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Samsung Brazil tried to pass off stock photos as Galaxy A8 samples
August 24, 2025
Smartphone cameras have improved in leaps and bounds over the past few years, but it seems like Samsung Brazil didn’t feel confident enough in theGalaxy A8‘s front camera setup.
Twitter user @feliperas (h/t:Android Police) noticed that Samsung’s Brazilian division was using two stock photos when posting tweets about the Galaxy A8’s selfie prowess.
After being called out by the Twitter user, Samsung Brazilconfirmedit was using stock shots. It also added bizarre reasoning, saying these shots “express the attitude of our target audience,” according to a machine translation.
Using stock photos in such a misleading fashion just seems like a recipe for disaster, especially with the prevalence of reverse image search engines, metadata, and other tools. And it’s not like the Galaxy A8 is a slouch, offering two front-facing cameras (16MP+8MP f/1.9) that enable bokeh effects. Doesn’t it actually seem easier and more cost-effective to just, you know, take a selfie with the phone?
It’s far from the first time smartphone brands have been caught out for misleading camera capabilities. Back in 2016,Huaweimisled peopleby suggesting that a shot taken with a high-end camera was actually produced by theHUAWEI P9.
Going back even further,Nokiatouted optical image stabilization on the Lumia 920 in avideo adback in 2012. The video led users to believe that a man on a bicycle was able to capture videos that were largely judder-free. However, eagle-eyed viewers wereable to seea camera rig and van in a brief reflection.
Can you think of any other smartphone manufacturer fails like this? Let us know in the comments!
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