Tech review of Samsung Galaxy A8 Plus (2018) SM-A730

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Main and additional circuit boards

Samsung Galaxy A8 Plus (2018) SM-A730
Side 1
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Spare parts

and components
Battery
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Cameras
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Loudspeaker
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Charging port
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Microphone
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Characteristics

and Features

Features

Type Smartphone
OS Android 7.1.1 (Nougat)
SIM type/size Nano SIM
SIM Single SIM or Dual SIM
Dimensions 159.9 x 75.7 x 8.3 mm (6.30 x 2.98 x 0.33 in)
Weight 191 g (6.74 oz)

Display

Display type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 6.0 inches, 91.4 cm2 (~75.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 2220 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio
PPI density 411
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4

Multimedia

Main camera 16 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8”, 1.12µm, PDAF
Main camera Video 1080p, 30fps
Front (selfie) camera 16 MP, f/1.9, 27mm (wide), 1/3.1", 1.0µm. 8 MP, f/1.9, 1/4.0", 1.12µm
Front (selfie) camera Video 1080p, 30fps
Audio MP3, AAC, WAV, WMA, FM radio
Headphone jack 3.5 mm jack. Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Network

Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands Yes, band 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66
Interfaces Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Satellite navigation GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS

Processor and Memory

System on a chip Samsung Exynos 7885
CPU Octa-Core 2x Cortex-A73 2.2 GHz + 6x Cortex-A53 1.6 GHz
GPU Mali-G71 MP2
Internal memory 32 GB or 64 GB
RAM 4 or 6 GB
Card slot Micro SD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Battery

Battery capacity Li-Ion 3500 mAh
Charging port USB-C 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

Other

Announced 2017, December

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Evgenii Kuzmin

Evgenii Kuzmin

Senior maintenance service and repair engineer

Based on our experience, we made a selection of the most common malfunctions of mobile devices and evaluated the difficulty of performing repairs for each of them. The final evaluation of the difficulty of the repair is the sum of all the parameters.

This difficulty rating is also applicable for all models Samsung Galaxy A8 Plus (2018) SM-A730 — Samsung A730F (Global Single-SIM); A730F/DS (Global Dual-SIM). Also known as Samsung Galaxy A8+ (2018) Duos with dual-SIM released for markets in different countries.

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