Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 officially launched in PH

Tonight at a press event, Samsung officially launched in the country its A series of smartphones bearing all-metal unibody designs: the Galaxy A3, A5, and A7.

The Galaxy A7 is Samsung’s slimmest phone to date at 6.3 millimeters.

Samsung Galaxy A7 specs:
5.5-inch Super AMOLED display, 1080 x 1920 pixels, 401ppi
Samsung Exynos 5433 octa-core CPU
1.8GHz cortex A5-cores, 1.3GHz cortex-A53 cores
2 GB RAM
16 GB Internal storage
expandable up to 64GB via microSD
12 megapixel AF rear camera with LED flash
5 megapixel front camera
Dual-SIM, Dual-Standby
LTE, HSPA+
NFC
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP
GLONASS, GPS, A-GPS
150.9 x 75.9 x 6.3 mm
Android 4.4.2 KitKat
2600mAh Li-On battery

The Samsung A5 is a 5-inch smartphone sporting a HD AMOLED display.

Samsung Galaxy A5 specs:
5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, 294ppi
1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor
2GB RAM
16GB internal storage
up to 64GB via microSD
13 megapixel rear AF camera w/ LED flash
5 megapixel front camera
4G LTE, 3G HSPA+
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n
NFC (LTE version only)
Bluetooth 4.0 BLE, ANT+
GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
Android 4.4 KitKat
2,300mAh battery
139.3 x 69.7 x 6.7mm
123g

The Galaxy A3 is equipped with the least powerful specs of the three.

Samsung Galaxy A3 specs:
4.5-inch qHD Super AMOLED display, 245ppi
1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor
1GB RAM
16GB internal storage
up to 64GB via microSD
8 megapixel AF rear camera w/ LED flash
5 megapixel front camera
4G LTE, 3G HSPA+
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
NFC (LTE version only)
Bluetooth 4.0 BLE, ANT+
GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
Android 4.4 KitKat
1,900mAh battery
130.1 x 65.5 x 6.9mm
110.3g

The Samsung Galaxy A3, A5 and A7 will retail for Php16,990USD 290INR 24,544EUR 276CNY 2,108, Php19,990USD 341INR 28,878EUR 324CNY 2,481, and Php24,990USD 426INR 36,101EUR 406CNY 3,101, respectively.

With reports from Louie Diangson

Editor’s note: Updated the post to reflect the model of the processor used on the three Galaxy A models.