The Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) will receive Android 7 in January

Samsung Galaxy A5 2017

It's funny, but the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) will be one of the first smartphones of the company to receive the update to Android 7.0 Nougat, which we have already seen in testing phase in the Galaxy S7. Apparently, the tests on the mid-range mobile have finished, and in January the update to Android 7 for Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016).

Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) with Android 7

If you have a Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016), you have one of the most remarkable mobiles in the South Korean company's smartphone catalog. The smartphone has upper-middle-range components, with some characteristic inspired by flagships, such as the Super AMOLED screen, as well as with glass and metal design that characterizes the Samsung Galaxy S7. That is why it is also one of the preferred mobiles of users considering that its price is cheaper than that of flagships.

Samsung Galaxy A5 2017

Now we know that the mobile will also be one of the first of the firm to update to the new version of the operating system. Specifically, according to the Australian operator Optus, the testing phase of the new version of the operating system has already finished. And now the smartphone is ready to receive the new firmware. The date they set for receiving the update is January, so we can expect you to receive it on dates similar to those of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, but even more curious, on dates similar to those of the launch of the new Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017), the new version of this mobile, which would also arrive in January, and which would logically have Android 7.0 Nougat since launch.

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The Galaxy A family

This confirms that the smartphone family A Galaxy, It is as important for Samsung as the Galaxy S. It is logical if we consider that being high quality mobiles but with a somewhat cheaper price, they are more interesting for users who do not want to spend so much money, who do not have as much knowledge on the technical characteristics, and that they see in these mobiles an appearance very similar to that of the flagships. And the truth is that it is so. It remains to be determined whether in the market we can find similar mobiles with cheaper prices, something more than likely, but in any case, the fact of having elements such as a AMOLED screena glass and metal designAnd including with water resistance and fingerprint reader, as in the new generation of Galaxy A5 (2017), is something that makes them special mobile.


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