The second generation Samsung Galaxy A7 has been given the green light from Chinese certification authority TENAA.
After images of the device leaked awhile back, official TENAA images have surfaced and it looks like the design holds true. The second-generation Galaxy A7 will closely resemble this year’s flagship Galaxy S6 with a metal band sandwiched between what looks like two planes of glass.
Key internal specifications have also been revealed. The device, bearing the model number SM-A7100, will be powered by an octa-core processor clocked at 1.7GHz paired with 3GB of RAM and 16GB of expandable internal memory. This is slightly different from our earlier leak which suggested that the device would be powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 610 processor.
The Galaxy A7 will also feature a 5.5-inch OLED display pushing 1920×1080 pixels, and will come running Android 5.1.1 Lollipop out of the box, which are in line with earlier leaks. Imaging appears to be identical to the leaked specifications as well with the Galaxy A7 sporting a 13-megapixel primary camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing one for selfies.
On paper it appears that the second-gen Galaxy A7 isn’t that much of an upgrade to it’s predecessor as the only notable difference is the extra 1GB of RAM. With specs like these, it begs the question, why bother upgrading?
