Today we will talk about a smartphone, which is defined by the South Korean manufacturer in the Galaxy product line. The subject of our review is the Samsung A3. Well, let's start, as usual, with a little background and positioning the device on the international mobile arena.
Intro
2014 for the South Korean company was marked by a sharp drop in sales of smartphones in the middle price segment. There were very specific reasons for this. For example, one of them was the average characteristics, which simply haunted potential buyers. After all, it turned out like this: there are two devices at a similar price, but Samsung offers less performance compared to another device of even a lesser-known brand. What do you think, in whose favor did the buyer give his decision anyway?
Chinese companies like Lenovo and ZTE have already found where to roam. Although talking about the low popularity of the first, even in comparison with the South Korean manufacturer, it would be rather stupid, if you remember with what ambitions the Chinese made their way into the smartphone market. It is due to the fact that Samsung began to raise prices for its devices solely because of the company's fame throughout the world, a considerable percentage of the audience turned away from the Koreans, making a U-turn towards the Celestial Empire. Let's just get one simple thing out of the way: the chipsets of the respective devices were pretty much the same, as were the case materials. This should clearly explain why the audience did not want to overpay.
Bug fixes
The Samsung Galaxy A3 was designed by the company as a return and sales vehicle. It became one of the manifestations of the company's foreign policy in the smartphone market, which was developed for 2015. What happened, more specifically? We can see that the strategy of the South Korean manufacturer has been revised from start to finish, deciding to abandon the development and supply to the international arena of a huge number of different models. Instead, it was decided to release a kind of “hero” in each separate segment, which, in fact, was supposed to attract attention.
And ahead of the company was waiting for a real triumph. The device, released on the international arena of mobile devices, has become really massively purchased in the world, quite popular and in great demand. But this is, if you look from the point of view of an exclusively segment. It cannot be said that a smartphone could compete with devices from other niches, it would be illogical. We note one very interesting thing: when leaving reviews about the Samsung A3, phone buyers often say allegedlystylish and original design. In fact, there is nothing really original in it, everywhere, from whatever sides and whatever angles we look at the device, we will see quite characteristic features inherent in the smartphones of the South Korean manufacturer.
The difference between the models of the line
A-series gives us an idea of the product range, which consists of three different devices: A3, A5, and A7. The difference between these three devices is, for the most part, solely in the hardware. But in addition to it, of course, comes the diagonal of the screen. Well, to be more specific, the Samsung Galaxy A3 smartphone is equipped with a screen with a diagonal of 4.5 inches, A5 has 5, and A7 has 5.5 inches. Other than that, we won't notice any difference. The design applied to all three devices is absolutely identical, and the same can be said about the appearance. Actually, because of such features, these smartphones have created a single series, which is positioned on the market as a real product line.
In general
What else can be said about the presentation of the Samsung Galaxy A3 SM on the international stage? Might be worth looking into just the series. Product line “A”, which includes the smartphone Samsung Galaxy A3, is presented as a line, the devices of which are equipped with the latest version of the operating system at the time of release. The case is made of sufficiently high-quality, solid materials. However, in terms of technical characteristics, thisnot the best smartphones. By the way, we will talk about this in more detail now, in relation to the subject of our today's review.
Communication
Samsung A3, reviews of which we will give at the end of this article, works in the GSM and UMTS bands. In addition, the device has a built-in LTE module, which is necessary for the use of fourth-generation cellular networks. To work with the international network, 3G and 4G standards, as well as EDGE and GPRS are provided. The built-in modem can be used to create a Wi-Fi hotspot. Other smartphones, tablet computers and laptops will be able to connect to it. Thanks to the Bluetooth 4.0 function, you can exchange multimedia data with the corresponding devices.
The Wi-Fi module works in the b, g, and n bands. The software of Samsung Galaxy A3, reviews of which you can read in the review, has an E-mail client. Just an indispensable thing for people who actively use the possibilities of e-mail. To synchronize with a personal computer, the owner of the phone will have to use the port and cable of the MicroUSB standard - USB 2.0.
Display
The Samsung A300F Galaxy A3 has a screen size of 4.5 inches, as mentioned earlier. Recall that with each subsequent model, the diagonal increases by 0.5. With the corresponding parameter, the screen resolution is only 960 by 540 pixels. The matrix is made using Super AMOLED technology, which demonstrates good (althoughcall them the best simply will not work) viewing angles. Color reproduction allows the screen to display up to sixteen million shades. The touch display is of the capacitive type. Due to the presence of a function called “multi-touch”, scaling the image in some applications is quite convenient.
Cameras
The resolution of the main module is eight megapixels. Thus, the camera gives us good pictures. However, it would be difficult to call them ideal, of course. Images are obtained at a size of 3248 by 2448 pixels. There is an auto focus function on the subject. Not far from the module, a built-in LED type flash. It allows you to conduct both photography and video filming in conditions of either a complete lack of lighting, or with a critical lack of it. At the same time, the pictures are very good. The video resolution is 1920 by 1080 pixels (the so-called Full HD quality). The smartphone is equipped with a front camera (5 MP). Not a bad option, of course, for lovers of “selfie” shots.
Processor
As a hardware stuffing, we have a chipset of the “Qualcomm” family. More precisely, this is the Snapdragon 410 model. The device has four cores that develop a frequency of up to 1.2 GHz. Well, the graphics core is nothing but Adreno 306.
Memory
A little less than 16 gigabytes is provided by default for storing personal information. This place can be filled with photos, pictures, movies, music, video clips, electronicbooks. In general, everything that the owner of a smartphone wishes. The device has 1024 megabytes of RAM. Part of it is taken by the greedy operating system, but in general there is enough memory even to use the smartphone in multitasking mode. The user shell, as well as the OS as a whole, works quite smoothly and quickly, there are practically no complaints. At times (very rarely) lags and friezes may appear. However, the problem is solved for a long time by simply rebooting the device. To expand the initial amount of long-term memory, a MicroSD slot is provided, designed for appropriate external drives. The maximum supported size is 64 gigabytes.
Conclusion. Samsung Galaxy A3: customer reviews
What can the owners of the device, who bought it in time and managed to test, tell us? Well, let's listen to the first (and not only) impressions of the smartphone.
The voice call turned out to be clear in quality and loud in sounding power at a high level. This, in principle, is a distinctive feature of many, almost all devices of the South Korean manufacturer, there is nothing particularly surprising here. The speech of the interlocutor is well audible, and the owner of the phone is no less well broadcast to the other end of the missing wire. The location of the phones is excellent. Even the noisy environment around will not interfere with a successful and understandable telephone conversation. Was it worth talking about a good margin of the speaker volume? Probably not.
On the territory of the RussianFederation model during the start of official sales received a cost of 17 thousand rubles. It is unlikely to rise above the mark. Of the shortcomings, it should be noted not the most productive hardware stuffing. And the functionality is a bit lame, to be honest. For the same money, you can find devices much more productive than the subject of our today's review. Another thing is that the cases will not be made so premium, and will not have such reliability. But here you will definitely have to choose one of the two chairs, which the potential buyer will subsequently sit on.
