Hands-on review: CES 2015: Samsung Galaxy A3

By Gareth Beavis

The main thing to note about the Samsung Galaxy A3 is that it’s one of the first widespread phones from the South Korean firm that brings an all metal unibody.

That fact alone should be enough to make a few of you take a look at this hands on review, given this is something we’ve been begging Samsung for for a very long time.

The Galaxy S5 just didn’t match up to the iPhone 6 and HTC One M8 in the design stakes and while the Galaxy Alpha and Note 4 improved things, they still weren’t perfect.

So why make the A series, a lower-cost range of phones from Samsung, the first to use such a design outside of South Korea?

The thing is (and I feel almost bad for writing this after demanding that Samsung ups it design language for years) the Samsung Galaxy A3 still doesn’t feel that premium. The back metal plate feels hollow and slightly polycarbonate still, so if you’re looking to get an early peek at the Samsung Galaxy S6 Mini, this isn’t it.

But that’s unfair. This is a phone that’s going to be competing with the …read more

Source: techradar.com – Phones