--- description: Samsung's upcoming Galaxy A8 is the company's thinnest phone ever. title: Samsung Just Announced its Thinnest Phone Ever image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16fe62cbbb6a1a9c/69885af0cd1bba7a696fc485/a8_column_1_p.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Samsung Just Announced its Thinnest Phone Ever by [Benjamin Snyder / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Benjamin Snyder / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 15, 2015 2:54 PM CUT  Samsung A8 Samsung A8 by [Benjamin Snyder / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Benjamin Snyder / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 15, 2015 2:54 PM CUT Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy A8 is the company’s thinnest phone ever, measuring up at just 5.9mm thick. The phone, which is being released in China, is slightly thinner than its predecessor, the A7, which measures 6.3mm thick. The A8 will retail for about $515 and is considered to have mid-range specs otherwise. The all-metal phone from Samsung isn’t the thinnest ever made in general, [notes](http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/15/8969735/samsung-galaxy-a8-thinnest-phone "undefined") The Verge. It is, however, thinner than Apple’s iPhone 6, which measures 6.9mm thick. Samsung’s flagship product, the Galaxy S6, is 7.1mm thick. Interestingly, the next iPhone may be thicker than its current offerings. _Fortune_ previously [reported](http://fortune.com/2015/06/20/apple-iphone-thicker/ "undefined") Apple’s next iPhone phone could be 0.2mm thicker, according to an Apple analyst’s prediction. Thinness is often a trade-off in smartphones, as thicker phones can fit larger batteries, generally helping battery life performance. The launch of an even slimmer phone comes as Samsung recently announced it will move up the launch of the upcoming Galaxy Note 5 to August, as opposed to September. That change could help Samsung get ahead of the hype surrounding Apple’s next iPhone. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3958702/samsung-galaxy-a8/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3958702/samsung-galaxy-a8/"},"headline":"Samsung Just Announced its Thinnest Phone Ever","datePublished":"2015-07-15T14:54:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:06:00.174Z","description":"It's just 5.9mm thick","url":"https://time.com/3958702/samsung-galaxy-a8/","keywords":["Tech","Samsung","Smartphones","pubdesk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16fe62cbbb6a1a9c/69885af0cd1bba7a696fc485/a8_column_1_p.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Benjamin Snyder / Fortune"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt16fe62cbbb6a1a9c/69885af0cd1bba7a696fc485/a8_column_1_p.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Samsung A8","caption":"Samsung A8","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3958702/samsung-galaxy-a8/","name":"Samsung Just Announced its Thinnest Phone Ever"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How To Protect Your Selfies from Hackers","description":"A little safety can help save your skin from ending up on 4 Chan.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/VbTXeRNE/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-09-03T20:19:14.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/VbTXeRNE.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3958702/samsung-galaxy-a8/","duration":"PT1M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3958702/samsung-galaxy-a8/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```