Samsung Galaxy A42 5G Review (2) - Android

For years now, Samsung is known for its innovative smartphone features found in its flagship smartphones to mid-range smartphones, and even its entry-level ones....

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For years now, Samsung is known for its innovative smartphone features found in its flagship smartphones to mid-range smartphones, and even its entry-level ones. This year, the company released another midrange offering with the newest Samsung Galaxy A42 5G. Let’s see how it fares in our full review.

Design and Construction

Right from the get-go, the Galaxy A42 5G has this pretty chic design. It has a stripped-like pattern, and its body is made out of polycarbonate that looks and feels like glass, although it can get slippery and attracts fingerprints easily. Situated at the back are a quad-rear camera setup, an LED flash, and Samsung branding.

Upfront, we get a 6.6-inch display, a dewdrop notch that houses the selfie camera and the call speaker.

Up top, we get a secondary noise-canceling microphone.

We get a hybrid sim-card tray on the left, volume rockers, and a sleep-wake button on the right.

Below we’ll find the speaker grilles, USB type-c port, call microphone, and 3.5mm audio jack.

Since the device got a large display, it is quite challenging to use it for long periods of time, especially if you have small hands. It also feels slippery because of its’Glasstic’ back panel, so we highly suggest using a case not just to prevent it from slipping but also to protect it.

Display and Multimedia

For the display, the Galaxy A42 5G sports a massive 6.6-inch HD+ Super AMOLED Plus Infinity-U Display with a resolution of 720 x 1600 with a pixel density of 266ppi. The device has a 720p display that might be a deal-breaker for some people, but honestly, the display wasn’t that bad after using it for quite some time.

Despite its resolution, the display can still produce vibrant images, with punchy colors with deep blacks. We still enjoyed binge-watching YouTube and Netflix content on this device. Using the Galaxy A42 5G under direct sunlight is pretty decent, although it wasn’t as bright as we would prefer.

For speakers, the sound quality is pretty average, like any other smartphone on this tier. It is loud and crisp, but there isn’t any bass present. Since it only has one speaker situated at the bottom of the device, we find it relatively easy to block, especially when playing games or watching media content on landscape orientation. Because of this, we highly recommend you take advantage of the 3.5mm audio jack for better audio quality.

Camera

For cameras, the Galaxy A42 5G sports a 48MP main f/1.8, 8MP ultrawide f/2.2, 5MP depth f/2.2, and a 5MP macro lens f/2.4. As for selfies, it’s got a 20MP front-facing camera f/2.2.

Surprisingly, images that came out from this device are pretty usable for social media postings. Colors are accurate and vibrant. Although there is some over-sharpening going on, the overall image quality looks stunning. It’s also got a wide variety of cameras since it has sensors from Ultrawide to macro lens. However, we wish that instead of having the latter, we hoped for a telephoto one.