Before now, we have been hearing rumors of the Samsung Galaxy A12 and Galaxy A02s. today, Samsung officially announced both smartphones as the first members of its Galaxy A (2021) lineup. On this page, we shall be looking at the Galaxy A12 specification, price, and release date to various markets.
Galaxy A12 Features
The Samsung Galaxy A12 succeeds the Galaxy A11 which was introduced in March, and it brings upgrades to the camera and battery departments. The Galaxy A11 came with a 4000mAh battery, while the Galaxy A12 comes with a 5000mAh battery. Both batteries charges at 15W.
The Galaxy A11featured a triple camera setup on the back – 13MP primary, 5MP ultrawide, and 2MP depth sensor units. The Samsung Galaxy A12, on the other hand, retains the ultrawide and depth sensors, but swaps the 13MP camera with a 48MP module, and gets a 2MP macro unit. These cameras are arranged in a square formation.
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The Samsung Galaxy A12 comes with a slightly larger 6.5-inch HD+ Infinity-V display that has a notch for the 8MP selfie camera (which remains unchanged from the Galaxy A11).
Under the hood, the Galaxy A12 packs an octa-core processor consisting of CPU cores clocked at 2.3GHz and 1.8GHz. the company does not say what chipset it used, but looking at the configuration it appears the smartphone is powered by the Helio P35 SoC.
Samsung also does not reveal what version of Android the Galaxy A12 boots too. The smartphone comes with 3GB, 4GB, or 6GB RAM onboard and has three storage options – 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB. You also get a microSD card slot for storage expansion by up to 1TB.
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The Samsung Galaxy A12 also features a side-mounted fingerprint reader, comes with the Samsung Knox security platform, and is offered in Black, Blue, White and Red colors.
Samsung Galaxy A12 Price and Release Date
The Galaxy A12 will be available from January 2021. The 64GB variant is priced at €179, and for €20 more, you can get double storage.
Samsung Galaxy A12 Specification
| NETWORK | |
| Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| 2G bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM only) |
| 3G bands | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
| 4G bands | LTE (unspecified) |
| Speed | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps |
| LAUNCH | |
| Announced | 2020, November 24 |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2021, January |
| BODY | |
| Dimensions | 164 x 75.8 x 8.9 mm (6.46 x 2.98 x 0.35 in) |
| Weight | 205 g (7.23 oz) |
| Build | Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame |
| SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| DISPLAY | |
| Type | TFT |
| Size | 6.5 inches, 103.7 cm2 (~83.4% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 720 x 1560 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~264 ppi density) |
| PLATFORM | |
| OS | Android 10 |
| CPU | Octa-core (2.3 GHz, 1.8 GHz) |
| MEMORY | |
| Card slot | microSDXC |
| Internal | 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM |
| eMMC 5.1 |
| MAIN CAMERA | |
| Quad | 48 MP, f/2.0, (wide), AF 5 MP, f/2.2, 115˚ (ultrawide) 2 MP, f/2.4, (macro) 2 MP, f/2.4, (depth) |
| Features | LED flash, panorama, HDR |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| SELFIE CAMERA | |
| Single | 8 MP, f/2.2 |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| SOUND | |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| COMMS | |
| WLAN | Yes |
| Bluetooth | Yes |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS |
| NFC | No |
| Radio | Unspecified |
| USB | USB Type-C 2.0 |
| FEATURES | |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (side-mounted); unspecified sensors |
| BATTERY | |
| Type | Li-Po 5000 mAh, non-removable |
| Charging | Fast charging 15W |
| MISC | |
| Colors | Black, White, Blue, Red |
| Price | About 180 EUR |
