Samsung Galaxy A3 Advantages, Disadvantages, Price and Specifications

Samsung Galaxy A3

Before you to buy Samsung Galaxy A3 should first check the advantages, disadvantages, price and specifications below.

Advantages of Samsung Galaxy A3:

Samsung Galaxy A3 comes with latest Android Kitkat version 4.4.4 OS.
It offers 4.5 inch display with Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen and multiple touch with Galaxy A3.
It is powered by Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 processor and loaded with chipset Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 and it incorporated with 1 GB RAM, 16 GB internal storage and microSD support up to 64 GB.
It offers 8 MP rear camera and 5 MP front camera with high resolution Autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama.
The main feature of this Smart Phone is Full Metal Body with premium quality.
Supports almost Connectivity like bluetooth, Wifi, 3G HSDPA, 4G, Bluetooth, NFC and USB.
It comes with many handset colors like Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light Blue, Champagne Gold.

Disadvantages of Samsung Galaxy A3:

No Gorilla Glass for screen protection, as it is common feature in present smart phones.
Display doesn’t look effective with its poor pixel density.
Battery back up is weak compared to other Samsung mobiles at this range.
Comes with Non-replaceable battery.
As usual mobile looks like earlier Samsung phones with boring design.

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Samsung Galaxy A3 Specifications

NETWORK Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE

LAUNCH Announced 2014, October
Status Available. Released 2014, December

BODY Dimensions 130.1 x 65.5 x 6.9 mm (5.12 x 2.58 x 0.27 in)
Weight 110.3 g (3.88 oz)
SIM Nano-SIM

DISPLAY Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches (~65.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (~245 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4

PLATFORM OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410
CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 306
MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB
Internal 16 GB, 1 GB or 1.5 GB RAM

CAMERA Primary 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash,
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps,
Secondary 5 MP

SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes

COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
NFC Yes (LTE model only)
Radio FM radio, recording
USB microUSB v2.0

FEATURES Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML5
Java No
- ANT+ support
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP4/WMV/H.264 player
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player
- Photo/video editor
- Document viewer
BATTERY Non-removable Li-Ion 1900 mAh battery
Stand-by Talk time Up to 12 h (3G)
Music play Up to 60 h

MISC Colors Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light Blue, Champagne Gold
SAR EU 0.24 W/kg (head) 0.30 W/kg (body)
Price group 5/10 (About 200 EUR)

TESTS Performance Basemark OS II: 556 / Basemark X: 1895
Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 65dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 76dB
Battery life Endurance rating 65h