The Samsung Galaxy A6 and Samsung Galaxy A6+ are mid range
Android smartphones produced by
Samsung Electronics
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. They were announced on 2 May 2018, first released in
Europe
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,
Asia
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, and
Latin America
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the same month, then released in South Korea,
Africa
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, and
China
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.
The Samsung Galaxy A6+ is rebranded in
South Korea
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as Galaxy Jean & in
China
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as Galaxy A9 Star lite.
Specifications
Hardware
The Samsung Galaxy A6 has a 5.6" Super AMOLED Infinity Display with a resolution of 1,480x720. It's powered by the octa-core 1.6 GHz Samsung Exynos 7870 processor. The phone also features a 3,000 mAh battery which does not support fast charging.
The Samsung Galaxy A6+ is a bigger variant of the normal A6 and has a Super AMOLED Infinity Display with a resolution of 2,220 x 1,080 pixels. It has a 16MP main camera and a 5MP depth camera on the rear as well as a 24MP camera on the front. On board is an octa-core 1.8 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 processor. The phone also has a 3,500 mAh battery which like the A6 does not support fast charging.
Camera
The Samsung Galaxy A6 has a 16MP (''f''1.7) camera on both the rear and front (''f''1.9).
The main camera on the Samsung Galaxy A6+ is 24 MPs (''f''.1.7) which is also accompanied by a 5MP (''f''.1.9) camera. On the front is a 16 MP (''f''.1.7) camera.
Software
Both the Galaxy A6 and A6+ come with
Android Oreo
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and
Samsung Experience 9.5. Samsung then provided an update to
Android Pie
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with Samsung's
One UI
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.
Critical reception
On May 1, 2018
CNET
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spoke positively about the cameras on the phone. CNET described Galaxy A6 and Galaxy A6+ as for users who like Samsung's designs but aren't all about the cost that comes with the
Galaxy S9+.
References
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