SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy On8 review: Dual-cam On 2018.

Item: Galaxy On8
Rating: 62
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2018·$220

Overall

62/100

Class rank

#14 of 84

Tier

Budget

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Galaxy On8.

On8 brought Infinity Display + dual cam to Samsung's India On-series at $220.

01Display

72/100

At 72/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among budget phones of 2018 — 9 points above the cohort average.

TypeSuper AMOLED Infinity

Size6.0"

Resolution1480 x 720

02Performance

56/100

At 56/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2018 — 6 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetExynos 7870

RAM4 GB

Storage64 GB

03Camera

64/100

At 64/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among budget phones of 2018 — 8 points above the cohort average.

Main13 MP

Depth5 MP

Front16 MP

04Battery

76/100

76/100 puts it above the 71-point average for budget phones of 2018.

Capacity3,500 mAh

05Software

66/100

66/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2018.

What works

Infinity Display 18.5:9.
Dual-cam + 16 MP selfie.
4 GB / 64 GB.
AMOLED.

What doesn't

Exynos 7870 dated.
HD+ only.
No NFC.
Non-removable battery.

Cross-shop it against

Huawei Y9 Prime (2019)

$240 · score 68/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 84-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .