Buy For
- Nice display
- Great performance
- Good battery backup
- Sufficient storage
- Nice cameras
Beware of
Verdict
The Samsung Galaxy A40 is a flagship offering from the brand that comes with all the features to provide great performance. The device includes an impressive set of cameras, huge battery capacity and immersive display, which altogether gives a great user experience. To make thing better, it has an elegant body one would love to flaunt. However, Fast Charging support should have been included in this price range.
When power meets performance
Display and Camera
The Samsung Galaxy A40 comes with a 5.9-inch Super AMOLED display having a screen resolution of 1,080 x 2,340 pixels and a density of 437 PPI. It can provide a sharp and crisp viewing experience.
In terms of the optics, it comes with a dual rear camera having 16MP + 5MP lenses. It can capture amazing pictures with a natural colour reproduction with a pinch of brightness. At the front, there is a 25MP lens to capture a selfie and make video calls.
Configuration and Battery
The device has been equipped with an octa-core (1.8GHz dual-core Cortex A73 + 1.6 GHz hexa-core, Cortex A53) processor, which is seated upon the latest Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904 chipset. With the power-packed processor, it can provide great performance and the addition of 4GB RAM makes the multitasking and gaming faster. The Mali-G71 MP2 GPU handles the graphics of the device.
The whole function of the device runs with the help of the power backup provided by the Li-ion battery having a capacity of 3,100mAh. It provides an ample amount of power to keep the device active all through the day.
Storage and Connectivity
The Galaxy A40 comes with an inbuilt storage 64GB, which is sufficient to keep the data and files f the users, There is an external memory slot that can be expanded up to 512GB via a microSD card.
For the connectivity, it comes with Wi-Fi 802.11, Mobile Hotspot, Bluetooth, GPS with A-GPS, Glonass, NFC and microUSB 2.0.
Samsung Galaxy A40 price in Kenya was expected to be K Sh. 19,500. This is 4 GB RAM / 64 GB internal storage base variant of Samsung Galaxy A40 which was expected to available in Black, Blue, Orange, White colour.
