Following the press release published by Samsung last month, the company confirmed that it will be launching the Samsung Galaxy A42 5G soon. The due date will be revealed closer to the release of the smartphone later this year. Samsung has named the device as the most affordable 5G compatible phone.
The device is expected to debut it’s first sale in Germany come November. The Samsung Galaxy A42 5G was shown in black colour from last month’s press release, now an official listing shows the device in other colours variants. Renders recent updates displayed the alleged Samsung Galaxy A42 5G phone in three shades of colours- black, white and grey.
It is speculated that the device will use a four-tone design that is quite unique. Samsung Galaxy A42 5G has a completely square-shaped camera module feature, Galaxy A42 5G is the first Samsung phone with this unique design feature. The module houses a four sensor configuration. While the front will be a water-drop shaped notch for the selfie camera.
Samsung Galaxy A42 5G
Samsung Galaxy a42 5g Specs, Design & Display
Galaxy A42 5G comes with a beautiful plastic body design. The plastic panel houses the square camera setup and an LED flash. The body dimensions is of 164.8×16.4×8.4mm and weighs around 206 grams. It comes with a 6.6 inches super AMOLED display panel that has a resolution of 1080×2400 Pixels, 399 PPI density, and also 86.1% screen to body ratio. The front glass is protected by a Corning glass and it also packs an always-on display.
Camera
Galaxy A42 5G camera setup consist of a 48MP,an additional 8MP ultra wide camera ,5 MP depth camera. The cameras are paired with an LED flash with which can record 4K quality. On the front has the hole for selfies snapper of 32MP and the sensor has HDR support.
Hardware & Software
Galaxy A42 5G is equipped with a Qualcomm snapdragon 765 chipset based on 7nm process technology. The SOC works at a speed of 2.84GHz. The Adreno 620 GPU supports good graphics and the device is available in 6GB RAM and 8GB RAM variant. The inbuilt memory is 128GB, which supports Micro SD card.
Battery & Network
Galaxy A42 5G comes with a non-removable battery of 4500mAh,which comes with 25W fast charging support. The phone runs on Android 10 with UI 2.5. Galaxy A42 5G comes with an under-display fingerprint sensor for easy unlocking. There is also an option of dual network of 5G and 4G.
Connectivity options of Wi-Fi ,GPS ,FM radio and 2.0, Type – C 1.0 U.S.B .
Samsung Galaxy a42 5G Price
Samsung Galaxy A42 5G might come with a price tag of €370, £ 335.
Conclusion
Hopefully, Samsung Galaxy A42 5G will live up to buyers standard and expectations, especially after being named Samsung’s most affordable 5G model phone. Though, from the smartphone’s SPECS, price and features. The phone seems promising and would likely worth all acclaimed values.
