Samsung Galaxy A5 deals and reviews

What the critics say (scores are out of 100)

90	Recombu | Chris Barraclough The Korean giant can produce a smartphone with gorgeous and solid design and resist from cramming it full of pointless features. It's a shame that the likes of the fingerprint scanner are missing in action, but for a respectable price you get a slick and dependable smartphone that's great for everyday action. Read full review
87	NotebookCheck | Florian Wimmer The Galaxy A5 is not exactly cheap, but the buyer gets a round total package. The buyer overall gets a high-priced but also high-quality mid-range smartphone with Samsung's Galaxy A5, though. Read full review
85	Android Authority | Kevin Nether As expected the Samsung Galaxy A5 does not disappoint and is a great mid-range offering from the company. While it looks the same as the last few generations, the change in the build material from plastic to metal finally allows for the premium feel in the hand that many have been waiting for. Read full review
80	TechRadar | Andrew Williams The new Samsung Galaxy A5 looks like a flagship, performs like a mid-ranger and is priced somewhere in-between. It's a great phone, but a middling camera and CPU ensure it doesn't fully rise above rivals. Read full review
80	Pocket-lint | Cam Bunton For a phone with that price tag, the Galaxy A5 is impressive in its design and build. Even its display and performance punch beyond that price point... It may not have the most powerful processor, the most densely packed pixels on the screen, nor tip-top cameras, but it's still a compelling device. Read full review
80	Alphr | Jonathan Bray The Samsung Galaxy A5 is a tough smartphone to pigeonhole. On the one hand, it looks as good as any flagship phone, and battery life is stupendous; on the other, the hardware inside isn't quite up to snuff, falling fractionally behind rivals such as the OnePlus 3, Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P for speed and camera quality. Read full review
80	S21 The Samsung Galaxy A5 has an ultraslim, aluminium design and an excellent selfie camera. But although it costs less than the flagship S5, its mid-range spec means that it's still over-priced for what you get. Read full review
80	Register Hardware | Alun Taylor The Samsung Galaxy A5 is a bit pricey for a mid-ranger, but it has the looks and build quality of a flagship.... Solid, light and visually exquisite, this new mid-price Sammy really is a thoroughly desirable device. Read full review
80	Wired UK | Dave Oliver It's a sleek-looking device and a pretty good performer too, though not everyone will feel the price is justified when compared to cheaper big-screen rivals like the OnePlus One, or phone with superior camera options, like the 20-megapixel model on the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact. Read full review
80	The Guardian | Samuel Gibbs The Galaxy A5 is a solid, perfectly usable and attractive mid-range smartphone, which is unusual for Samsung, which has a habit of making its lower-priced smartphones frustrating to use. The A5's biggest problem is its lower-priced competition. Read full review
70	TechSpot | Tim Schiesser Even though the Samsung Galaxy A5 is actually a very good mid-range device, and the best I've used in this category from the company, the price completely lets it down. Read full review
70	Trusted Reviews | Max Parker Samsung clearly doesn't have as much interest in the mid-range as the high-end, but things are improving. It's a shame that a nice, S7-inspired, design and strong screen is let down by outdated software. Read full review
60	Expert Reviews | Katharine Byrne The Galaxy A5 is a beautifully designed handset with almost all the hallmarks of a great mid-range smartphone. It has a great camera, excellent battery life and high quality screen, but its sub-par performance really lets it down. We'd simply expect more of this price, especially when you can get the infinitely superior Galaxy S5 for the same money. We like the A5 very much, but compared to its more sprightly brethren, it's very much the awkward middle child of Samsung's new A series. Read full review
60	AndroidPit | Daniel Viejo For many people, the Galaxy A5's look and feel will make a strong impression and it is nice and light weight too. The camera is also very good. On the down side, TouchWiz sometimes gets choked and is terribly laggy, and some heavier tasks just can't be met by the A5's internals. Read full review
60	Digital Versus | Romain Thuret The A5 isn't all that bad but, considering Samsung's current ranges, the Galaxy Alpha and Galaxy S5 Mini serve more or less the same purpose. The A5 takes the middle ground and, as such, isn't a particularly thrilling product. Read full review

Compare Samsung Galaxy A5 specs side-by-side with other phones COMPARE SPECS

Dimensions & Form	Form factor: Touchscreen bar Dimensions 139.3 x 69.7 x 6.7 mm (5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 in) Weight: 123 g (4.34 oz)
Screen	Size: 5 inches diagonal Resolution: 1280 x 720 pixels Screen Density: 294 ppi Screen-to-Body Ratio: 71 % Display Type: Super AMOLED
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Performance	Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 CPU: Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 GPU: Adreno 306 RAM: 2GB
Camera	Main Camera: 13 megapixels with LED flash Secondary Camera: 5 megapixels
Storage	Built-in Storage: 16GB Expandable Storage: Micro SD
Battery & Charging	Capacity: 2300 mAh Removable Battery: No Wireless Charging: No Quick Charge: None
SIM standard	Micro SIM Compare SIM Only deals
Water & Dust Resistance	Not Available
Fingerprint Reader	None
References & More info	Official website GSMArena specs page

Photos taken with the Samsung Galaxy A5

We've used Flickr to find a selection of pictures taken by the Samsung Galaxy A5 camera. Here is a selection of photos taken by users from around the world so you can see what kind of picture quality you can expect from real-world use of the Samsung Galaxy A5.

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