Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) Singapore Price
In a glamorous event at Malaysia, Samsung has recently launched the updated Galaxy A-series. With the 2017 reboot of the A series, all three phones of the series has been equipped with significant updates in their features, specifications and design. Now, we are looking at Samsung Galaxy A5, the middle member of the 2017 Galaxy A-series. It is available in various appealing colours.
Apart from the IP68 waterproof certification and the newly added fingerprint scanner, the new version of A5 has a lot to offer. Firstly, the metal body and superior design of the 2017 Galaxy A5 is going to be one of the major USPs of this smartphone. Moreover, the newly launched smartphone also comes with a 5.2 inch super AMOLED display with 1080p HD resolution.
A5 is also equipped with 1.9GHz Exynos 7870 Octa-core processor and a 3GB RAM. This renewed version of the Samsung smartphone also has 32GB internal storage which can be expanded to 256GB by using external storage. The most important feature of this brand new Samsung Galaxy A5 is that it comes with a couple of 16MP camera, one for each side and it captures HD quality pictures and videos. The battery strength has also been increased to 3000mAh for this 2017 model and fast charging has also been made available for the all new Galaxy A5. Although the phone is yet to be launched in the Singapore market but the hype that has been created for the all new A5 among the users cannot be overlooked.
NETWORK
Technology
GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G bands LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 17(700), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
BODY
Dimensions 146.1 x 71.4 x 7.9 mm (5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 in)
Weight –
SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
– Samsung Pay
– IP68 certified – dust proof and water resistant over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
DISPLAY
Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.2 inches (~71.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (~424 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass (unspecified version)
– Always-on display
PLATFORM
OS Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Chipset Exynos 7880 Octa
CPU Octa-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-T830MP2
MEMORY
Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
CAMERA
Primary 16 MP, f/1.9, 27mm, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps
Secondary 16 MP, f/1.9, 1080p
SOUND
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
COMMS
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
NFC Yes
Radio FM radio
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
FEATURES
Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML5
Java No
– Fast battery charging
– ANT+ support
– MP4/WMV/H.265 player
– MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player
– Photo/video editor
– Document viewer
BATTERY
Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery
