Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017)
Samsung is working on the Galaxy A5 (2017),
which has been spotted in a benchmark in August. The device got Wi-Fi certified
earlier this month, and today we're treated to a bunch of renders showing it
from all angles.
It will have a 5.2-inch touchscreen, and its
dimensions are 145 x 71 x 7.8 mm. That makes it half a millimeter thicker than
its predecessor, so hopefully Samsung was able to fit a bigger battery inside.
Speaking of which, past rumors said that's exactly what happened, with the 2017
model having 3,000 mAh capacity, up from the 2016 A5's 2,900.
The A5 (2017) should be powered by Samsung's Exynos
7880 chipset, which has a CPU with four Cortex-A72 cores clocked at up to 1.87
GHz and four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at up to 1.3 GHz. The GPU is a
Mali-T860MP4. The phone will have 3GB of RAM apparently.
The speaker is on the right side, above the power
button, which is a novelty in terms of design. The 3.5 mm headset jack is
present thankfully, and it's on the bottom side near the USB Type-C port. The
camera will be completely flush on the back of this A5, so there will be no
wobble when it's sitting on a table and you're using it.
Both single-SIM and dual-SIM models will be
available, and the Galaxy A5 (2017) will run Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
