Samsung Galaxy A80: Unboxing and First look and opinion
july 20
This is the brand new mid-range smartphone from Samsung, powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 chipset, and it's got some pretty cool features. Comes in at around 47,900 Rupees here in the India. If you wanna pick this up, we'll leave a link in the below the post.
Let's just get straight to the unboxing. Right, so let's get it outside of the box. This is the black version that we have here.
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| Samsung Galaxy A80 box view |
It's also available in a few different color options, a gold, as well as a silver-white sort of a color.
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| Samsung Galaxy A80 color variant |
You can see some of the key features on here, already.
Key Features of Samsung Galaxy A80
1. Infinity display
2. Rotating Camera
3. Fast Charging
Inside the Box
1. SIM Ejector Tool2. Paperwork
3. USB Type-C to USB Type-C cable
4. 25 Watt supercharger
5. Type-C Earphones
Let's see what else we get inside the box.
Right, so inside the box you do get a SIM card ejector tool. You get some paperwork, a USB Type-C to USB Type-C cable. Now, traditionally you do get USB Type-A to USB Type-C, but we do have USB-C on both ends, and that should mean faster transfer speeds, but also, faster charging, and we have a super fast charger here.
This is a 25 Watt super charger. So, that's faster than what we've got on the S10s. That's really cool, and finally, we also have some earphones.
Now, these earphones are USB Type-C, and of course, that means that the A80 does not have a 3.5mm jack, so. It is nice that they've at least included some USB Type-C earphones. You also get some spare ear tips with this, as well.
Design
Now, let's get to the phone. Samsung Galaxy A80 does look very very slick and premium. The plastic at the back.
We also have some plastic at the front, but it looks like we do have a pre-applied screen protector. We do have the pre-applied plastic screen protector which is always a nice touch, and this has a flat display. So you should pretty easily be able to get a glass screen protector, as well, if you'd like.
Screen Size and Display
Right, now let's take a closer look at the Samsung Galaxy A80, and the first thing we do need to talk about is this display. This is what Samsung is calling the new Infinity display, and this is the first display of this kind from Samsung. So, you've got no notch, no punch-outs, and this has a very high screen to body ratio.
This is a Super AMOLED display, 6.7 inches, and it is has a 4HD Plus resolution. Looks absolutely stunning. Now, one thing you might be thinking is 6.7 inches. So, it definitely a very large display, and it's quite a large phone, as well.
Let's compare it to the S10 Plus and the S10 5G, and here you can see that not only is the A80 larger than the Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus, remember this is the "Plus" version, not the regular S10, but it's also larger compared to the S10 5G, which is already quite a large device.
So, the A80, a big phone, and that's something to bare in mind. It's also something to 220 grams, so it's pretty heavy, too.
Camera
Now, most of you guys will already know that the reason that we don't have a notch or a cut out is because the A80 has a little party trig, and the rear-facing cameras are the same as the front-facing cameras, and that's because we have a pop-up rotating camera module. Let's check this out. So, as soon as you switch on the front-facing camera, this pops up and rotates. So, a very interesting implementation, quite different to what we see on lots of other different devices.
Right, so what cameras do we have? Well, there's a primary 48 megapixal camera with an f/2.0 aperture. Then we have a 8 megapixel ultra-wide camera with an f/2.2 aperture and around 123 degree angle of view, and finally, we have a 3D depth camera with an f/1.2 aperture, and this is gonna help with depth information, not just for images, but for video, too.
Now, remember, because this is a pop-up rotating camera module, you are going to be getting the same rear-facing cameras or the front-facing cameras, and that includes the ultra-wide, which is definitely quite cool, and also, rear-facing cameras, you've got better quality. You've got up to 48 megapixels, and this means that selfies should be really good. We really want to test this out.
If you wanna see a Brand Beast camera comparison of the Samsung Galaxy A80 versus another device, definitely let me know which device you'd like me to compare this to, and I'll try to get on to that as soon as possible.
Back Panel
For the build, very premium, indeed. We've got a metal frame with glass parts on the front and back. The front is flat, but the back is curved, which makes this a little bit more comfortable to hold. We don't have any water resistance rating, of course because of that rotating camera module, and how durable this will be, I'm not sure. We're gonna have to wait for a durability test. I'm pretty sure it's going to be generally okay.
Performance and Storage
Now, as mentioned towards the beginning, Samsung Galaxy A80 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 chip set. So, we don't have the flagship 855 chip set, however, the 730 is very very capable and should be absolutely fine for most people, and it comes with general day to day usage, as well as, gaming.
We do have 8 gigabytes of RAM with 128 gigabytes of storage. Now, you can't expand that storage. So, this is one of the first times Samsung is not including expandable storage, and as mentioned earlier on, we also do not have a 3.5mm jack.
More Features
1. On Sides
A). Bottom
So, let's take a look around the device. At the bottom, you'll see that we've got a USB Type-C port. We do have the SIM card tray, and then we've got a botfiring speaker. Now, this is a single botfiring speaker, so you don't get stereo sound, although you do have Dolby Atmos support.
B). Right Side
On the right-hand side, we've got a power button.
C). Left Side
On the left-hand side, we've got the volume buttons.
D). Top
We don't have anything apart from a secondary mic, and that is because we've got this pop-up rotating camera module.
Now, we do have an in-display fingerprint scanner, which does seem to work pretty well. As far as I'm aware, this is an optical in-display fingerprint scanner, not an ultrasonic one like we've got in the S10 and S10 Plus. So, it's not going to especial accurate as those devices, but nevertheless, it does work really well.
3. Storage
Inside here, we do have a 3700 mAh battery. Unfortunately, there's no wireless charging, but we do have 25 watt fast charging, which is definitely really good. How long this battery is gonna last on day to day usage, of course, I'm gonna have to let you know.
4. Software
Finally for software, we do have Android Pie, with One UI on top. Now, One UI is definitely one of my favorites skins on Android. It's very clean. It's very good for one-handed usage. It brings everything down to a more reachable position, which is gonna be even more important because of this very large 6.7 inch display, and there's also a dark mode that runs across the theme, which I really really like.
As mentioned before it sports a Triple Camera Set-Up which also rotates
to take Selfie pics as well. The primary sensor is a 48-MP one with an
f/2.0 lens and a 8-MP secondary sensor with Ultra-Wide-Angle 123-degree
f/2.2 lens. There is also a 3D depth camera for better focus and better
results. A80 packs in a 3700 mAh battery with 25W Fast Charging support
with Type-C port and talking of ports please note that there also is no
3.5 mm Headphone Jack as well, but has Dolby Atmos with Bluetooth 5.0.
Galaxy A80 runs on One UI on top of Android Pie and has Always ON
display.
After debuting a couple of months ago in Thailand Samsung launched the
Galaxy A80 in India today at 47,990. It will go on sale from 1st of
August and pre-booking will start from 22nd July.
Samsung is on a
launch spree for the past few months and the latest addition is Galaxy
A80 with the company's New Infinity Display, this display is Samsung
first go at Notch-less design language.
The display is a Full-HD+ 6.7
inch Super-AMOLED panel with 20:9 aspect ratio which also has a
Finger-Print Sensor underneath it. It's powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon
730 processor with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage and please note
that there is no memory card support unlike other Samsung devices
The phone also has a Dolby Atomos surround sound experience. In
addition, it has preloaded features such as super steady mode and live
focus video.
Apart from this, the company said that there is a Sean Optimizer that can detect and extend up to 30 views.
On
the storage front, the Samsung Galaxy A80 has 128 GB of onboard storage
which is not expandable through the MicroSD card. Connectivity options
include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS / A-GPS and USB
Type-C. Finally, the phone packs a 3,700mAh battery which supports 25W
Fast Charging
Galaxy A80 is available with one 8 GB and
128 GB variant and is priced at 47,990 with lower than the Global price
of 50,000 (EUR 649). It is pitted against the likes of OPPO Reno 10x
Zoom, One Plus 7 Pro etc. A80 will be available across E-commerce sites,
Retail Stores and Samsung Opera House. It comes in three colour
variants which are Phantom Black, Ghost White and Angel Gold.