For the past few days, we have been reporting about a new smartphone from the Chinese manufacturer, called as the Blackview A8. This phone was special in the sense that it featured a pretty good built and came at a throwaway price tag of $49.99. Although we only got to play around with the device for a limited period at MWC, Blackview has now released a new video which shows off the A8 in action. You can check out the video from down below. It may not reveal much about the device, but it gives you a good look at the phone’s design and built quality.

The company has confirmed that the Blackview A8 smartphone will officially go on sale from April 8. For its price, the phone features pretty decent specs. It comes with the MT6580A quad-core processor clocked at 1.3GHz with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of expandable storage. There will be a 5-inch HD 720p display on the device. At the back, the phone comes with an 8MP camera, while up front, there will be a 2MP shooter. What’s really interesting about the phone is that there is LED flash on both the front as well as the back. Other features include dual SIM dual standby and 2000mAh battery. The phone will be available in three different colors namely White, Gold and Black.

So, what do you think about the Blackview A8?

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Blackview announced the A8 budget smartphone a couple of weeks back. In fact, the phone was showcased at MWC 2016 in Barcelona, Spain where we got to play around with the device for some time. We were kind of impressed with the device, mainly because of its design and the price at which it was going for sale. The Blackview A8 is priced at just $49.99, which makes it a very good deal for anyone looking for a super cheap smartphone.

All this time, we were unsure about the phone’s release date. However, the company has confirmed today that the Blackview A8 smartphone will release on April 8. The phone will be available for purchase via multiple retailers including Aliexpress, where it will be sold at the amazing price of $49.99.

To recap, the phone comes with the quad-core MT6580A processor clocked at 1.3GHz and 1GB of RAM and 8GB of expandable internal storage. There will be a 5-inch 720p display on board along with support for 3G, dual SIM dual standby and Android 5.1 Lollipop version. At the back, there will be a 8MP camera while up front, a 2MP shooter. The phone comes with a 2000mAh battery to power all these specs.

The entire Blackview A8 specs are given below:

• MT6580A Quad-core 1.3GHZ
•    1GB+8GB (TF 32GB)
•    Android 5.1
• Metal Frame Architecture
•    5.0-inch HDips 720*1280
•    2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
•    3G: WCDMA 900 / 2100
•    2000mAh Battery
•    Dual SIM card, dual standby, one talk
•    Pearl White
•    Champagne Gold
•    Violet Black

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