The Samsung Galaxy A31 has been announced, and it is actually bringing a bit of class to the affordable smartphone market. Comparing to it Galaxy M31, the phone is more slender due to the taller aspect ratio of its 6.4 inch Super AMOLED screen. The phone also has an in-display fingerprint reader instead of a rear-mounted one. Read on to see other features and full specification of the Galaxy A31.
Samsung Galaxy A31 Features
The Samsung Galaxy A31 screen has 1080p+ resolution and a U-shaped notch on its top edge which houses the 20MP selfie camera. The 20:9 aspect ratio makes the A-series phone to be 2mm narrower than the Galaxy M31, it is also a fraction thinner and lighter.
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The quad camera you will find at the back looks and functions similarly to the M-phone. It comprises of a 48MP main sensor (f/2.0 aperture, 0.8µm pixels), 8MP ultrawide-angle cam (123°), a 5MP dedicated macro shooter and a 5MP depth sensor.
Samsung did not reveal much detail about the chipset, but leaked benchmarks point to a MediaTek Helio P65 chipset. It has two Cortex-A75 CPU cores, which are newer and more powerful than the four A73 cores inside the Galaxy M31. Even so, the performance battle between the two will be close.
The Samsung Galaxy A31 comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB storage as a standard with a 6GB/128GB option for those who want more. It also has a dedicated microSD card slot which can be used to expand the storage up to 512GB.
The Galaxy A31 is also powered by a 5000mAh battery, which supports 15W fast charging through the USB-C port.
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Samsung Galaxy A31 Price and Availability
The Galaxy A31 will be offered in four colour variants – Prism Crush Black, Prism Crush Red, Prism Crush Blue, and Prism Crush White. The availability and pricing will be revealed soon.
Samsung Galaxy A31 Specification
| NETWORK | |
| Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| 2G bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) |
| 3G bands | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
| 4G bands | LTE (unspecified) |
| Speed | HSPA, LTE-A |
| LAUNCH | |
| Announced | 2020, March 24 |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2020, April |
| BODY | |
| Dimensions | 159.3 x 73.1 x 8.6 mm (6.27 x 2.88 x 0.34 in) |
| Weight | 185 g (6.53 oz) |
| SIM | Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| DISPLAY | |
| Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 6.4 inches, 98.9 cm2 (~84.9% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~411 ppi density) |
| PLATFORM | |
| OS | Android 10.0; One UI 2.0 |
| CPU | Octa-core (2×2.0 GHz & 6×1.7 GHz) |
| MEMORY | |
| Card slot | microSDXC |
| Internal | 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM |
| MAIN CAMERA | |
| Quad |
48 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/2.0″, 0.8µm, PDAF 8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0″, 1.12µm 5 MP, f/2.4, (macro) 5 MP, f/2.4, (depth) |
| Features | LED flash, panorama, HDR |
| Video | Yes |
| SELFIE CAMERA | |
| Single | 20 MP, f/2.2, (wide) |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| SOUND | |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| COMMS | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, LE |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS |
| USB | 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go |
| FEATURES | |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| BATTERY | |
| Non-removable Li-Po 5000 mAh battery | |
| Charging | Fast charging 15W |
| MISC | |
| Colors | Prism Crush Black, Prism Crush Blue, Prism Crush Red, Prism Crush White |
