Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016) review: Stride across

05 February, 2016
Samsung reinvented itself last year and that gave the A-series a chance for a coup. It took the great new design from the S-phones and parred it down to a mid-range price.

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  • AnonD-495703
  • R0G
  • 06 Feb 2016

Need 4000-5000 battery and will be perfect phone for next years!

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    • Anonymous
    • 61x
    • 06 Feb 2016

    AnonD-404798, 06 Feb 20162x cheaper and 2x better : http://www.gsmarena.com/deal_... morexiaomi redmi note 3 pro (snapdragon 650) $225
    antutu 6 = 78000
    geekbench single = 1500
    geekbenh multi = 3500
    battery 4000mAh
    SoT 7.45 hours

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      • AnonD-292864
      • 0If
      • 06 Feb 2016

      AnonD-146024, 06 Feb 2016A7 is priced at Rs33,500 in India($500) and you get the mig... moreYou can't compare this to S6. S6 is a phone A7 is a phablet. If someone wants a phone with big screen he/she isn't going to buy S6. Maybe you can compare this phone with Note 4 because whee i live, they are priced same.

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        • AnonD-433808
        • 2SB
        • 06 Feb 2016

        AnonD-404798, 05 Feb 2016even more boring then recent A5.... SD615 for such expensiv... moreAnd that too with only 16gb internal and no notification light. My 6000 INR Redmi1s has a notification light :(

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          • AnonD-433808
          • 2SB
          • 06 Feb 2016

          LOL, 06 Feb 2016this is a huge joke.. who will buy this phone? K3 note for... moreAgree! K3 Note and Le1s has much more powerful chipset to offer at almost 1/3rd its price.

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            • Rajnish
            • 7tS
            • 06 Feb 2016

            Why the hell GSMArena has to always compare this with S6? S6 is a far far better phone than A7,J7 and GOD knows what!

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              • AnonD-146024
              • wiU
              • 06 Feb 2016

              A7 is priced at Rs33,500 in India($500) and you get the mighty S6 for the same price which obviously doesn't have such huge battery and SD card slot but has:
              double inbuilt memory, that too high speed
              Wireless charging and Adaptive Fast charging
              Better cameras 16MP vs 13MP resolution (and it's 4:3 instead of 16:9)
              Far better chipset (S6 has one of the fastest chipset vs SD615 of A7)
              Higher poi QHD vs HD
              IR Blaster
              Add to that the huge S series goodwill.
              I mean who in his senses would prefer A7 over S6.
              Samsung should have priced it at least a $100 lower to justify the position.

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                • dev
                • ajS
                • 06 Feb 2016

                This sells for S6 money. Who in their right mind would buy this over the S6?

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                  • AnonD-488678
                  • sS@
                  • 06 Feb 2016

                  LOL, 06 Feb 2016this is a huge joke.. who will buy this phone? K3 note for... morei will buy this phone.. i can afford this and you don't, so what?

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                    • AnonD-487038
                    • tDR
                    • 06 Feb 2016

                    Just your average daily samsung phone

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                      • AnonD-9000
                      • K5Z
                      • 06 Feb 2016

                      LoL samsung released the same name of their phone with different years of release?

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                        • AnonD-77443
                        • v6J
                        • 06 Feb 2016

                        Compared to the GN5 it has a 10% bigger battery and SD card up to 200GB... so much for the GN5 being the powerhouse device.... strange choices by Samsung.

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                          • 7Xf
                          • 06 Feb 2016

                          this is a huge joke..
                          who will buy this phone? K3 note for less than $200 is still much powerful LOL

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                            • AnonD-404798
                            • d%{
                            • 06 Feb 2016

                            Anonymous, 05 Feb 2016design, battery, superamoled,ois,fingerprint,sdcard, what e... more2x cheaper and 2x better :

                            http://www.gsmarena.com/deal_nexus_5x_going_for_280_unlocked_on_ebay-blog-16480.php

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                              • AnonD-434597
                              • tDx
                              • 06 Feb 2016

                              What?? still no led notification?.

                              Its a dealbraker for me

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                                • AnonD-234961
                                • ndn
                                • 06 Feb 2016

                                mir, 05 Feb 2016Pretty lame for them to leave out such a simple but useful ... moreI think it may be a strategy to prevent some key users (business users and power users in general) from buying their cheaper phones and instead pay for the more expensive ones like the Note or S7+, etc.

                                If it's not a strategy, it's sheer stupidity. I wouldn't buy a phone without notification LED.

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                                  • AnonD-276592
                                  • vaS
                                  • 06 Feb 2016

                                  16 GB is a con. I will wait for S7.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • ty@
                                    • 06 Feb 2016

                                    Do most people have less 4 hours of screen on time on their phones with moderate usage ?

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                                      • mir
                                      • thh
                                      • 05 Feb 2016

                                      AnonD-419421, 05 Feb 2016CONS- no led notification :(Pretty lame for them to leave out such a simple but useful hardware feature for such an expensive midrange device. The processor is weak as well for the price bracket its in.

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                                        • AnonD-404798
                                        • d%{
                                        • 05 Feb 2016

                                        even more boring then recent A5.... SD615 for such expensive device is nonsense.