Introduction
Whereas everybody marvels at Samsung’s newest and biggest Galaxy S sequence, for many individuals, these high-end units are both unattainable or downright pointless. If you have a look at the gross sales figures, it shortly turns into clear that Samsung’s A sequence has greater gross sales volumes than the S sequence, so it deserves our consideration as reviewers. As we speak, we’ve the most affordable smartphone of the A sequence – the brand new Galaxy A06.
Not rather a lot has modified in comparison with final yr’s Galaxy A05. To not be confused with the Galaxy A05s, which is an ever so barely higher-end gadget.
With the Galaxy A06, you continue to get a primary plastic construct with no official ingress safety, a modest 6.7-inch, 60Hz LCD show, a single loudspeaker, a fairly meager MediaTek Helio G85 chipset and solely 4GB of RAM and 64GB of expandable eMMC 5.1 storage within the base tier.
The digicam setup hasn’t modified both, with a 50MP principal cam and 2MP depth sensor on the again and a primary 8MP selfie up entrance. You continue to get a 5,000 mAh battery and 25W charging like final yr as properly.
Samsung Galaxy A06 specs at a look:
- Physique: 167.3×77.3×8.0mm, 189g; Glass entrance, plastic again, plastic body.
- Show: 6.70″ PLS LCD, 720x1600px decision, 20:9 facet ratio, 262ppi.
- Chipset: Mediatek Helio G85 (12 nm): Octa-core (2×2.0 GHz Cortex-A75 & 6×1.8 GHz Cortex-A55); Mali-G52 MC2.
- Reminiscence: 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM; eMMC 5.1; microSDXC (devoted slot).
- OS/Software program: Android 14, as much as 2 main Android upgrades.
- Rear digicam: Vast (principal): 50 MP, f/1.8, AF; Depth: 2 MP, f/2.4.
- Entrance digicam: 8 MP, f/2.0.
- Video seize: Rear digicam: 1080p@30/60fps; Entrance digicam: Sure.
- Battery: 5000mAh; 25W wired.
- Connectivity: LTE; Twin SIM; Wi-Fi 5; BT 5.3; 3.5mm jack.
- Misc: Fingerprint reader (side-mounted).
Actually, the one issues that appear to have actually modified from final yr’s Galaxy A05 to this yr’s Galaxy A06 are the colour choices and the inclusion of a side-mounted fingerprint reader within the energy button. Properly that and the intrinsic truth that you’re getting a more moderen gadget that begins out its life on Android 14 and is anticipated to get two extra main software program updates. Aside from that, properly, the Galaxy A05 is type of the identical telephone for much less cash.
That mentioned, we will not simply make a blanket assertion like that primarily based on specs alone and name it a day. We are going to dive deeper into what the Galaxy A06 presents on the next pages. Moreover, seeing how the Galaxy A05 by no means made it to our workplace final yr, it is a nice alternative to see how far alongside Samsung’s entry-level {hardware} has come.
Unboxing
The Galaxy A06 ships in a two-piece slide-out cardboard field. The insides are all cardboard, and the printing is finished utilizing soy ink. Whereas we undoubtedly recognize the eco-friendly strategy, that is most likely the flimsiest case we have encountered shortly. The cardboard is simply approach too skinny for transport. Our evaluation unit arrived with a fully demolished field. To be truthful, the precise telephone itself was superb and undamaged, however that simply looks like a bit miracle, given the state of the field.
The Galaxy A06 accent bundle does not earn any additional factors for the unboxing expertise both. Moreover the telephone itself, you solely get a passive USB Sort-C to Sort-C cable, a SIM ejector device and a few documentation. That is it. No charger, no case, nothing. It isn’t like it is a new growth, however in comparison with a few of the competitors, we really feel a bit let down by Samsung.