he do mention he need a good front facing camera , no doubt some people love to selfie more than using the real camera , the A8 have dual front facing camera with better portrait mode

if u once play the note8 front facing camera with selective focus which they claim to be Portrait mode , it's suck , suck , and suck , u get very high failure picture , that the downside i found on Note 8 that fail on SELFIE PORTRAIT MODE '

i really hope oreo can update to better software with better portrait mode

This post has been edited by chongkiatz: Feb 12 2018, 09:45 PM

It is a downgrade. But all the features I like in s8 is there in A8 such as SamsungPay, Waterproof, fingerprint scanner etc.

A8+ also have better front cam, larger screen, 6 GB ram, can use 2 sim cards simultaneously along with SD card (s8 you need to pick 2 out of 3), flat screen (I really dont like edge screen, always on the 'edge' takut jatuh and pecah and hard to find cheap screen protectors), dual messenger out of the box (s8 need to wait oreo).

I'll miss wireless charging, Motion Picture and the ease of finding accessories for phones (it was a lot easier to find for S8 on AliExpress). But I think that's about it. The rest of the S8 feature I dont really use much lol.

My main focus is better front cam as I selfie more than I took actual photos. And back camera on this phone is decent enough for that rare moments I actually take photos using back cam. I actually spend a lot of time downloading camera mod trying to get the perfect pixel 2 front cam setting but its very effortless with this phone.

Feature I didnt really expect in A8? FM Radio. I dunno why its there but I am quite surprised lol.

A5, A7, and J 7 series all have the stupid front camera fixed focusing distance. Any further or any nearer and it will be out of focus. Wtf.

Is this already solved in the A8?

Still fixed focus. But photos taken using Live Camera can shift focus between fixed cam A and fixed cam B if you wish. Its a workaround but it works I suppose.

What is Samsung thinking lol? I find it absolutely ridiculous. I guess anything at arms length will result in 100% out of focus shots (according to various reviews on the A5/A7/J7). Say bye bye to group selfies..

This post has been edited by -kytz-: Feb 12 2018, 10:04 PM

Eh I took this photo on a tripod a little further than arm's length (picture cropped a bit because I'm uploading the photo on a FB that my mum can access, she very marah if I show navel and below lol). Not out of focus lah. Dimmed lighting summore, so I think this is acceptable.

Also to be fair this is considered a mid range phone still. And even so people marah edi on the price. Adding autofocus lagi buat orang marah karang.



This post has been edited by emino: Feb 12 2018, 10:19 PM

Is there any differences between a8 and a8 plus? In terms of performance, the a8 plus feels faster?

There are quite some technical difference. 4GB ram vs 6GB ram. 32 GB storage vs 64 GB storage.

But if one is faster than the other you really need to ask any owners who has both.

wait you can put 2 sims & sd card.
most flagship phone is either 2 sims or sim & sd card.

YES.

That's why I was surprised. No more 2/3. All three can go in!

Anybody wants to buy new A8 at RM1697?

elmino the only a8 champion..

i think it is a good phone if you don't need the bells and whistles of s8, u get most of the samsung flagship experience already..

especially with additional pros like 2sim AND sd card (if 64gb is not plentiful enough), good selfie front cam etc.. probably the best selfie cam on the market now..

Not to mention waterproof. Very important for that sexy pool shots and rempit redah hujan experience.

new one after voucher RM1.5K only....

Anyone can give review a8 plus performance?

check on youtube....look better than Note FE

My noob unboxing video hahaha:

Sorry it was speed up, Instagram only allow 60 seconds:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfJ4Wa0h5GG/

where? what voucher?? i planning to get A8 as my biz phone

Same processor for both A8 & A8plus
Higher RAM might make A8 plus perform smoother.


Yes. Now u can have 2 telco numbers along with a memory card in A8.

Some night time samples of the back cam. Auto mode, just slight drag on exposure to make some pics darker (I like dark photos with vibrant colors)


The tower is not as sharp as I cant get the focusing right but I think this is still ok.





This post has been edited by emino: Feb 15 2018, 05:31 AM