Samsung Galaxy A40 review

30 April 2019


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Jun1250, 30 Apr 2019I think this is the successor of the Galaxy A5 from 2016/20... moreThe a8 2018 was the successor to the a5 2017 and that had a glass and metal build with ip68. I imagine A50 is the successor to the a8. A40 maybe follow up to the a3 2017 as it's the only compact a series phone. I to disappointed with the regression to plastic bodies and no ip68.

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    Anonymous, 30 Apr 2019Because it has only 2 cores while honir has 4 coresHonor*

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      • 30 Apr 2019

      Anonymous, 30 Apr 2019Why is the GPU (Mali G71) worse than the GPU (Mali G51) in ... moreBecause it has only 2 cores while honir has 4 cores

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        • 30 Apr 2019

        Sito, 30 Apr 2019Does the screen has Gorilla Glass?The real question is...

        Does it scratch at level 6 with deeper grooves at level 7?

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          • Q5i
          • 30 Apr 2019

          this looks like a good midrange phone.

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            • KiV
            • 30 Apr 2019

            Sadly not available in my county :(

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              • B{g
              • 30 Apr 2019

              Why is the GPU (Mali G71) worse than the GPU (Mali G51) in the Honor 8X?

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                • mGY
                • 30 Apr 2019

                no OIS in a 200 dollar phone? what about no ois in a 600 dollar phone aka Nokia shitty 9.

                  So it has 13mpix camera or 16mpix camera? If you could fix that on page 5

                    Shanti Dope, 30 Apr 2019You don't do the list of sunlight legibility scores anymore... moreWe are retiring the screen legibility test (a.k.a. contrast ratio in bright light) as we've noticed several patterns. (1)The numbers were hard to explain to an average person (outside of the obvious more is better); (2) All phones we tested in the past couple of years were already good beyond a point where you can easily point a bad performer so this became less of a purchase deciding factor; (3) OLEDS are predictively better than LCDs but not by such a huge margin so as that matters much (4) There wasn't such a big variation inside the pool of tested OLEDs and inside the pool of tested LCDs.
                    So we got to the point where the test didn't make sense anymore as the results became too predictable and not really important as a factor when making your purchase decision.

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                      • 30 Apr 2019

                      I don't understand the battery life score. How can the s10e with same battery and much more powerful processor score better battery life. Something don't ad up. The exynos 7885 is very battery efficient like seen on a7 (2018)

                        sm4rt4ss, 30 Apr 2019I currently own Xperia XA2. Is buying an A40 a good alterna... moreNah.

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                          Anonymous, 30 Apr 2019Say whatever you want but there is no other phone that is t... moregot redmi 3, more compact and battery last longer... why I need this phone what do not have even good battery?

                            You don't do the list of sunlight legibility scores anymore?
                            The very last time I saw it was from ths Nokia 9 PureView's review, where it was the highest-scoring in this generation, blowing the iPhones and the long-time standing 808 PureView by some margin.

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                              • more battery needed
                              • SuK
                              • 30 Apr 2019

                              terrible battery time. is it really hard to make 1 mm thicker and give more juice?

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                                • 30 Apr 2019

                                very good but no AOD sorry !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                  I think this is the successor of the Galaxy A5 from 2016/2017. The endurance rating seems a little off as I'm pretty sure this would last a little longer on video playback, also might wanna use Night Mode on Samsung's browser to lengthen the life for web browsing

                                  One thing for sure, this is for people who want a real "phone", not for gamers nor power users. Hope they improve the build next year because the A5 2017 had a glass sandwich, aluminium frame and even IP68 at the same price

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                                    Anonymous, 30 Apr 2019Say whatever you want but there is no other phone that is t... moreHi. Have you got the phone? If yes, how good is its speed performance?
                                    Tnanks!

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                                      • MwH
                                      • 30 Apr 2019

                                      I can only imagine furries using this phone.
                                      A40 is gheeeeeeyyy :}

                                        I currently own Xperia XA2. Is buying an A40 a good alternative/upgrade?

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