Samsung was tipped to launch the Galaxy A12 this week in India. However, it did not happen yet. Maybe, the phone could be announced tomorrow. Anyway, ahead of it, the company has partnered with a popular tech influencer in the country to tease the handset’s price.
Mukul Sharma, a well-known Indian tech influencer has collaborated with the South Korean tech giant to tease the upcoming Galaxy A12. In a short video posted on Twitter, he revealed that an upcoming Galaxy A series smartphone with a 48MP quad-camera setup will be priced under ₹15,000 in the country.
Although he did not expose the phone’s name in the video. It sure sounds like the Galaxy A12 based on the camera specs he spoke out. Also, it is the only Galaxy A series smartphone that is expected to launch this week in India.
For those unaware, Samsung debuted the Galaxy A12 first in Europe in November 2020. The device is basically the same as the new Galaxy M12 but comes with MediaTek Helio P35 SoC and One UI Core 2.x based on Android 10 instead of Exynos 850 and Android 11-based One UI Core 3.0.
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It sports a 6.5-inch HD+ PLS TFT LCD panel with a dewdrop notch that houses an 8MP selfie camera. Whereas, the rear matrix-like quad-camera setup includes a 48MP primary sensor, a 5MP ultra-wide unit, a 2MP macro shooter, and a 2MP depth sensor.
Other features of this handset include a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, 3.5mm headphone jack, USB Type-C, microSD card slot, accelerometer, grip sensor, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, dual-SIM, 4G, VoLTE, single-band WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0, GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, GALILEO), 5,000mAh battery, and 15W fast charging.
Last but not least, this Samsung budget smartphone comes with up to 6GB RAM and 128GB of internal storage in four colors, namely Black, White, Blue, and Red. However, it is not known which variants will be available in India.
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