Samsung Galaxy A71 is a high-end Android smartphone designed, developed, marketed, and manufactured by Samsung Electronics as part of its Galaxy A series. The A71 line consists of SM-A715F/DS, SM-A715F/DSN and SM-A715F/DSM. Key upgrades over the previous model, the Samsung Galaxy A70, in addition to a newer operating system, Android 10, and chipset, the Qualcomm SDM730, and an improved camera. It was announced and released in December 2019. The phone has a Super AMOLED FHD+ 6.7" display, a 64 MP wide, 12 MP ultrawide, 5 MP depth, and 5 MP macro camera, a 4500 mAh battery, and an ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint sensor. A standard 5G variant of the phone was introduced in April 2020, as well as a 5G UW variant in July 2020.
Specifications
Hardware
The Galaxy A71 has a 6.7" Super AMOLED Plus Infinity O display with an FHD+ 1080 x 2400 resolution with a 20:9 aspect ratio and a ~393 ppi density with Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The phone itself measures x x and weighs whereas the 5G variant measures 162.5mm x 75.5 mm x 8.1 mm and weighs 185 g. The phone is powered by an Qualcomm SDM730 Snapdragon 730 octa-core chip and an Adreno 618 GPU. The 5G variant is powered by a Samsung Exynos 980 octa-core alongside a Mali-G76 MP5 GPU, and the 5G UW variant is powered by a Qualcomm SDM765G Snapdragon 765G octa-core and an Adreno 620 GPU. The phone comes with either 6GB or 8GB RAM as well as 128GB internal storage, which can be expanded via a microSD card of up to 512GB. It comes with a non-removable 4500mAh lithium polymer battery which charges with a 25W Super Fast Charger. It also has an in-display optical fingerprint sensor.
Cameras
The Samsung Galaxy A71 has a four camera setup arranged in an "L" shape located in the corner with a rectangular protrusion similar to that of the iPhone 11 and the Pixel 4. The array consists of a 64 MP wide angle camera, a 12 MP ultrawide camera, a 5 MP macro camera, and a 5 MP depth sensor. It also has a single 32 MP front facing camera, which sits in a small punch hole on the front of the screen. The rear facing cameras can record video up to 4K in 30 fps, as well as 1080p in 30, 240, and 960 fps. The front cameras can shoot 1080p at 30 fps. The rear cameras also have Super Steady OIS.
The Samsung Galaxy A71 was announced and released in December of 2019 along with the Galaxy A51. Samsung later announced a 5G variant in April 2020 featuring an Exynos 980 SoC. A 5G ultra-wideband version with mmWave support will be exclusive to Verizon powered by the Snapdragon 765G.
