Samsung Galaxy A5 2016: a beautiful mid-range but not … – UnSimpleClic (Blog)

 

after the Galaxy A5 1st generation, Samsung returns by offering its 2016 edition A5 evolving on many items including a very successful design and leading specifications, all this on a mid-range smartphone. I’ll try to explain how this Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 greatly attracted me.

case

the box in which the Galaxy A5 is supplied is the same as Galaxy S6 except where it is registered Galaxy A5 6, 6 corresponding to the 2016 edition content is everything is standard ie smartphone, USB cable, AC adapter, a speakerphone (with spare tips) and a Quick Start guide.

Features

Under the hood of the 2016 edition Galaxy A5 we’ll find a processor Exynos 7580 up of 8 cores clocked at 1.6Ghz , Mali T720 graphics chip , 2GB RAM memory and 16GB of storage space . That fans of music and videos are not disappointed, the A5 accepts memory card micro-SD up to 128GB.

For the display, you must count on a Full HD 5.2 “ protected by a coating Gorilla Glass 4 , this will protect against scratches.

this new edition of the Galaxy A5 has a sensor 13Mpx at f / 1.9 with a digital zoom and flash lED. It will be capable of shooting Full HD at 30 frames / s. At the front, the handset boasts of a 5Mpx sensor

His physical Home button welcomes a Fingerprint Reader and connectivity is complete. WiFi ( 802.11 a / b / g / n), Bluetooth 4.1, NFC, GPS, USB 2.0, micro SD and 4G LTE compatibility port.

It is equipped with a battery 2900mAh and its dimensions are 144.8 x 71 x 7.3 mm and weighs 155g.

Finally, Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 comes with Android 5.1. Until a few days ago, no information evoked a passage to Android M but an article of SamMobile proves that this is news now although no date was announced.

Getting Started

with the Galaxy A5, you can obviously find Samsung’s trademark even if the materials used have evolved in the right direction. On this model, less plastic than either the front or the rear. The Galaxy A5 retains a fairly conventional form but with metal brackets and glass facades . We find a mix between the look of the Galaxy Alpha and the Galaxy S6, the flagship of 2015.

Among the trademarks, we can list the Home button that also serves to drive fingerprint, the Power button on the right bracket and the two volume buttons on the opposite side. The physical Home button is surrounded by the touch button Back right and the Multitasking to the left.

There is another element that has evolved in the right direction: borders each of the display are very thin , which is great. We really feel like not having one at all.

that’s right on the edge of that you can insert your card micro- Sim and possible memory card . A single drawer to insert the two elements. Samsung seems to have taken into account comments from users who claimed the return of the micro SD card. This port was on previous variation of the A5 but disappeared on the year, high-end 2015

on the other side, there are the two buttons to adjust the volume

On the high end, there is nothing but a secondary microphone while the other end has USB, headphone jack and the speaker

At the back of the unit, there is the photo sensor that protrudes from the surface smartphone but less than the S6 Edge, as well as flash, limited to a single lED. a Samsung logo is on the front and on the back.

To be handled and tested the Samsung Galaxy Alpha first name, I think we found although the mood with the plastic shell and less. The consideration of the hull in glass A5 6 is that the battery is not accessible but it is difficult to have it all: a stylish design, a slot for a memory card and a removable battery. On the A5, we already have two out of three although the appreciation of the design is a matter of taste.

interface and applications

The Touchwiz interface

I can once again talk about the Samsung Touchwiz interface but the Galaxy A5 6 being shipped with Android 5.1.1, you can refer to test the Galaxy S6 Edge. The interface is in material design, is quite colorful and thus quite pleasant. Now you have no more functionality compared to a Galaxy S6 Edge released eight months earlier.

Here are some screens of this interface, I find, has really evolved without the right direction even if some find it still increases the system.

If the theme does not suit you, you can download more from Samsung apps knowing that the screen of 5.2 “accepted a 5 × 5 grid of icons maximum.

applications A5 2016

again, nothing new on that side. You will find brand references such as S Planner to the agenda, S Health to manage your physical activity, S voice for voice recognition and Galaxy apps to the Samsung apps library. There are also Smart Manager , dashboard that was already present on d other Samsung previously tested.

the Google package (Google Calendar without the need to install more) and Microsoft (Office, Skype and onedrive) are also in the game.

If you want other applications or games, it will go through the blinds (Google, Samsung, Amazon, …) but be careful because the Galaxy A5 6 contains only 16GB. If you add media (music and / or videos), you might quickly be limited. In this case, consider making the purchase of a memory card .

Screen

With the 2016 edition Galaxy A5, it can be noted that Samsung acted to move upmarket his camera. It is the same for the screen changes from 5 “to 5.2″ and HD definition Full HD (from the vintage 2015). We stay on the AMOLED technology, which brings contrast and deep black. In addition, it preserves a little more battery than IPS. The glass covering the screen is 2.5D and may take an effort from the side of the borders are very thin. Clearly, Galaxy A5 2016 into the courtyard of premium smartphones . For using, the slab is responsive, which is great.

Camera

The picture is finally perhaps the only area where the smartphone does not reserve surprise or rather on which one does not feel as the upgrading of the device.

the Galaxy A5 2016 operates a main 13Mpx sensor with an aperture of f / 1.9 allowing it to recover more light. It can also swagger by providing a optical stabilizer , which is quite rare on devices in this range. It can capture Full HD video at 30 frames / s. At the front for selfies or visio, it will settle for a 5Mpx APN.

The interface has not changed compared to the Galaxy S6. The unit provides 4 default effects and 5 modes for shooting but you can always download more from the interface.

Pro Overview of the interface with the

the result is good shots and realistic with good external conditions even if the weather focusing is a bit feeble . for low light or in the dark, the Galaxy A5 2016 does not meet despite its greater openness. in these conditions, there is a lot of noise.

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Photo with Panorama

night Photos with work on the ISO setting

Performance

with house Exynos processor made up of 8 cores clocked at 1.6Ghz and Mali T720 graphics chip, Galaxy A5 assures. on the interface, there is really nothing to complain about whatsoever when navigating able to launch applications and even in multitasking mode. you will limit a little more than a high-end car this device has only 2GB of RAM but it does not constitute a weak point of the device. Apart latency sometimes observed when launching an application proposed in multitasking, the A5 is behaving pretty well.

Now if you look at the benchmark results, the Galaxy A5 in 2016 doing well while the Full HD cost him a few points from the HD

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on the games, except for the greedy games where one can note a lower quality graphics, Galaxy and its various components are powerful enough to let you enjoy your relaxation . I will not hide that I have observed some lags during certain scenes of games and even during parts of Need for Speed ​​. I still remains pleasantly surprised with the result. It the same is true for the temperature of the rear side that can mount but has never reached such a level that it becomes annoying.

Battery and autonomy

with this processor Exynos available for only a year and a screen that expands well as by the size of the resolution, it was difficult to make an a priori on the autonomy of the unit. With its 2900mAh battery, Samsung Announces 14h of autonomy for navigation 3G / 4G or for video playback and 75 hours of audio playback.

After several days of use, can be classified autonomy among the highlights of the device . In normal use with a little browsing, video and games, we almost succeeded in two days of autonomy . Even greatly requesting device, it goes beyond the day and all its results without activating energy saving modes offered on the device already available on other brand devices.

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for information, after a day when the unit has been on for more than 15h, it tells me more than 50% charge remaining. in addition, the monitoring system is well optimized because after a short night of 6 hours, the battery has lost only 3 points.

Samsung has not just worked on autonomy as reduced charging time will also make you happy. It takes only took over an hour to go from 0 to 100% (about 1h15).

Pricing and availability

Unveiled last December by the Korean manufacturer, Galaxy A5 2016 is available at the price 409 € Samsung but you can also find a few tens of euros and less on other e websites -trade.