FX.co ★ Meet new Samsung Galaxy A5

Experts believe that Samsung Galaxy A5 is one of the best new products of this year. At the same time much of its shape and technical characteristics go back to the last year's flagship Galaxy S7. The device has an average price, which will satisfy fans of not very expensive technologies.

Modern smartphones outperform devices of a mid-price segment only by capacity of the camera and application of innovations, such as a fingerprint scanner, heart rate monitor, improved sound, fast wireless charging and other. Initially only flagship devices are equipped with these technologies and then followed by the middle class phones. From this point of view, Samsung Galaxy A5 is similar to Samsung Galaxy S7.

The case is made of impact-resistant Gorilla Glass with an oleophobic coating. Two other distinguishing smartphone features are Super AMOLED display and protection against water and dust, which comply with the standard of IP68. The device may be put at a depth of 1.5 m for about half an hour without any harm to its systems. The smartphone supports Always On Display, Samsung Pay payment service and fast charging technology.

An economical power consumption is another advantage of a new phone. The operating time of Galaxy A5 surpasses Galaxy S7's. Its processor works better than much more powerful chips.

However, the Galaxy A5 camera is far from perfect. It loses to other devices in shooting in low light terms. Pictures taken at night look bad even from the point of view of an amateur photographer.

Water and dust protection is considered to be the distinctive feature of Galaxy A5. Only Sony Xperia smartphones can boast of similar parameters. Another interesting feature of the device is the fingerprint scanner. It can be configured to recognize three prints.

Other advantages of Galaxy A5 include stylish design of the S-series flagships, screen of excellent quality, long battery life, the 16-megapixel front camera, advanced graphical interface, support for two SIM cards and memory cards, as well as high-quality assembly of new items. A lack of image stabilization in the camera and wireless charging could be considered as Galaxy A5's cons. At the same time the average price of a smartphone is 28 thousand rubles, although the phone refers to economical options.