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Flag as inappropriate. Visit website. More by Samsung Electronics Co. See more. At grams, the Galaxy A7 is definitely on the hefty side of the smartphone scale, but that weight lends the phone a truly solid build quality. It's not quite as sleek as the metallic Galaxy S7 , but the premium metal frame with glass back gives the A7 the feeling of quality Samsung has built its brand on over the past few years.
Throw in the fact the A7 is IP68 rated and it's clear the A7 is a well-designed phone. Speaking of that IP68 rating, having a waterproof body isn't a new thing for today's smartphones , but it does seem to come and go as design whims change. The Galaxy A7 has doubled down on the waterproof aspect, with its IP68 rating meaning it can be submerged in up to 1.
While we'd never suggest you take the A7 for a swim, at least you can feel safe should something terrible happen, like dropping it in the toilet. Despite Google launching its Android 7. It wasn't until six months later that the company finally started rolling out the Nougat update for the Galaxy A7 and A5. High-quality audio speakers aren't a common feature on smartphones, especially those at the more affordable end of the spectrum.
Even so, the speaker on the Galaxy A7 is pretty disappointing. Samsung has shifted it to the side, just above the power button.

Unfortunately, it's a quiet speaker, even at full volume, with a tinny output and complete lack of bass. While you can always plug in some headphones or pair a Bluetooth speaker, those who don't have that luxury will be underwhelmed by the A7's inbuilt offering. It's hard to review a selfie camera if you fundamentally dislike taking them, but there are a couple of smart features Samsung has added to the Galaxy A7's 16MP front-facing camera. The first is a free-floating shutter button, which you can drag to any spot you want on screen in order to make snapping the photo easy and comfortable.
There's also a wide selfie mode for those group shots and night selfie for better portraits in low light situations.

The rear camera offers a full manual mode and HDR shooting, as well as panoramas and hyperlapse modes. I'm not convinced beauty mode should be a thing, artificially softening the skin and making your eyes bigger, but there seems to be a market for it.
In any case, the end results from both the front and rear cameras are crisp and clear. While it means the phone is capable of handling basic tasks like email and simple web browsing, don't expect high performance. In fact, the GeekBench 4 benchmarks place the Galaxy A7 as one of the worst smartphones of for single-core performance, though its multi-core performance was significantly better.
When it comes to using the Galaxy A7 for gaming, it's a similar story.
That's not to say the phone is incapable of performing. In general daily use the phone was fine, and simple games were generally okay to enjoy. However, graphically intensive games like Need for Speed: No Limits were slow to load, with the sporadic jagged frame rate drops. If you use your phone for gaming as much as social media, you might want to consider jumping up a tier at the Galaxy S family of devices. Battery life Great battery life, even considering Samsung's impressive track record Will see you through a full day with little issue Read more on the Samsung Galaxy A7's battery life I ran the Geekbench 3 battery life tests on the Galaxy A7 at the same time as the ZTE Axon 7 , and it was striking at just how much longer the Samsung's battery lasted.
At 3,mAh it is a little larger than the ZTE's battery, and combined with a less demanding processor and screen it makes sense that the Samsung lasts longer, but it also manages to hold its own against some of the better phones on the market right now. The results see the A7 receive the second-best battery score, and the third-longest test duration.
That's an impressive feat, even for Samsung, which has always performed well in our tests. If the impressive battery life wasn't enough, the Galaxy A7 also features a USB C charging port, which is also able to fast-charge your device. Basically, battery life wasn't really a concern when it came to using the Galaxy A7 on a daily basis. It still needed charging at regular intervals, but it was a lot less a concern than even using last year's Galaxy S7 Edge.
Users looking for a robust handset that will get them through the day should consider the Galaxy A7. It's not the most powerful phone, so mobile gamers or video editors will be underwhelmed. However, it's a perfectly capable device for anyone who just watches the odd video, browses Facebook or Twitter and sends and receives email. Of course for roughly the same price, you could get the Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 Edge , which offers better performance at the expense of battery life. Read more…. Samsung's Galaxy S20 Ultra is a high-performance phone with a great screen and some of the best battery life we've seen from a Samsung flagship in some years.
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