Towards the end of last year, Samsung quietly
announced the Galaxy A01 smartphone and it's apparent from the name that this
is an entry-level smartphone we are talking about. But information regarding
the specs was scarce so we had to wait until now when the phone is hitting
the shelves to get the full picture.
It seems that Vietnam will be the first
country to get the handset, which is built around a 5.7-inch, 720 x 1520px PLS
(read IPS) display with a V-shaped notch on the top housing the selfie camera.
The previously unknown SoC is the Snapdragon 439 paired with 2GB of RAM and and
16GB of internal storage, which is expandable via mciroSD card.
On its back, the handset carries two
cameras - 13MP main one with f/2.2 aperture and a 2MP one used for depth
information. The front-facing snapper is 5MP. A 3,000 mAh battery powers the
phone, promising a full day of normal usage. To our pleasant surprise, the
phone also rocks Android 10 out of the box with One UI 2.0 on top of that.
The smartphone comes in Black, Blue and
Red colors with a price tag of VDN 2,790,000 (US$ 120) and will start shipping on
February 6 in the country. We might see the phone outside of Vietnam pretty
soon, although nothing is confirmed.
