Test: Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) – Le Journal du Geek

Recently, the big news is in smartphones midrange, not the flag-ship smartphones do not bring their batch of news but it is less and less surprised.

Also, it closely monitors the market because it goes upmarket, so that some even speak of high-end midrange. This is the case of the new Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) that is positioned in the 400 euros with a finish worthy of high-end smartphones of Samsung like Galaxy S6 .

with the same identity as the Samsung Galaxy S6, the new Galaxy A5 will be facing one of the fiercest competition with not only competing brands but the Galaxy S6 to be found at a price not so far.

As a reminder on the features, the new Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) propose:

– Android 5.1.1 Lollipop
– TouchWiz UI Overlay
– Screen Corning Gorilla glass 4
– Dalle Super AMOLED 5.2 “
– Full HD Resolution 1920 × 1080 (423ppp)
– finishing Housing aluminim on the edges and back glass
– octa-core Exynos 7580 processor (8 x Cortex-A53 clocked at 1.6GHz)
– Mali T720 GPU
– 16GB of internal memory
– Port MicroSD
memory – 2GB RAM
– camera with a backlit sensor of 13 megapixels
– LED flash and Autofocus
new generation – 28mm wide-angle lens with an aperture to F / 1.9 and stabilization optical
– Full HD 1080p video recording max
– visio camera with a backlit sensor of 5 Megapixels
– Objective visio with an aperture of F / 1.9
– 3G / 3G +, H +, 4G LTE, 4G + LTE
– Port nano-SIM
– WiFi a / b / g / n
– Bluetooth 4.1 LE, a-GPS + GLONASS, DLNA, Miracast (WiFi Direct)
– NFC
– USB 2.0 MHL
– Barometer, gyroscope, Accelerometer
– proximity sensor and brightness
– biometric Sensor
– 2900 mAh Battery
– fast Charging
wired – Size 144,8x71x7,3mm
– Weight 155g

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I’ll just repeat myself but as in previous Galaxy a, the 2015 version does not offer a removable battery. especially we regret that Samsung has not yet found it necessary to jump on the wagon of the USB-C. packaging side, you can imagine that the Korean brand will not revolutionize the genre. We thus find the rectangular cardboard box (white rather than blue) and not surprisingly, we find the eternal micro-USB cable, USB charger, headphones / hands-free kits and instruction manuals for a first grip . Nothing original so well.

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for its price, it is now available at the official price of 409 EUR without subscription. Expect more aggressive prices in a future more or less close to the operators. Yes, we know that the Samsung Galaxy S6 is now to barely a hundred euros more but as I tell you, the new Galaxy A5 (2016) could see prices fall quickly, especially with the arrival of the Galaxy S7 future.