Tonight at a press event, Samsung officially launched in the country its A series of smartphones bearing all-metal unibody designs: the Galaxy A3, A5, and A7.
The Galaxy A7 is Samsung’s slimmest phone to date at 6.3 millimeters.
Samsung Galaxy A7 specs:
5.5-inch Super AMOLED display, 1080 x 1920 pixels, 401ppi
Samsung Exynos 5433 octa-core CPU
1.8GHz cortex A5-cores, 1.3GHz cortex-A53 cores
2 GB RAM
16 GB Internal storage
expandable up to 64GB via microSD
12 megapixel AF rear camera with LED flash
5 megapixel front camera
Dual-SIM, Dual-Standby
LTE, HSPA+
NFC
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP
GLONASS, GPS, A-GPS
150.9 x 75.9 x 6.3 mm
Android 4.4.2 KitKat
2600mAh Li-On battery
The Samsung A5 is a 5-inch smartphone sporting a HD AMOLED display.
Samsung Galaxy A5 specs:
5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, 294ppi
1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor
2GB RAM
16GB internal storage
up to 64GB via microSD
13 megapixel rear AF camera w/ LED flash
5 megapixel front camera
4G LTE, 3G HSPA+
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n
NFC (LTE version only)
Bluetooth 4.0 BLE, ANT+
GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
Android 4.4 KitKat
2,300mAh battery
139.3 x 69.7 x 6.7mm
123g
The Galaxy A3 is equipped with the least powerful specs of the three.
Samsung Galaxy A3 specs:
4.5-inch qHD Super AMOLED display, 245ppi
1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor
1GB RAM
16GB internal storage
up to 64GB via microSD
8 megapixel AF rear camera w/ LED flash
5 megapixel front camera
4G LTE, 3G HSPA+
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
NFC (LTE version only)
Bluetooth 4.0 BLE, ANT+
GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
Android 4.4 KitKat
1,900mAh battery
130.1 x 65.5 x 6.9mm
110.3g
The Samsung Galaxy A3, A5 and A7 will retail for Php16,990, Php19,990, and Php24,990, respectively.
With reports from Louie Diangson
Editor’s note: Updated the post to reflect the model of the processor used on the three Galaxy A models.
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Donald says:
Ano to ? OVER PRICING po kayo. May nalalaman pang A Series. Mga Ma’am/Sir, marunong naman kayo TUMINGIN.
mariecris sadiua says:
i own samsung A5, bought it for 22,500. its really good. lalo na ung camera..price doesn’t really matter lalo na kung may pambili..ung iba dameng sinasabi wala lang mga pambili. tsk..people’
biscuit says:
San mo nabili? ang mahal naman, dito 15,588 ang A5 kaso nag dadalawang isip parin ako kung bibili.
Jbmaz says:
The most recent listing also reveals other details like the 16GB built in storage, 2GB RAM, 64-bit Octa Core Snapdragon 615 processor, the Android 4.4.4
caizen says:
Haha nkakatawa mga comments nyo lahat. Halatang walang alam sa phone. Cge pa more comment na mali.
kalaboso says:
Mga pareho mong klase ng tao ang gusto ng mga phone companies. Gastos lang ng walang katuturan.
shutter says:
Ikaw na me alam.
HAHAHAHAHA!!
pinoy says:
yehey, lalo pang babagsak sales ng samsung, yehey!
nagmumura na lahat ng phones, puro LTE pa.
Tony says:
Galaxy A3, a midrange phone, is really funny. All metal unibody design is just a gimmick of samsung to make their ugly phones look premium.
jm says:
WTfudge 17k for qHD, 1.2ghz, 8mp camera
1900mah battery? nakikiuso sa presyuhan ng
apple to eh mgkaiba nman ng build quality and
design. ahahahaha
natawa talga ako sa pricing
awts says:
DOA for sure!!!
wired_boy says:
kung makapag ‘DOA’ ka nman kala mo ikaw lang tao sa pinas
shutter says:
meizu, huawei na lang compared to these overpriced midrange samsung phones. Sa huawei and Meizu me sukli ka pa.
malaslang says:
Grabe napakaover pricing ni samsung.. ano ba yan
wired_boy says:
andami mo din icing…pa-lick nga
bomax says:
tanong lang scratch free bah ang asus zenfone like xiaomi ? I own Xiaomi as of the moment. Wala akong mabasa na Corning o Dragontrail yung screen ng Zenfone..salamat
qwerty says:
WTF?!!!
kimmee says:
jusko, me bibili pa kaya ng Samsung 2015 onwards? Oh, Asus,you stole my heart!
wired_boy says:
and you stole mine dear…mwah!
non-techie says:
Most non-techie fans will choose this over the Zenfone. I own a Zenfone 5 and I got a blank stare when I told non-techie friends that it was a good phone.
tikboy says:
oh my gulay! Samsung Galaxy A3 for only 16k??
archie says:
Pero kung spec vs. price, dagdag ka lang ng 4k naka Z3 compact ka na.
Rockafella says:
No, just no.
Easy E says:
Magsama kayong dalawa Samsung at Oppo. Asus zenfone 2 tayo.
boy bezel says:
shunga. easy engot.
noa cee says:
at least ang samsung may napatunayan na. pero ang oppo, oppo who? kung makapresyo ng 30K kala mo nagkakandarapa ang consumers na kahit magpresyo sila a la sony bebenta pa din.
Peejay says:
Asus or Xiaomi pa rin.
[email protected] says:
we’ll wait for zenfone 2.. ang mahal ng samsung!
Cool says:
Hmmmmmmmmeh…. :)
kencom says:
Wow… Will wait for Zenfone 2 na lang. Haha!
phillip says:
Same thoughts.