Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016) or Samsung Galaxy A3 2016 Edition is an Android smartphone produced by Samsung Electronics. It was introduced on 2 December 2015, along with Galaxy A5 (2016), Galaxy A7 (2016), and Galaxy A9 (2016).
Hardware The 2016-release Galaxy A3 is equipped with the Exynos 7578 system-on-chip, which has two clusters of four cores, but Samsung decided to lock one cluster for unknown reasons. The smartphone has 1.5 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage, with support for removable MicroSD cards of up to 128 GB. The device's MicroSD card slot has been designed to allow insertion of a SIM card, and thus Galaxy A3 (2016) can also be used in Dual SIM mode.
In Japan, it is exclusively sold as Samsung Galaxy Feel, with 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage, with support for removable MicroSD cards of up to 256 GB, as well as a Samsung Exynos 7870 processor, Android 7.0 Nougat with Samsung Experience UI and IP68 rating for water and dust resistance.
Design Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016) has an aluminium and glass body, unlike Samsung Galaxy A3, the A3 (2016) has a larger display compared to the display of predecessor Galaxy A3. The A3 (2016)'''s display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 4, also on the back side of the phone.
Availability The Galaxy A3 (2016) was released in the 1st Quarter of 2016. As of April 2016, this model is available in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia. It is not available in North America and India; there, only Galaxy A5 (2016) and Galaxy A7 (2016)'' are available.
Variants ModelProcessorSIMRegionSM-A310FSamsung Exynos 7578SingleEuropeSM-A310F/DSDualEastern Europe, Middle East, Africa and AsiaSM-A310YSingleAustralia and New ZealandSM-A310MSingleBrazil and Latin AmericaSC-04J (known as Samsung Galaxy Feel)Samsung Exynos 7870SingleJapan
References
External links Samsung Official Product Page GSMArena