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Samsung Galaxy A42 5G
Samsung Galaxy A42 5G is a smartphone released in November 2020. Key specs: screen size 6.6″, refresh rate 60 Hz, chipset Qualcomm SM7225 Snapdragon 750 5G, RAM 8 GB.
6.0Score
Display5.0
Performance3.3
Camera6.7
Battery4.0
Features7.1
price range$260–330Reference price converted from EUR
- Released
- November 2020
- Type
- Smartphone
- Brand
Samsung- Popularity
- #305 of 4,088
- Model numbers
- SM-A426BSM-A426B/DSSM-A4260SM-A426USM-A426U1SM-A426N
6.6″Screen size
60 HzRefresh rate
Snapdragon 750Chipset
8 GBRAM
48 MPMain camera
5,000 mAhBattery capacity
15 WWired charging
193 gWeight
Spec guide
How it ranks among smartphones of 2020
Screen size · 6.6″Top 24%Refresh rate · 60 HzBottom 39%RAM · 8 GBTop 28%Main camera · 48 MPTop 38%Battery capacity · 5,000 mAhTop 23%Wired charging · 15 WBottom 25%Weight · 193 gBottom 44%
Compared with smartphones released in 2020. Bars show the share of models it beats.
compared with other smartphones
Why is Galaxy A42 5G a good choice?
Selfie camera: 20 MPbetter than 73% of smartphones
Weak points
Pixel density: 266 ppiworse than 84% of smartphones
AnTuTu score: 324,686worse than 85% of smartphones
Wired charging: 15 Wworse than 85% of smartphones
Geekbench 6 (multi-core): 1,910worse than 75% of smartphones
Specifications
Full specifications
Design
- Weight
- 193 g
- Thickness
- 8.6 mm
- Height
- 164.4 mm
- Width
- 75.9 mm
- Frame
- Plastic
- Back
- Plastic
- Glass protection
- Corning Gorilla Glass 3
- Colours
- Prism Dot Black, Prism Dot White, Prism Dot Gray
Display
- Screen size
- 6.6″
- Panel
- Super AMOLED
- OLED panel
- Yes
- Resolution (width)
- 720 px
- Resolution (height)
- 1,600 px
- Pixel density
- 266 ppi
- Refresh rate
- 60 Hz
- Peak brightness
- 500 nits
- Measured brightness
- 570 nits
- Screen-to-body ratio
- 84.3%
Performance
- Chipset
- Qualcomm SM7225 Snapdragon 750 5G
- Process
- 8 nm
- CPU cores
- 8
- CPU frequency
- 2.2 GHz
- AnTuTu score
- 324,686
- Geekbench 6 (multi-core)
- 1,910
Camera
- Main camera
- 48 MP
- Main camera aperture
- f/1.8
- Rear cameras
- 2
- Optical stabilisation
- No
- Ultra-wide camera
- Yes
- Telephoto camera
- No
- Max video
- 4K
- 4K video frame rate
- 30 fps
- Selfie camera
- 20 MP
- 4K selfie video
- No
Battery
- Battery capacity
- 5,000 mAh
- Battery type
- Li-Po
- Wired charging
- 15 W
- Charged in 30 min
- 27%
- Wireless charging
- No
Connectivity
- 5G
- Yes
- eSIM
- No
- Dual SIM
- Yes
- Wi-Fi standard
- Wi-Fi 5
- Bluetooth
- 5
- NFC
- Yes
- USB
- USB Type-C 2.0
- USB version
- 2
- Satellite navigation
- GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Features
- Stereo speakers
- No
- 3.5 mm headphone jack
- Yes
- Loudspeaker loudness
- -30.1 LUFS
- Fingerprint sensor
- Under display
- Sensors
- Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
- SAR (head)
- 1.15 W/kg
Specs are collected from manufacturers and open databases and normalised to one format; check details with the seller before you buy.
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