February 1, 2015
A Review of the Samsung Galaxy A3
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The Samsung Galaxy A3 is a solid mid-range smartphone that offers good performance and battery life. Its unibody metal design can match the build quality of some of high-end smartphones. Unfortunately, its camera is lousy.
Previously, Samsung devices were mostly made of plastic and, there have been many who hoped that the company would improve their build quality by moving away from plastic. Samsung began to use metal with the Samsung Galaxy Alpha and their Galaxy Note 4 which had metal frames, even if both still used plastic back covers.
Now, with their latest series of smartphones, Samsung has upped their build quality, presenting two mid-range devices with premium unibody metal …show more content…
• You can choose between a device with 8 GB or 16 GB of internal storage.
• The Samsung Galaxy A3 has a microSD slot so you have to option to use it to expand storage capacity up to 64 GB.
• Has a full suite of sensors (Accelerometer, RGB, Proximity, Geo-magnetic, Hall Sensor) and connectivity options (WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, A-GPS / GLONASS, NFC, Bluetooth® v 4.0 (BLE, ANT+)). It gets a lot of networks and this includes LTE. However, you need to pay attention to the version numbers, as different versions will support different LTE bands depending on the market. Make sure the unit you get can connect to the networks you want.
• A single speaker is placed on the back of the device. This single speaker can produces a clean sound without distortion. However, the volume does not really get very loud.
• The problem with this speaker is it can get covered up if you are holding the device in landscape orientation, muffling the sound.
• Has a 1,900 mAh battery with impressive battery life. You can get 12 to 15 hours including 4 to 5 hours screen-on
A Review of the Samsung Galaxy A3
Place Photo A1
The Samsung Galaxy A3 is a solid mid-range smartphone that offers good performance and battery life. Its unibody metal design can match the build quality of some of high-end smartphones. Unfortunately, its camera is lousy.
Previously, Samsung devices were mostly made of plastic and, there have been many who hoped that the company would improve their build quality by moving away from plastic. Samsung began to use metal with the Samsung Galaxy Alpha and their Galaxy Note 4 which had metal frames, even if both still used plastic back covers.
Now, with their latest series of smartphones, Samsung has upped their build quality, presenting two mid-range devices with premium unibody metal …show more content…
• You can choose between a device with 8 GB or 16 GB of internal storage.
• The Samsung Galaxy A3 has a microSD slot so you have to option to use it to expand storage capacity up to 64 GB.
• Has a full suite of sensors (Accelerometer, RGB, Proximity, Geo-magnetic, Hall Sensor) and connectivity options (WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, A-GPS / GLONASS, NFC, Bluetooth® v 4.0 (BLE, ANT+)). It gets a lot of networks and this includes LTE. However, you need to pay attention to the version numbers, as different versions will support different LTE bands depending on the market. Make sure the unit you get can connect to the networks you want.
• A single speaker is placed on the back of the device. This single speaker can produces a clean sound without distortion. However, the volume does not really get very loud.
• The problem with this speaker is it can get covered up if you are holding the device in landscape orientation, muffling the sound.
• Has a 1,900 mAh battery with impressive battery life. You can get 12 to 15 hours including 4 to 5 hours screen-on