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Samsung Galaxy A

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Network
Technology GSM / HSPA GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - G530F, G530FZ, G530Y
  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - G530H, G530FZ/DS
3G Network HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G530F, G530H, G530FZ, G530Y, G531F
  HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 - G530T (T-Mobile)
4G Network 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 - G530F
  1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20 - G530FZ
  1, 3, 5, 8, 28 - G530Y
  1, 3, 5, 8, 20, 40 - G531F
LTE band 2, 4, 5, 12 - G530T (T-Mobile)
Speed HSPA 7.2/0.384 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Launch
Announced 2010, April. Released 2010, May 2014, September 30. Released 2014, October
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 119.5 x 59.8 x 12.5 mm (4.70 x 2.35 x 0.49 in) 144.8 x 72.1 x 8.6 mm (5.70 x 2.84 x 0.34 in)
Weight 128 g (4.52 oz) 156 g (5.50 oz)
Build Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame
SIM Mini-SIM Single SIM (Micro-SIM) or Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display
Type Super AMOLED TFT
Size 3.7 inches, 39.0 cm2 (~54.5% screen-to-body ratio) 5.0 inches, 68.9 cm2 (~66.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~252 ppi density) 540 x 960 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~220 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass
Platform
OS Android 2.1 (Eclair) Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.0.2/5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Android 5.1 (Lollipop) - G531F
Chipset TI OMAP 3430 Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm)
Spreadtrum SC7730 (Value Edition)
CPU 720 MHz Cortex-A8 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 (Value Edition)
GPU PowerVR SGX530 Adreno 306
Mali-400 (Value Edition)
Memory
Card slot microSDHC (dedicated slot), 8 GB included microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal 1GB 384MB RAM 8GB 1GB RAM
  eMMC 4.5
Main Camera
Modules 5 MP, AF 8 MP, f/2.4, AF
Features LED flash LED flash, panorama
Video 720p 1080p@30fps
Selfie Camera
Modules VGA videocall camera 5 MP, f/2.2
Video 1080p@30fps
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Sound
Loudspeaker Yes Yes
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Comms
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 2.1, A2DP 4.0, A2DP
Positioning GPS, A-GPS GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes (G530F, G530FZ models)
Infrared port No No
Radio No FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0
Features
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass Accelerometer, proximity, compass
 DMB TV
MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264 player
MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
Document viewer
Battery
Type Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery Li-Ion 2600 mAh, removable
Stand-by Up to 560 h (2G) / Up to 450 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 13 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 30 min (3G) Up to 17 h (3G)
Music play Up to 75 h
Misc
Colors Deep Black, Cream White White, Gray, Gold
SAR EU 0.48 W/kg (head)     0.28 W/kg (head)     0.33 W/kg (body)    
Models SM-G5306W, SM-G5308W, SM-G5309W, SM-G530BT, SM-G530F, SM-G530FQ, SM-G530FZ, SM-G530FZ, SM-G530H, SM-G531F, SM-G531H, SM-G530T, SM-G530W, SM-G530Y, SM-G530AZ, SM-G531Y, SM-G530T1, SM-G531M, SM-G530A, SM-G530M, SM-G531BT, SM-G530MU, SM-G530P
Price About 100 EUR About 140 EUR
Tests
Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 520
Basemark X: 1904
Display Contrast ratio: 756 (nominal), 1.935 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker Voice 63dB / Noise 60dB / Ring 68dB
Audio quality Noise -95.0dB / Crosstalk -93.9dB

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