The Galaxy A series has a new junior member – a successor to last year’s A03s and an upgrade to the latest A04. The new model appeared in Northern Europe without a launch party, so availability details are still to be known.
The Samsung Galaxy A04s is a very entry-level phone, but it’s a capable phone. It comes with Android 12 and One UI Core 4.1, the latest version of Samsung’s custom UI.
The company is mum on the chipset, but we believe the Exynos 850. With eight Cortex-A55 cores, the Helio P35 is faster than last year’s A03s and an 8nm chip, so it should be significantly more efficient. From the 28nm Unisoc chip in the current Galaxy A04. There are versions with 3 and 4GB of RAM and 32, 64 or 128GB of built-in storage. The phone has a microSD slot so you can easily add more.
Another improvement over the “s” model is the display – still a fairly basic 6.5″ PLS LCD with 720 x 1,600px resolution (20:9), but now boasting a smoother 90Hz refresh rate (up from the standard 60Hz). On the display is the usual 5MP selfie camera. It’s a photo camera.
There is a triple setup on the back, but only one special module – the 50 MP main camera. Like the A04, it can record 1080p video at 30fps. Also a 2 MP depth sensor and an additional 2 MP module, a macro camera.
The battery, like the other A0x models, has a 5,000mAh capacity. It’s enough for up to 90 hours of music playback or 21 hours of surfing the web (on Wi-Fi). One much-needed improvement here is that charging is done via USB-C. It still lacks fast charging, but we’re glad the microUSB port is gone.
Before concluding, we should mention a few other good things. There is a 3.5mm headphone jack with Dolby Atmos support. This is a dual-SIM phone (with a dedicated microSD slot) and 4G connectivity, plus Wi-Fi 5 (ac) and Bluetooth 5.0. Finally, there is a fingerprint reader on the side.
The new Samsung Galaxy A04s in black, green, white and copper
No word on the price of the Samsung Galaxy A04s. Although only white and green are listed on Samsung’s online store, four colorways are available: black, green, white and copper. Speaking of which, A04s are listed in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. However, there is no stock yet.
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