E-commerce giant Flipkart recently teased the upcoming Samsung Galaxy On8 for one of its promotional events on October 2, hinting that the device will be launched the same day.
Technology website GSM Arena was the first ones to spot the listing on Flipkart’s website and luckily, some of the specifications of the device have been leaked as well.
The leak suggested that the new Samsung handset will feature a FHD AMOLED display, encircled by a metallic rim, much like the Galaxy J5 and J7 launched earlier this year.
Although the listing doesn’t reveal any info on performance, word from the rumour mills suggested that the handset will be backed up by a larger battery.
A few days earlier, Samsung introduced the 2016 iteration of the Galaxy On 7 and will feature a massive 5.5-inch FHD display and an octo-core Snapdragon 625 SoC.
Though the company has a lot of loyal buyers, the company has been going through a rough patch due to its flagship phones catching fire.
The problem was primarily identified on the latest Note 7 but it has expanded to other phones as well. Just a couple of days ago, a Samsung Note 2 caught fire mid-air on an Indigo flight, on its way from Singapore to Chennai.
All major aviation bodies around the globe have strictly warned flyers to switch off their Samsung devices before boarding a plane. The south-Korean company is also suffering huge losses after the news broke out about its ‘exploding smartphones’.
The challenge now for the company is to stay calm and try to improve the scenario by being honest with its customers. It, however, claims to have already replaced half the faulty Note 7 devices with new ones in the US.
