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Samsung Galaxy A05
Series of Android smartphones From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Samsung Galaxy A05 and Samsung Galaxy A05s are Android smartphones created by Samsung Electronics. The smartphones were announced on 25 September 2023 and were released on 15 October[5] and 18 October 2023[6] respectively. It is part of the Samsung Galaxy A series.
On 6 March 2024, Samsung released the Samsung Galaxy M14 (not to be confused with Samsung Galaxy M14 5G),[7] and on 2 August 2024, Samsung announced the Samsung Galaxy F14.[8][9] Both the Galaxy M14 and Galaxy F14 are considered rebranded versions of the Samsung Galaxy A05s featuring different color options and memory configurations.[8][10]
On 10 September 2024, Samsung introduced the Samsung Galaxy M05 and on 17 September 2024, Samsung announced the Samsung Galaxy F05. Both the Galaxy M05 and Galaxy F05 are considered rebranded versions of the base Samsung Galaxy A05 model featuring different color options and memory configurations.[11][12]
There has been lot of criticism towards the reliability of the Galaxy A05/F05/M05, mainly caused by the issues with its touch screens.
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Design
The front is made of glass, while the back is made of glossy plastic with stripes on the Galaxy A05, plastic with leather-like texture on the Galaxy F05, simple glossy plastic on the Galaxy M05, and matte plastic on the Galaxy A05s, Galaxy F14, and Galaxy M14.
On the bottom side, there is a 3.5 mm audio jack, a microphone, a USB-C port and a speaker. On the top side, there is an additional microphone. On the left side, there is a single SIM or dual SIM tray depending on the Galaxy A05 and Galaxy A05s regional models or only dual SIM tray on other models. On the right side, there is the volume rocker and the power button, which has built-in fingerprint scanner on the Galaxy A05s, Galaxy F14 and Galaxy M14.
The smartphones are sold in the following color options:
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Specifications
Hardware
Galaxy A05, Galaxy F05, and Galaxy M05 are equipped with the MediaTek Helio G85 SoC with the Mali-G52 MC2 GPU, while the Galaxy A05s, Galaxy F14, and Galaxy M14 feature the Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G SoC with the Adreno 610 GPU.
Software
The Galaxy A05, Galaxy A05s, Galaxy F14, and Galaxy M14 were released with One UI Core 5.1 based on Android 13 and later were updated to One UI Core 6.1 based on Android 14. On the other hand, the Galaxy F05 and Galaxy M05 were released with One UI Core 6.0 based in Android 14[13][14] and later were updated to One UI Core 6.1.
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Reception
Sales
According to Counterpoint Research, Samsung Galaxy A05 was the number 10 best selling smartphone in the world in Q1 2024, and number 5 best selling Android smartphone in the same quarter.[15]
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