Samsung Galaxy A70: Great Hands On Smartphone?

The Samsung Galaxy A70 is another Samsung phone that fills the gap between the top and bottom ends of the Samsung phone spectrum. With quality features at a great price, the Samsung Galaxy A70 is worth the deal – with its fast processor, long-lasting battery and triple camera setup – it puts some pricier flagships to shame. With lots of mid-range smartphones in the market, the Galaxy A70 stands out from the crowd.

Design & Build

The Galaxy A70 looks like a glass and metal phone but only the front is glass. The back and sides of the phone are plastic. However, the phone has its own appeal. It’s slim at 7.9mm, the rear contours are comfortable and with its glass impersonation, it’s a fairly convincing one.

Display

The Galaxy A70 has a Super AMOLED display, with a 2,400 x 1080 pixels resolution which makes it crisp. The 20:9 aspect is best suited for watching video content. The screen had bright colours and deep blacks. With 420 nit max brightness, the display is fairly bright.

Camera

The Galaxy A70 has a triple camera setup consisting of a 32MP primary lens, 8MP ultra wide lens and 5MP depth camera for portrait mode effects. The front camera has a 32MP lens.

The camera has features such as Live Focus mode which produces blurred background portrait shots – which uses both the 32MP and 5MP depth lens to produce photos which look pretty good.

Performance

The Galaxy A70 is powered by the Snapdragon 675 processor. The chipset provides a great balance between performance and battery life.

The phone has 128GB of storage and 6GB RAM which also makes day-to-day performance great. The transitions and animations are also smooth. There aren’t any lags in the interface and the multitasking performance is good.

Battery and other specs

The Galaxy A70 has a 4,500mAh battery which ensures a full day of charge. It’s also the first Samsung phone to support 25W fast charging. It can be fully charged in under two hours.

The phone runs on Android 12, which has Samsung’s One UI. That’s the interface you find on the S series flagships which is good for the A series smartphone.

Conclusion

The Samsung Galaxy A70 is a solid mid-range smartphone with the right specs for its price range. It has enough power, a good camera and a great battery which makes for a decent smartphone experience.