Samsung Galaxy A7 Advantages, Disadvantages, Price & Specifications

Samsung Galaxy A7

Before you to buy Samsung Galaxy A7 should first check the advantages, disadvantages, price and specifications below.

Advantages of Samsung Galaxy A7:

Samsung Galaxy A7 comes with Android v4.4.x(Kitkat) OS.
It offers 5.5 inch Super AMOLED capacitive display touchscreen with 16M colors and Multitouch.
It provides 2 GB RAM, Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53 – LTE/3G Dual SIM model, Quad-core 1.8 Cortex-A15 GHz & quad-core 1.3 Cortex-A7 GHz – LTE model processor with multitouch feature.
It has an internal memory of 16 GB and expandable memory via microSD upto 64 GB.
It has an excellent ppi pixel density and pixel resolution which makes your screen look very clear.
Comes with 13 MP rear camera with LED flash and 5 MP front facing camera and comes with additional features like autofocus, Geo-tagging, face detection, panorama, Autofocus, LED Flash, HDR
Supports almost all connectivities like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, USB, 3G, 4G.
It is loaded with many messaging apps and internet options, Document viewer etc.
It offers various sensors like Accelerometer, proximity, compass.
It has a very high sharp screen that supports 1080p video, which makes video screen very sharp.
It is preloaded with many apps like ANT+ support, Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic, Document viewer etc
It supports Dual Sim.
Performance is superb and fast with no lags.
The mobile is very slim to carry.

Disadvantages of Samsung Galaxy A7:

It is a Non removable Device.
Battery capacity is poor and it must be improved in order to avoid drain of your mobile battery
Android OS is not latest version.

Price: $450(USA)

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Samsung Galaxy A7 Specifications

NETWORK Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE

LAUNCH Announced 2015, January
Status Available. Released 2015, February

BODY Dimensions 151 x 76.2 x 6.3 mm (5.94 x 3.00 x 0.25 in)
Weight 141 g (4.97 oz)
SIM Nano-SIM

DISPLAY Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches (~72.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 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 MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 - A700FD
Exynos 5 Octa 5430 - A700F
CPU Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53 - A700FD
Quad-core 1.8 Cortex-A15 GHz & quad-core 1.3 Cortex-A7 GHz - A700F
GPU Adreno 405 - A700FD
Mali-T628 MP6 - A700F

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, check quality
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, check quality
Secondary 5 MP, 1080p

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, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant)
NFC Yes
Radio FM radio with RDS; 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 2600 mAh battery
Stand-by Talk time Up to 17 h (3G)
Music play Up to 54 h

MISC Colors Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
SAR US 1.05 W/kg (head) 0.80 W/kg (body)
SAR EU 0.41 W/kg (head) 0.55 W/kg (body)
Price group 7/10 (About 380 EUR)

TESTS Performance Basemark OS II: 786 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 813
Basemark X: 4802
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 3.679 (sunlight)
Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 64dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 73dB