Samsung released the Galaxy A80 will all
its flagship-esque style and fanfare back in April. However, the smartphone
only came to China in July this year. We can pretty much say that the A80 is
Samsung’s most ambitious smartphone in the Galaxy A-series. Of course, it
doesn’t come with a Snapdragon 8xx chipset but has a unique style that is
missing in Samsung galaxy flagships. It has a full notch-less display, without
notches or fancy punch-holes. To achieve this, the Korean firm equipped it with
triple rear cameras that rotate to double as front-facing cameras. Samsung only
released a single variant in China with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage,
however, this will change soon.
According to the Chinese regulatory
agency, TENAA, there’s a new Galaxy A80 variant with 256GB of Internal Storage
coming. The newest version was recently added to TENAA’s database. The new
version of Galaxy A80 (SM-A8050) was certified on the 12th of November. Apart
from the extra 128GB of Storage, there’s no difference in the specifications.
The Galaxy A80 ships with a Snapdragon
730G chipset and boasts a gorgeous 6.7-inch Super AMOLED display with a 1080 x
2400 resolution. Just like the great majority of mid-range devices in 2019, the
handset also features a 48MP shooter on the back. The main sensor is paired
with an 8MP ultrawide camera and a TOF 3D camera. Moreover, it boasts an
in-display fingerprint scanner and uses the Sound-On-Display feature rather
than a traditional speaker.
The smartphone draws power from a moderate
3,700mAh battery with 27W fast-charging on board. There’s no 3.5mm headphone
jack, but you still get NFC functionality. It ships with Android 9 Pie-based
One UI, and of course, is eligible for Android 10 in the next year.
