Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) specification and prices
The first Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) offers appeared on December 2015. This mobile belongs to the middle price range: the lowest Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) cost in USA for today is $319.99. The cell phone is on sale from carriers including AT&T Wireless, Boost Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Metro PCS as well as retailers like Target, Best Buy.
The cell phone runs on the most popular OS on the market for today - Android OS. Galaxy A5 (2016) has released with the already outdated for today Android version: 5.1.1 (Lollipop). It means that the cell phone will support most part of the old games and apps and a very few number of the newest ones with the current OS version. The cell phone is equipped with Octa-core (4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 processor which shows a great performance. Galaxy A5 (2016) runs 2 GB RAM which is a standard amount of memory for normal usage.
The Galaxy A5 (2016) has powerful 13 megapixel primary camera. With such camera owner of this mobile will be able to take amazing pictures and videos. 5 megapixel front camera makes Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) an average choice for making selfies. Rear camera of Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) can film full HD high quality video, which image is not so amazing as 4K but is also very bright and clear.
The mobile phone has a big 5.2 inch display size. This means that most users may have some difficulties using the mobile phone with one hand. Such screen size has significant benefits in compare to the smaller screen: it's more handy to use the display as a viewfinder, better for playing games and great for quick typing.
Galaxy A5 (2016) has non-removable Li-Ion 2900 mAh battery, which can guarantee about 16 hours of talk time and up to 75 hours of playing music. It is satisfactory battery life results.
The mobile phone's weight is 155 grams (5.47 oz), it is 144.8 mm (5.70 in) high, 71 mm (2.80 in) wide and has a 7.3 mm (0.29 in) depth what means that this cell phone is thin.
You can purchase Galaxy A5 (2016) in Black, White, Gold or Pink colors.
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- 2015, December
- Available. Released 2015, December
- Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
- Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Exynos 7580 Octa
- Octa-core (4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53
- Adreno 405 Mali-T720MP2
- 13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm, OIS, autofocus, LED flash
- 5 MP, f/1.9, 24mm, 1080p
- 1080p@30fps
- Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
- 5.2 inches
- 1080 x 1920 pixels (~424 ppi pixel density)
- Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Corning Gorilla Glass 4
- Yes
- Non-removable Li-Ion 2900 mAh battery
- About 16 h
- About 75 h
- 144.8 x 71 x 7.3 mm (5.70 x 2.80 x 0.29 in)
- 155 g (5.47 oz, 0.34 lb)
- Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
- Single SIM
- Black, White, Gold, Pink
- 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
- microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - A510F, A510M, A5100, A510Y microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) - A510FD
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
- v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
- Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
- Yes (LTE model only)
- FM radio
- microUSB v2.0, USB On-The-Go
- Fingerprint, accelerometer, proximity, compass
- SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
- HTML5
- No
- Yes
- GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) CDMA 800 / 1900 - A5100
- HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - A510F, A510FD, A5100, A510Y HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - A510M CDMA2000 1xEV-DO ; TD-SCDMA - A5100
- LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) - A510F, A510FD LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700), 28(700) - A510M LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300)
- HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
- Yes
- Yes
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