Samsung Galaxy A5 and A7 2016 announced for Indian markets

Samsung Galaxy A5 and A7 2016 Black and Gold color

Samsung has announced the Galaxy A5 and A7 2016 edition smartphones for the Indian market at Samsung Forum 2016. To recall, both these smartphones were launched in China last year in December along with Galaxy A3 2016. Samsung did not detail plans to launch the Galaxy A3 2016 in India yet. Samsung Galaxy A5 and A7 2016 are priced at Rs.29,400 and Rs.33,400 respectively. Both dual sim smartphones will be available online via Snapdeal as well as through offline retailers from February 15. They come with bundled offer of up to 30GB 4G data (for 6 months) from Airtel.

Samsung Galaxy A5 and A7 2016 sports metal and glass design with 5.2-inch and 5.5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display respectively. Talking about the specifications, both devices are powered by Samsung’s Exynos processor clocked at 1.6GHz. The Galaxy A5 comes with 16GB storage with 2GB RAM whereas the Galaxy A7 has 16GB storage with 3GB RAM. There is also a separate microSD card slot to expand storage up to 128GB. Both the phones support dual sim with 4G LTE Cat 6.

(Also read: Samsung Galaxy Gear S2, Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Dual sim)

For photography, both phones sport a 13-megapixel rear camera with f/1.9 aperture, OIS and LED flash. There is a 5-megaixel front camera with f/1.9 aperture. Both, Samsung Galaxy A5 and A7 2016 come equipped with a fingerprint scanner embedded into the physical home key. The Galaxy A5 2016 comes with a 2900 mAh battery and the Galaxy A7 2016 packs 3300 mAh Battery with fast charging. Both the devices run on Android 5.1 Lollipop and will be available in Gold, White and Black colors.

Additionally, Samsung also announced reminder of its Galaxy unpacked event scheduled for 21st February to be held in Barcelona, where the company will announce its new Galaxy S series Flagship phones. Check specifications of the Samsung Galaxy A5 and A7 2016 below.

Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 Black colour front and back

Samsung Galaxy A5 2016 Specifications

  • 5.2 inch Full HD Super AMOLED display
  • Dual sim, 4G
  • Android 5.1 Lollipop
  • 1.6GHz Octa-core Exynos processor
  • 16GB storage + microSD card slot
  • 2GB RAM
  • 13-megapixel + 5-megapixel camera
  • 2900 mAh Battery, fast charging
  • Fingerprint Sensor
  • Accelerometer, Proximity, Geomagnetic, Light Sensor
  • WiFi, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, NFC
  • Dimensions: 144.8 x 71 x 7.3 mm
  • Weight: 155g

Samsung Galaxy A7 2016 Gold colour front and back

Samsung Galaxy A7 2016 Specifications

  • 5.5 inch Full HD Super AMOLED display
  • Dual sim, 4G
  • Android 5.1 Lollipop
  • 1.6GHz Octa-core Exynos processor
  • 16GB storage + microSD card slot
  • 3GB RAM
  • 13-megapixel + 5-megapixel camera
  • 3300 mAh Battery, fast charging
  • Fingerprint Sensor
  • Accelerometer, Proximity, Geomagnetic, Light Sensor
  • WiFi, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, NFC
  • Dimensions: 151.5 x 74.1 x 7.3 mm
  • Weight: 172g

Buy Samsung Galaxy A5 2016

Buy Samsung Galaxy A7 2016

Pritesh Palan is the founder-editor of Smart Gizmo. He is a tech geek and learns something new everyday. Technology excites him, specially Smart Phones. You can connect with him on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and he is also active on Quora.
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Pritesh Palan is the founder-editor of Smart Gizmo. He is a tech geek and learns something new everyday. Technology excites him, specially Smart Phones. You can connect with him on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and he is also active on Quora.
Pritesh Palan is the founder-editor of Smart Gizmo. He is a tech geek and learns something new everyday. Technology excites him, specially Smart Phones. You can connect with him on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and he is also active on Quora.

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