Samsung Galaxy A42 4G Specifications And Price

The Samsung Galaxy A42 4G is the standard version of the Galaxy A42 and the device comes with an impressive body design and great specifications. In this post, we will be looking at the smartphone’s full specifications with the price and availability.

Design And Display

The Samsung Galaxy A42 comes with a nice and amazing body that is wrapped with all plastic and still brings in a new premium body feel. It has a smooth panel housing the cameras set up, an LED flash, and also a Samsung logo. It measures 162.2 x 76.5 x 8.9 mm in dimensions and weighs 193 grams.

The smartphone features a large screen size of 6.1 inches under a Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen. The screen has a resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels, a 20:9 ratio, and 432 PPI density. It also reaches an 81.2% screen-to-body ratio.

Samsung Galaxy A42
Samsung Galaxy A42

Camera Features

On the camera setup, it comes with triple rear cameras that consist of 48 MP with 8 MP and 5 MP sensor. The camera features Autofocus, Continuous shooting, Digital zoom, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Touch focus, Face detection, White balance settings, and ISO settings. It comes with an LED flash and can shoot 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps video resolution. The front camera on the device is 25 MP with Face ID and 1080p@30fps videos.

Hardware And Software

On the hardware, the Samsung Galaxy A42 packs a Mediatek MT6768 Helio P65 chipset that is based on a 12nm process node and the chip has an octa-core processor clocking at a speed of 2×2.0 GHz Cortex-A75 & 6×1.7 GHz Cortex-A55. It has a Mali-G52 MC2 GPU for graphics and runs on Android 10 OS with One UI 2 on top.

Storage Capacity And Sensors

The internal storage on the phone is 64GB coupled with 4GB RAM for a solid performance. The phone will run sensitive games with ease and the storage can further be expanded using a micro SDcard. The sensors on the device are Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, and compass.

Battery Power And Network Connectivity

There is a battery of 3500 mAh that comes with fast charging technology. The Samsung Galaxy A42 also comes with a 4G LTE network but lack 5G. It has Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot, A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, FM radio, Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE and 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector.

Samsung Galaxy A42 Full Specifications

Model Name Samsung Galaxy A42
Announced 2020, July
Market Availability Available

Network

Network Type GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900)
5G Network No
Network Speed HSPA, LTE-A / 5G
Network GPRS Yes
Network EDGE Yes
SIM Type Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Body

Body Build Glass front, Plastic back
Body Dimensions 162.2 x 76.5 x 8.9 mm
Body Weight 193 grams
Protection n/a
Body Colors Black, White, Blue

Display

Display Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Display Size 6.1 inches
Display Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio
Display Multitouch Yes
Display Pixel Density 431 ppi density
Display Screen Protection Yes Corning Gorilla

Camera

Primary Camera 48 MP + 8 MP + 5 MP
Secondary Camera 25 MP
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Camera Features LED flash, panorama, HDR
Camera Flash Yes

Platform

Operating System Android
OS Version 10
User Interface Yes

Hardware

Chipset Mediatek MT6768 Helio P65 (12nm)
CPU Octa-core (2×2.0 GHz Cortex-A75 & 6×1.7 GHz Cortex-A55)
Graphics processor (GPU) Mali-G52 MC2
System Internal Memory 4 RAM
Internal Storage 64 GB
Storage Card Slot Yes
Sensors Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Connectivity

Wi-Fi Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct
Wi-Fi Hotspot Yes
Bluetooth Yes, 4.2, A2DP
USB Type Type – C
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC

Battery

Battery Type Li-Po Battery
Battery Capacity 3500 mAh battery
Battery Placement Non-removable
Fast Charging Yes
Wireless Charging No
Battery Standby
Battery Talk Time
Battery Music Play Time

Media

Audio Playback Yes, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI, WAV, AC3, FLAC
Video Playback Yes, 3GP, Mp4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 player
Video Out n/a
FM Radio n/a
Alert Types Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones
Ring Tones MP3, WAV
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack Yes

Other Features

Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email
Browser HTML5
Java n/a
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Samsung Galaxy A42 Price And Availability

The Samsung Galaxy A42 will sell for $178 and will also ship in Black, White, and Blue colors.

Where To Buy Samsung Galaxy A42


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