Samsung SPH-A960 vs Samsung Galaxy A56 5G Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
	Mar 01, 2025
Prices (MSRP)
	8GB/128GB - $499

Design

Dimensions
3.46 x 1.81 x 0.96 inches 88 x 46 x 24 mm	6.39 x 3.05 x 0.29 inches (~0.35 inches with camera bump) 162.2 x 77.5 x 7.4 mm (~8.9 mm with camera bump)
Weight
3.55 oz / 101.0 g	6.98 oz / 198.0 g
Materials
	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP67
Biometrics
	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
Numeric keypad, Soft keys, Notification light
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Camera shutter	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
	Pink, Olive, Graphite, Lightgray

Display

Size
	6.7-inch, 87.64% screen-to-body
Type
TFT	Super AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1900 nits
Resolution
220x176px	2340x1080px, 19.5:9 ratio, 385 PPI
Colors
262 144
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+
Additional display
96 x96 px, TFT, Colors: 65 536

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	1715 (Good)
Bright Min
Untested	1.6 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
	Samsung Exynos 1580
Processor
	Octa-core 1x2.9GHz 3x2.6GHz​ 4x1.9GHz
GPU
	Xclipse 540
Memory
0.128GB	8GB (LPDDR4)/128GB (UFS 3.1) 8GB/256GB 12GB/256GB
Storage expansion
	not expandable
OS
	Android (15)

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1361
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	3894
3D Mark High
Untested	1322
3D Mark Low
Untested	1313

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Battery

Type
1000 mAh, Li - Ion	5000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 45.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

7h 3min

Browsing

17h 46min

Video

9h 9min

Gaming

10h 11min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
1.3 MP (Mirror)	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Sensor size: 1/1.56" Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/3.06" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	5 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4
Flash
Yes	LED
Video recording
220x176	4K UHD (30 fps)
Front
	12 MP Video capture: 4K UHD (30 fps)

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

122

Overall

131

Photo

113

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
1.2	5.3
WLAN
	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Yes	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
2.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
	Earpiece, Multiple speakers

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, SA, NSA, Sub-6
4G (FDD) Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 25, 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
SIM type
	Dual Nano SIM + eSIM

Phone Features

Notifications
Polyphonic ringtones (72 voices), Vibration, Phone profiles, Speakerphone
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice recording, TTY/TDD

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Nov 16, 2005 FCC ID value: A3LSPHA960
Measured SAR
Head: 1.39 W/kg Measured in: 1900 MHz Body: 0.86 W/kg Measured in: 1900 MHz

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

With 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	12GB/256GB

Links

Full specifications
Samsung SPH-A960 Specs	Samsung Galaxy A56 5G Specs
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