
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08-08-2019
05:11 PM
The A30 has an amoled display Vs LCD so it produces better colours. Also, despite having 2 cameras instead of 3, the a30's is better than the m20's. Both have large batteries as well.
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08-08-2019
05:08 PM
I have a A8 2018 with pie (which has the same internal specifications as the a7 2018) which still has the option. Maybe Samsung only kept it on pie for the usb c devices as the a7 is micro usb, but if it had it before I don't see why they would do so. Hopefully it gets fixed soon by a software update
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08-08-2019
04:59 PM
It must be a typo, because the a50 and below support only 1080p@30fps
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15-07-2019
06:42 PM
No because it didn't receive the update and unfortunately probably never will
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06-07-2019
02:31 PM
Why? The J7 was released a year before the A8 and had inferior specs and everything. Now, with both devices ending in pie (because the A8 launched with nougat for some reason), the J7 will have the more up to date version, even more so than the s8. Samsung did the same with the A 2016 and J 2016 series. The A3 2016 got android 7.0 while the J3 16 got 7.1.
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09-06-2019
03:06 PM
Try long pressing one of the tabs at the bottom to go into the camera modes- then the slow motion option should be available for you to turn on
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09-06-2019
03:03 PM
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Also, galaxy A30 and A40 are receiving a slo mo video update. They have inferior CPUs to the A8 along with the same camera module.
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14-03-2019
02:56 PM
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Even with the One ui Pie update build released for the A8 in russia, there is no slow motion mode. I don't understand why it is not here- it's hardware is more than capable. The same goes for scene optimiser -the a7 2018 does it with the same CPU. The camera night mode in this update has been removed, and it was a very good feature. I hope they add it back. Ar emoji is even supported on the j6 , and if that can support it the A8 must (this is absent from pie). It even seems to be forgotten and replaced with the arguably inferior a7 (no ip68, notification led) The A8 is just a few months older than that device, but with the same specs. Hopefully it will get Android Q (as the A9 will as it launched with Oreo) and these deserved features too.
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20-02-2019
11:57 AM
I think many devices should be supported, such as the a8 which has the same camera sensor as the a6+ which can do slo mo and same cpu as the a7 2018 which can also do it. Thus the A8 should be able to do it. Also the j8 could do it with the same cpu as the a6+, but I don't know about the camera sensor.
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24-01-2019
08:31 AM
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Yeah the a3 2017 should get it as well as it has the a6's cpu. In fact, the j6+ with an sd425 and the J3 2017 with exynos 7570 is getting pie which are worse processors than the one in the a3 2016, so there can be no excuses.
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19-01-2019
07:05 PM
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Why does the galaxy A8 2018 not have slow motion video? The a7 2018 can record normal video at 1080p 30fps max, just like the A8 and both have the exynos 7885. Yet the A8 2018 cannot do slow motion video while the a7 goes as far to support super slow mo. Even the galaxy A6+ with an inferior sd450 and the same camera sensor can do slow motion video, so why can't the A8? This shows it is clear that the camera hardware supports slow Mo video as it works on the A6+ and the cpu supports it as well as it works on the a7 2018
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29-12-2018
07:36 PM
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I agree; the a 2017 series should get pie as the j series 2017 are getting it, which are budget phones. The a3 2017 has the j5 2017 CPU but with usb C and ip68, and it is better. Even the a6 will get it but with the a3 2017 CPU.
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10-08-2018
04:04 PM
It should be availiable without downloading the app. If I install the apk for the Google Assistant app I get an error that the device does not meet the required specifications, although it does
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07-08-2018
05:45 PM
Why does the galaxy A3 2016 not have the Google Assistant, when it meets the requirements of 1.4gb ram and 720p screen, having 1.5gb ram and a 720p screen. Other devices with the same specifications have ethics feature, so why not this device. Google Assistant help said to ask here.
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