With the Galaxy A25 and Galaxy A05s, Samsung completes its affordable offering for the end of the year

The Galaxy A24 has not been really highlighted in France, but that doesn’t matter: its successor is already here. A few days after making an appearance in Italy, the Galaxy A25 5G is indeed official in France, therefore constituting the first ambassador of the new generation of Galaxy Ax5 smartphones, which will logically be deployed in 2024, after the Galaxy Ax4 in 2023.

Amoled and 120 Hz refresh for the Galaxy A25

The smartphone is in line with the Galaxy A24 regarding the screen: it is equipped with an Amoled panel which is therefore close to a Galaxy A34, one of the star mid-range smartphones in the South Korean ecosystem. Its 6.5-inch screen displays a Full HD+ definition (1080 x 2340 pixels) and promises a refresh rate – not adaptive, at this price level – of 120 Hz maximum, while the previous A2x did not exceed 90 Hz This screen certainly sports a water drop-shaped notch, which still characterizes entry-level smartphones, but it is included in a case whose design is reminiscent of that of more premium models.

Behind the shell of the smartphone hides the Exynos 1280 chip, announced in 2022 and designed for the entry-level, to which it brings a major advantage: compatibility with 5G. This chip clocked at 2.4 GHz is accompanied by 6 GB of RAM, while the previous Galaxy A2x started at 4 GB, while a storage space of 128 GB completes it. This is associated with a microSD port that can accommodate a memory card of up to 1 TB. Like its predecessors, the Galaxy A25 is equipped with a 5000 mAh battery which we hope will give it long-lasting autonomy. , which particularly characterized the Galaxy A23. Its charging should improve in speed, with Samsung announcing a power of 25 W, compared to 15 W for previous models.

The Galaxy A24 had already opted for a triple back photo module, a configuration which the Galaxy A25 5G inherits: the smartphone is entitled to a 50 megapixel main sensor flanked by a wide-angle lens (f/1.8), a second 8 Mpx sensor associated with an ultra wide-angle (f/2.2) and a third, more anecdotal, 2 Mpx (for macro, f/2.4 optics). On the front, it has a 13 Mpx camera dedicated to selfies. The smartphone, thus equipped, remains quite massive, with dimensions of 161 x 76.5 x 8.3 mm for 8.3 mm, in the wake of its predecessors. It also retains the price: like the Galaxy A23 in its time, the Galaxy A25 is announced at €319 in the 6/128 GB version and €379 in the 8/256 GB version. It benefits from one of the now essential features in the Samsung universe: the guarantee of four years of Android updates (although the version used at launch is not specified) and five years of security patches.

Galaxy A05s: the arrival of Full HD

Even less expensive, the Galaxy A05s accompanies the Galaxy A25 5G. At its price level, we are not surprised not to find an Amoled panel, but rather a 6.7-inch LCD screen, which however benefits from a Full HD+ definition (1080 x 2400 pixels), where the Galaxy A04s did not exceed HD+. The device is not entitled to 5G, and is based on a Snapdragon 680G chip accompanied by 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage (with microSD). The smartphone benefits, like the A25, from a 5000 mAh battery and 25 W charging, but also from a triple photo module. However, the ultra-wide-angle is replaced by a depth sensor (2 Mpx, f/2.4 optics). Samsung does not mention an update policy as generous as for its other products. As a result, count on a much more affordable price: the Galaxy A05s is announced at €169. Like the Galaxy A25 5G, it is currently listed on the Samsung website, but is not yet on sale; it should be available in the coming days.