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Samsung Galaxy A Series 2017 announced!

January 2, 2017

Samsung Galaxy A series is a premium mid-range segment where the high-end build meets the affordability. A series has been a much-appreciated line of Samsung smartphone, probably because of its build and camera quality. So 2017 kicks off with the new line up from Samsung, the Galaxy A series, which includes the usual A3, A5, and A7.

[Update: Only Samsung Galaxy A7 2017 Launched in Nepal so far and it is priced at Rs. 42,490. Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3 is not expected to launch in Nepal]

The initial launch of these phones will be in Russia this January and will soon follow other international markets including Nepal. We assumed these phones would be revealed during CES, looks like Samsung can’t wait to restore the market blown up by the Note 7. These phones sport an improved camera, 3D glass rear builds like S7/Edge & Note 5, Always ON Display, USB C 1.0 and most importantly IP68 water and dust resistance. However, to add a slight disappointment, all these three phones run on Android Marshmallow.

Samsung Galaxy A3(2017):

Galaxy A3 2017 comes with a portable size of 4.7-inch which is same as the last year. The display type also remains the same with 720P Super AMOLED panel. Storage wise, the phone has 16GB of onboard storage which is expandable up to 256GB. Powering the phone is a 1.6Ghz octa-core chipset (Exynos 7870) coupled with 2GB of RAM. The rear camera remains the same 13MP with f/1.9 and the front camera is upgraded to 8MP with f/1.9. A3 now also houses a fingerprint sensor up front which was missing last year. Backing up the phone is a decent 2350mAh battery.

4.7-inch Super AMOLED display
1.5GHz Octa-Core Exynos 7870 14nm processor with Mali-T830 GPU
2GB RAM, 16GB Internal Storage, expandable upto 256GB via micro SD card
Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
Dual SIM ( nano + nano)
13MP rear camera with LED flash
8MP front camera
Fingerprint Scanner, Water resistant body
Dimensions: 135.4 x 66.2 x 7.9mm
4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS
2350mAh battery

Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017):

Galaxy A5 2017 also comes with the same 5.2-inch Full HD Super AMOLED panel like the last year. Powering the phone is the Exynos 7880 Octa-core chipset coupled with 3GB of RAM. Storage wise it comes with a sizable 32GB onboard storage, expandable up to 256GB. Optics wise it comes with 16MP camera with f/1.9 on both front and back which are likely to be really awesome. The rear camera is also equipped with OIS. A5 comes with 3,000mAh battery and fast charging.

5.2-inch (1920×1080 pixels) Full HD Super AMOLED display
1.87GHz Octa-Core Exynos 7880 processor with Mali-T830 GPU
3GB RAM, 32GB Internal Storage, expandable upto 256GB via micro SD card
Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
Dual SIM ( nano + nano)
16MP rear camera with LED flash
16MP front camera
Fingerprint Scanner, Water resistant body
Dimension:146.1 x 71.4 x 7.9mm
4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth v 4.2, NFC, USB Type-C
3000mAh battery with adaptive fast charging

Samsung Galaxy A7 2017:

Galaxy A7 2017 is the biggest among the A series. Phones display has been bumped to 5.7inches with Full HD Super AMOLED panel. A7 is powered by Exynos 7870 Octa core 1.9Ghz chipset coupled with 3GB of RAM. Storage wise, it also comes with 32GB onboard storage which is expandable up to 256GB. It houses similar optics like the A5. It is backed up by a 3,600mAh battery.

Samsung is likely to bring these phones to Nepal as soon as they’re ready to ship to international markets. The price however at this moment has not been revealed but they will be more or less the same as the last year models.