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Table of Contents
- Package
- Specifications
- Ranking
- Design, size, controls
- Display
- Battery
- Memory, RAM, performance
- Connectivity
- Camera
- Software
- Impressions
Package
- phone
- Battery charger
- Paper clip tray release of SIM-cards
- Wired stereo
- Note
Specifications
- Android 5.1.1
- The screen is 5.2 inches, 1080h1920 pixels (424 ppi), SuperAMOLED, Corning Gorilla Glass 4, the effect of 2.5D
- 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal (10.7 GB user available), microSD memory card up to 128 GB
- 8-core processor Exynos 7580, the frequency up to 1.6 GHz, the graphics coprocessor Mali T720
- Battery Li-Pol, 2900 mAh , fast charging for 105 minutes to 100 per cent, video playback up to 14 hours, 3G or LTE – up to 14 hours of talk time – up to 16 hours
- The front camera of 5 megapixels (f / 1.9), the main Camera 13 megapixels (f / 1.9)
- NFC (for models with support for LTE)
- FM-radio
- fingerprint sensor
- Two nanoSIM-cards, instead of one SIM-card can install a memory card
- USB 2.0, BT 4.1, ANT +, 802.11 a / b / g / n 2,4 + 5,0 GHz, HT40
- Colors housing gold / black / white / pink-gold
- sensors – an accelerometer, a geomagnetic sensor, a Hall sensor, proximity sensor, light sensor
- SAR value for Europe, 0.29 W / kg (head), 0.47 W / kg (body)
- Dimensions – 144.8x71x7.3 mm, weight – 155 grams
Positioning
In 2015, the A-Series from Samsung proved to be a bestseller, both in Russia and around the world. Consumers chose these devices for two reasons: on the one hand, they looked like the flagships of the previous season, on the other hand, you can select the desired screen size and, as a consequence, the size. In favor of the A-Series also has said that the design for a decent asked not so much as in the flagship, many looked at these devices as a reasonable compromise. In 2016, Samsung decided to strengthen this trend and offered A-series design, the most similar to the current flagship – Samsung Galaxy S6. Outwardly, this same material in similar solutions, which are becoming widespread and distinguish this unit from inexpensive J-series, which can safely be considered a budget, even if it cost a device and start from 10 000 rubles. I consider the A-series as a golden mean for the average person who does not strive for the latest technologies, the speed of the processor in virtual tasks, but do not want to sacrifice smooth interface, the possibility of a long operation and quick charging.
If Speaking specifically about the A5 in 2016, the decision turned out very balanced and quality to what extent it can be called the Russian flagship, as such solutions will select people in 2016 with a view to use in the next 2-3 years. In contrast to the same A3 is already added fingerprint scanner that makes the device much more interesting, and the screen size is closer to the most common on the market. A sort of middle ground.
Given that the model costs about 26 thousand rubles, it can not be regarded as a competitor to the same S6, whose price starts from 40 thousand rubles. Moreover, for many, this model will compete with the ancient iPhone 5s 16GB, which in Russia is about the same, but different worst performance in almost all aspects. The only advantage of iPhone is that the iPhone is, even three years ago. To understand the gap between the three generations of the devices do not need to be Einstein, Electronics for that time is running far ahead that the example of these two devices and I’ll show you later.
Design, size, controls
As mentioned, the design of this solution is directly borrowed from the company’s flagship – Galaxy S6. The metal case in which the glass is closed not only the screen, but rear panel. The glass has a slight curvature, it is fashionable in the last year 2.5D, the glass itself – Corning Gorilla Glass 4.
Given that the device is intended for the widest possible audience, it comes in four colors – gold, black, white, pink and gold.
Each color has a metallic low tide, playing well in the sun. On the back panel there are traces of the hands in the room they are clearly visible, those who are sickened by this, the phone will not be happy. Small bevel panels are pleasing in his hands, but on the table, or sloped surface, they do not create the effect of the slip, the machine is not bad.
The phone’s dimensions – 144.8x71x7.3 mm, weight – 155 grams. I like the materials, and the quality of the device, claims there is no and can not be. Good fits in your hand, efficiently collected, no roughness is not there. On the top and the bottom end is the microphone, there is a noise reduction system, which works well in noisy environments.
Two separate volume buttons are on the left side, on / off button – on the right. There – a slot for two SIM-cards (nano), instead of one of them, you can set the memory card.
On the back you can see a 13-megapixel camera, it acts on the body, which does not prevent in the life of a drop. Next – the LED flash. At the bottom – 3.5 mm jack for headphones and speaker hole.
The proximity sensor and ambient light you will see on the screen , but under it – the physical key on the sides – the two touch. In this key integrated fingerprint sensor, it works fast and good enough to touch it. To probe started, it is necessary to wake the phone from sleep mode to put your finger is meaningless, it is a deliberate move to avoid increased power consumption or complexity of the design.
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Display
Specifications of the screen are as follows: 5.2 inch 1080h1920 pixels (424 ppi ), SuperAMOLED, Corning Gorilla Glass 4, the effect of 2.5D. I recall that in 2015 became interesting from the point of view of the fact that virtually all notable players were installed in their flagship AMOLED-matrix so as Samsung started selling them on the side. Backlog from their own screens Samsung has been for several generations, but it has not stopped manufacturers, they saw it more pluses than minuses.
In 2016 A5 to the screen is almost impossible to find fault, it is a very high quality in all usage scenarios show a good job, whether it’s reading a text or work in bright sunlight. Traditionally, in the settings, you can set different options for displaying colors (adaptive screen film AMOLED, Photo AMOLED, main). Those who prefer muted, natural colors, can get them, who want a brighter picture, is also able to select it. It’s a question of your choice, not the restrictions laid down by the manufacturer.
Automatic brightness control works correctly, I use it constantly and have no problems. Of the benefits of using it, I note that on the street in this mode, the screen is readable, manual brightness is limited to lower values.
reproach, and it is only theoretically possible in the resolution of the screen, FullHD – it’s not so much the more so in the flagship is QHD-resolution. On the other hand, the difference you just do not notice any points on the screen is not visible, even if the bring it close to the eyes. Some people claim that they see it that way, but it is a conviction, rather than an objective reality. Another horror story, where love scaring people, lies in the fact that AMOLED-display fade. Given the way I use the phone, and the fact that they are working during the day for 3-4 hours with the included TV, and even more, I it had to happen a couple of years ago, older and more primitive screens. But it did not happen. Yes, and in services such problem encountered in rare cases. Although the demonstration samples that are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, this happens after a few weeks of work.
Like it or not, but the screen in this unit is one of the best on the market, which is worth a lot, because you have to work with him for a long time.
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Battery
For me the crucial time of the phone, I think that the same can be said of any man. Hours – this is the parameter that is important for each of us. This device battery – 2900 mAh (Li-Pol), that does not look at the background of the Chinese devices something special, they have already found a battery for 4000, 5000 and even 6000 mAh. But the Chinese are different from A-brands, and in this case A5, so the fact that a large capacity battery, they compensate for the shortcomings of chipsets that collect their devices from public squares and not spend with them to optimize energy consumption.
During the test, we always look for how long the device can turn the video (AVI, FullHD, MX Player, maximum brightness). And then comes the moment of truth, most Chinese breaks on this test, they show the result in 5-7 hours with the battery capacity of about 3000 mAh. The same A5 2016 works up to 14 hours.
It is understood that in a real life scenario, using the phone very different, we are using the Internet, social networks and other features. My experience with the A5 indicates that it provides two or three days, depending on the load that what you have. For example, for those who use the calls and SMS, long sitting on the internet, it will be about 3.5 days of work during the entire hour of calls and up to two hours of screen! As for me, it’s very, very good result. For the more active people will come about two days of phone, 3 hours to activate the screen, and up to an hour of conversation. That audience that buys such decisions will be very happy with how long the phone works.
Traditionally, there are fast-charging, which allows for 105 minutes to charge the battery up to one hundred percent. For half an hour you can get a little more than half of the charge, which is nice.
There is also a power-saving mode when the backlight is limited to the frequency of the processor, in this mode, many will not experience problems with the operation of the device, but the work will increase by 20 percent as a minimum. In the maximum power savings on the screen all painted in gray color and the machine even with a small charge can provide hours of operation.
I am pleased that the technology that has been the lot of only champions, moved into the middle range and made this remarkable model. Hours in different modes – this is her forte.
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Memory, RAM, performance
the Samsung series They refuse to use chipsets Qualcomm, and this affects the model of the middle segment. A year ago, in the A5 model was Snapdragon 410, which belongs to the middle segment, and in all respects was not the most outstanding characteristics. Daylight Exynos 7580 gave us the opportunity to dramatically increase the performance of the A5 in 2016, it is a model from this point of view has become interesting. Compare it with its predecessor is meaningless, I would rather say that compared to other devices in this price range A5 2016 began to show results close to the maximum. And it’s not bad. I was surprised that, in spite of the 28 nm process, the voracity of the processor is low. He barely heated under load, it is noticeable only when data transmission LTE, there are heating the area around the camera.
In the synthetic tests this processor proved to be a good idea.
The internal memory in the machine to 16 GB (10.7 GB user available), but also has support for memory cards than can not boast of any flagship from Samsung. It was this moment I am surprised, because it is a competitive advantage, which voluntarily abandoned. However, in the A5 this is all right, so you can install a memory card of up to 128 GB and do not know any problems.
2 GB of RAM, it is sufficient for all tasks. Despite the fact that flagships obtained 3, 4, and some even 6 GB of memory, it does not matter for most purposes. Given the positioning of this device, the amount of memory to 2 GB enough for the eyes, have difficulty none of the users will not be.
Once again I want to emphasize that from the perspective of a balanced solution chipset, a powerful processor with good performance, it does not work like a stove and devours battery.
Connectivity
It’s pretty typical, USB version 2, there is support for NFC, Ant +, 802.11 a / b / g / n 2,4 + 5,0 GHz, HT40, BT 4.1, a built-in modem supports LTE-LTE Advanced Cat.6.
Camera
The front camera has no auto-focus, but has a resolution of 5 megapixels, which is not bad, it is photosensitive (f / 1.9).
The main camera 13 megapixel, it is similar in characteristics to the cameras that were at the flagship last year, provides good picture quality, as you can see for yourself. The main improvement over the previous season lies in the fact that in the dark pictures are pretty good. No number of modes that are on the flagship, not for full resolution mode HDR (only 8 megapixels). But, in general, a camera from the previous generation increased by a head and will satisfy even the most demanding user.
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Software
The model went on sale in the Android 5.1.1, but in late spring will receive an upgrade to Android 6. Inside we see the light version of TouchWiz, the same was on the Samsung S6, most of menu setting point. You can see detailed video, which describes all the nuances of this shell.
Those who love to read can open the link with the description of the review features TouchWiz Galaxy S6.
In contrast to the top-end models, there is a built-in FM-radio that looks nice bonus.
This device can be downloaded from the Samsung App Store applications such as S Health, children mode and other, even if they are not pre-installed initially.
If you are using KNOX you can put any program in duplicate, for example, installed on the same machine, two messenger WhatsApp and use them for each SIM-card (two rooms two messenger). You can even correspond with yourself. Exactly the same trick can be done with any software, no phone does not allow to work simultaneously with two messengers in one unit with different numbers, a unique feature from Samsung.
Impressions
The connection quality is excellent, the ringer volume is higher than average, it is heard from clothing or bags. The vibrating alert is average in power. Noise reduction system works well, it is also no complaints.
What I liked this machine? This body materials, glass and metal, and experience with similar phones, I can say that they are very persistent and difficult to break, unlike the iPhone, which does not like the damn fall on hard surfaces. Different colors – that’s a plus to being able to choose the device for themselves.
Because of the outstanding characteristics of the note at work, it deserves praise. Two days of work with confidence – this is a very good idea at the load, which is holding a phone. Boasting 14 hours of video playback at a diagonal screen size, brightness, and comparable in capacity of the battery can not be one. The Samsung was very balanced machine, the presence of fingerprint sensor makes it convenient to use. Most of the latest models from Samsung like me frankly, they have high-quality materials, excellent screen, good sound. However, this device stands out in that it also gives good value, its price – 26 000 rubles.
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