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.

The Perfect Device to bring along to the waterpark

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

With 5.9 mm thickness Galaxy A8 is Samsung's slimmest smartphone till date....

Performance; Camera; Design

Price; Speaker placement

Samsung is on a phone-releasing spree. It has just released its latest A-series handset called the Galaxy A8 in the Indian market for Rs 32,500 and this announcement came in with the launch of its Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy 6 Edge+ devices.