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Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) Review

    See other variants reviews Score: 71.9 / 100

Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) is a fascinating phone launched back in 2016, packing a good size 5.2-inches screen, an extremely powerful Octa-Core CPU speeding at 1600 MHz, a 13 mega-pixels back-facing camera and a 5 MP front-facing camera.

Being just 0.29 inches thick,this device is incredibly thin and good-looking. Whereas this cellphone is only 5.7" long, it's still able to fit a a 5.2 inches display. Samsung offers the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) in a variety of color options like black, gold, pink and white. Samsung made an amazing design job making this phone as lightweight as 5.47 oz.

The A5 (2016) includes an awesome 5.2" screen with a 1080 x 1920 (Full HD) resolution, providing this cellphone with a delightful image quality.

Samsung decided to power this phone using an extremely fast Octa-Core CPU clocking at 1600 MHz, included in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 8939 system chip with a huge 2 GB of RAM. A good point of the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) is its quite big 16 GB internal storage memory and a slot for an SD memory card, allowing you to store hundreds of games and apps without worrying about space.

The Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) is equipped with two cameras, a 13 mega-pixels back facing camera and a 5 mega-pixels front-facing camera. The A5 (2016) can also shoot videos up to 1920x1080 (Full HD) at 30 fps.

This cellphone uses a big capacity 2900 mAh Li - Ion non-removable battery that provides this cellphone a marvelous battery duration. An issue to evaluate is that the A5 (2016)'s battery is not replaceable so you can't throw it away and buy a new one when it begins to last shorter, while with its 2900 mAh you will probably replace this phone before that happens.

This phone features WiFi connection (and it can be provided to other devices around, as a mobile hotspot), 4G (LTE-A) super fast data connection and fast 3G internet connection, over HSPA and HSUPA technologies. This phone uses a Nano SIM card for GSM connection.

The Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) also includes a wide variety of great characteristics such as Fingerprint Identification, NFC, Bluetooth (4.1 ), GPS and Radio, and multiple sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.

This cellphone is definitely the right one for you no matter whether you need a phone to play games, you love taking photos, will use this phone mostly for social networks and internet browsing or want a phone for work.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Samsung
Variant:See other variants reviews
Dimensions:5.70 x 2.80 x 0.29 inchesMetric14.48 x 7.11 x 0.74 cmImperial
Weight:5.47 ouncesMetric155.07 gImperial
Colors:Black, Gold, Pink and White
Scratch Resistant Glass:Yes
Release date:2016-01-08

Display

Screen Type:Super AMOLED
Size:5.2 inchesMetric13.2 cmImperial
Resolution:1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD)
Pixel density:424 pixels per inchMetric166.93 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:No

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 8939
Processor:ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 28 nm (Octa-Core 1600 MHz)
RAM Memory:2 GB
Graphics Processor:Adreno 405
Internal Memory:16 GB
SD Card Slot:microSDXC (up to 128 GB)

Battery

Battery type:Li - Ion
Removable:No
Capacity:2900 mAh

Camera

Back camera:13 megapixels
    Aperture:f/1.90
    Focal length:28mm (35mm equivalence)
Front camera:5 megapixels
Max video resolution:1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD)

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
SIM Card Type:Nano SIM
LTE (4G) Bands:1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800 DD), 40(2300)
UMTS Bands:Bands 5(850), 8(900), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Technologies:LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA

Other Features

Bluetooth:Version 4.1
GPS:Yes
NFC (Near Field Communication):Yes
Fingerprint ID:Yes
Radio:FM Radio
Sensors:Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor