Galaxy A5 is superior.
By Dileep Thekkethil
BANGALORE: The South Korean smartphone manufacturer Samsung, have unveiled the company’s slimmest smartphones ever, Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3 with 100% metal unibody design, targeting the mid-range segment.
The Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3 are just 6.7 mm and 6.9 mm thin, respectively, making the phones the thinnest in the mid-range smartphone segment.
JK Shin, CEO and Head of IT & Mobile Communication at Samsung Electronics, said in a press release “The Galaxy A5 and A3 offer a beautifully crafted full metal unibody, slim design, superior hardware and the best possible social media experience. . These devices make our advanced Galaxy experience even more accessible to young and trend conscious consumers.â€
Detailed Specification of Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3 are as follows:
Galaxy A5: The ultra-thin Galaxy A5, like majority of Galaxy series smartphones has a 5 inch Full HD Super AMOLED display, developed by Samsung. The phone is powered with a 1.2 GhZ Quad-Core Processor coupled with 2 GB RAM for faster processing of Apps.
The camera segment of the Galaxy A5 is what is attracting youth towards this smartphone. Other than a 13 MP auto-focus rear camera with flash, the Galaxy A5 also features a 5 Mega Pixel front camera, offering the young selfie enthusiasts better image quality while clicking own photos or during video chat.
The 5 MP front camera is also available for the Galaxy A3. Samsung featured 5 MP front camera in some of their early models of smartphones such as Note 4 with added features like Wide Selfie, Palm Selfe, Animated GIF, Beauty Face feature etc.
Galaxy A5 is 4G LTE enabled with CAT6 antenna, which allows the phone to access 4G on the higher frequency 2.6GHz band.
A5 has an internal storage capacity of 16 GB which is expandable to 64 GB using MicroSD card. The new smartphone from Samsung runs on the latest version of Android KitKat 4.4.
Samsung provides a 2300 mAh bettary for Galaxy A5, which could have been improved considering the other high end specification of the phone including the 4G LTE feature, which can easily drain the barratry if used continuously for a few hours. So it is advised to carry a power bank if the user is an avid net surfer or game enthusiast.
Other connectivity features of Galaxy A5 are Bluetooth: 4.0, WiFi, NFC. The phone also has a slew of sensors such as Accelerometer, Proximity, Geo-magnetic, RGB ambient light and Hall Sensor.
Galaxy A3: Galaxy A3 is a slightly inferior smartphone when compared to the Galaxy A5. Samsung made major cut downs in the display and camera department of Galaxy A3. The size of the display got reduced to 4.5 inch and the quality of the screen has been downgraded to qHD Super AMOLED. The rear camera of Galaxy A3, lessened to 8 MP is a major shortcoming but Samsung has maintained the 5 MP front camera. Another let down comes in the battery of Galaxy A3 as Samsung decided to go with 1900 mAh in a phone that is stuffed with sensors like Accelerometer, Proximity, Geo-magnetic, RGB ambient light, Hall Sensor.
According to Samsung’s official announcement, Galaxy A3 and Galaxy A5 will be available in selected markets, including China from November. The two slim phones from Samsung will be available in different color variants such as White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light Blue and Champagne Gold. Samsung is yet to reveal the price of both the phones but the company has confirmed that they are targeting the mid-range smartphone segment.