The Galaxy A40 draws handfuls of this pattern, while referring to its cheaper and already unproduced cousins from the Galaxy J budget line. Therefore, in the Galaxy A40 we will find elements imitating the premium class, going hand in hand with a reasonably fixed price.
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Galaxy A40 - appearance and quality of workmanship
Thin frames around the display, a slim and rounded design - these are not necessarily characteristic of the lower price shelf.The better that they found a place in the Galaxy A40.Although the housing was made entirely of plastic, painted with a shiny varnish, the frame imitates the use of metal, characteristic of more expensive constructions.The phone is part of current trends.The front is almost entirely filled by the screen.The manufacturer used only a small indentation in the upper part of it, in which the camera was placed.
The rear housing with appearance refers to many other smartphones.There was a place for a double, slightly protruding camera, under which we will find a lighting diode.In the central part, however, a fingerprint reader was placed, used to unlock the device.
Foto: SamsungOn the bottom edge we have a USB-C connector, mainly used to charge the battery.The manufacturer also used a standard 3.5 mm audio output, thanks to which we can connect headphones with a regular tip to your smartphone.On the other side there is a speaker.
On the left edge, a retractable tray hides, in which two Nano SIM cards can be placed, as well as a microSD card.The law, however, contains standard buttons to operate.Two of them are used to adjust the volume, while one for turning on and off the phone.Samsung Galaxy A40 is sold in several color versions: black, white, coral and blue.
Galaxy A40 - technical specification
Samsung Galaxy A40 is equipped with a good quality 5.9-inch screen made in Super AMOLED technology.The display works in Full HD+resolution, i.e. 1080x2340 pixels.It presents intense colors and has a great contrast.The manufacturer has also prepared special operating modes for various applications - watching movies, browsing photos or surfing the Internet.There is also a night variant, switching to dark colors.In addition to visual aspects, it also extends battery life.
The Galaxy A40 operates under the control of the proprietary Samsung processor-Exynos 7904. The chipset consists of 2 Cortex-A73 cores clocked at 1.77 GHz and 6 curly at 1.59 GHz.The whole is complemented by the Mali-G71 MP2 graphics system.
The smartphone is equipped with 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal memory, from which about 49 GB remains at the user's disposal.However, it can be extended using a microSD card, placed in a special slot.
Foto: SamsungThe manufacturer also took care of the efficient LTE category (600/150 MBPS) and two-band Wi-Fi (802.11 A/B/G/N/AC) module.For this Bluetooth version 5.0 and NFC, enabling, among others, contactless payments using Google Pay.The smartphone is compatible with all popular location services.I am talking about GPS, Glonass, Beidou and European Galileo.
The battery with a capacity of 3100 mAh typical for this class is enough for the smartphone to work all day without having to connect it to the power supply.Users using the phone will be able to charge it less intensively even once every two days.The battery supports fast charging technology.The phone works under the control of Android 9.0 Pie.The manufacturer, however, used the original One UI overlay, changing the appearance of the system and adds some useful functions.
Galaxy A40 - camera
Samsung is famous for its good quality cameras, not only in its premium devices, but also those valued slightly cheaper.It is no different in the case of the Galaxy A40.We are dealing here with a double main camera, consisting of a standard lens with a resolution of 16 Mpix (f/1.7) and a 5 Mpix (f/2.2) wide -angle module.On the other hand, a selfie camera with a resolution of 25 Mpix (f/2.0) was placed.
The camera application has been equipped with a number of modes for photographing in a specific scenery.Artificial intelligence recognizes some of them by adapting photography parameters to the prevailing conditions.There is also a background blur in portrait photos and the ability to create your own AR Emoji, using stickers, filters, etc.
Foto: SamsungThe set of main cameras allows you to record video in a maximum resolution of 1080x2336 pixels at 30 frames per second.The maximum resolution for video recorded by the front camera is 1080x1920 pixels, also in 30 frames per second.
Samsung Galaxy A40 price
At the time of its debut, the suggested price of Samsung Galaxy A40 with 64 GB of internal memory (the manufacturer does not offer other versions) was PLN 1,150.Today, this phone can be bought a bit cheaper.Prices in most electronics stores do not exceed PLN 1,000.
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