Samsung Galaxy A5 and A5 dual are the premium smartphones which comes with metal finish. With decent performance and great camera performance are the key features of the device. The Samsung Galaxy A5 price in India is Rs. 26,500 for the dual sim variant.
Samsung Galaxy A5 is powered by Quad core 1.2GHz Cortex A53 CPU based on Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 chipset with 2GB of RAM and Adreno 306 GPU. The device runs on Android 4.4.4 Kitkat along with customised Touchwiz UI.
Samsung Galaxy A5 sports 5 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen with screen resolution of 720×1280 pixels which results in 294 pixel density. The viewing angles are great on the display. The internal storage of the device is 16GB and supports microSD card upto 64GB.
Samsung Galaxy A5 houses 13MP primary camera and 5MP front facing camera. Both the camera are capable of recording 1080p video. The camera performance great in good lighting conditions. The connectivity features of the device includes 2G, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, USB tethering and WiFi hotspot. Sadly, Galaxy A5 doesn’t supports USB OTG.
Samsung Galaxy A5 is has non removable Li-ion 2300 mAh battery which is rated to provide 15 hours of talk time and 68 hours of standby time. In real time, with normal usage, it lasts single day. The dimension of this Android dual sim phone are 139.3×69.7×6.7mm and weighs 123 grams. Now we will see some of the pros and cons of Samsung Galaxy A5.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Samsung Galaxy A5
Pros of Galaxy A5
- The premium metal build quality
- Super AMOLED screen and Great viewing angles
- Good cellular call quality
- 16GB of internal storage and support for microSD card
- Decent performance.
- Great primary and front facing Camera performance.
Cons of Galaxy A5
- No physical LED notification
- No user replaceable battery
- Average speaker volume
- No USB OTG support
- No optical image stabilization
- You cannot use 2 sim with microSD cards: If you insert 2nd sim card on a dual sim variant, you can use microSD card or vice versa.
- Too pricey: For the premium metal finish, the price of the device is too steep. The same specification device are available for much cheaper price of other brands.
Samsung Galaxy A5 Tips and Tricks
Galaxy A5 as modem: You can use Galaxy A5 as modem using the USB tethering and WiFi hotspot features. you can read detailed post on this in my post on How to use Samsung Galaxy smartphone as modem.
Take screenshot on Galaxy A5: To take screenshot on Galaxy A5, you press and hold volume down key and home key simultaneously. The screenshot will be saved in the Gallery. You can read detailed methods of taking screenshot in my previous post how to take screenshot on Samsung Galaxy smartphones.
Samsung Galaxy A5 Specifications
- 5 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen with 720p resolution
- 13MP primary camera and 5MP front facing camera
- 2G, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, USB tethering and WiFi hotspot
- Quad core 1.2GHz Cortex A53 CPU based on Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 chipset with 2GB of RAM and Adreno 306 GPU
- non removable Li-ion 2300 mAh battery
- 16GB internal storage and microSD card support upto 64GB.
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