Samsung Galaxy A70: Features | Specifications | Pricing

Samsung Galaxy A70

• Display

  6.7 inches

  1080 x 2400

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• Storage

  128GB

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• Battery size

  4,500 mAh

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The Samsung Galaxy A70 is Samsung's mid-range flagship, combining features you'd expect in a flagship phone with a more moderate price point.

Samsung's A-series phones run the gamut of the very affordable in the form of the Galaxy A20 all the way up to the premium play in the Galaxy A70. Although it's still quite mid-priced really, so it's weirdly a premium-but-mid-range-really handset.

To further confuse you, there are a number of features on the Galaxy A70 that you'd expect to see on one of Samsung's Galaxy S flagship phones. All that adds up to a phone that could well oust the rest of the mid-range competition in value terms alone.

Design

• 6.7-inch Super AMOLED display
• In-display fingerprint sensor
• Teardrop notch

• Read more about the Samsung Galaxy A70's design

  The Samsung Galaxy A70 stands out from its siblings on size alone. Where every other Galaxy A series phone packs in a 6.4-inch display with varying resolutions, the Galaxy A70 towers over them with a 6.7-inch AMOLED display.

  In other words, this isn't a small handset by any measure. It's up to you as to whether you like more screen real estate or a smaller phone, but Samsung at least makes the most out of that screen with a teardrop style notch for the front-facing camera. Naturally, Samsung has a silly marketing name for it – it's the "Infinity U" display – but we're much more used to seeing it on phones with cheaper LCD displays rather than vibrant AMOLED displays.

  Like the Galaxy A50, the Galaxy A70 features an in-display fingerprint sensor. Our experience with those tends to suggest that they're more of a cute feature than a must-have security option, but given Samsung's tendency to place rear-mounted sensors way too close to camera lenses, it's welcome enough on that basis alone.

Camera

• Triple rear camera
• 32MP selfie camera

• Read more about the Samsung Galaxy A70's camera

  Camera technology is all about those flagship phones with their $1,500+ price points, right?

  Well, it looks like nobody told Samsung. Or maybe they did because you do find those in higher-end phones like the Galaxy S10+ and Galaxy S10 5G. Perhaps the Galaxy A design team just snuck one past the premium team because, at least on paper, the Galaxy A70 has one of the most impressive camera arrays we've seen on a mid-range phone to date.

  The primary lens is a 32MP sensor, paired with a 5MP depth-sensing camera. That's quite a standard play for mid-range phones, but where it jumps ahead is with an 8MP, 123-degree wide-angle lens as well. Good portrait photos and shots of your mountaineering adventure should be equally within your grasp on the Galaxy A70.

  It's not quite a Galaxy S phone, mind you. If you want fast action shots or low-light performance, you're probably going to be better off punching up to the Galaxy S10 or similar for those features. But within this price point, Samsung's packed in a lot of capabilities.

Performance

• Snapdragon 675 with 6GB of RAM
• 128GB of onboard storage

• Read more about the Samsung Galaxy A70's performance

  Samsung's other Galaxy A phones run on its own Exynos processors, but the Galaxy A70 steps up into the generally-more-premium world with the inclusion of a Snapdragon 675 processor paired up with an impressive 6GB of RAM. For a mid-range phone, that's quite the one-two punch, and it should make it stand out even from other quality mid-range flagships such as the Google Pixel 3a.

  On the storage front, there's no sign of skimping either. Technically, there's 128GB of onboard storage on the Galaxy A70, although only 108.5GB of that is available for your own storage. Throwing Android 9 and its own "One UI" launcher on the Galaxy A70 eats up a chunk of space. In any case, you can boost that up to 512GB with microSD storage if desired.

Battery life

• 4,500mah battery

• Read more about the Samsung Galaxy A70's battery life

  Samsung stepped away from large smartphone batteries in the wake of the Note7 debacle, but it's come back in a big way in recent times. The Galaxy A70 packs in a hefty 4,500mAh battery, making it the equal – at least in power terms – to the flagship Samsung Galaxy S10 5G.

  We're still waiting to test the Galaxy A70 to see just how long that battery can last, but given the use of a mid-range processor and a power-efficient AMOLED display, our hopes are up for some truly impressive battery life figures.

Early outlook

• The Galaxy A70 looks like a good buy for those wanting more than the A50 provides

• Read our early Samsung Galaxy A70 verdict

  There's a very obvious set of steps between each of 2019's Galaxy A models. The Galaxy A70 sits at the very top, and that means it benefits from a larger display, bigger battery and improved processor compared to the next model down, the Galaxy A50.

  Not everyone will want a phone with a screen this large, of course, and if that's you, the A50 could be a better bet. You could also spend just a little more to score the Galaxy S10e, which we've seen hovering near the kinds of prices afforded to the Galaxy A70 recently if you're directly importing one.

  Still, the Galaxy A70 looks to provide very good value for money overall. Stay tuned for our full review.

Pricing and availability

• The Samsung Galaxy A70 will sell in Australia from June 2019 for $649 outright

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