General

The Samsung Galaxy A5 looks through the aluminum case very high-quality from, even on closer inspection. No gaps, nothing knit. For the price really surprisingly high-quality. It is light and is well in the hand. The performance in the test were very good, for the normal user more than sufficient. Everything runs smoothly and the apps start without any delay. It is a pleasure to work with a smartphone of this generation. In addition, it is a real "eye-catcher"!  

Display and speakers

The display has a very good resolution with 720p. It is very bright and contrasting. Even with diffuse light, the apps and the font are good to see. The loudspeaker is for a device of this class without fault and blame .. Nothing sounds kind of tinny, the sound comes clean and distortion-free to the ear. In the test phase, we were very surprised by the good battery performance. The battery lasted approximately 2 days with strong use and display brightness to 7/10. For a wide range of operation, we would have tickled far out of the device.  

camera

The built-in camera is hardly distinguishable from the compact camera in good light conditions. It really does not have to hide from the top competition. Especially the quality of the front lens has it in itself! The Galaxy A5 is designed in such a way that the small size of the body is compensated by the ingenious software so that really good and sharp photographs are the result. Our test photos could really keep up with photos shot by compact cameras.  

Selfies - easy to take up Selfies

If other models were interfering, the GALAXY A5 no longer interferes with your photos. A release button does not need to be pressed any more for recording self-notes. Simply trigger with the voice or with the palm of your hand. In our test, we have recorded with the 13 Megapixel main camera or the 5 Megapixel front camera of the Samsung GALAXY A5 unforgettable moments. New for this were, for example, group selfies with a wide angle, which can reach us without problems. Numerous functions for image optimization have been used to adjust the facial contours, the size of the eyes or the skin tone. The experimental field is open on the technique scale upwards! It's like traveling with your own photographer. Just great! The Galaxy A5 is equipped with state-of-the-art image and speech recognition software. More technology does not work!  

technology

The Samsung Galaxy A5 is a convincing device with a compact volume. It offers everything you expect from a modern smartphone: the connection to the Internet is incredibly fast via WLAN or LTE. In the test our Samsung Galaxy A5 was the fastest smartphone in its class. Wireless accessories such as speakers and headsets can be easily connected via Bluetooth 4.0. New payment options, such as cashless payment with the smartphone, simply and reliably does an integrated NFC chip. The Samsung Galaxy A5 can be turned into a full-fledged navigation device thanks to state-of-the-art technology such as A-GPS, GLONASS and BeiDou - together with a suitable app. Here are the possibilities by means of these functions to deal with geocaching or other navigation tasks very diverse.  

Product characteristics

• Display: 12.7 cm (5 inch) Super AMOLED, capacitive touch screen
• Resolution: 1280 x 720 (HD), 294 ppi
• Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8916 (4 x 1.2 GHz, 64 bit)
• Memory: 16 GB
• Memory: 2 GB of RAM
• Memory card reader: microSD card reader, supports microSD cards up to 64 GB
• Connection: WLAN a / b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, NFC
• Mobile: LTE, HSDPA, EDGE, GPRS, Quadband
• Navi: A-GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, compass
• Connections: Micro-USB 2.0, headphone output
• Battery: 2300 mAh
• SIM card: Nano-SIM
• Camera: 13 megapixel camera (back) with LED flash, 5 megapixel camera (front)
• Housing: Unibody metal housing
• Dimensions and Weight: (L x W x H) 139.3 x 69.7 x 6.7 mm / 123 g
• Operating System: Google Android 4.4 KitKat