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smartphone produced by Samsung Electronics. It was introduced on 2 December 2015, along with '' Galaxy A5 (2016)'', '' Galaxy A7 (2016)'', and '' Galaxy A9 (2016)''.

Hardware

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410 in select markets, both of which feature a processor with four ARM Cortex-A53 cores accompanied by a Mali-T720MP2 GPU. The smartphone has 1.5 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage, with support for removable MicroSD cards of up to 128 GB. The device's MicroSD card slot has been designed to allow insertion of a SIM card, and thus ''Galaxy A3 (2016)'' can also be used in Dual SIM mode. In

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, it is exclusively sold as Samsung Galaxy Feel, with 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage, with support for removable MicroSD cards of up to 256 GB, as well as a Samsung Exynos 7870 processor, Android 7.0 Nougat with Samsung Experience UI and

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rating for water and dust resistance.

Design

Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016) has an aluminium and glass body, unlike

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, the ''A3 (2016)'' has a larger display compared to the display of predecessor ''Galaxy A3''. The ''A3 (2016)''’s display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 4, also on the back side of the phone.

Availability

The Galaxy A3 (2016) was released in China on 15 December 2015, followed by other countries in the 1st Quarter of 2016. As of April 2016, this model is available in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia. It is not available in North America and India; there, only ''Galaxy A5 (2016)'' and ''Galaxy A7 (2016)'' are available.

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