Chinese smartphone maker Lenovo on Tuesday launched two new budget-smartphones – Lenovo A5, Lenovo K5 Note (2018) – in China. At an event held in Beijing, Lenovo unveiled the two handsets, alongside the premium Lenovo Z5smartphone. The key highlight of the Lenovo A5 and K5 Note (2018) is the fullscreen design with 18:9 aspect ratio, but they do not sport the ‘notch’. Additionally, … Read more
After taking the trend of bezel-less flagships to new levels with the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8 models, Samsung is now seemingly working on the next-generation of its Galaxy A series that would include fresh Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5, and Galaxy A7. But ahead of any formal confirmation, the Galaxy A5 (2018) and the Galaxy A7 … Read more
Samsung India has quietly slashed price of its premium Galaxy S8+ smartphone in the country. The South Korean company has also reduced price of the Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A7 (2017) mid-range smartphones in India. The Samsung Galaxy S8+ is now available at a reduced price of Rs. 58,900 with a flat Rs. 6,000 price cut. The Samsung Galaxy A5 … Read more
The 2016 Galaxy A series was promised an update to 7.0 Nougat and a version of the software is already under testing – a Galaxy A5 (2016) posted a score to the Geekbench database running Android 7.0. Note that this was the version with an Exynos 7580 Octa chipset, something that may have an effect … Read more
Samsung appears to be wasting no time when it comes to its refreshed “A” lineup of handsets. They were officially announced only two days ago, followed by a speedy price reveal the same day and UK pre-orders the day after. Now we are seeing some case options for the new handsets as well. Both Galaxy … Read more
Samsung has started pushing out a new security update to its Galaxy A5 (2016) smartphone. Weighing in at under 11MB and arriving as firmware version XXS3BPLA, the update brings along Android security patches for the month of December. The update is currently hitting units in Europe, although other regions should get it soon as well. … Read more
Samsung has started pushing out a new update to its Galaxy A5 (2016) smartphone. Currently hitting unlocked models in Europe (specifically, the Netherlands), the update brings along Android security fixes for the month of November. Given that the update – which arrives as firmware version XXU3BPK1 – has just started rolling out, it may take … Read more
Samsung has started pushing out a new update to its Galaxy A5 (2016) smartphone. Currently rolling out in Europe and weighing in at over 20MB, the update brings along Android security patch for the month of October. In addition, the change-log for the update reveals that fix for a critical security flaw is also included, … Read more
Samsung has started rolling out the Marshmallow update to the first-generation Galaxy A5smartphone. Currently rolling out in Europe and South Africa, the update brings along Android version 6.0.1. Aside from the usual Marshmallow goodies, such as Doze, Google Now on Tap, and redesigned app permissions, the update also includes latest Android security patches. As is … Read more
Samsung is readying Android Marshmallow updates for the Galaxy A7 and the new Galaxy A5 (2016). bothfirmware improvements encompass the today’s Android OS version, entire with Doze mode, more desirable app permissions and advanced notifications. The latest safety patches are all covered in the new (June) builds, too. Russia is getting Marshmallow for both devices … Read more