Samsung Galaxy A7 specification and prices
The Galaxy A7 by Samsung was announced on January 2015 and on sale it appeared on February 2015. This phone belongs to the middle price range: the lowest Samsung Galaxy A7 price in USA for now is $374.99. The phone is on sale from carriers including AT&T Wireless, Metro PCS, Verizon Wireless, Boost Mobile as well as retailers like Wal-Mart, Target.
The phone runs on the most popular OS in the world for today - Android OS. Galaxy A7 has released with the already out-of-date at the moment Android version: 4.4.4 (KitKat). It means that the phone with the current OS version will not be able to run the newest games and apps. The mobile phone has Octa-core (4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53) - A700FD Octa-core (4x1.8 Cortex-A15 GHz & 4x1.3 Cortex-A7 GHz) - A700F CPU which provides a perfect performance. Galaxy A7 runs 2 GB RAM which is an average amount of memory for normal usage.
The Galaxy A7 has amazing 13 megapixel rear camera. It will make great photos and videos. The camera has aperture size 2. It is a rather large aperture for a mobile phone and it will allow the Samsung Galaxy A7 to let in more light to make good photos at night. 5 megapixel front camera makes Samsung Galaxy A7 a standard choice for making selfies. Rear camera of Samsung Galaxy A7 can film full HD high definition video, which is only second to 4K.
The Galaxy A7 has a big 5.5 inch display size. This means that many users will have some difficulties using the cell phone with one hand. Such display size has amazing benefits in compare to the smaller screen: it's easier for taking pictures, better for watching movies and perfect for reading books.
Galaxy A7 has non-removable Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery, that can provide about 17 hours of talk time and up to 54 hours of playing music. It is satisfactory battery life results.
The mobile phone's weight is 141 grams (4.97 oz), it is 151 mm (5.94 in) high, 76.2 mm (3.00 in) wide and has a 6.3 mm (0.25 in) depth what means that this cell phone is thin.
You can buy Galaxy A7 in Pearl White, Midnight Black or Champagne Gold colors.
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- 2015, January
- Available. Released 2015, February
- Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
- Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 - A700FD Exynos 5430 Octa - A700F
- Octa-core (4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53) - A700FD Octa-core (4x1.8 Cortex-A15 GHz & 4x1.3 Cortex-A7 GHz) - A700F
- Adreno 405 - A700FD Mali-T628 MP6 - A700F
- 13 MP, f/2.0, 28mm, autofocus, LED flash
- 5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm, 1080p
- 1080p@30fps
- Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
- 5.5 inches
- 1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 ppi pixel density)
- Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Corning Gorilla Glass 4
- Yes
- Non-removable Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery
- About 17 h
- About 54 h
- 151 x 76.2 x 6.3 mm (5.94 x 3.00 x 0.25 in)
- 141 g (4.97 oz, 0.31 lb)
- Nano-SIM
- Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
- 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
- microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
- v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
- Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
- Yes
- FM radio, RDS, recording
- microUSB v2.0
- Accelerometer, proximity, compass
- SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
- HTML5
- No
- Yes
- GSM / HSPA / LTE
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - A700FD, A700F
- LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - A700F LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) - A700FD
- HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
- Yes
- Yes
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