Samsung Galaxy A3 Review

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Samsung uses a slim metallic casing for its Samsung Galaxy A lineup and had actually impressed us with the Samsung Galaxy A5, Samsung all about premium materials now, with its flagship Samsung Galaxy S6 exhibiting that it actually has moved away from plastic.

It comes with a 4.5-inch 540p display screen, a 1.2-GHz Quad-core processor, 1 GB of RAM, an 8 MP camera and a 1900 mAh battery. In case you have not observed, there are smartphones with far more to supply on the similar price.

However while good looks are nice it takes extra to make a very good handset, so does the Samsung Galaxy A3 have what it takes? Read full review to find out.

Samsung Galaxy A3: Design

The design is clearly the highlight of the Samsung Galaxy A3 and it is not only a shrunk down version of the Samsung Galaxy S6 either, as rather than a glass back it has a metallic unibody and it is pretty slim at just 6.9 mm thick.

It seems premium, particularly for the money, but it is not an ideal design, as the bezels across the display are pretty massive and it is offputtingly light at 110.3 g. We do not need our phones to be heavy however a little bit of weight is good so they feel solid.

Still, while it may actually be better and indeed has been bettered by the Samsung Galaxy S6, HTC One M9 and others it truly is impressive for a $200 phone. You will struggle to seek out a lot else that appears fairly as good for the money.

Samsung Galaxy A3: Display

It is a shame the 4.5 inch display only has a low 960 x 540 resolution, although, as this makes web browsing a little bit exhausting on the eyes, significantly when viewing desktop sites. There are many jagged, pixellated application icons on the main home display screen as nicely, and text sometimes was not fairly as sharp we’d have preferred.

Still, we had no complaints about the quality of its Super AMOLED display screen, as our color calibrator returned an ideal sRGB color gamut score of 100% and an ideal black level of 0.00cd/m2. Likewise, its contrast ranges were off the charts, so images had wonderful clarity.

Samsung Galaxy A3: Camera

The Samsung Galaxy A3’s specifications are not all bad news, it truly has a fairly good camera. The main camera is an 8 MP, which is a spec that is now filtering right down to lower end smartphones just like the Samsung Galaxy A3 however is high enough to take detailed images.

The Samsung Galaxy A3 has additionally benefitted from the world’s selfie obsession, as it has a 5 MP wide-angle front-facing snapper, which is almost up to the requirements of many high end front facing cameras.

Samsung Galaxy A3: Hardware

The Samsung Galaxy A3 picks up the threads from its bigger sibling, the Samsung Galaxy A5, which in flip took inspiration from the Samsung Galaxy Alpha. Not that we’re complaining at the inspiration reasonably than ingenuity – The Samsung Galaxy A3 is a little matt-finished beauty.

Whereas the rear is covered with a matt finished, high-quality plastic, the front is covered mostly by the 4.5-inch display, coupled with Corning Gorilla Glass 4. The Samsung Galaxy A3 is a lot better to carry than the Samsung Galaxy A5, even though it makes use of the same pearl-finished back, because of its smaller measurement.

The Samsung Galaxy A3 differs from the Samsung Galaxy A5 when it comes to the internal hardware although – it specifications give the hankering of Samsung’s days of lore, when it might sell something and every thing. The Samsung Galaxy A3 comes with a 1.2-GHz Quad-core processor and 1 GB RAM under the hood.

Samsung Galaxy A3: Software

Samsung’s TouchWiz interface within the Samsung Galaxy A3 remains to be based on Android 4.4. However, an update to Android 5 has been introduced. Samsung has preinstalled fewer free-ware applications on the Galaxy A3; the “S Planner” & “S Voice” voice control are the 2 most necessary ones. As soon as again, Samsung has installed adware apps from numerous on-line shops, however they are often simply uninstalled.

Samsung Galaxy A3: Battery

As it is not really a multimedia smartphone, most users will be capable to get 36 hours to 2 days’ worth of battery life—a good amount. As a guide, the handset lasted through nearly 8 hours of video streaming

Samsung Galaxy A3: Performance

The Samsung Galaxy A3 is powered by a quad-core, 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor paired with 1 GB of RAM. That is more than able to running Android 4.4, but it surely additionally means it is no sooner than more entry-level handsets similar to Motorola’s 2nd Gen Moto E. Its Geekbench 3 scores of 474 and 1,418 within the single and multicore tests are virtually exactly the identical as the Moto E’s 470 and 1,397. The Samsung Galaxy A3 additionally scored the same figure in Futuremark’s Peacekeeper browser test, ending with 670 compared to the Moto E’s 625.

Samsung Galaxy A3: Specification

Samsung Galaxy A3: Verdict

When Samsung offers you something, it also takes away something. The Samsung Galaxy A3 has made some large compromises in turn for the excellent form factor that it possesses. Except you’re too heavy of a user you may be able to make this phone work.

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