Will be available at the end of Q1 for $600.
By Raif Karerat
WASHINGTON, DC: Following the debuts of the Galaxy A3 and A5 last year, Samsung is following them up with another addition to the line. Enter the Samsung Galaxy A7.
Like its predecessors, the A7 boasts a full metal, unibody design. Unlike them, the A7 is slimmer, measuring in at 6.3mm thick as opposed to the A3 and A5’s respective 6.6mm and 6.7mm.
Crammed inside of the A7’s aluminum body is a 5.5 inch HD Super AMOLED display, an octa-core processor (32-bit and 64-bit versions available), 2GB of RAM, 13-megapixel rear and 5-megapixel front cameras, a 2600mAh battery, 16GB of internal storage, and a microSD slot. The new handset also accommodates 4G LTE and NFC.
The A7 runs on a build of Android 4.4 (Kit-Kat) that comes bundled with some Samsung-specific additions to the operating system. Some of the more notable additions include voice-activated selfies, “private mode,” phone call noise reduction, and “ultra power saving mode.”
Samsung’s latest offering comes amidst falling profits from its smartphone division — due in part to the rise of Chinese smartphone manufacturers such as Xiaomi, whose affordable, well-specced handsets have taken Asia by storm.
Samsung’s A-series aims to address the company’s lack of presence in the mid-range market, which is becoming significantly more influential as international consumers continue to embrace smartphones. The A3 and A5 were both launched in China first, and got a second launch in India as well.
The Samsung Galaxy A7 will be available at the end of Q1 for $600. To date, it is unknown which markets the phone will be released in.