Before Samsung made its dramatic shift to metal and glass for the Galaxy S6, the company experimented with "premium" materials in its medium range first. The use of metal began with the Galaxy Alpha , and was later extended to the Galaxy A series, with these otherwise mid-range smartphones featuring...

-All metal design; Large vibrant display; Thin profile; MicroSD expansion; Fantastic battery life; Excellent camera; Fingerprint scanner

-Expensive for midrange; Occasional homescreen lag issues; Weak speaker

You don't need to be the best if you can be the crowd favorite. The Samsung Galaxy A8 is Samsung's thinnest smartphone yet and is certainly learning from the Note5 in some respects, but while it can't beat it on features it's likely to rival it on popularity.

With flagship phones costing more than ever – take the £1,000 iPhone X, for example – there's never been more pressure on manufacturers such as Samsung to deliver excellent "mid-range" phones at competitive prices.

The Perfect Device to bring along to the waterpark

I bought it before 2 weeks ... and im willing to sell it now It always stoppes when i open big app or open big Facebook page includes many videos. It is less than i expected. I advice all users to buy htc or iPhone.

design; metal; call quality

battery; screen size; software; flexibility; ram; camera; video recording

Hi, so I purchased this phone about 18months ago and my overall experience hasn't been so good, but I was pushing through and baring with it, however, the latest events have really pushed my over the edge; mainly because the phones battery is unreliable, once the phone reaches 40% and under, at any...

The Samsung Galaxy A8 is a slight step down from the Galaxy S9 - or even the Galaxy S8 - in just about every way, but it still delivers many of the core features offered by the flagships. You can get more for your money elsewhere, but if you're set on Samsung there's little to complain about here.

Super-vivid OLED screen; Quality build; Excellent water resistance

Low light photos could be better; No 4K video recording; You'll find better value elsewhere

Almost everything here is above board, but the burning question is whether there's still room for a mid-range Samsung phone in 2018. With OnePlus and Honor dominating the charts, whatever Samsung manages to produce faces an uphill struggle – and I think the Galaxy A8 is no exception.

Bezel-less design; Pixel perfect display; Long-lasting battery life

Same price as the (better) OnePlus 6

and it packs in many of the same features – as well as at least one feature not offered by Samsung's flagship, all at a lower price.

+ Great Super AMOLED screen; + Dual-lens front camera; + Premium; water-resistant design

- Middling power; - Average battery; - Doesn't run latest software

this is a really great phone; and really good value; I also have an S9 and S7, but really like this phone; Brought it for my wife, and surprised how good it is; much better value compared to the S8

nope