Samsung Galaxy A40 - user opinions and reviews
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- MNv
seth, 30 Mar 2024This has been truly helpful. I was contemplating the purchase of a used A40 that I saw in an a... moreIf not already, you can also look into the Samsung Galaxy S10e (launched around the same time as the Galaxy A40), it's a similar sized phone but with much more power, IP68 protection, (slightly) better battery and upgradable till Android 12: https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=9642&idPhone2=9537#diff-*,*,*
I didn't bought it at the time because was way out of my budget, but I bet it would be a great choice :]
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- MNv
This phone model doesn't stop to amaze me... About a week ago, I went for a 3 day hike with it, as it was my GPS guide. As known, this phone doesn't have any type of ingress protection, and as I caught heavy rain on 2 of the 3 days, when it started shutting down I thought it was done. However, after putting it on a rice bowl for a night, it resurrected. Still, the SIM card was constantly stopped being recognised, so I had to carry the eject PIN with me every time, and shutdown the phone to reinsert the SIM card. After another couple of nights on the rice bowl (this time with the SIM and microSD card tray out), it was fixed. The only damage left from this wet 3 day hike was that the volume down button apparently stopped working, but something I can live with (in fact it already have happened some weeks ago, but unexpectedly it started working again one day later). Rock on!
- mikicrep
- M00
a40 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> s24 ultra a40 better always
- seth
- nrr
blacknail, 17 Jan 2024Just finished reading all the comments here (don't ask why...) and so I just want to leav... moreThis has been truly helpful. I was contemplating the purchase of a used A40 that I saw in an advert. I am now encouraged to go for it. Thank you.
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- MNv
Just disabled the "Power Saving" option for good (trying to improve performance a bit). Let's see if I notice anything on both performance and/or battery life.
- Kees
- m4q
Great phone. everything you want for calling, music, fotos, movies, internet.
Nice and small in your pocket. 2 days battery time, still, after I have had it for 4.5 years. Can't beat this for 200E
- Xperia1V
- mXT
This phone is so tiny, and slippery, but as a budget phone, does feels nice to hold, taptics are horrible though, feels like a SIII vibration motor, the cameras do take pictures, but the 'pro' mode is very basic, as expected, only ISO, Exposure and White balance. It does feel slow, even though its my moms work phone and the one time I used it, it was waking up after a year hibernation. Its also becoming 5 years old, so I wouldn't recommend getting this low end phone and expecting more than a year or 2 more out of it.
- Anonymous
- pI%
I have this phone - thinking about upgrading. The current samsung A15/25 looks so bad compared to this. UGhhh. Much larger bezels, heavy, ugly huge screen. Samsung has gone completely backwards in time.
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- L93
Just finished reading all the comments here (don't ask why...) and so I just want to leave my 50 cents.
I bought my A40 on the summer of 2019, so hopefully reaching the 5-year mark soon. I see people here both praising or complaining about the A40, personally from my side it's been nearly perfect since day 1. Lighweight (I think one of the reasons why it didn't died yet from any fall) and compact enough, I was amazed when I've learned that I could buy a compact Samsung smartphone with an AMOLED screen, 4GB RAM and 64GB of ROM for 200€, as I always found Samsung phones overpriced. The truth is that as of today the screen is still great, you got a 3.5 mm jack, nice back fingerprint reader, decent photos and sound for the price, and the battery still lasts as it was brand new (to be honest, I take care of the battery as much as I can, I'm almost always near a socket, so trying to keep it always between 40%-80% - when not I try to have my 3000 mAh powerbank fully charged & nearby). Btw, A40's 15w fast charge is also fast enough for its battery size. Of course now I'm stucked on Android 11, but I still get apps updated regularly and working. Regarding the storage, 64GB nowadays is not that much, but I got a 512GB microSD card a couple of years ago, so now all the photos and videos live there, and I have enough free space on the main memory.
The only problems I had so far was that after ~2.5 years I had to change the main camera module as it stopped focusing (actually it happened 2x, but the second was only 1 year after, so it was under warranty, only payed for it once), and I also had to change the screen once (which was pretty fair, as the phone has been mistreated for years and it fell dozens and dozens of times). Using a case and screen protector from day 1 also helped on this. So occasionaly I have to order a pack of screen ptotectors, as they tend to get cracked with so many falls and so inevitably have to change it after some months. More recently it seemed that I'd also have to change the charging port (it stopped charging), but it turned out it was only dust/lint lodged in it - a can of compressed air solved the issue (also valid for the 3.5 jack port).
Other issues I started having after using my A40 for a while was that after some weeks without rebooting/turning it off, the fast charging and the fingerprint sensor stopped working, but it seems it must be some kind of messed up/full RAM problem, because as soon as I reboot the phone, both features start working again.
Finally, if I had to buy a new phone now, I think I would be in deep trouble finding a decent compact model, like the A40. Either I would have to buy a flagship one (Asus Zenfone 10, Samsung S23 or Google Pixel 8 - I would get some features way better of course, but I would also lose the card slot and the 3.5 mm jack, for instance), or I would have to bet on a bigger model: Sony Xperia 10 V is a little taller, although narrower - but then I could maintain the card slot, the 3.5 mm jack, and have 2.5x battery life, as the 5000 mAh battery makes the 10 V an absolute worldwide winner in what concerns battery life (it's 175h vs A40's 73h). I would also win stereo speakers and a IP65/68 rating. Cons: the price is considerably higher than the A40's when it came out - ~350€. But it seems to be the closest to a right choice right now, regarding compact midrangers. In fact, did I mentioned yet that I love my A40?
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- MNv
Alex, 30 May 2022This phone was a budget phone 4 years ago. *At the time of writing, 3 years ago
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- nyU
Great little phone. I have had it since the summer of 2019. I keep as a spare phone now. Some game apps (Tomb Raider 1 and 2) are not supported on my Google Pixel 7 pro so I use it quite often to play them games. The screen is lovely and find it more saturated than my Pixel 7 pro. The cameras are decent as well but obviously not up to Pixel 7 pro level. It's a nice phone to use as well for casual surfing of the web and YouTube.
Good back up phone.
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- Pete The Poof
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Anonymous, 25 Oct 2023After 4 years of use the charging is failing sometimes, the back cover is unglued and the volu... moreI had the same problem, it wont charge sometimes, and wont keep a charge. Purchased in 2019. Yep time for a new phone...
- Anonymous
- eLE
After 4 years of use the charging is failing sometimes, the back cover is unglued and the volume up button is not working anymore. Also the battery life has decreased notably.
Time to switch to a new one. It was an alright phone for its price although a bit slow.
- gziro 22
- pWv
lineage os 19.1 best performance ..update all device
- Mikicrep
- p@8
A40 best phone ever!!!!111!!!
Had to replace charging port 2 times!!!! Best phone!
Phone dropped a lot of times, no damage. Awesome fingerprint sensor.
Rommed to latest android 12 crdroid offical. Works 200x better than on One UI.
Rating 11/10 everyone should get A40
Display OLED is AWESOME. Only issue is that black color is a bit delayed.
* Daily using A40 since 14 January 2022.
- Anonymous
- 3aW
Had it until a week ago, worked perfectly but got an s23
- lusyfr
- ixj
Amazing phone...I have it for years, nothing broke, technology overgrow it but still works better than most new "hi tech" devices...I hope that I will be using it in years to come
- lusyfr
- ixj
Okoye, 11 Jul 2023Please does anyone else notice the missing screen record button?Its not missing, just hidden...learn to find it
- Okoye
- XBJ
Please does anyone else notice the missing screen record button?
- AnonD-1097303
- 3St
It's an alright phone. My mom has one.
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