Samsung Galaxy A5 Advantages, Disadvantages, Price and Specifications

Samsung Galaxy A5

Before you to buy Samsung Galaxy A5 should first check the advantages, disadvantages, price and specifications below.

Advantages of Samsung Galaxy A5:

Samsung Galaxy A5 comes with latest Android Kitkat version 4.4.4 OS.
It offers 6.0 inch display with Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen and multiple touch with Galaxy A5.
It is powered by Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 processor and loaded with chipset Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 and it incorporated with 2 GB RAM, 16 GB internal storage and microSD support up to 64 GB.
It offers 13 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 A5:

No Gorilla Glass for screen protection, as it is common feature in present smart phones.
Display looks mediocre with poor pixel density.
Battery back up is weak compared to other Samsung mobiles at this range
Comes with Non-replaceable battery.
Gyro sensor is missing.
As usual mobile looks like earlier Samsung phones with boring design.

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Samsung Galaxy A5 Specifications

NETWORK Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE

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

BODY Dimensions 139.3 x 69.7 x 6.7 mm (5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 in)
Weight 123 g (4.34 oz)
SIM Nano-SIM

DISPLAY Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches (~71.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (~294 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, 2 GB RAM

CAMERA Primary 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 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 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
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 2300 mAh battery
Stand-by Talk time Up to 15 h (3G)
Music play Up to 68 h

MISC Colors Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light Blue, Champagne Gold
SAR US 0.65 W/kg (head) 0.48 W/kg (body)
SAR EU 0.23 W/kg (head) 0.40 W/kg (body)
Price group 6/10 (About 250 EUR)

TESTS Performance Basemark OS II: 555 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 569
Basemark X: 1897
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 3.895 (sunlight)
Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 57dB / Noise 60dB / Ring 66dB
Audio quality Noise -94.5dB / Crosstalk -93.8dB
Battery life Endurance rating 74h