Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) SM-A520F

Advantages: Amoled display, fast charging, 3GB of RAM, 2SIM + memory card, autonomy, Samsung Pay

Disadvantages: Weak olephobic coating of the display, low detail camera and lack of stabilization, flat sound of the speaker, fragile rear window.

Comment: On the 4th month after the purchase, the rear window fell onto the asphalt from a height of half a meter. S6 flew zhesche and nothing. The camera is only suitable for a photo outside in good light, the pictures in the rooms are blurred and the quality is not ice at all. The speaker after s6 is flat, there is no volume, but the volume is quite. On the 3rd month, the front panel went stained, oleophobic marriage. In principle, these are all irrelevant cons. The charge holds 1.5-2 days (always 4g, half brightness), the screen is bright, the system works smoothly and without failures, charges quickly, does not lose touch, is built qualitatively. Against the background of the current prices of other smart, I consider it a worthy choice for my money.

Advantages: Excellent screen, like all sAmoled from samsung.
Nothing slows down, does not hang, all applications start and run quickly.
Samsung pay is a handy thing.
Type C connector, fast charging, always on display, ip68

Disadvantages: The cameras are just awful. Especially the front-end, judging by the pictures there is 1.3mpx and a fixed focus on 20cm from the phone. Before him, I used samsung s5 mini, the cameras in it 8mpx main and 2mpx front camera gave pictures at times better quality.
The interface is much simpler compared to the same s5 mini, there are not many settings, all the same, the phone is more budget than average.
The work time is average, with 2-3 hours of screen lasts for two days.
My oleophobic doesn’t slazit, but by itself it is not very good, the prints remain, besides the screen is scratched, like the back cover.

Comment: For its price I did not find anything better, and all that is cheaper is much worse.
If you close your eyes to disgusting cameras and a medium battery, the phone is excellent.
Design true to the amateur.

Advantages: Chic and bright AMOLED display. The amount of RAM as much as 3 gigabytes. Performance in games. Design. Quick charge.The headphones are not very bad. Two-sided camera of 16 MP each.

Disadvantages: Very scratch-sensitive screen and back glass panel. Although the camera is 16 MP, but there is no optical stabilization that helps to quickly focus the camera on the target. The battery lasts a day, but for that kind of money I expected more.

Comment: Generally. A smartphone for this money is very good. In games, he behaves very well, even in the most demanding games to the gland. At first, the camera will seem very cool and of high quality, but if you look closely, you will notice that the camera doesn’t focus well on the target, due to the lack of optical stabilization, but to my surprise it was in the past 2016 model. I recommend this smartphone as a universal device and as a middle-class smartphone.

Advantages: A lot of nice chips for customization:
detailed equalizer settings,
sound adaptation for the age category or individually;
blue filter - for reading and working with the phone as a whole;
performance settings, power saving;
built-in wedge master;
nice customizable interface, etc.
Very clear and colorful super amold display.
You can pump up cool free themes and applications from Galaxy apps.
Samsung members support and Samsung loyalty.
Samsung handy is quite convenient with the possibility of adding discount cards. Security of payments is ensured by fingerprint blocking; you can add up to 3 fingerprints.
AOD function - you can configure it to always display the clock and notification icons (messengers, etc.), while the screen is locked and the battery is not consumed.
SOS function for sending emergency messages.
Beautiful appearance - always want to touch :)

Disadvantages: Batteries last for 1 day. But I use it actively, wifi, gps, bluetooth is on. I think with moderate use it will be slower. And you can also put the maximum energy saving, then generally enough for 3-4 days.
A bit heavy, because the whole of glass.
SHealth is synchronized with Xiaomi scales and a bunch of other accessories, but not synchronized with the Mi band 2 bracelet. It is just not in the list of available devices. So I had to put Mi Fit, while SHealth is not removed.
In general, a lot of unnecessary applications for me, like Google movies-music, however, they are stuck in all the phones.
And the protective glass on the whole screen is not glued, but 3D glass will not save from impact - it is glued only at the edges, airspace remains in the middle. Therefore, the cover is optimal book, but ...
Branded accessories are expensive, so I had to order a colorful case from the Chinese.

Comment: In general, the phone is very ergonomic, it is pleasant to use and just hold in their hands.
Before buying read reviews and now I can walk on the minuses that other users called.
As for the camera, it's not super and not bad, just a regular smartphone camera. I attach a couple of evening photos. It focuses for a couple of seconds, if you need instant focusing and optical stabilization - throw a few thousand more and buy s7 / s8. Or buy a camera, and do not expect that in a small smartphone they stuff everything that is necessary to each individual and to you separately.
Samsung Keyboard - Customizable! You can remove the AutoCorrect and leave prompts, as I did. Or you can simply disable T9. In short, the possibilities are the same as those of G Claudia.
The sound is quite loud, the customizable equalizer is beautiful.
Player - quoting "you will have to use Play Music !!!" - with a flick of the wrist it is downloaded from the Galaxy apps, or the Play Market, personally, I always put myself on AIMP and enjoy it.
Relationships smart with water - if it is stated that it is water-repellent, this does not mean that you need to wash it in a typewriter. This function will save when using in rain-snow and accidentally drowning in the toilet, for example. But not in extreme conditions!
As for the beating case and the screen, it doesn’t slide at me and doesn’t fall out of my hands, but just in case, after reading such reviews, I took a service program when I bought it at a company store, so as not to be afraid to drop it, because I don’t have a cover at the moment (yes and do not like the view in the case).

Advantages: Smartphone quality works well.

Disadvantages: Not

Comment: The smartphone should be protected and it should be treated carefully. Immediately you need to wear it preferably in a branded Samsung case and a good protective film for the screen. Of course, for an experiment in water, you do not need to take pictures and lower it into the water.

Advantages: The screen is very nice. Technology sAMOLED justifies everything. The body is made perfectly.

Disadvantages: Well. Perhaps you could have a slightly more capacious battery.

Comment: Great machine for the money. Had to use the smartphone Xiaomi Mi5-quality is not satisfied. I will select only Samsung

Advantages: excellent display, good battery, smart phone without brakes, decent design, protection from moisture, USB type C is a handy thing, with a normal battery charge mode from 5 to 100 for 1h40min, there is a fast mode of 50 minutes

Disadvantages: oleophobic coating (on the edges, while it is still barely noticeable)
no IR port (someone like)
sometimes it's hard to take a good picture with a camera
WI-FI and bluetooth fell off after 10 months

Comment: after the purchase in early February I was happy as an elephant, everything was fine, there were no problems with the installation, loading and operation of the applications, WIFI and 4g always switch on themselves when needed without glitches, the battery lasts enough for 1-2 days. Downloading the movie is connected via WiFi to the TV via samsung connect, we enjoy (even the computer began to use less), and my joy would have no limit (although it would take a lot of money and oleophobic coverage), but after 10 months !!! WI-FI and bluetooth just didn’t turn on, everything else works as before, no uninstall of the update and hard reset helped the phone, the module went uphill out of the blue, and this is a replacement for the entire board, since there is still a 2 month warranty. Therefore, 4 per guarantee)))
Now I thought, I hope that this is just me out of luck ?!

Advantages: Everything has been said about the screen, memory, speed, everything is fine with that. For 3 months without a cover it had 2 drops on a laminate without consequences for covering the case and the screen, it is constantly used in conditions of high humidity, moisture protection is excellent.
Conveniently getting Root through Odin, but there are pitfalls

Disadvantages: The camera shoots at 3.5 out of 5, to be honest.
The sound is 4 points out of 5 - ViperFX is being treated, but this is the root, details are in the comments

Comment: Get Root via Magisk 14.4, Android Pay starts, but not Samsung Pay
Difficulties with installing ViperFX, on 01/12/17 successful check SafetyNet flies
NEVER disable the OEM unlock, if you have already flashed TWRP, get a brick, but with the possibility of flashing with the official service firmware (4 files)
Good luck to all ;))

Advantages: Firstly, performance is up to par. I do not play games, all the necessary programs fly, in some cases it freezes, but this, apparently, depends on the application, and not on the phone.
The battery keeps confidently before coming home, even if the day is very long. I come home - I always have 15-30%.
The imprint works great if it is normal to train it right away, but when the hands are sweating, it works badly, I think so for everyone.
Separately, I want to note the native software: the browser (IMHO is the best), the dialer, mail, calendar - deleted all the unnecessary trash from Google, which I used before. The only drawback is that the integrated spumlock has not appeared in the sms application. I hope they will come to this, then TrueCaller will demolish. There is even a native Dual Messenger feature (2 telegrams and votsap accounts are no longer a problem).
Screen. He is just beautiful. Compare with the quality of the iPhone. It is very pleasant to touch him, it is a pity that I had to buy a protective glass (you never know).The minimum brightness is ideal for reading in the dark (on the past phone I was too bright). I do not use the night mode (color change), and so it is normal. Maximum brightness is enough for the sun. The only caveat is that I have an auto-brightness, and when you get the calling phone out of your pocket in the sun, it takes 3-4 seconds before it eats and makes it brighter to see who is calling.
Samsung shell Many do not like, I really like. Much nicer than a naked android.
Case materials: you understand what you are paying for, but I immediately bought a case, because it’s very thin, in my opinion, although it will seem like a plus to someone.
Bonuses in the form of a subscription Yandex.Music for a year and Google.Music for three months - little things, but it's nice!
Oh yeah, 2 sim cards + memory card (one of the sim cards should be 2G, tele2 in Moscow, a minor number - by)
And of course QUICK CHARGE
UPDATE: SamsungPay really works on terminals that do not accept NFC! I used to think that there would be no chip card. Verified! Works great! Just need to enter a pin and sometimes 4 digits.

Disadvantages: Late updates (coming soon 8, and we only switched to 7 in August).
There is no function "turn off the mode do not disturb after the alarm". And although I had become accustomed to turning it off after waking up, it would have been much nicer if he had done it himself.
You need to get used to the Samsung keyboard. She has a rather idiotic algorithm for learning and canceling autochange, sorry for the tautology. Let me explain why I generally had to get used to it ... At first, I used GBoard in the old-fashioned way, and it still seems more comfortable and smarter to me, but Samsung is cunning, and if more than one keyboard is installed, the phone periodically throws out a system notification asking to choose an input method . Very vybeshivaet. Disable it in any way. I gave up after 5 months and now I'm getting used to the Samsung. It is objectively worse in terms of ergonomics, but I can not say that it is unbearable to use. But there are no more idiotic notifications. And by the way, it does not lag, unlike any third-party. Well, all the same confidence in the security and untraceability, Samsung is the same.
Voice Assistant. This is not Siri. Close not siri. Disconnected nafig, annoying to use it. You can't do it in headphones, you need to enter a password (S-Voice), Google Now works in headphones, but it's also complete crap. There is no separate voice dialing (well, or I did not find it). I am waiting for the Siri to catch up at least somehow.
And one more thing, but this is a nagging, not a flaw ... I hope Samsung or Apple will hear me, but there is a lack of synchronization between Safari macos and Samsung browser.
And one more quibble: Samsung could have already burned a device, which would allow copying a magnetic strip of discount cards and using them through SamsungPay. Currently implemented only through a barcode. Again, hopefully a matter of time.

Comment: I use almost half a year. Before that, there were iPhones, and last year I decided to switch over to an android (I bought a Chinese phone for trial - there is a review (Wileyfox). Now I’ve pulled Samsung, I deliberately didn’t buy S8 (price is inadequate) and S7 (old iron, microUSB, there seems to be no fast charging), well, the A5 2016 did not win much in price, in short, took the A5 2017 and is happy as an elephant. About the pros and cons it is already written, I summarize:

Phone for your money works fine. Who needs a camera for a photo in the dark - do not buy, be upset. Take a normal camera and flash. The same applies to lovers of photo masterpieces on mobile phones. They will not. Basically. For a photo to send to the wife / girlfriend / friends and even on instagram it is quite enough. I will attach a couple of photos to the post made on the phone. Photos of the phone itself from a wretched iPhone, but in fairness, it should be noted - the old and dusty. The camera is not specifically attributed to the shortcomings, maybe, this is nonsense. Any mobile camera is a disadvantage.
The battery keeps really long. I rarely watch videos and don't play. Social networks, calls, the Internet - always. Sometimes navigator. Enough for work and post-work day. At night on exercises - in the morning again in battle. Fast charging - a bit more than an hour to 100% - more than.
On the one hand, sometimes there is a lack of an Apple ecosystem and simplicity, on the other hand, android buns are so dominant that you don’t even think about switching back to iPhones. Therefore, if anyone doubts the choice to buy a Samsung A5 for 20k or an iPhone for 50 - do not hesitate. Buy a samsung and leave for a rest.
Included are good earplugs, an adapter with a micro for a taip-si. Old charging from work can not be thrown away, but simply put an adapter there, or carry it with you in a briefcase, takes places like a chewing gum pad.
Technical support Samsung works flawlessly. You ask - they answer within a day or two. Everybody chews that is not clear. Therefore, you should not even look at Chinese phones.

In a nutshell - you will not regret.