Samsung Galaxy A7 Officially Announced with Metal Unibody

| Updated: Monday, January 12, 2015, 18:06 [IST]

Samsung Galaxy A7 has been official announced. The metal covered smartphone with optional dual-SIM functionality will be available at the end of Q1 this year in two different chipset configurations. The handset is the slimmest offering with metal unibody to date.

Samsung Galaxy A7 flaunts a 5.5" HD Super AMOLED display. The device's specs include a 13MP main camera, 5MP front-facing snapper, and connectivity suite is supported by Cat. 4 LTE.

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Samsung Galaxy A7 Officially Announced with Metal Unibody

The smartphone is based on Android 4.4 KitKat with TouchWiz UI. An update to Android 5.0 Lollipop will be rolled out soon. The Samsung Galaxy A7 is 151 x 76.2 x 6.3 mm, while it weighs upto 141 grams.

The Galaxy A7 is clocked by a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC or 32-bit Exynos 5430 solution. Both the chipsets features octa-core CPU 1.5GHz quad A53 + 1.0GHz quad A53 for the Snapdragon 615 and 1.8GHz quad A15 + 1.3GHz quad A7 for the Exynos 5430.

Both versions of the smartphone will offer 2GB of RAM and 16GB of built-in memory. A microSD card slot is available for further expansion. A 2,600mAh battery powers the device.

Samsung Galaxy A7 will be available in dark blue, white, or gold color schemes. The Korean tech giant promises a "competitive price point" for the device.