Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy A08, featuring a 6,000mAh battery, a HD+ display, and extended software support, marking a significant upgrade in its budget smartphone lineup available in Ukraine and soon elsewhere.
Samsung has quietly added the Galaxy A08 to its budget line-up, positioning it as the successor to last year’s Galaxy A07. The phone had already appeared in Google systems before its official unveiling, and it is now on sale in Ukraine, with other markets expected to follow in the coming weeks and months.
The handset centres on a 6.7-inch LCD screen with HD+ resolution and an Infinity-U notch for an 8-megapixel front camera. Samsung pairs that panel with MediaTek’s Helio G99 platform, a 6nm chip that also appears in other recent entry-level Galaxy models. The company lists 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, with microSD expansion of up to 2TB. Some retail and catalogue listings suggest the memory may use LPDDR4X, while others describe the device differently, but the core hardware configuration remains the same.
At the rear, the Galaxy A08 carries a 50-megapixel main camera with an f/1.8 aperture, backed by a 2-megapixel depth sensor. Samsung also includes a side-mounted fingerprint reader, a 3.5mm headphone jack and an IP64 rating for dust and water resistance. The battery is a 6,000mAh unit with 25W wired charging, although Samsung will not bundle a charger in the box.
Software support is a notable part of the pitch. El Balad says the phone runs Android 16 with One UI 8 and is promised six generations of Android upgrades plus six years of security patches. SamMobile, however, reports Android 17 and One UI 9.0 on a Bosnia and Herzegovina listing, so the exact software version appears to vary by listing or may need confirmation from local launch materials. The phone is offered in Dark Blue, Silver and Green, and one listing puts the 4GB-plus-128GB version at about $239.
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