Samsung Galaxy A10 Series

Processor: Mediatek Helio 20 Helio P22 MT6762, Samsung Exynos Exynos 7884B
Graphics Adapter: ARM Mali-G71 MP2, Imagination PowerVR GE8320
Display: 5.83 inch, 6.20 inch
Weight: 0.141kg, 0.168kg
Price: 150, 180 euro
price: 70%, performance: 69%, features: 63%, display: 56%
mobility: 84%, workmanship: 77%, ergonomy: 76%, emissions: 95%

 

Samsung Galaxy A10

With the introduction of the latest generation of the Samsung Galaxy A series, Samsung has officially announced that it is replacing the J series with the A series. This means that the A series now offers phones from the low range, mid-range and higher mid-range that are almost as good as the S series. With this announcement, it has also released a few new devices and one of them is the Galaxy A10. The A10 essentially replaces the low-end phone under the J series from last year. For a start, it comes with a full screen design with relatively small bezels. It is also thin and light weight. With the reduced bezels and the teardrop notch like the rest of the bigger A series, Samsung has managed to include a 6.2-inch display. Unlike its bigger siblings, the display is a standard IPS LCD panel with a 720 x 1,520 pixels giving it a pixel density of 271 PPI. The screen is rather bright and sharp compared to the others in this price range. It is shipped with an Exynos 7884 Octa processor coupled with 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage. The phone has a dedicated micro SD slot for storage expansion. In terms of photography, it has a 13 MP camera on the rear and a 5 MP selfie camera. Nothing much can be expected from this camera as the photo quality is on the lower side. However, the rear one can produce some useable photos for regular social media posting. The Samsung Galaxy A10 comes with the industries latest Bluetooth 5.0 and it includes the head phone jack. Inside, there is a 3,400 mAh battery to provide decent screen-on-time but is rechargeable via the older micro USB port. It comes in blue, black and red color. The Samsung Galaxy A 10 may not sound compelling enough but given its price point, it is one hell of a deal. It has a very good screen, decent performance and relatively good camera. In many ways, the A10 is a budget Chinese phone killer. It provides a better Android smartphone experience compared to what the cheaper phones from Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo can provide. These phones may be slightly cheaper but they usually have bigger drawbacks in more than one area and the screens give away their cheaper price. User reviews have put the screen in the A10 to be better than some of the mid-range phones in the market such as the Xiaomi Redmi Note 7. Unless a person’s budget is below the retail price, we can’t think of a reason to not choose this phone compared to the rest. Hands-on article by Jagadisa Rajarathnam

Specifications

Notebook: Samsung Galaxy A10
Processor: Samsung Exynos Exynos 7884B
Graphics Adapter: ARM Mali-G71 MP2
Display: 6.20 inch, 19:9, 1520 x 720 pixels
Weight: 0.168kg
Price: 150 euro
Links:  Samsung notebook section

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Average Score: 75.5% - good

 

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Samsung Galaxy A10e

Specifications

Notebook: Samsung Galaxy A10e
Processor: Samsung Exynos Exynos 7884B
Graphics Adapter: ARM Mali-G71 MP2
Display: 5.83 inch, 19.5:9, 1560 x 720 pixels
Weight: 0.141kg
Price: 180 euro
Links:  Samsung notebook section

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Average Score: 50% - poor

 

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Samsung Galaxy A10s

Specifications

Notebook: Samsung Galaxy A10s
Processor: Mediatek Helio 20 Helio P22 MT6762
Graphics Adapter: Imagination PowerVR GE8320
Display: 6.20 inch, 19:9, 1520 x 720 pixels
Weight: 0.168kg
Price: 150 euro
Links:  Samsung notebook section

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Average Score: 77% - good

 

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Comment

Samsung: The Samsung Group is composed of numerous international businesses, all united under the Samsung brand in South Korea. The meaning of the Korean word Samsung is "tristar" or "three stars". The Samsung brand is one of the most important brands of South Korea. Samsung is an international notebook manufacturer of medium size according market shares and reviews.

In 2015 and 2016, Samsung had a market share of around 24-25% in the global smartphone market and was undisputed market leader. In the laptop sector, Samsung is on the 8th place in the global manufacturer rankings from 2014-2016 with 1.7-2.7%.

 

In 2016 Samsung slipped into a crisis due to exploding smartphone batteries and a failed recall action.

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Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.

ARM Mali-G71 MP2: Integrated GPU that can be found e.g. in the Mediatek Helio P23 SoC with 700 or 770 MHz clock speed. Supports OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.0, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 11 FL11_1 and RenderScript.

These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.

Imagination PowerVR GE8320: Integrated graphics card for mid-range ARM SoCs.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

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Samsung Exynos:

Exynos 7884B: Exynos 7 Series SoC that includes two big Cortex-A73 cores clocked at up to 1.6 GHz and six power efficient Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.35 GHz. The integrated LTE modem supports 150 MBit/s Download and 50 MBit/s Upload. Wifi 4 (802.11 b/g) and Bluetooth 5.0 are also integrated.

Mediatek Helio 20:

Helio P22 MT6762: ARM based octa core SoC (8x ARM Cortex-A53) clocked at up to 2 GHz. The chip also includes a Cat.7 LTE modem (300 Mbps download).

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

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» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

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0.141 kg:

Only few smartphones are more lightweight than this.

0.168 kg:

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73.26%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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