Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) vs Samsung Galaxy A32 5G Specs Comparison

Design

Dimensions
5.33 x 2.61 x 0.31 inches 135.4 x 66.2 x 7.9 mm	6.46 x 3.00 x 0.36 inches 164.2 x 76.1 x 9.1 mm
Weight
4.87 oz (138.0 g)	7.23 oz (205.0 g)
Materials
Back: Glass Frame: Aluminum	Back: Plastic Frame: Plastic
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black sky, Gold sand, Peach cloud, Blue mist	Awesome black, Awesome white, Awesome blue, Awesome violet

Display

Size
4.7-inch	6.5-inch
Resolution
1280x720px, 312 PPI	1600x720px, 20:9 ratio, 270 PPI
Technology
Super AMOLED	TFT
Refresh rate
	90Hz
Screen-to-body
67.85 %	81.58 %
Features
Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 (14 nm)	MediaTek Dimensity 720 MT6853 (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1600 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x 2.0GHz Cortex-A76 + 6x 2.0GHz Cortex-A55
GPU
Mali-T830 MP2	Mali-G57 MC3
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB (UFS 2.2)
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (13, 12, 11)

Battery

Type
2350 mAh	5000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

7h 56min

Browsing

18h 45min

Video

11h 26min

Gaming

10h 32min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Quad camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9	48 MP (Autofocus, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Fourth camera
	2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (30 fps)
Front
8 MP	13 MP Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
802.11 a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot	802.11 a,b,g,n,ac Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
USB
Type-C	Type-C, USB 2.0
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers)
Other
NFC, ANT+, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM

Cellular

5G
	Bands n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n78, n79
4G (FDD)
Bands 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20	Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 66(AWS-3)
4G (TDD)
Bands 40
3G
Bands 5, 8, 2, 1	Bands 1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Dec 21, 2016 FCC ID value: A3LSMA320F	Date approved: Mar 08, 2021 FCC ID value: A3LSMA326U
Measured SAR
Head: 0.45 W/kg Body: 0.74 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.56 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.94 W/kg	Head: 0.57 W/kg Body: 1.17 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.02 W/kg

Buyers information

MSRP
	€ 280
In The Box
	Phone, USB Type-C cable, SIM ejector tool, Papers

Availability

Officially announced
Jan 02, 2017	Jan 13, 2021

Alternative variants

Dual SIM	Yes

with 128GB storage

Memory	6GB/128GB
MSRP	€ 300

Links

Full specifications
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2017) Specs	Samsung Galaxy A32 5G Specs
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