The housing
Comparing the case with the Galaxy S5, so comes the Galaxy A5 clear quality and elegant over. The housing is made entirely of aluminum and looks really great. A bit annoying I found the protruding camera lens on the back. Who is trying to open the case to reach the battery is a little disappointed at the Galaxy A5. As in the meantime many smartphones of the A5 battery is not replaceable. Has been installed in the device a powerful 2300mAh Lithium Ion battery. With the battery performance of the Galaxy A5 I am very satisfied. In normal use (calls, Navi use, video recording, etc.) does the battery loose 2 full days by up he wants to be recharged. Of course, battery life will vary with use. When playing around with a great deal, then the battery is in a few hours yet.
Processor and memory:
In Galaxy A5 of Qualcomm Snapdragon 310 processor with a clock speed of 4x 1.2 GHz is installed. Furthermore the Galaxy A5 2GB of RAM. Here it should be mentioned that newer models use already pointed up to 3GB of RAM. Current games and applications running on the Galaxy A5 predominantly liquid. To my old smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Note the performance increase is very noticeable. The programs can be executed much faster with the Galaxy A5.
The display:
In Galaxy A5 a Super AMOLED HD screen is used with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels (HD) are used. The image quality and color reproduction is very good. Compared to my old Galaxy Note again an increase. Especially outdoors, the display can be read well. In direct sunlight, even here you are doing yourself a little difficult, but compared to my old Galaxy Note, it has become much better.
The Camera:
Let us now turn to the camera. To this end, I have to mention that photography is my great hobby and I have relatively good systems and SLR advance. As for the expected image quality, I am perhaps a little demanding and spoiled. That a smartphone can not deliver the image quality as an ordinary system camera, you should be aware. Here it does not matter whether the smartphone now supplies 10 or 20 megapixels. The key would be a full and fast lens, a large and high-quality sensor, and a good camera electronics. Rein structurally conditioned which is in a smartphone, of course not possible. Where the hardware can not do much because the software needs to be better. Therefore, with the Galaxy A5 surprisingly good pictures are possible.
DC noticed me, that the autofocus the image area is fast sharp. In backlit scenes, the background is automatically brightened. This falls on a particularly when photographing, for example, in the apartment a window in broad daylight. Normally, the sensor would assume the brightness of the window and underexpose the rest of the apartment accordingly.
Overall, the Galaxy A5 makes passable images that look good on your phone. Looking at the photos on your home PC and want you to print on photo lab, then I am not so convinced by the results. But all suitable for snapshots.
In addition, located on the front, top right, the front camera with a resolution of 5 megapixels. The ideal for Selfies.
Furthermore, can be recorded with the Galaxy A5 also videos. Enables shooting to Full HD at 30 frames per second. The video quality is surprisingly good and rarely blurred. The sound, however, like it less. In the house, the sound quality is acceptable, but you go outside then you get quick background noise. Who often filmed with his Galaxy A5, which I would definitely recommend an external microphone. Otherwise, the video quality is great. Outdoor photography, as well as in the house look absolutely satisfactory. Only with rapid changes in lighting conditions is weakening the smartphone. Filming outdoors and then enters a house, then the Galaxy takes a few seconds until it has processed the new lighting conditions. Filming indoors without additional lighting, the recording can be quickly grainy.
Wireless connection:
In addition to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, the device has the NFC function. This is especially useful to transfer files from the Galaxy to transfer to another device. I use the function to transfer MP3 files to a portable Bluetooth NFC Speaker. The loudspeaker is the Sound Blaster Roar of Creative Labs. The connection works without any problems.
Navigation:
The Galaxy A5 has also integrated in Navi. To locate the Galaxy can access two navigation systems. Once the ordinary GPS and GLONASS in addition to. Should a system sometimes unavailable, then the Galaxy automatically selects the other. The satellites are found quickly, even in the car, there is almost no problems.
Conclusion:
I personally like the Samsung Galaxy A5 very good. Outwardly makes the A5 a very high-quality impression. The Galaxy A5 is leistungsstrak and the battery lasts a long time. The operating system is Android KitKat 4:44 is used. The camera takes good pictures and really great Full HD videos. I use the Galaxy now been 2 weeks and am very satisfied.
