Overview

- Release date: 2016, February
- Known as Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016), Samsung Galaxy A5 Duos (2016)
- Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) upgradeable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
- Size of 144.8 x 71 x 7.3 mm
- 155 grams

Display

- 5.2" FullHD resolution (1920 x 1080)
- Super AMOLED
- Screen-to-body ratio: ~72.5%
- 424 ppi density
- Corning Gorilla Glass 4

Memory

- 16 GB mass storage
- Expandable with microSD up to 256 GB
- 2 GB RAM (LPDDR3, 933 MHz)

Battery

- 2900 mAh Removable battery
- 18 hours talk time (3G)

Sensors

❌ Gyroscope
✔ Accelerometer
✔ Proximity
✔ Compass
❌ Barometer

Processor

- Qualcomm Snapdragon 615

(4 Cortex-A53 up to 1.2 GHz + 4 Cortex-A53 up to 1.5 GHz) Samsung Exynos 7580 Octa (8 Cortex-A53 up to 1.6 GHz)
- GPU: Adreno 405 GPU: Mali-T720 MP2

Cameras

- 13 MP (f/1.9) main
- 5 MP (f/1.9) front

✔ Optical Image Stabilizer
✔ Main LED flash
❌ Front LED flash

Sound

- Loudspeaker(s): Mono
- Microphone(s): Stereo

Connectivity

- Supports LTE-A up to 300 Mbps
- Bluetooth 4.1
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n

✔ Headphone jack
❌ Type-C USB
❌ OTG USB
✔ FM Radio
✔ NFC
❌ eSIM

· 2G networks
850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
· 3G networks
850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
· 4G networks
800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2300 / 2600

Additional features

- Dual SIM version
- Fast battery charging
- Fingerprint reader
- Samsung Pay