#samsung updates its midrange #galaxy A series with water and dust resistance, improved camera
January 2, 2017 | Uncategorized

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Samsung has announced the latest iterations of its Galaxy A smartphone series — midrange devices that offer similar looks to the company’s premium Galaxy S range, while saving costs with slower specs. The new Galaxy A3, A5, and A7 (which are differentiated from last year’s models only by their “2017”) follow this playbook without any deviation. Each model has the curved metal frame, oval home-button-and-fingerprint-scanner, and glass back familiar from the Galaxy S7, but in terms of innards, you won’t find more than 32GB of internal storage and a 1.9GHz processor.
As in previous years, the handsets in the A series are differentiated primarily by screen size. The A7 is the biggest, with a 5.7-inch 1080p display, followed by the A5…