The Galaxy A3 is the entry model in Samsung’s mid-range A series, which comprises the Galaxy A3, A5 and A7. Samsung has given the Galaxy A3 a lot of love & attention in its năm 2016 update - but has it done enough? We Đánh Giá the Samsung Galaxy A3 năm nhâm thìn.
Samsung"s given its A-series the S-series treatment for 2016, but does the new Galaxy A3"s beauty go further than skin-deep?
ByMarie Black, Editor In Chief
Nevertheless, when compared to lớn its predecessor the all-new Galaxy A3 gave sầu a greatly improved showing in our benchmarks. In Geekbench 3 we recorded 2156 points multi-core against 1220 for the older A3. We also ran AnTuTu on the new phone, where it scored 35,269 points, only a little behind the 37,906 of the Galaxy A5.
In our GFXBench graphics tests the new Galaxy A3 managed 20fps in T-Rex & 8fps in Manhatrã, whereas the older Mã Sản Phẩm was capable of just 13- and 6fps respectively. Here the Galaxy A3 also beat the Galaxy A5, which scored 14- and 5fps respectively. This will be fine for watching đoạn Clip & playing casual games.
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We use the JetStream JavaScript chạy thử khổng lồ measure website browsing performance và, again, the A3 came cthua thảm lớn the A5 with 22.766 against 23.146 (a higher score is better in this test). You can compare the Galaxy A3’s performance lớn all the phones we’ve sầu recently tested in our article What’s the fastest phone 2016?
Our final benchmark is the Geekbench 3 battery test, in which the Galaxy A3’s 2,300mAh battery gave sầu a shorter (but still excellent) runtime of 7 hours 24 minutes than the 2,900mAh A5’s 11 hours 46 minutes, but it scored higher with 4709 points against its 4446. You’ll easily get a full working day from this phone - two at a push - but, unlượt thích the A5, the A3 doesn’t tư vấn Samsung’s Adaptive Fast Charging tech. Neither is there any wireless charging tech, & the battery is non-removable. Also see: Best power banks năm nhâm thìn.
In terms of connectivity and extras the new Galaxy A3 supports only the basics, but pleasingly with the inclusion of NFC which will soon be used for Mobile payments in the UK. There’s single-b& 802.11n Wi-Fi, công nghệ Bluetooth không dây 4.1, GPS and GLONASS and 4G LTE. Unlượt thích the A5, no fingerprint scanner is built inkhổng lồ the trang chính button, so it’s unsurprising to find that neither does it have the heart-rate scanner found in the Galaxy S6 & S7. (A dual-SIM variant of the Galaxy A3 2016 will also be available outside the UK.)