Samsung’s A series comes with the proposition of bringing some of the best features to the company’s mid-range. Initially relaunched with the Galaxy A3, A5 and A7, the series brought along features such as water resistance which were once thought to be exclusive to flagship devices. Recently, Samsung retired it’s J series and folded the phones into it’s A series as well. The company has announced another model in its ever expanding A series: the Samsung Galaxy A31. The smartphone joins the Galaxy A71, A51, A21s, A11 and A01 in Malaysia.

The Galaxy A31 comes with a 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display with a Full HD+ resolution of 1080×2400 pixels. It comes out of the box with Android 10 with Samsung’s One UI 2.0 and has dual SIM support. It is compatible with dual band WiFi (2.4GHz and 5.0GHz) with support for the 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac standards. It also

The new entry level smartphone comes with an undisclosed octa-core processor with two cores clocked at 2.0GHz and six cores clocked at 1.7GHz. This should give the device pretty good battery life while being able to keep up with some pretty intense workloads. The smaller cores allow the device to perform menial tasks with ease while sipping on battery while the larger ones will kick in when more demanding tasks are undertaken such as gaming or even processing pictures with editing apps.

The processor is supported by 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal memory. The Galaxy A31 comes with support for up to an additional 512GB of memory through the microSD card slot. It comes with Bluetooth 5.0 as well and Near Field Communication (NFC) as well as GPS support.

The battery on the Galaxy A31 is a large 5,000mAh. Samsung has rated the battery for 20 hours on WiFi and LTE with up to 33 minutes active talk time. Topping up your battery shouldn’t be a problem with the A31’s 15W fast charging.

Pricing & Availability

Samsung’s Galaxy A31 will be going on sale from 6 June 2020 in Malaysia at a recommended retail price of MYR1,099 (USD$257.91). It will be available in Prism Crush Black, Prism Crush White and Prism Crush Blue.

Official Specifications