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Samsung Galaxy A3
SM-A300X, SM-A300M, SM-A300F, SM-A300G, SM-A300M, SM-A300XZ| Global Score | |
| 69.9 | 75.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.4 | -- |
| 2014-10-30 | 2018-05-22 |
| 5.12 x 2.58 x 0.27 inches | 5.90 x 2.79 x 0.30 inches |
| 3.89 ounces | 5.71 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold, Gray, Pink and White | Black, Blue, Gold and Lavender |
| Aluminium | Metal |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 245.00 | $ 109.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.5 inches | 5.6 inches |
| 540 x 960 pixels | 1480 x 720 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 245 pixels per inch | 294 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 7.3 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7884 chipset |
| 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1600 MHz) processor |
| 1,5 GB (533 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Adreno 306 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-T830 MP1 GPU |
| 9.09 | 8.73 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.16 | 9.44 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 16.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 26.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.48 | 9.46 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.4 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1900mAh Battery | 3000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 12 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.76 | 4.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Galaxy A6 is just a bit better than Samsung Galaxy A3, getting a 75.8 score against 69.9. Even though the Galaxy A6 is extremely newer than the Samsung Galaxy A3, it is just a bit thicker and noticeably heavier. The Galaxy A3 counts with a little better hardware performance than Galaxy A6, because although it has a lower amount of RAM and an inferior number of slower cores, it also counts with a graphics processing unit and a 64-bit CPU.
Samsung Galaxy A3 counts with a little sharper display than Galaxy A6, although it has a quite lower display pixels density, a way worse resolution of 960 x 540 and a little smaller display. Galaxy A6 captures much clearer videos and photos than Galaxy A3, and although they both have the same video frame rate and the same video quality, the Galaxy A6 also has a back-facing camera with a much better resolution.
The Galaxy A6 features a very superior memory for applications and games than Galaxy A3, because it has a slot for an SD memory card that allows up to 400 GB and 16 GB more internal storage. The Samsung Galaxy A6 has a way better battery lifetime than Galaxy A3, because it has a 58% more battery size.
In addition to being the best phone of the ones we are comparing here, Samsung Galaxy A6 is also a lot cheaper.
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