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Samsung Galaxy A80 – Introduction
Samsung’s fierce fight against Chinese competition has led the company to launch a host of new smartphones this year. We have seen five new Galaxy A phones and three Galaxy M phones, and Samsung is showing no sign of stopping.
Now Samsung has released the Samsung Galaxy A80, its the first smartphone with a pop-up selfie camera. And it is not just a sliding camera mechanism that the A80 aims to the phone does not have a front camera and swivels the camera back to you when you want to take a selfie. Attracting a crowd is one thing, but you will use your phone all the time, and the Samsung Galaxy A80 also has a series of compromises to fit its relatively average price.
Samsung Galaxy A80 – Design
First, I must say that the Galaxy A80 is a beautiful phone. I found all the company’s new phones with lovely color gradients, but I was not prepared for the A80 to be better than the new A-series phones like the Galaxy A50. This may be because the A80 has glass in the back and not plastic, and the choice of sober colors (pink, black, and white) have probably also helped. There is also this completely redesigned camera module configuration that adds to the charm, and although it may seem less successful on the images in this article, the camera assembly looks pretty classy in real life.
The Galaxy A80 certainly looks like a top-of-the-range device: its Gorilla Glass screen and background, as well as its metal frame, making it an accessory of choices like the iPhone or the most expensive Galaxy S10. On the right side of the smartphone, you’ll find a power button and the volume rocker on the left. Having these buttons on opposite sides of a phone is something that manufacturers continue to persevere with, even if it makes it difficult to achieve both, and we are disappointed to see it here.
There is a USB-C port on the back of the device, as well as the single downstream speaker. There is no 3.5mm headphone jack, which is not surprising given the tendency of companies to insist that you buy wireless headphones, but having only one speaker is a nuisance that we will discuss later.
Samsung Galaxy A80 – Display
Tearing the phone down gives an uninterrupted view of your content, and the Super AMOLED screen here is superb. It measures 6.7 inches – which corresponds to the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G – and offers FHD + resolution. This resolution may not be the highest, but Samsung’s OLEDs remain extraordinarily bright and colorful.
Using the Super AMOLED display technology, which gives a high contrast ratio and vivid colors, the Galaxy A80 promises an exceptional viewing experience, and the relatively high maximum brightness is not unanimous. Thesettings menu offers a range of features that allow you to also adjust the screen quality to your preferences, such as adding a blue light filter, or dark mode or fine-tuning the RGB color of the screen. ‘screen.
In addition to this (literally), the lack of notch makes The Best display of this Samsung so far, as there are no complications that will hinder your viewing experience, nor notch or frame that will occupy your precious screen. If there is one thing that may seem unattractive in its display is its size: to 6.7 inches, you could find the screen and the phone a little too big to use them easily if you have smaller hands.
Samsung Galaxy A80 – Camera
The main unit of the Samsung Galaxy A80 is 48MP f / 2.0, plus an 8MP f / 2.2 snapper with an ultra-wide-angle lens and a Time-of-Flight 3D (ToF) f / 1.2 3D camera. Detect the depth. Best portraits.
Now, let’s start with the third camera, the ToF lens, which is used to gauge the depth and add blurred background blur in Live Focus mode. In simple terms, it’s useful: the portraits are some for the Best we have seen from a smartphone in terms of appropriate levels of bokeh, and the backgrounds are never as blurry as they look artificial. The primary camera is instead of a mixed bag. On the positive side, the color capture is excellent: blue sky, green t-shirts, navy blue candles are all bright without appearing artificial, even when the optimization of the scene is off.
This is usually the point where we talk about the front camera, but in the Galaxy A80, the “front” and “back” cameras are actually identical, so the images taken are similar – although there are no so many functions. When you open the panel to take a photo from the front, the Camera application has fewer options than when you take a back-side photo. The night and panorama photography modes disappear to prevent you from making a selfie in low light, you can not zoom in either, and there is no optimization of the scene.
We do not see why you would not be able to use these modes, because you can do it when the same cameras are directed the other way, but this is just one of the few ways that the Camera application to introduce you to different options — depending on how he returned. Some options are more useful, such as an extensive-angle selfie mode that allows you to choose from a variety of fields of view based on the number of people in the photo, allowing you better customization than portrait modes.
Samsung Galaxy A80 – Battery
The Galaxy A80 is also unique because it supports an ultra-fast charge like the Galaxy S10 5G and the Galaxy A70. The A700’s 3700 mAh battery is considerably smaller than the A70’s and the S10’s 560 mAh battery. Therefore, a faster charge should be even more useful on the A80.
For those who do not know it, the high-speed charging technology allows these devices to draw 25 watts of power from the charger. Samsung’s traditional fast charge on the Galaxy S10 and all its phones over the past two years consumes only 15 watts.
Samsung Galaxy A80 – Features
As for other specifications, the Galaxy A80 is located in the upper part of the mid-range Samsung phones. It comes standard with 8GB of RAM and is powered by Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 730 chipset. He was very fluid and fluid during my practice session. You also get an Android Pie with One UI 1.1 out of the box. A 1.1 user interface brings features such as Bixby routines and digital wellness, both of which are available on the Galaxy A80, and also allows the use of the power button for Bixby Voice.
Finally, the Galaxy A80 also has a built-in fingerprint sensor. It’s optical, and if the Galaxy A50 has what it looks like, it will not work very well. But this is the only biometric option offered by the A80, so you’ll have to get used to it.
Samsung Galaxy A80 – Audio
The Galaxy A80 has a single speaker on the bottom, and without a conventional headset, stereo sound is still out of the question. It issues reasonable decibels and ranks in the Very Good category as we go. We do not have to complain about quality either: there are no problems with high volume, and there is a decent amount of bass. We do not have to complain about quality either: there are no problems with high capacity, and there is a fair amount of bass.
Samsung Galaxy A80 – Conclusion
Despite all the sensational factor that the Galaxy A80 has, thanks to its unique camera and its screen without glasses, it is challenging to sell once the reason hinders. At its introductory price, it is set against flagship products, which offer benefits such as superior performance, an additional camera, longer battery life – some are even more affordable than the A80.
We could have seen ourselves end up with something like, “get the Galaxy A80 if you want a selfie camera like no other, but if not, look elsewhere.” The problem is that the selfie camera is one of a kind on the Asus Zenfone 6 and at a lower price.