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2015 Android smartphone
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016) or Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 Edition
is an
Android
smartphone
produced by
Samsung Electronics
. It was introduced on 2 December 2015, along with
Galaxy A5 (2016)
,
Galaxy A7 (2016)
, and
Galaxy A9 (2016)
.
Hardware
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The 2016-release
Galaxy A3
is equipped with the
Exynos
7580 system-on-chip, which has two clusters of four cores, but Samsung decided to lock one cluster for unknown reasons. The device has the same CPU as
Galaxy A5 (2016)
, or
Qualcomm Snapdragon
410 in select markets, both of which feature a processor with four
ARM Cortex-A53
cores accompanied by a
Mali
-T720MP2 GPU. The smartphone has 1.5 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage, with support for removable MicroSD cards of up to 128 GB. The device's MicroSD card slot has been designed to allow insertion of a SIM card, and thus
Galaxy A3 (2016)
can also be used in
Dual SIM
mode.
In
Japan
, it is exclusively sold as
Samsung Galaxy Feel
, with 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage, with support for removable MicroSD cards of up to 256 GB, as well as a
Samsung Exynos
7870 processor, Android 7.0 Nougat with
Samsung Experience
UI and
IP68
rating for water and dust resistance.
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Design
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Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016) has an aluminium and glass body, unlike
Samsung Galaxy A3
, the
A3 (2016)
has a larger 4.7-inch (120 mm) display compared to the 4.5-inch (110 mm) display of predecessor
Galaxy A3
. The
A3 (2016)'
s display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 4, also on the back side of the phone.
Availability
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The Galaxy A3 (2016) was released in China on 15 December 2015, followed by other countries in the 1st Quarter of 2016. As of April 2016, this model is available in Europe,
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Africa, Latin America and Asia. It is not available in North America and India; there, only
Galaxy A5 (2016)
and
Galaxy A7 (2016)
are available.
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Variants
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See also
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Related Samsung Galaxy phone models:
References
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