Samsung announces Galaxy A42 5G - its cheapest 5G phone yet

02 September 2020
The phone will have four cameras and an Infinity-U AMOLED screen.

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  • AnonD-754814
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  • 02 Sep 2020

Cheapest ?
Seeing the specs I can say it's going to cost at least 400$.

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    • Anonymous
    • dMT
    • 02 Sep 2020

    they never will using a chipset for first time like old days. even Exynos 980 for first time used by Vivo X30
    or samsung 108Mp for first time used by Xiaomi.
    after couple months they will start using their own product.
    for example Vivo start using Exynos 980 in december in vivo x30...then vivo used it in Vivo s6 in April...then in June, samsung used Exynos 980 in A71 5G.
    takes 6months after Vivo.
    Probably this new chipset it's Exynos 880
    bcuz its time to using it in samsung
    Vivo Y70s used 880 chipset in 1june & Vivo Y51s start using it in 29july.
    so Yeah its time for samsung to use their own product. Exynos 880

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      • Haak
      • My4
      • 02 Sep 2020

      So it's gone from 5.9 to 6.1 to 6.6...

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        • AnonD-935752
        • fFC
        • 02 Sep 2020

        avoid samsung at all cost.
        overprice. and rubbish.


        cost to make one phone cost only 150-350 usd.


        sell back to market around 600-1500 usd

          George, 02 Sep 2020Well i refuse to buy phones anymore that are more than 6.1 ... moreAnd surprisingly they are increasing the display size and decreasing the resolution from FullHD+ to HD+.

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            • Anonymous
            • aj%
            • 02 Sep 2020

            George, 02 Sep 2020Well i refuse to buy phones anymore that are more than 6.1 ... moreGoogle Pixel 4a, Apple iPhone SE 2020, Samsung Galaxy A41, Samsung Galaxy S20, Huawei P40 and the upcoming Sony Xperia 5 ii. How come you don't have a choice for compact phones?! More important than screen size is the dimensions: width and height of the device...Everything under 155mm height and 72 width is perfectly manageble with one handed use...Also most people prefer 6.1-6.7 screens nowadays because they feel is more productive and they get more for they money the spend which is fucking true.. I will never go back to a screen smaller than mine now 6.39''....

              A40 series is not available in some regions which is a bad omission.

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                • George
                • apy
                • 02 Sep 2020

                Well i refuse to buy phones anymore that are more than 6.1 inches.in 2020 nobody released a compact device.There was a choise of 3 or 4 in 2019 that are ok with size.If somebody release a compact phone until end of the year with midrange or high end specs i am down

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                  • SpecGeek
                  • I@H
                  • 02 Sep 2020

                  Anonymous, 02 Sep 2020Small phones is for kids. I like big. Bigger is better alwayswhats the point of( big )if the power and speed is way slower than the compact one, its like your just want the quantity not the quality

                    What SoC will it use? I think SD690 and those complaining about bigger size is probably because of 5G

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                      • Kamlesh
                      • 7kY
                      • 02 Sep 2020

                      #samsung please make smaller and compact phones also

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 0VJ
                        • 02 Sep 2020

                        Samsung is on a roll this year. How many phones have they released! They beat xiaomi on phone releases

                          Hardware Hypervisor, 02 Sep 2020Nothing interesting about A40 series except its small form ... moreTrue. The best thing about A40 and A41 was small form factor.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 3xL
                            • 02 Sep 2020

                            Love how 5G became really affordable, but screen size is overkill, 6inch is okay but 6.6 isn’t compact at all

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                              • LoeWn
                              • Lh3
                              • 02 Sep 2020

                              RIP Samsungs affordable last compact model

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                                • Goodfellow
                                • XRL
                                • 02 Sep 2020

                                Since the placement of the camera and the flash is becoming weird. Four camera equals four flashes not one. If any company would like a weird idea try this one next to each camera please add a flash. Seriously Samsung please fire all your people in the designing department. Awful design equal awful sales. Good luck with the sale of this device.

                                  Nothing interesting about A40 series except its small form factor. Now that is also gone. Pass.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 0xS
                                    • 02 Sep 2020

                                    Small phones is for kids. I like big. Bigger is better always

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • rvc
                                      • 02 Sep 2020

                                      Forget everything else, this looks absolutely woeful.

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                                        • Sarkirssian
                                        • LiJ
                                        • 02 Sep 2020

                                        My work phone, with unlimited data and phone calls, is a A50. I would never buy it but it serves well. I have it since Feb 2020... it seems next Feb we will have the A56... lol