Samsung Galaxy A72

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Availability

Officially announced Mar 17, 2021
Prices (MSRP) €449

Design

Dimensions 6.50 x 3.05 x
165 x 77.4 x 8.4 mm
Weight 7.16 oz / 203.0 g
Materials Back: Plastic
Materials & Colors Black, Blue, White, Violet
Resistance Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics 2D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key

Display

Size 6.7-inch, 84.74% screen-to-body
Type Super AMOLED, 90Hz
Resolution 2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 393 PPI
PhoneArena Display Test
Bright Max (20 APL) Untested
Bright Min 1.6 (Good)

Hardware

System chip Snapdragon 720G SM7125 (8 nm)
Processor Octa-core
2x2.3GHz Kryo 465
6x1.8GHz Kryo 465
GPU Adreno 618
Memory 6GB/128GB (UFS)
8GB/256GB
Storage expansion microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS Android (11)
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Battery

Type 5000 mAh
Charging Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
Charge speed Wired: 25.0W
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Battery Life Estimate: 6h 22min
Browsing: 13h 42min
Gaming: 10h 5min
Video: 9h 19min

Camera

Rear Quad camera
Main camera 64 MP (OIS, PDAF)
Aperture size: F1.8
Focal length: 26 mm
Sensor size: 1/1.7"
Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera 5 MP (Ultra-wide)
Aperture size: F2.2
Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera 8 MP (Telephoto, OIS, Autofocus)
Optical zoom: 3.0x
Aperture size: F24.0
Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Fourth camera 5 MP (Macro)
Aperture size: F2.4
Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash LED
Video recording 4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p
Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording
Front 32 MP
Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth 5.0
WLAN a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band,802.1x
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Pedometer, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other NFC

Multimedia

Headphones 3.5mm jack
Speakers Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features Dolby Atmos
Screen mirroring Wireless screen share

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 32, 66
4G (TDD) Bands 38, 40, 41
3G Bands 1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
Dual SIM Yes
SIM type Nano SIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval Date approved: Jan 26, 2021
FCC ID value: A3LSMA725M
Measured SAR Head: 0.29 W/kg
Body: 0.30 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.56 W/kg
Wireless Router: 0.59 W/kg
EU SAR Head: 0.23 W/kgBody: 1.17 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage
Differences from the main variant:
Memory 8GB/256GB
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