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Network
Technology GSM / HSPA GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - A700FD, A700F
4G Network 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20 - A700F
  1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 40 - A700FD
Speed HSPA 7.2/0.384 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Launch
Announced 2010, April. Released 2010, May 2015, January. Released 2015, February
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 119.5 x 59.8 x 12.5 mm (4.70 x 2.35 x 0.49 in) 151 x 76.2 x 6.3 mm (5.94 x 3.00 x 0.25 in)
Weight 128 g (4.52 oz) 141 g (4.97 oz)
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 4), plastic back, aluminum frame
SIM Mini-SIM Nano-SIM
Display
Type Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 3.7 inches, 39.0 cm2 (~54.5% screen-to-body ratio) 5.5 inches, 83.4 cm2 (~72.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~252 ppi density) 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~401 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Platform
OS Android 2.1 (Eclair) Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Chipset TI OMAP 3430 Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 (28 nm) - A700FD
Exynos 5430 Octa (20 nm) - A700F
CPU 720 MHz Cortex-A8 Octa-core (4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53) - A700FD
Octa-core (4x1.8 Cortex-A15 GHz & 4x1.3 Cortex-A7 GHz) - A700F
GPU PowerVR SGX530 Adreno 405 - A700FD
Mali-T628 MP6 - A700F
Memory
Card slot microSDHC (dedicated slot), 8 GB included microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal 1GB 384MB RAM 16GB 2GB RAM
  eMMC 5.0 or eMMC 4.5
Main Camera
Modules 5 MP, AF 13 MP, f/2.0, 28mm (wide), AF
Features LED flash LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 720p 1080p@30fps
Selfie Camera
Modules VGA videocall camera 5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide)
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 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 2.1, A2DP 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Positioning GPS, A-GPS GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
NFC Yes
Infrared port No No
Radio No FM radio, RDS, recording
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
ANT+
S-Voice
Battery
Type Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery Li-Ion 2600 mAh, non-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 54 h
Misc
Colors Deep Black, Cream White Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
SAR 1.05 W/kg (head)     0.80 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.48 W/kg (head)     0.41 W/kg (head)     0.55 W/kg (body)    
Models SM-A700F, SM-A700FD, SM-A700K, SM-A700L, SM-A700S, SM-A700X
Price About 100 EUR About 300 EUR
Tests
Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 813
Basemark X: 4802
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 3.679 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker Voice 64dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 73dB
Audio quality Noise -95.2dB / Crosstalk -93.4dB
Battery (old) Endurance rating 83h

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