Samsung Galaxy A70 review

Hey everyone over the past year and a

half the smartphone mid-range has become

the incredibly competitive flagship feature

has been brought down to more affordable

phones and Chinese manufacturers like

Xiaomi has been hitting hard in 2018

however Samsung sort of missed the mark

and now they're trying to up their

mid-range game with their newest a

series however the 400 euro or 400

dollar depending on where you live

the price segment is incredibly competitive

so what does the ACE 70 offer you for

the money I'm Angie for GSM marina and

this is our Samsung Galaxy a7 deep

review.

the galaxy a 70 is not a small phone

however, it's surprisingly thin for how

large it is the bezels are thin all

around.

although the bottom one is thicker than

the rest of the notch is small and in

contrast with the large screen you

barely notice it the plastic back which

Samsung coasts glass stick has a rainbow

gradient when it catches the light it

looks a little like the colors you'll

see from oil spilled on what asphalt

there's also the main triple camera

setup thankfully the cameras don't stick

out very much so the phone doesn't

wobble when it's on a desk the buttons

are nice and clicky and they're placed

in a more intuitive position than the

s10 series however the phone is still

pretty wide and Wow when UI helps a lot

it's not the easiest to use one-handed

the galaxy a70 collects fingerprints

pretty easily but while they're

noticeable the phone doesn't turn into

an oil slick tends to be a little

slippery but it's not like a bar of soap

unlike some phones still, I'd be pretty

careful with it especially around water

because it has even less IP protection

then the original Galaxy a series as far

as biometrics are concerned there's a

face unlock option and an optical

fingerprint reader if you get used to

where it is you can even unlock your

phone without needing to turn on the

display speaking of the six-point seven

inch AMOLED is the biggest selling point

of the Galaxy a7 T both figuratively and

literally, this is the biggest OLED

the screen you'll find in the mid-range

galaxy lineup and even one of the

biggest in Samsung's lineup aside from

the s10 plus 5g yeah it's not quite HD

like the s10 but it's a really good

display it's decently color accurate and

vivid mode and it's pretty much spot-on

in normal mode, brightness gets up to 407

it's if you bring it up manually and if

you're in auto mode it gets up to 607 so

sunlight legibility is great too and

short media consumption is really good

on this device, there's a headphone jack

on the bottom and sound isn't bad but

it's not earning any bonus points either

in some markets, there's also NFC for

easier Bluetooth connectivity if your

headphones aren't wired and for things

like Samsung pay, there's a tiny earpiece

above the notch but it's not used for

anything except for calls or there's no

stereo speaker setup instead there's a

single

onward firing speaker it has above

average loudness but isn't particularly

rich in terms of sound quality so I'm

right for the price range however

despite being thin the 70 is

packing a beefy 4,500 milliamp-hour

battery unsurprisingly it got an

impressive 103 hours on our battery life

tests it also includes faster charging

the 50 with its 25-watt charger mind

you this is faster than the s10 2 and

you can get from 0 to 42% in 30 minutes

of charging performance-wise the galaxy

is 70 performed well it was about 25%

faster in tasks that required the CPU

then the 50

however, the 50 was about 10 percent

faster with graphics performance, this is

pretty insignificant in day-to-day usage

and for most use cases but it's

interesting to note and it definitely

surprised us the a7ii sports Android Pi

with their newest one UI on top in

classic Samsung style it's still packed

full of customizations and features

however, it's a huge improvement to

previous generations because everything

is much cleaner easier to find and

perhaps most importantly much easier to

reach with just your thumb this is also

why the icons are so much larger too

Samsung also has their gestures

which work fine but honestly aren't the

most intuitive ones we've used other

than that, you'll still find an always-on

display with plenty of options a digital

well being submenu that shows you how

much you use your phone and three power

modes that give you a lot of control

over your power consumption the 70s

triple camera setup features a 32

megapixel main sensor and 8 megapixel

ultra-wide lens and a depth sensor sadly

none of them have oh is by default the

the phone shoots in 12 megapixels but you

can go to settings and change it to 32

instead

Samsung Galaxy A70 review

however, in high-res mode, there's no HDR

and unfortunately, take a second or two

longer to get your shot and the high-res

mode daylight shots aren't bad

however, detail levels aren't what you'd

expect from 32 megapixels photos are a

bit soft

despite software sharpening and though

this worked for things like grass you

can notice sharpening halos in a couple

of places still, the colors are quite

accurate source good contrast

spite the lack of HDR the Namek range is

good too in the default mode images are

good but detail and sharpness aren't the

most impressive we've seen on a

mid-range err colors and contrasts are

quite good and that anemic range is

simply excellent the ultra-wide lens

produces heavily distorted images still

it fits a lot in the frame so it's a

small price to pay

colors and contrasts are excellent and

the dynamic range is improved by the

auto HDR in low-light the 32 megapixel

photos are pretty bad so we'll just

stick with the default mode however it

still has poor levels of detail without

HDR the low-light photos tend to be

overexposed HDR fixes that but

introduces a few issues of its own among

which is uneven sharpness or extra

softness possibly due to the imperfect

photo stacking and good light portraits

are impressive with no abrupt

transitions in the background separation

they're not always perfect but even

flagships make blenders sometimes the

the front camera is also a 32-megapixel one

and it too shoots 12-megapixel photos by

default images are very detailed and

have excellent colors selfie portraits

are generally pretty good too but the

the phone struggles with my hair the

Galaxy a7 II can record 4k videos at

30fps

they're nicely detailed and have

excellent contrast and dynamic range

The colors are accurate too but sadly there

is no electronic stabilization in Full

HD footage is great too clips are highly

detailed sharp and with little noise

naturally, colors and dynamic range are

as good as in 4k a 70 is a really

a good all-around phone that extra-large

AMOLED is a rarity and it makes it

pretty easy to recommend however if you

don't need that bigger screen you don't

need that extra bit of battery life then

it goes with the galaxy a 50 for

90 bucks less you get pretty much the

same camera performance the same UI and

pretty much the same speed especially if

you get the version with 6 gigs of RAM

also if you're more interested in

photography and videography let's get

both of these phones pay 50 bucks more

and go with the pixel 3 a still it all

depends on what you need the most and

all in all the galaxy a 70 is one of the

best mid-range earns around