Samsung Galaxy A3 specification and prices
First information about the Galaxy A3 by Samsung appeared on October 2014 and on sale it appeared on December 2014. This mobile phone belongs to the middle price range: the lowest Samsung Galaxy A3 cost in USA for now is $284.99
The cell phone runs on the most popular operating system in the world for now - Android OS. Galaxy A3 was produced with the already old for now Android version: 4.4.4 (KitKat). It means that the cell phone owner will be able to run only some old games and apps with the current OS version. The phone is equipped with Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 processor that shows a very high performance. The phone runs 5 GB RAM that is a big amount of memory.
The Galaxy A3 has nice 8 megapixel rear camera. With such camera owner of this mobile phone will be able to make nice photos and videos of a rather good quality. To make really high quality photos Specspro advices you to check the better Samsung cell phone Galaxy A8 (2016). Samsung Galaxy A3 camera has 2.4 aperture that is an average size for mobile phones. If you like to shoot photos in dark rooms, you won't shoot nice photos as the camera lets in low light. Galaxy A3 also will not suit for capturing fast action shots. 5 megapixel front camera makes Samsung Galaxy A3 an average choice for making selfies. Rear camera of Samsung Galaxy A3 can capture full HD high quality video, which is only second to 4K.
The mobile phone has a common 4.5 inch display size. This means that most part of users will not experience difficulties use the cell phone with one hand. Such screen size has significant benefits in compare to the smaller one: it's more handy to use the display as a viewfinder , better for watching movies and amazing for quick typing.
This mobile phone has non-removable Li-Ion 1900 mAh battery, which will guarantee about 12 hours of talk time and up to 60 hours of playing music. It is standard battery life results.
The Galaxy A3 weight is 110.3 grams (3.88 oz), it is 130.1 mm (5.12 in) high, 65.5 mm (2.58 in) wide and has a 6.9 mm (0.27 in) depth which means that this mobile phone is thin.
You can buy Galaxy A3 in Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light Blue or Champagne Gold colors.
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- 2014, October
- Available. Released 2014, December
- Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
- Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410
- Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
- Adreno 306
- 8 MP, f/2.4, 31mm, autofocus, LED flash
- 5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm
- 1080p@30fps
- Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama
- 4.5 inches
- 540 x 960 pixels (~245 ppi pixel density)
- Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Corning Gorilla Glass 4
- Yes
- Non-removable Li-Ion 1900 mAh battery
- About 12 h
- About 60 h
- 130.1 x 65.5 x 6.9 mm (5.12 x 2.58 x 0.27 in)
- 110.3 g (3.88 oz, 0.24 lb)
- Nano-SIM
- Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light Blue, Champagne Gold
- 16 GB, 1 GB or 1.5 GB RAM
- microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
- v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
- Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
- Yes (LTE model only)
- FM radio, 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 - all versions
- HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - A300F, A300FU, A300G, A300HQ, A300M, A300YZ
- LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - A300F, A300FU LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) - A300G LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700) - A300M LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600)
- HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
- Yes
- Yes
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