Review: Living with Samsung Galaxy A03 for 2 months
For the past 2 months I used the Samsung Galaxy A03 (the simple one) after my main one… died in an unfortunate accident.
In this article I’ll talk about:
- Basic overview and specifications
- Display
- Power
- Battery life
- Camera
- Repairability
Basic overview and specifications
The Samsung Galaxy A03 is (almost) the weakest land cheapest phone from the Ax3 series.
It’s a big phone, with a 6.5" screen and build with plastic black and plastic frame. The camera arrangement looks… interesting.. kinda familiar… 🍎
It runs with Android 13 and OneUI 5 core, wich made the experience of an entity level phone surprisingly good
Fortunately, I had the “good” version as I like to call it. I had the version with 4GB or RAM and 64GB of storage. The CPU is an Unisoc T606, an ARM based octacore CPU, Wich is great for entry level phone
There are two versions of this phone. Nothing changes in configuration (besides RAM and storage) the only difference being the size of the phone. There’s a global version (G) wich has a smaller screen (160 mm long) and an European version (N) wich is bigger (163 mm long) you can tell the difference between these two by checking the inside of the case
Display
The display is an 6,5" IPS LCD with an resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels.
The screen is bright enough, visible in sunlight and the colors are alright, nothing fancy
The screen ratio is 20:9, so pretty wide
Power
This entry level phone ran super good, surprisingly good. The overall experience with this phone was better than expected. I should mention that I used it will the animations disabled, wich probably helped having a smoother performance. The phone never stutter, or rarely. You can ever multitask on it and it will run alright using two applications at the same time. Of course, it has its limitations. It’s not a flagship after all.
In AnTuTu scored x and Gheekbench 6 scored y, more than the biger brother A03s. Probably the lighter version of OneUI helped getting a bigger score. These scores helped us see how it holds against other similar devices. I’ll have a list below with phones similar in price and performance.
Battery Life
The 5000 mAh battery hold good. On light use (like readding a few documents, watching YouTube and scrolling on Instagram) I (barely) managed to get up to two days on a single change
Camera
The picture quality is… meh… definitely not great, but not very terrible either. The main camera has a 48 MP sensor and the depth camera has a 2 MP sensor.
And there’s also a 5 MP selfie camera, Wich I didn’t really used for anything else than face unlock. I’m not a fan of selfies…
The pictures are surprisingly good with enough light, sometimes they feel washed off. Unfortunately I don’t have pics when there’s not enough light, the only picture where there wasn’t too much light is the last one where I tested the zoom too.
Repeatability
This phone is very friendly when it comes to relatability. You don’t need any special tools, only nails and a screwdriver
The back case (or battery cover) is held in place with clips, so no glue needed
But if you wanna change the battery… good luck. Samsung phones have the battery glued in place with very strong adhesive. You need patience, something flexible to crawl under the battery and isopropyl alcohol, eventually a suction cup too
But take care when you choose the parts, especially the battery cover and the display, since there are two different versions (I talked about them at the beginning)