In the past, Samsung has introduced an entirely new A-series – a line of smartphones midrange who searched for similarities with the flagship Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Alpha. The metal housing and the overall balance of characteristics relished the simple users, the line has become popular. Today we look at updating one of the most popular models – Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016).
Appearance and ease of use
In the exterior of the new generation Galaxy A5 have been many changes. If you compare the Galaxy A5 of the first generation and second, we will see two different devices. No borrowed design decisions there, everything is made on the basis of new designs flagship Samsung in 2015.
| Comparison of size | ||
| The / device | Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) | Samsung Galaxy A5 |
| The screen diagonal | 5,2 “ | 5″ |
| Battery, mAh | 2900 | 2300 |
| Length mm | 144,8 | 139,3 |
| Width | 71 | 69,7 |
| Thickness | 7,3 | 6,7 |
| Weight g | 155 | 132 |
The front protective glass covers strontium, which has a rounded, so called 2,5D. Glass is very similar to that installed in the iPhone 6 / 6s.
At the top of the front panel are proximity sensors and lighting, earpiece, front camera and the manufacturer’s logo. LED missed events there. Under the traditional screen for Samsung combination of two touch keys and key home combined with the fingerprint scanner.
sidewall covers the metal frame. Externally, it is the same as in the Galaxy S6. On the left side – the volume keys. On the right – the power button and the tray SIM-card format nanoSIM and memory cards microSD. Top located only an additional microphone. Bottom – 3.5mm audiorazem port microUSB, multimedia speaker and microphone.
covers the back of the glass. The phone is not folding. The camera module protrudes approximately 1 mm above the hull. Flash is a single LED.
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) may be made in several color options – black, gold, pink gold and white. When this metal frame also is colored in the color of the back side of the housing. In all cases except the front of the white black. We were on the test got the gold version.
When it comes to usability, the use of 5.2 inch display – it is a very good move. After all, this screen size can be called optimal. Smartphone in great measure, but they are comfortable to use with one hand. Through the use of glass and metal Galaxy A5 (2016) there is an expensive device. Using a smartphone in the street during the cold uncomfortable due to the metal frame, which is intense cold hand, but this is more nitpicking. But the fact that the phone is slippery and often tries to slip out of the hands of this problem. During the use of the few times I almost dropped it for this reason, so that future owners recommend to consider buying cover.
The fingerprint scanner has proved to be a good side. It feels like it works as well as on the Samsung Galaxy S6. Unlocking happens very quickly.
Display
Samsung Galaxy A5 is equipped with a 5.2 inch Super AMOLED display that has a resolution of Full HD (1080 × 1920). PPI is 424. PenTile invisible to the naked eye. Physical screen size 116h65 mm. The screen is covered with protective glass Corning Gorilla Glass 4 rounded at the edges.
The behavior of the display on the street expected, good. Even in bright sunlight the information on it is discernible, but the colors do not fade. Noting the timeliness of the sensor brightness adjustment, which quickly and smoothly changing brightness.
For smartphones settings screen presence was a sign of good taste, that our hero has these settings. There is nothing new, it all can be found on a variety of devices Samsung, but thanks to him, you can get rid of the acidity of colors, which is strongly evident. In subsequent measurements, we used the Photo mode AMOLED.
The maximum brightness is 392 cd / m² (white fill), and the lowest – 1.8 cd / m². Contrast max. 200 cd / m² brightness equal to 59%. The color gamut is much wider triangle sRGB. The color temperature is 7000K and almost very close to the benchmark that tells us about what the colors look a little bit colder than necessary. Gamma curve of brightness on the whole segment is 2.2, which is a reference value. To sum up, the calibration at the screen is excellent. The colors are transferred correctly, but they are still a bit saturated.
Hardware Platform
Samsung Galaxy A5 is equipped with eight cores 7 Exynos Octa (7580) video adapter with Mali-T720 MP2. All eight core Cortex-A53 type operate at a frequency of 1.6 GHz. The same chip can be found in smart phones Samsung Galaxy J7, Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo and Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016).
The amount of RAM is 2GB, and built-in 16 GB expandable using memory cards microSD. There is support for Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n (dual band), Bluetooth 4.1, NFC and GPS (A-GPS, GLONASS). But there is no infrared port.
When it comes to performance, it is higher than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 615, but slightly lower than the MediaTek Helio X10. Games like MortalKombat X and Need for Speed No Limits fast run and maximum graphics settings show a high level of fps. And the benchmarks say that the accelerator not too productive in the future in this regard can be a problem (especially with demanding games).
Unfortunately, we have to test with a smart phone is not the final version of the firmware. This is why such a popular benchmark how AnTuTu Benchmark incorrectly gives the results.
Problems with receiving no signal. Good quality earpiece, microphone is also pleased. All done at a high level. Multimedia speaker did not hit the dirt face. It is loud and sounds relatively well.
It’s worth noting that the new Samsung Galaxy A5 will have a modification with two SIM-cards. As stated above in our test version with a SIM-card.
The operating system and shell
Works smartphone operating system Android 5.1.1 Lollipop with firm shell TouchWiz Nature UX 5.0 . She knows of such smartphones as the Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge + and Galaxy Note 5. No change in the system is not.
If we talk about the speed of smartphones in everyday tasks, it works very smartly but not immediately. The first launch of “dialer” lasts a few seconds. After the release of the resource-intensive games smartphone restarts the desktop and does not do it very quickly. Perhaps it is a problem of the test device firmware, but the fact remains.
Camera
The smartphone is equipped with a 13 megapixel camera on and 5 megapixels. They both have an aperture f / 1.9. The main camera has optical image stabilization, which should help to combat image blur. Maximum resolution video recording of Full HD at 30 frames a second.
The camera interface is familiar to all users of smartphones Samsung. There HDR, continuous shooting, night and even the manual mode. However, in the last quite a few settings. You can change the ISO, EV, and configure the type of lighting.
Photos look very attractive on the phone, but if you look a photo with a laptop, some comments on them do exist. In most cases, the white balance is properly detected. But with the focus, especially during macro shooting there is a problem. Autofocus is determined far from the first time. The camera copes well with shooting at night.
An example of video recording:
Endurance
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) equipped with a battery capacity of 2900 mAh. It is 600 mAh more than its predecessor, but it is necessary to take into account the increased level of performance. Now, the smartphone supports fast charging. We were visited by the unit without the charger, check the speed because the charging with a standard charge was not possible.
In normal use, you can count on 1.5-2 days of taking into account the always-on 3G, Wi-Fi, enabled synchronization, automatic screen brightness. PCMark issued 9:00 21 minutes at 200 cd / m2 (59% brightness). This is a very good indicator.
Results
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) – a significant upgrade of the popular model. Smart phone began to be perceived differently. Now this machine that breathes directly into the back of the flagship devices. It has a high-quality display, excellent camera, a pleasant and beautiful body, as well as working smartly. Those who are tired of charging the device twice a day will appreciate the battery life, because the smart phone even under heavy loads easily kept day and if to reduce the temperature, and the two of them. It is in terms of battery life the hero of the review may be put on the blades flagship Samsung Galaxy.
Little hard to believe that the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) Rate less than $ 400. But if the price is slightly higher, it will be well-balanced machine for sane money. Date of the price in Ukraine is not yet known.
likes:
+ The case
+ Display
+ Camera
+ Autonomy
+ Fingerprint Reader
Do not like:
– The lack of LED notifications
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| Type | Smartphone |
| Type SIM-card | Nano-SIM |
| High-Speed Data | GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSPA. LTE |
| The number of SIM-cards | 2 (or microSD- map) |
| operating system | Android 5.1 (Lollipop) |
| RAM, GB | 2 |
| Built-in Memory, GB | 16 |
| Expansion | microSD / SDHC (up to 128 GB) |
| Dimensions in mm | 144.8 × 71.0×7.3 |
| Weight g | 155 |
| Protection dust and moisture | – |
| battery | 2900 mAh battery (non-removable) (support for fast charging) |
| time (data producer) | unknown |
| Diagonal inches | 5,2 |
| Resolution | 1920×1080 |
| Matrix type | Super AMOLED |
| PPI | 423 |
| Sensor dimming | + |
| Touch screen ( type) | + (capacitive) |
| The number of cores | 8 |
| Frequency, GHz | 1.6 |
| The main camera, MP | 13 |
| AF | + |
| Movie | + |
| Flash | + |
| The front camera, MP | 5 |
| Other | Optical Stabilization (main camera) |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11 a / b / g / n |
| Bluetooth | 4.1 |
| GPS | + |
| IrDA | – |
| NFC | + |
| Interface Connector | USB 2.0 (micro-USB) |
| In Audio | + |
| MP3 player | + |
| FM-radio | – |
| Type of housing | monoblock (molded) |
| Case Material | metal / glass |
| Keyboard Type | input screen |
| More | fingerprint scanner |
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