Samsung this week introduced Galaxy A60 and Galaxy A40s, new set of smartphones in the Galaxy A series in China and Hong Kong. It packs a 6.3-inch Full HD+ Infinity-O LCD display, compared to AMOLED Infinity-U screen on the A70, but this is powered by Octa-Core Snapdragon 675 with 6GB of RAM, runs Android Pie with Samsung One UI, features a 32-megapixel rear camera with f/1.7 aperture, secondary 5-megapixel camera for portrait shots and an 8-megapixel 123° ultra wide-angle lens, similar to the A70.
It has a 16-megapixel front camera, gradient back, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, hybrid dual SIM slot and a 3500mAh battery with fast charging, but this lacks the 3.5mm audio jack. Some reports say that it uses screen sound technology that uses the phone’s screen as an earpiece.
Samsung Galaxy A60 specifications
- 6.3-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ Infinity-O LCD display
- 2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 675 Mobile Platform with Adreno 612 GPU
- 6GB RAM, 128GB Storage, expandable up to 512GB via micro SD card
- Android 9.0 (Pie) with Samsung One UI
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
- 32MP rear camera with LED flash with f/1.7 aperture, 5MP depth sensor with f/2.2 aperture, 8MP 123° ultra-wide angle camera with f/2.2 aperture
- 16MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture
- Fingerprint sensor
- USB Type-C audio, Dolby Atmos
- Dimensions: 155.2 x 73.9 x 7.9mm ; Weight: 162g
- Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), VHT80, Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS, USB Type-C
- 3500mAh battery with fast charging
The Galaxy A40s is the variant of the M30, but this comes with a 6.4-inch HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity-V display, instead of Full HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity-U display on the M30. Other specifications including triple rear cameras that includes a 13-megapixel main camera, 5-megapixel camera for portrait shots and a 5-megapixel 123-degree ultra-wide lens, Exynos 7904 14nm SoC, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner and a 5000mAh battery with support for 15W fast charging are similar.
Samsung Galaxy A40s specifications
- 6.4-inch (1560 × 720 pixels) HD+ 19.5:9 Super AMOLED Infinity-V display
- Octa-Core (1.8GHz dual + 1.6GHz Hexa) Exynos 7904 14nm processor with Mali-G71 GPU
- 6GB LPDDR4x RAM, 64GB storage, expandable up to 512GB via micro SD card
- Android 9.0 (Pie) with Samsung One UI
- Dual SIM (nano + nano + microSD)
- 13MP rear camera with LED flash, f/1.9 aperture, 5-megapixel secondary camera with f/2.2 aperture, 5MP ultra-wide angle camera with 123-degree wide-angle lens
- 16MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture
- Fingerprint sensor
- Dimension: 158.4×74.9×7.4mm; Weight: 174g
- 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio, Dolby Atmos
- Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 5, GPS + GLONASS
- 5000mAh battery with fast charging
The Samsung Galaxy A60 comes in Black, Blue and Orange colors, is priced at 1999 yuan (US$ 298 / Rs. 20,685 approx.) and will go on sale in China from later this April. The Galaxy A40s comes in Black, Blue and Gold colors, is priced at 1499 yuan (US$ 223 / Rs. 15,510 approx.) and will go on sale in China soon.