Samsung is preparing a new
ultra-affordable smartphone for the developing markets called Galaxy A01 Core.
The phone was certified at Bluetooth SIG with Bluetooth 5.0 and it appeared in
the Google Play Console, which gave us the key specs and a photo. The new phone
will have 720p display and an outdated chipset with just 1GB of RAM.
The chipset is MT6739WW - a rather rare
platform MediaTek deemed unworthy of a Helio moniker. We have previously seen
it in the Nokia 1 Plus - it has four CPU Cortex-A53 cores running at 1.5GHz.
The phone will run the latest Android 10, but we are unsure if it will be the
full featured version or the lightweight Go edition.
The phone itself has rather standard
entry-level looks with regular bezels on top and bottom, but not thick enough
to put a button on the bottom side. The screen is rather tall and the volume
rocker can be seen on the right-hand side, above the power key.
The phone also appeared at the Wi-Fi
Alliance website under two names SM-A013F and SM-A013F_DS (as in Dual SIM),
revealing the company is preparing for multiple market launches. The Galaxy A01
Core will have Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, and the certification also confirmed once
again the Android 10 OS.