Samsung Makes Official 2016 Galaxy A Series Smartphones

Samsung has officially unveiled the second generation of its Galaxy A series of smartphones. The devices, the Galaxy A3, A5 and A7, feature several improvements in both design and functionality over their predecessors.

The devices range in different display size configurations with the Galaxy A3 featuring a 4.7-inch display while the Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A7 pack 5.2-inch and 5.5-inch displays respectively. They also retain the thin profile of their predecessors coming in at just 7.3 mm thick and weighing 172g, 155g and 132g for the Galaxy A7, A5 and A3 respectively.

The 2016 Galaxy A smartphones also include support for Samsung’s mobile payments service, Samsung Pay, syncing with the previous rumours we heard that the company was mulling bringing the service to its other device lineups other than the super premium Galaxy S and Note lineups. This, naturally, means that they have fingerprint sensors baked into the physical home button. Samsung’s enterprise security software, Knox, is also included.

Here is a quick breakdown of their technical specifications:

	Galaxy A7	Galaxy A5	Galaxy A3
Display	5.5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED, 1920 x 1080 pixels	5.2-inch Full HD Super AMOLED, 1920 x 1080 pixels	4.7-inch HD Super AMOLED, 1280 x 720 pixels
Processor	Octa-core chip clocked at 1.6 Ghz	Same	Octa-core chip clocked at 1.5 Ghz
Memory	16 GB internal memory (expandable via microSD upto 128 GB), 3 GB RAM	16 GB internal memory (expandable via microSD upto 128 GB), 2 GB RAM	16 GB internal memory (expandable via microSD upto 128 GB), 1.5 GB RAM
Camera	Rear : 13MP OIS (F1.9), Front : 5MP (F1.9)	Same	Same
OS	Android 5.1 (Lollipop)	Same	Same
Battery	3,300 mAh	2,900 mAh	2,300 mAh
Network	3G, LTE (Cat 6)	Same	3G, LTE (Cat 4)
Connectivity	WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/, MIMO(2×2), Bluetooth v 4.1, ANT+, USB 2.0, NFC	Same	Same
Others	NFC and MST (for mobile payments – Samsung Pay), Fast charging, Dual SIM	Same	Same