Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) - user opinions and reviews
- Miki
- SnK
Perfect phone. I have been using it from 2018. All was super until recently when i had a problem with software - not displays all sits correctly. I will buy again Samsung A 54
- Anonymous
- apL
Great phone brought 2017 still avilable 2023 april but know to old screen is broken version is old but to much memorial phone phone batery still good miss this phone onece this gone in big water and bring out after 30mins and nothing wit this
- alisnd89
- GvH
i got that phone in 2017 and used it until 2021 , five years in total and it was amazing.
compact, water resistant, good battery, amazing screen and very clear camera photos.
I can still use it today but unfortunately I cracked the screen by accident but it still works great.
- Joe Good
- GJv
I have two, been using one since new. Sturdy enough, expandable micro SD card, and great processing power for the price.
- Kk
- YQL
Brought in 2017 ... still using in day to day life.
Great phone.. Good battery life.. Water resistant phone.. Good work Samsung
- Kingkong
- 8md
What a great phone! I ve been using it for five years now, had to replace display once, but it was worth it. Exellent battery, nice camera, still very fast. Nice work, Samsung guys.
- TOPGEAR20200
- pKD
Genuinely a decent phone saying that its 6 years since my mum bought it, its been 3 years since she gave it me, cracked it, looks kinda better tbh. its worked fine for WhatsApp but NOT for gaming. it does the job until i get her s10+ soon.
- MR. OLDIES GOODIES
- J2I
Now summer of 2022! I took pictures in 5 meters deep water and listened to FM Radio! yeah! ::)))
- Bache
- 04T
Really strong and durable phone.Used it over 4 years and now my son is using it still no problems
- Anonymous
- m}B
User, 23 Nov 2022Yesss, I love it, too bad, I had to change it for a higher O.S. version. I even love its cam a... moreSometimes you can download older APK versions and still manage despite having an obsolete OS.
- User
- fvE
Anonymous, 20 Nov 2022Great quality! My mom's phone is still going strong. AccuBattery estimates only 7% loss/w... moreYesss, I love it, too bad, I had to change it for a higher O.S. version. I even love its cam and how sharp the photos can be.
- Anonymous
- m}B
Great quality! My mom's phone is still going strong. AccuBattery estimates only 7% loss/wear over five years. Fantastic! Putting today's phones to shame.
- maudlin
- pH1
What a rollercoaster of a phone. My gf had this phone as daily use and I was suffering for her cause the phone was literally always full, like you couldn't install any new app. There was like 100MB free space in it.
One day I decided to root her phone, but I messed up somehow and I had to give her my phone and I took an old one.
Since the root, battery drained like crazy which I don't understand why since everybody tells you that if you root you get better battery especially if you remove bloatware apps.
I installed every app that could help with battery drain. Magisk, AccA (+ ACC Magisk module), LSPosed, ForceDoze, SuperFreezZ, AdAway, BetterBatteryStas (BBS). I gave up and I was so sorry with my failure cause I was convinced I could resolve that stupid 'not enough space' problem.
A month ago I researched again in xda and I downloaded hadesRom Pie which is the latest that have radio FM working (which my gf wants) and also has dark mode.
I degoogled and removed everything from the rom, from Google Services to Samsung bloatware, I just wanted a clean and light rom.
Flashed rom + Magisk and battery was still draining like crazy 3%+ /hour with screen off and basically few apps installed (it was draining over 40% during nights.. crazy). I thought I had to replace the battery but still I was not convinced, because before the root battery was perfect.
But then out of nowhere a Magisk module called LSPosed needed to be upgraded to v1.8.5, I did, it rebooted and battery now is great.
At the end I managed to have 21GB of free space out of 32GB with few apps installed, not bad at all.
With AccuBattery I can see it drains about 27 - 80 mA when screen is off. Also battery health is 2070 mAh out of 3000 mAh which is undestandable after 5 years, so with a new good battery would last longer.
Real phone use might tell another story of course.
If I knew I had to sweat like this, I wouldn't had touched anything. But now I might take back my phone :D
- Pedro
- m}9
The best phone I ever had!
Had to let it go, after I took a swim with it and realized that the IP68 are not that safe. At least, not after 3 years of use.
Until his last day, it worked like it was his first. Beautiful shell, amazing screen, good cameras, fast, the battery was not bad and the best part, I could use it with one hand!
- Sam Sam
- s8H
one of the most well built long lasted mobile. Comparing to this, today's mobiles are low quality and high priced.
- Maggog The Ogre
- pu8
this is perfect phone
today's a53 a52 is cheaper material built
full of plastic, but this a5 2017 is fully back front glass and metal frame
i liked the smooth glass back
- Anonymous
- i2Y
brkekz, 03 Sep 2022samsung stopped these kind of phones since the a7 2017 (it was the top of the a series) now a ... moreI agree wish they’d come back to this designs quality
- Jack90
- iLH
Best phone ever,best procesor,awesone screen,batery great,samsung great work 2017 year...
- brkekz
- 3MI
Anonymous, 02 Sep 2022That was and still is a perfect phone. Why samsung doesnt do the phones like A5 any more?! Ev... moresamsung stopped these kind of phones since the a7 2017 (it was the top of the a series) now a series are bunch of junk with nothing inside the box, some phones in 2018-2019 even had micro usb instead of type c with a crap screen quality and a bad battery life. 2017 was the best year for a series. still using a a5 2017 and if you think about it its qualitier than a a53 these days
- Anonymous
- 3@9
That was and still is a perfect phone. Why samsung doesnt do the phones like A5 any more?!
Every single phone is biger than previous.
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