Samsung has launched a new ultra-affordable smartphone in African markets. Samsung Galaxy A3 Core was first presented on its Twitter account by the Nigerian branch of the South Korean manufacturer, soon after the new phone went on sale in the country. Customers will pay 32500 Nigerian naira for it, which translates to a little under two thousand crowns. This isn't Samsung's first attempt to infiltrate the ultra-affordable smartphone segment. The newly introduced model was preceded by the A01 Core and M1 Core, which, when compared to the A3 Core, says a lot about the true nature of the phone.
The A3 Core is practically just renamed past A01 Core model, with which the new product shares all technical specifications. The A3 Core will thus offer a 5,3-inch PLS TFT LCD display with a small resolution of 1480 by 720 pixels, which is devoid of any "nonsense" and remains faithful to the classic flat design without protrusions for the selfie camera and with really large edges.
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The heart of the phone runs on a MediaTek MT6739 chipset with a quad-core Cortex-A53 processor with four cores clocked at 1,5 GHz with a PowerVR GE8100 graphics chip. The Samsung chipset added one gigabyte of operating memory and sixteen gigabytes of space in the internal storage. The phone offers a very popular feature in developing areas – Dual-SIM and can connect with other devices using modern Bluetooth 5.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n standards. Phone owners can also connect headphones the old-fashioned way via the classic jack.
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The price of a smartphone is thus certainly directly proportional to what customers can expect or rather not expect from the device. In our market, the A3 Core would clearly be the cheapest model from Samsung. Do you think it would succeed here, or do other manufacturers already have this segment in their power? Share your opinion with us in the discussion below the article.
