Samsung Galaxy A32

Samsung Galaxy A32 specs and price in Kenya

The Samsung Galaxy A32 price in Kenya starts at Ksh 32,500. It was announced in 2021, February 25 and it runs on the Mediatek Helio G80 (12 nm) processor with Mali-G52 MC2 GPU. The phone has 6GB RAM and 128 GB storage which is expandable. It also runs on Android 11 with One UI 3.1 and is powered by a Li-Ion 5000 mAh battery with 15W fast charging.

Features

The Samsung Galaxy A32 measures 158.9 x 73.6 x 8.4 mm (height x width x thickness) with a total weight of 184 grams. Coming to cameras, it has a triple 64MP + 8MP + 5MP + 2MP rear camera and a 20 MP front camera for selfies. This phone has a 6.4-inch (2400 x 1080 pixels) FHD+ Super AMOLED Display, 411 PPI, and Gorilla Glass 5 protection. It has a USB Type-C port for data syncing and charging. There is a fingerprint sensor present on the Galaxy A32 (under display, optical).

Launch

This phone, the Samsung Galaxy A32 was released on 2021, February 25. This phone has a 158.9 x 73.6 x 8.4 mm dimension and weighs about 184 grams. It is also a Dual SIM smartphone that uses Nano-SIM and has dual stand-by or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by). On the front is a dew-drop notch display wherein the selfie camera lies. Its back panel has a quad-camera module on the right-hand side. As for the fingerprint scanner, it is an under the display, optical scanner.

The Galaxy A32 comes in the color Awesome Black, Awesome White, Awesome Blue, and Awesome Violet. It makes use of the USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go, and has a 3.5 mm jack. The phone also has Bluetooth version 5.0, A2DP, LE, and GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS. It also supports Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot. As for radio (FM), the same is available just as NFC is very much present here.

Display

Now, let us take a look at the display this phone has to offer. Everyone loves a good display on a phone for obvious reasons. Namely, the display is the one part of a phone you will ever interact with. Samsung Galaxy A32 has an impressive Super AMOLED display panel that measures 6.4 inches, 98.9 cm².

This display has a decent 1080 x 2400  pixels resolution and an equally high 411 PPI density. As for the selfie camera, it is inside that dew-drop notch on the top center. This phone’s build is glass with a Glass front (Gorilla Glass 5), and glass back (Gorilla Glass 5). Galaxy A32’s display also has an 84.6 % screen-to-body ratio, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, 800 nits peak, and 90Hz refresh rate.

Network

The Samsung Galaxy A32 smartphone supports four network technologies. These are GSM, HSPA, and LTE. HSPA extends and improves the performance of existing 3G mobile telecommunication networks using the WCDMA protocols. LTE  is a standard for wireless broadband communication for mobile devices and data terminals, based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA technologies.

Global System for Mobile Communications is a standard developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to describe the protocols for second-generation digital cellular networks used by mobile devices such as mobile phones and tablets.

Platform

A phone platform is the hardware/software environment for tablets, smartphones, and other portable devices. Samsung Galaxy A32 runs on the Android 11 operating system. Android 11 is the eleventh major release and 18th version of Android, the mobile operating system developed by the Open Handset Alliance led by Google. Also powering the Galaxy A32 is an Octa-core (2×2.0 GHz Cortex-A75 & 6×1.8 GHz Cortex-A55), MediaTek Helio G80 (12 nm) chipset. This version of Android it runs is based on One UI 3.1.

Under the hood, it also brings a Mali-G52 MC2 GPU. The ARM Mali-G52 MP2 (or G52MC2) is an integrated mid-range graphics card for ARM-based SoCs (mostly Android-based). It was introduced in 2020 in the MediaTek Helio G80 with a clock speed of up to 950 MHz. The Galaxy A32 comes in these storages: 64GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 4GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM, and 128GB 8GB RAM.

Cameras

There are five cameras on the Samsung Galaxy A32. They are made up of a main 64 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), PDAF, 8 MP, f/2.2, 123˚, (ultrawide), 1/4.0″, 1.12µm, 5 MP, f/2.4, (macro) and a 5 MP, f/2.4, (depth). Its main feature is LED flash, panorama, HDR and it can shoot video up to 4K@30fps with the main camera, and 4K@30fps also with the selfie. Speaking of the selfie, on A32 there is a single 20 MP, f/2.2, (wide) shooter.

Battery

Samsung Galaxy A32 has a respectable Li-Ion 5000 mA, non-removable battery with fast charging 15W. It is a lasting battery given its 5,000 mAh capacity. It also has a fast-charging 15W – see the Galaxy A52 smartphone which you might also be interested in.