Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 pre-booking started in India: Other alternative smartphones to consider

Galaxy A5 (2017) has been launched in India.

| Updated: Tuesday, March 14, 2017, 13:23 [IST]

Samsung launched the Galaxy A5 (2017) and Galaxy A7 (2017) in India. These phones feature the IP68 rating for both water and dust resistance. There is a metal frame and 3D glass back offering a premium look.

Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 pre-booking started in India

The Galaxy A5 features USB Type-C port, Always-on Display, fast charging, and supports the yet to come Samsung Pay too. When it comes to key specs, this phone has a FHD 1080p 5.2-inch Super AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass 4 on top. There is an octa-core processor powering this phone from within.

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The other main aspects of the newly launched Galaxy A5 (2017) include a fingerprint sensor, 4G VoLTE, NFC, and a 3,000mAh battery with support for adaptive fast charging. The phone will be released in the country from March 15 in Gold Sand and Black Sky color options. The pre-bookings for the same has already started so that interesting users can book one for them before the actual release.

Today, we have listed the rivals of this new Samsung phone that you can consider buying more or less in the same price range.

OnePlus 3T

Buy At Price of Rs 29,999
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Key Specs

5.5-inch (1920×1080 pixels) Full HD Optic AMOLED display with 2.5D curved Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection
2.35GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 821 64-bit processor with Adreno 530 GPU
6GB LPDDR4 RAM, 64GB / 128GB (UFS 2.0) storage
Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) with Oxygen OS
Dual nano SIM slots
16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash
16MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor
Bottom-facing speaker, dual microphone for noise cancellation
4G LTE with VoLTE
WiFi 802.11ac dual-band (MIMO)
3400mAh battery with Dash Charge

HTC 10 Lifestyle

Buy At Price of Rs 37,000
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Key Specs

5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Super LCD display with Corning Gorilla Glass Protection
1.6 GHz Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor with Adreno 305 GPU
3GB RAM with 32GB storage
expandable memory up to 2TB with microSD
Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with HTC Sense UI
Dual Nano SIMs
13MP rear camera with LED Flash
5MP front-facing camera
HTC BoomSound, 24-bit Hi-Res audio certification, Dolby Audio
4G LTE
2700mAh battery

Vivo V5 Plus

Buy At Price of Rs 27,745
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Key Specs

5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD In-Cell display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection
2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 processor with Adreno 506 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB internal memory
Dual SIM (nano + nano)
Funtouch OS 3.0 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
16MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.0 aperture, PDAF
20MP front-facing camera
secondary 8MP front camera
Fingerprint sensor
4G LTE
WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS
3160mAh battery with fast charging

HTC Desire 10 Pro

Buy At Price of Rs 26,746
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Key Specs

5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass Protection
1.8 GHz Octa-core MediaTek Helio P10 processor with up to 550MHz Mali T860 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB internal storage
expandable memory up to 2TB with microSD
Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with HTC Sense UI
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano/microSD)
20MP rear camera with dual LED flash
13MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor, HTC BoomSound
4G LTE
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4GHz + 5GHz)
Bluetooth 4.2, GPS
3000mAh battery

Honor 8

Buy At Price of Rs 26,239
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Key Specs

5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD 2.5D curved glass display, 96% NTSC color gamut
Octa-Core Kirin 950 (2.3GHz 4 x A72 + 1.8GHz 4 x A53) 16nm processor with Mali T880-MP4 GPU
3GB RAM with 32GB storage
4GB RAM with 32GB / 64GB storage
expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with EMUI 4.1
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano/microSD)
12MP dual rear cameras with dual-tone LED flash
8MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor, Infrared sensor
4G LTE
3000mAh (typical) / 2900mAh (minimum) battery with fast charging