Everything Specs
Samsung Galaxy A3 is a very lightweight and comfortable smartphone. With its 4.7″ display, 132 g weight and 7.4mm thickness, Samsung Galaxy A3 is one of the best looking and most comfortable smartphones to use. Of course, we are talking about AMOLED display here, with the 720p resolution, a downgrade from A5. Samsung Galaxy A3 comes with installed Android 5.1.1 OS, which is, fortunately, upgradable to Android 7.0 (Nougat); a nice feature for this smartphone. What isn’t nice feature is the 1.5 GB of RAM here, that feels slightly underwhelming, especially for multitasking.
16 GB of internal storage also isn’t great but will do the job, since this smartphone isn’t that good for gaming, so you’ll save some space if you don’t install them. Other than that, Samsung Galaxy A3 is a great budget smartphone that looks and feels great. The highlights here are display, camera and its streamlined and lightweight design, making it sit comfortably in hand.
Announced Date | 2015, December |
Release Date | 2015, December |
Launched |
Dimensions | 134.5 x 65.2 x 7.3 mm |
Weight | 132 g |
Colors | Black, White, Gold, Pink |
Display Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
Size | 4.7 inches (~69.4% screen-to-body ratio) |
Resolution | 720 x 1280 pixels (~312 ppi pixel density) |
Display Features | Multi Touch, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 |
Primary | 13 MP, f/1.9, autofocus, LED flash |
Secondary | 5 MP, f/1.9 |
Flash | |
Video | 1080p@30fps |
Camera Features | Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama |
Chipset | Exynos 7578 |
CPU | Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 |
GPU | Mali-T720MP2 |
RAM | 1.5 GB |
Card Type | microSD |
Internal | 16 GB |
External | microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) - single-SIM model, microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual-SIM model |
OS | Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat) |
Technology Used | Li-Ion |
Capacity | 2300 mAh battery |
Removable | |
Fast Charging |
Alert Type | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
3.5mm Jack | |
Loud Speaker | |
Features | Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
Bluetooth | v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE |
GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS |
NFC | |
Radio | |
USB | microUSB v2.0 |
Technology Used | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
2G | |
3G | |
4G | |
EDGE | |
GPRS | |
SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
Sensors | Accelerometer, proximity, compass |
Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM |
Browsers | HTML5 |
I've heard that the A series is good and i decided to buy Galaxy A3. I don't like its display size of just 4.7", but at least it has an HD resolution. Android 5.1.1 here is a little outdated and i hope they will post new update to at least Android 6.0.