• Wednesday, October 15, 2025
TELSTRA ESSENTIALS 8 specs
8"
WXGA, 1280 x 800 pixels
5 MP
2592 x 1944 pixels
1 GB RAM
16 GB Internal
Android
8.1 Oreo
4080 mAh
Li-Po
209.5 x 125 x 8.29 mm
279 g
MediaTek
MT8765B
2018, November
2018, November

TELSTRA ESSENTIALS 8 Phone

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
WCDMA 850, 900, 1900, 2100
LTE 700, 850, 900, 1800, 2100
TD-LTE
GPRS
EDGE
EV-DO
HSPA Speed
 Up to 42.2 Mbps
 Up to 5.76 Mbps
LTE Speed
 Up to 150 Mbps
 Up to 50 Mbps
DisplayPrimaryIPS TFT 8" 1280 x 800 pixels 16M colors
WXGA, 189 ppi, Asahi Dragontrail
Secondary
CameraPrimary5 MP 2592 x 1944 pixels
F/2.0 aperture, Face detection, Face tagging, Contrast detection autofocus
Video1280 x 720 pixels
720p@30fps
Secondary2 MP 1600 x 1200 pixels
CPUChipsetMediaTek MT8765B
CPU Speed1.3 GHz
GPUImagination PowerVR GE8100
MemoryRAM1 GB
Internal16 GB
Memory CardMicroSD,
OSSystemAndroid 8.1 Oreo
GeneralSIMMicro-SIM, Single-SIM
Dimension209.5 x 125 x 8.29 mm
Weight279 g
Released2018, November
Announced2018, November
Colorsblack
ConnectivityUSB
 Micro-USB 2.0 OTG 1.3, Mass storage
WI-FI
 802.11 b/g/n 0
Infrared
NFC
Hotknot
HDMI
GPS
 A-GPS, QuickGPS
Bluetooth
 4.2
A2DP, AVRCP
FeaturesSensorsLight, Accelerometer
Waterproof
Dustproof
Shock resistant
SoundHeadphone
 3.5mm
BatteryCapacity4080 mAh Li-Po
Stand byUp to 400 h
Talk timeUp to 25 h