Background and Identification

The Samsung Galaxy A72 is a midrange smartphone and spec-wise the top-tier of the Samsung Galaxy A series. It was announced on March, 17th 2021 at the awesome Unpacked event with the release following one week later. It features a 6.7 inch Super AMOLED screen with 90Hz together with a Snapdragon 720G octa-core chipset. The phone is equippe with a quad rear camera and is available with 128 or 256GB internal storage and up to 8GB of RAM.

The Galaxy A72 is available for about 400$ and offers the choice between four colors: Awesome Black, Awesome White, Awesome Violet, and Awesome Blue.

Technical Specifications

  • CPU: Qualcomm SM7125 Snapdragon 720G (8 nm) with an octa-core (2x2.3 GHz Kryo 465 Gold & 6x1.8 GHz Kryo 465 Silver) CPU and Adreno 618 GPU
  • Memory: 6/8 GB
  • Storage: 128/256 GB internal memory
  • Display
    • 6.7 inch
    • 2400 x 1080 pixels (~394 ppi density)
    • up to 90Hz
    • Corning Gorilla Glass 5, always on display
  • Cameras
    • Main Camera: Four-lens camera with a 64 MP, f/1.8, 26mm wide lens, a 8 MP, f/2.4, telephoto lens, a 12 MP, f/2.2, 123˚ ultrawide lens, and a 5 MP, f/2.4, macro lens
    • Front-facing Camera: 32 MP, f/2.2, 26mm wide lens
  • Ports and Connectivity
    • Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2,4 GHz + 5 GHz), VHT80
    • Bluetooth v5.0
    • GPS, Glonass, Beidou, Galileo, NFC (market/region dependent)
    • USB Type-C 2.0
  • Battery:
    • 5,000 mAh (typical) integrated li-ion battery
    • 25W Fast Charging
  • Dimensions
    • Size: 165 x 77.4 x 8.4 mm (6.50 x 3.05 x 0.33 in)
    • Weight: 203 g (7.16 oz)
  • Additional Features
    • IP67 water/dust resistance rating (1 meters underwater up to 30 minutes)
    • stereo speaker
    • 3.5 mm headphone jack
    • under display, optical fingerprint reader

Additional Information