Samsung Galaxy A40

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Samsung Galaxy A40
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Codenamea40
Brand Samsung Galaxy
Manufacturer Samsung Electronics
Series Samsung Galaxy A series
ModelSM-A405FN/DS
Compatible networks 2G
3G
4G LTE
First released10 April 2019;5 years ago (2019-04-10)
Availability by region10 April 2019;5 years ago (2019-04-10) (Netherlands)
Predecessor Samsung Galaxy J6
Successor Samsung Galaxy A41
Related Samsung Galaxy A30
Samsung Galaxy A30s
Samsung Galaxy A50
Type Smartphone
Form factor Slate
Dimensions144.4 mm (5.69 in) H
69.2 mm (2.72 in) W
7.9 mm (0.31 in) D
Weight140 g (4.9 oz)
Operating system Original: Android 9.0 "Pie", One UI
Previous: Android 10, One UI 2.0
Last: Android 11 with One UI 3.1
System-on-chip Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7904
CPU Octa-core (2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-G71 MP2
Memory4  GB RAM
Storage64 GB
Battery3100 mAh
Display5.9 in (150 mm) 1080 x 2340 px (437 ppi) Super AMOLED Gorilla Glass 3
19.5:9 aspect ratio
SoundLoudspeaker, 3.5mm headphone jack
Rear camera16 MP, f/1.7 aperture, PDAF (Wide-angle)
5 MP, f/2.2 aperture, 12mm (Ultra-wide angle)
Front camera 25 MP, f/2.0 aperture
Connectivity Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Wi-Fi Direct
Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth: 5.0
USB: 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Data inputsSensors:
SAR Head: 0.49 W/kg
Body: 1.34 W/kg
References [1] [2] [3]

The Samsung Galaxy A40 is a mid-range Android smartphone developed and manufactured by Samsung Electronics. Running on the Samsung's Android 11-based One UI 3 software, the device was announced on March 19, 2019. [4] It was released a month later in Europe on April 10, 2019. [1]

Contents

The Samsung Galaxy A40 is a more compact variant of the Samsung Galaxy A30, being sold in Europe where the Galaxy A30 is not available, but also in South Korea and some other European countries where the Galaxy A30 is available. [ citation needed ]

Specifications

Hardware

The Samsung Galaxy A40 has a 5.9-inch Super AMOLED 'Infinity-U' display with an 85.5% screen-to-body ratio. It has dimensions of 144.4 mm by 69.2 mm by 7.9 mm [1] and comes equipped with an Exynos 7904 chipset, 3100 mAh battery [1] and a microSIM and dual nano SIM slot which supports VoLTE. The device is only available with 64GB of storage and 4GB of RAM and is expandable to up to 512GB of external storage via the microSD card slot. [5]

Camera

The A40 is equipped with a dual rear camera arrangement with a 16 megapixel, f/1.7 aperture sensor as the main camera and an 'ultra-wide' 5 megapixels camera lens with an f/2.2 aperture as the second camera. Ultra-wide camera is accessible only by built in camera app. Open Camera app or any video streaming app does not recognize ultra-wide camera. [2] The front camera is 25 megapixels.

The A40 has a rear-mounted LED flash as well as video recording. Maximum video recording resolution is 2336x1080 pixels (Full mode). [2] Audio recording with internal microphones is stereo. Audio recording with external USB microphones is supported but is mixed to mono.

Software

The device runs on the Android 11 operating system, with Samsung's One UI skin. [2]

Samsung has released One UI 2.0 with Android 10 for Galaxy A40 in April 2020. [6]

Samsung has released One UI 3.1, based on Android 11, in late March 2021. [7]

Variants

All variants of the Samsung Galaxy A40 are dual-SIM.

SM-A405FN is manufactured in Vietnam.

Can also end with /DS which indicates that its Dual SIM variant

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