With a fresh start with extra premium design, improved cameras, much bigger batteries, faster charging and refreshed screen display, the Samsung unveiled the whole new Galaxy A series for the year 2016 with 3 new smartphones, namely, Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A7.
Samsung’s new A series is featured with an Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) and a better and bigger F1.9 lens on both front and rear cameras for better quality low light pictures. The phones shall be firstly available in China in mid December 2015, while these are about to release in Europe during January and will unveiled globally afterwards. Samsung has not confirmed the price for India market but has declared it for European users. The Galaxy A3 (2016) is priced at around €329 at launch, the A5 (2016) price is determined as €399 at launch. The pricing for Galaxy A7 is yet to be disclosed for any market, but is possibly to be below €499, speculating from the price differential pattern from the A3 to A5. These prices are just a bit elevated than the original A series at launch.
Here is the complete technical specification of all the three.
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Models Features
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Galaxy A7 (2016) |
Galaxy A5 (2016) |
Galaxy A3 (2016) |
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Display |
5.5-inch full HD super AMOLED display with Pixel density of 403 ppi | 5.2-inch full HD super AMOLED display with Pixel density of 420+ ppi | 4.7-inch HD super AMOLED display with Pixel density of 312 ppi |
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Operating System |
Android 5.1 Lollipop | Android 5.1 Lollipop | Android 5.1 Lollipop |
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Processor |
1.6GHz Octa-core | 1.6GHz Octa-core | 1.5GHz Quad-core |
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RAM |
3 GB | 2 GB | 1.5 GB |
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Storage |
16GB, expandable up to 128GB | 16GB, expandable up to 128GB | 16GB, expandable up to 128GB |
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Camera |
Primary: 13 mega pixels with F1.9 aperture, Optical Image Stabilization and LED flashSecondary: 5 mega pixels camera with F1.9 aperture | Primary: 13 mega pixels with F1.9 aperture, Optical Image Stabilization and LED flashSecondary: 5 mega pixels camera with F1.9 aperture | Primary: 13 mega pixels with F1.9 aperture, Optical Image Stabilization and LED flashSecondary: 5 mega pixels camera with F1.9 aperture |
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Dimension |
151.5mm x 74.1mm x 7.3 mm | 144.8mm x 71.0mm x 7.3 mm | 134.5mm x 65.2mm x 7.3 mm |
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Weight |
172 grams | 155 grams | 132 grams |
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Battery |
3300mAh battery with fast charging technology | 2900mAh with fast charging technology | 2300mAh |
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Network |
4G-LTE (Cat 6) with up to 300 mbps download speed. | 4G-LTE (Cat 6) with up to 300 mbps download speed. | 4G-LTE (Cat 4) with up to 150 mbps download speed. |
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Storage |
16 GB in Built | 16 GB in Built | 16 GB in Built |
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Add-ons |
Hall Fingerprint scanner, Samsung Pay with MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission) and NFC, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth v 4.1, Samsung KNOX, S-Voice, Dual SIM option | Hall Fingerprint scanner, Samsung Pay with MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission) and NFC, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth v 4.1, Samsung KNOX, S-Voice, Dual SIM option | NFC, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth v 4.1, Samsung KNOX, S-Voice, Dual SIM option |
