Samsung Galaxy A5 – test phone – Virtual Poland

  In recent years, Samsung accustomed to low quality of their smartphones. Regardless of whether it was a device with low shelves, or flagship model, we could be confident one – plastic, poor quality housing. The introduction to the market in the second mid-2014 Alpha series had to change it. The metal housings, better quality plastics, abandonment oval shape, reminiscent of a soap dish, was to introduce a new quality.
 

 To przecierającego trails Samsung Galaxy Alpha quickly joined by three models – Galaxy A3, A5 and A7. Following sequence indications are devices with a lower, middle and upper shelf. In our hands we hit the middle, or the Galaxy A5. The smartphone introduces a new quality part of the mid-priced models, or 64-bit processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 410, 306 Andreno graphics and 2GB of RAM. It is definitely better compared to the current standard in the form of Snapdragon 400 and 1 GB of RAM.
 

 We were very curious what will show new models of Samsung. By far the most we waited for “palpation” and check the performance of the housing components. How was? Let’s see.
 

  Set
 

 The phone comes packed in a small, blue box with a nicely wkomponowanym designation A5. In the box next to the phone, there is a place for white accessories – USB cable, AC adapter, and intrathecal headphones with a set of interchangeable rubber bands. For this package instructions and the key to open the SIM card slots and memory card.
 

  Case
 

 Alpha Series, which includes the Samsung Galaxy A5, a kind of revolution in smartphones from Samsung, but also a return to the past. At the end of the metal housing is nothing new devices the Korean manufacturer. In order not to go too far memory, enough of these are the Samsung Wave in each of the three views – S8500, S8530 and S8600, and the model i8510. Each of them was perfectly made, metal housing. In the case of the A5, although the metal is only your body, it is easy to get the impression that we keep in the hands of high-end device. Sam appearance immediately brings to mind perhaps the most recognized of the Galaxy series Galaxy S2 model. We have here a clear departure from the “soap dishes” which began with the emergence of the market model of the Galaxy S III.
 

 Telephone front cover sheet of glass, the surface of which is slightly lower than the surrounding her edges. Theoretically, this should improve the resistance to falls. At the top there is a longitudinal speaker talks, below an inscription Samsung, and went right camera for video calls and a proximity sensor. At the bottom, traditionally, there are two touch-sensitive buttons – back and call the list of applications and hardware Home button. The sides of the phone are black metal and have a matt surface, in turn they glisten with silver edges and are also made of metal. On the right side of the phone there is a place for lock screen button and drawers nanosim card and a memory card. In turn, hit the left volume control buttons. At the bottom edge is a micro USB slot and 3.5mm. Back handset is matte and made of plastic. We will find it centrally positioned and protruding above the surface of the camera casing and the sides LED and external speaker. The camera during tests showed no tendency to collect scratches, despite fairly strong output above the surface of the housing.
 

 
 
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