Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) review: Marathoner with a punch

22 March 2017
A Samsung for every taste - that seems to be the main mantra of the Korean giant as of late, as evident by its sprawling and ever-expanding smartphone lineup. We guess it's always good to have more options, but we just can't shake the feeling that some of Samsung's recent creations are beginning to overlap and thread in each other's territory – at least from the global perspective we have.

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  • 23 Mar 2017

dara, 23 Mar 2017Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 is the way better even with less than h... moreXiaomi Redmi Note 4 is NOT better than Galaxy A7 (2017).

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    • Anonymous
    • 0WM
    • 23 Mar 2017

    AnonD-27765, 23 Mar 2017Specs-wise, this phone doesn't spell "2017." And it doesn't... moreTotally agree. You pay almost half of price only for the name!

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      • Anonymous
      • mpN
      • 23 Mar 2017

      AnonD-57516, 23 Mar 2017Hope the Nougat update doesn't lower the Battery Endurance ... moreNougat has been causing battery problems on most phones

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        • Anonymous
        • UN5
        • 23 Mar 2017

        Galaxy A7 2017 costs only 320 EUR in Thailand, that's definitely not what
        we call an expensive device!!

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          • Anonymous
          • UN5
          • 23 Mar 2017

          Galaxy A7 is 320 EUR in Thailand, that's definitely not what we call an overpriced phone!!

            My god that's an awesome 115 hours battery life score. Top 5 in GSMArena's battery life table. When my Galaxy S6 edge dies, I'm getting the Galaxy A7 (2017) for sure.

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              • J7S
              • 23 Mar 2017

              Wohooo! 115 hours! Simply Amazing! Now I am waiting for the review of A9 Pro (2016) and it's 5000 mAh battery.

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                • tu6
                • 23 Mar 2017

                Ng, 23 Mar 2017Yeah, S7 price is cut down RM500 (RM2199 flat version) in M... moreRm 300 different us small considering the spec gap

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                  • P@1
                  • 23 Mar 2017

                  Specs-wise, this phone doesn't spell "2017." And it doesn't help that it's way overpriced for what it offers.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • wnx
                    • 23 Mar 2017

                    The battery endurance is greater on Samsung's midrange lineup because they all have FHD displays whereas their flagships all use QHD. There's just no chance for the battery to last as long when you're powering that many more pixels (which also taxes the CPU/GPU, too.)

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                      • dara
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                      • 23 Mar 2017

                      Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 is the way better even with less than half of the price.

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                        • a4j
                        • 23 Mar 2017

                        cheap mid-range smartphones have a lot better battery life compared top models ...

                          Anonymous, 22 Mar 2017Seriously what's up with Samsung. Their low end or mid rang... moreVery doubtful that 6GB gives better day to day performance, it's just Chinese spec wars like having 10 cores.

                          A lot of things are much better on S7 Edge compared to these phones like the screen, the camera, notification LED, CPU power, faster LTE supporting more bands etc. The phones you mention cost like 80% of the price of the S7 Edge now too.

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                            • 23 Mar 2017

                            A5. 2017 has 5-2inch super amoled display 1080p Battery 3000mah gsmarena battery life endurance
                            3G TT 21:H 39M
                            web browseing 14H 31M
                            video playback 16 H 12M
                            This A7 2017 has bigger 3600mah battery same power efficiency proccesser but 600mah more battery i thought would be battery beast when it comes to video playback when I can see with battery life monster phones, IAM following gsmarena and phonearena from 2009 today is 2017 , i need battery life like example
                            3G Talk Time 50H
                            Web browseing 30H
                            Video playback 40H

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                              • AnonD-57516
                              • PGX
                              • 23 Mar 2017

                              Hope the Nougat update doesn't lower the Battery Endurance like what it did to the S7 edge where originally it was 98hrs on Marshmallow but after the update to Nougat the endurance dropped to 92hrs!

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                                • PGX
                                • 23 Mar 2017

                                AnonD-113455, 23 Mar 2017Will they release Galaxy A9 (2017) with 4000 mah battery? T... moreHoping to get 200hrs with a 4000mAh batt!

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                                  • AnonD-628233
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                                  • 23 Mar 2017

                                  A cheap Redmi note 4 beats this phone

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                                    • vgM
                                    • 23 Mar 2017

                                    Anonymous, 22 Mar 2017That endurance rating should be on all flagships!Especialy with always on display still got long enough with 80 hours. Nice job Sammy

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • IV8
                                      • 23 Mar 2017

                                      Anonymous, 22 Mar 2017That endurance rating should be on all flagships!Only flagships have to have high performance chipsets to gobble up the juice

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                                        • tZ0
                                        • 23 Mar 2017

                                        Yeah, S7 price is cut down RM500 (RM2199 flat version) in Malaysia,
                                        So there is just a bit different with A7 17 (RM1899).