The Samsung Galaxy A72 price in Kenya is 51,300 shillings for the 128GB version with 8GB RAM. It was announced in 2021, March 17 and it runs on the Qualcomm SM7125 Snapdragon 720G (8 nm) processor with Adreno 618 GPU. The phone has 6/8GB RAM and 128GB or 256GB storage which is expandable. It also runs on Android 11 with One UI 3.1 and is powered by a 5,000 mAh battery with 25W fast charging.
Features
The Samsung Galaxy A72 measures 165 x 77.4 x 8.4 mm (height x width x thickness) with a total weight of 203 grams. Coming to cameras, it has a quad 64MP + 8MP + 5MP + 2MP rear camera and a 32 MP front camera for selfies. This phone has a 6.5-inch (2400 x 1080 pixels) FHD+ Super AMOLED Display, 405 PPI, Adaptive 90Hz refresh rate, and Gorilla Glass protection. It has a USB Type-C port for data syncing and charging. There is a fingerprint sensor present on the Galaxy A72 (under display, optical).
Launch
This phone, the Samsung Galaxy A72 was released on 2021, March 17. This phone has a 165 x 77.4 x 8.4 mm dimension and weighs about 203 grams. It is also a Dual SIM smartphone that uses Nano-SIM and has dual stand-by or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by). On the front is a hole punch display wherein the selfie camera lies. Its back panel has a quad-camera module on the right-hand side. As for the fingerprint scanner, it is an under the display, optical scanner.
The Galaxy A72 comes in the color Blue, Lavender, White, and Black. It makes use of the USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go, and has a 3.5 mm jack. The phone also has Bluetooth version 5.0, A2DP, LE, and GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS. It also supports Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot. As for radio (FM), the same is available just as NFC is very much present here.
Display
Now, let us take a look at the display this phone has to offer. Everyone loves a good display on a phone for obvious reasons. Namely, the display is the one part of a phone you will ever interact with. Samsung Galaxy A72 has an impressive Super AMOLED display panel that measures 6.7 inches, 108.4 cm2.
This display has a decent 1080 x 2400 pixels resolution and an equally high 405 PPI density. As for the selfie camera, it is inside that hole punch on the top center. This phone’s build is plastic with a Glass front (Gorilla Glass), glastic back, and an aluminum frame. Galaxy A72’s display is also graced with 90Hz, 87.2% screen-to-body ratio, Corning Gorilla Glass, and Always-on display.
Network
The Samsung Galaxy A72 smartphone supports four network technologies. These are GSM, HSPA, and LTE. HSPA extends and improves the performance of existing 3G mobile telecommunication networks using the WCDMA protocols. LTE is a standard for wireless broadband communication for mobile devices and data terminals, based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA technologies.
Global System for Mobile Communications is a standard developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to describe the protocols for second-generation digital cellular networks used by mobile devices such as mobile phones and tablets.
Platform
A phone platform is the hardware/software environment for tablets, smartphones, and other portable devices. Samsung Galaxy A72 runs on the Android 11 operating system. Android 11 is the eleventh major release and 18th version of Android, the mobile operating system developed by the Open Handset Alliance led by Google. Also powering the Galaxy A72 is an Octa-core (2×2.3 GHz Kryo 465 Gold & 6×1.8 GHz Kryo 465 Silver), Snapdragon 720G (8 nm) chipset. This version of Android it runs is based on One UI 3.1.
Under the hood, it also brings an Adreno 618 GPU. The Qualcomm Adreno 618 is a mobile graphics card for upper mid-range smartphones and tablets (mostly Android-based). It is included in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 and 730G SoCs and based on the Adreno 600 architecture (like the Adreno 630, which should be fully compatible with software). The Galaxy A72 comes with 128/256 GB of internal storage with 6/8 GB of RAM.
Cameras
There are five cameras on the Samsung Galaxy A72. They are made up of a main 64 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), PDAF, 8 MP, f/2.4, (telephoto), 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom, 5 MP, f/2.4, (macro) and a 2 MP, f/2.2, (depth). Its main feature is LED flash, panorama, HDR and it can shoot video up to [email protected] with the main camera, and [email protected] also with the selfie. Speaking of the selfie, on A72 there is a single 32 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8″, 0.8µm shooter.
Battery
Samsung Galaxy A72 has a respectable Li-Po 5000 mAh, non-removable battery with fast charging 25W. It is a lasting battery given its 5000 mAh capacity. It also has a fast-charging 25W – see the Galaxy A52 smartphone which you might also be interested in.
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